The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
BIG LAW SUIT!
LIse Green and Enos MeCraekIn Jerked Up Before Amos HIIIep of D., for Being AssaIt-
 ed & Battered

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 They was a big law suit before our accomplish legal light and justice of the peace. Amos Hitler. last Wednesda.. af- ternoon, P. M. wich had all the citi- gins in Bingville on tip toe, as you might say. It-was the case of Enos McCrackin vs. Lige Green for assault and battery, premeditated and matured soon after.
 From all accounts 1t pears as if Enos and Lige bought quite a large track of medder and wood land north of BingviIle some years ago and after owning 1t to- gether erbout two years each of them wanted to sell his half, but as neither one of them could raise enuff money to do so they put up a fence through the cen ter of the land and drawed lots to see wich half they would each own. Sinst that time Lige has felt as though he got the worst of the bargain and aint been on good terms with Enos. Even their wives won't speak to each other-except to call names-and the sprained feelings has been nussed and nurtured instead of being al- lowed to wither and die.
 Last week one day Enos went out takin his gun and his dog to hunt rabbits and squirls on his own land. As he was a. goin along lords the woods he saw big squirt leaping from tree to tree lords Lige's premises and takin aim he banged away for all he was worth and landed the squirl on Lige's land. Enos thort he might as well climb right over and git 1t, so over he jumps and walks to the place where he saw the squirl fall. We'll. erbout that time Lige run out of the house and ordered Enos to git right offen his premises less he desired to be kiclSt off, Enos sed he wanted his squirI and he was a-g0ing to have it. Lige sed 1t was his squirl wich he had been feedin nuts and table leavings to all fall.
 Enos said he was q gosh-rammed liar that the squirl had been Twin in his big bird house on one of his hemlocks since last fall. Lige sed he wouldn't let mo- buddy call him no liar and he started for Enos. Enos took his gun aRd whanged it acrost LAge's neck and 1t stunned Lige for about a minnit. He thort Enos had shot at him and he jumpt onto him and begin to assalt and batter him as fast as he could batter and otherwise main and kill. as set forth in the indictment as charged and sworn to. Enos hollered for help and his wife, Jerushy hearth his yells run to his assistants and laying holt to Lige who was sittin on her husband a-tryin to fiatten his nose she pulled out a handful of hair and almost bit one ear off Lige then hollered like a stuck pig for help and Lige's wife come to the rescue She had been blaclxin the stove and had brush in one hand and a bot tie of blaclSin in the other, but that didn't matter. and she lit into Enoses' wife and daubed her all up and got her face scratched for it. but otherwise they were uninjured.
 By this time all { of the participance in the struggle was out of breth so they cald each other a few names and went home. Enos hitched up his old gray mare and rode into Bingviiie and told everybody he met erbout 1t and then went to Anne Hiller's. where he swore out a warrant for Lige's arrest, dead or alive. Seth Dewberry. our lion-hearted constable donned his badge and took revoivers and went to Lige's house and knocked on the door and stood down by the open gate after he knockt. Lige come to the door and Seth asst Lige to come out and tell him whot Enos McCrackin shot him for. so Lige come out and start ed to tell Seth when Seth informed him he was under arrest and to march in front of him to the lookup. Lige asst Seth when the trial was to come o6. and Seth sed next Wednesday. Tiien Iige told Seth they was no need to hurry about lockin him up and make more ex- pense to the town for nothink for he would be mighty glad to come to court Wednesday. Seth opined Lige was right and said he wasn't particiIler erbout keepin the lock-up het up and gittin no extra pay for 1t. and if Lige would pay him g for bis services he would let the arrest go until Wednesday. So Lige give Seth the @ and a little something to warm hisself with out of a long neck bottle and Seth departed.
 The lawsuit was well attended, almost all of our representative citizens and