The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-03
|BLOODSHED in
H!NllON FEUD
|Reg 1can Is Killed In
,s Kentucky.
SOLDIERS CHECK TROUBLE
Home Of 4 Wsnan Is Destroyed
y Fire.
Theft Of ballots Causes seme bad Feel-
ing In Breathitt County ana
Kentucky Mountaineers
Are In ssllen

jackson, KY, Nov. zs-Predictiouh
made on the streets early today that
only man or two" would be killed
during the voting In Breathitt coun-
ty. were JUSTIFIED at noon in the
Springfield precinct and In dramatic
manner.
Here Tilden Blahton. with left
hand shot. instantly killed Demosthe-'
mes Noble. after Noble had crippled
Blanton's right arm with bullet. NO
BILE had previously, according TO Blan-
ton. placed a pistol at the breast Of
two Of Blanton's brothers.
Noble was a member OF powerful
feudal family, q former empioye OF
Judge James Hargis. and complica-
lions are expected. Blanton, whose
father was Democratic candidate for
county attorney. was acting as chai-
lenger and his story IL that Noble vas
induced to raise a disturbance by dis
comfited Republicans.
The shots were fred while Blanton
was leaning out OF the window of the
voting place. He was carried into
Jackson to the home OF his father and
there tacitly arrested Blanton's fath-
er.is the famous Breathitt county char
acter. who. last year. on horseback.
took the ballots to the Crockettsviile
precinct when not q man dared make
the trip for fear OF an assassfn's bull
let.
Trouble Expected.
When Blanton rode in wounded. the
| soldiers OF the Cynthiana company
were marching through jackson past
the town polling place and on to
Number Two precinct In the county
where trouble was feared. The troops
winding through the narrow noun
| tain roads. the equestrian couriers
dashing In on foam fleeked horses
and seeing that all was quiet at the
various precincts. the wiid-looking
country people riding mule back into
town for the disorderiy night every one
lin acJkson predicts troublo toniah all
these scenes were in strange contrast
to the piacidity with which the voting
In the town proper was carried on.
From Croekettsville. where Captain
Sans and his twenty-seven Lexington
soldiers are on guari came the word:
"Quietest here In history. Two op-
inions obtain among the town people.
One IL that the presence of the SOL
diers prevented bloodshed. and destruc-
ton: another. 1t made votes for the
| Democrats because Judge Adams had
called for troops when there was no
need.
The attitude of the soldiers in
strictly fefraining from anything that
appeared like attempts to influence the
voting. however. siIenced much Of the
clamor that greeted their arrival.
Shoots At Woman.
For an hour tonight the firing Of
heavy caiibre pistols was so insistent
and dangerous that the Cynthiana
troops were called to the court house
One shot fred on a principal street
entered a dwelling and sang within
an inch of the head OF Mrs. Arthur
Henry, member of a party of promi-
nent Jackson people. and broke up the
gathering. Mrs. Henry Is celebrat-
ed Eastern Kentucky land owner and
mine developer.
At 10 o'clock the shooting had part
| iy subsidized. A dynamite bomb was
set OFF at the store of Mitch Grain. one
| of the most active Republicans in the
county and brother of q candidates It
did little damage. however. The mob
| then gradually began to dispense.
Tonight the Democrats claim victory
the loudest of the partisans leaving
for their homes In town and country,
and fired their pistols and gave their
clan whoops as they vanished into the
inky night.
Telephone communication with
Crockettsville. the seat of Ed Gala
han interrupted this morning. was re-
established tonight. bringing the news
that the election was the quietest in
history. The militia will leave Crock
ettsville for Jackson tomorrow morn
ing.
Circuit Judge Adams, however. who
had them called, expects to hold them
here until the mountain counties send
in their poll results.
Reports from Crockettsville and Sc
bastians Branch, in the county. this
morning. were that two attempts. one
successful. had been made to steal
ballots near Crockettsvilie precinct at
the mouth of Longs Creek. the home
of Mary Dealin. who held the ballots
for that precinct, was destroyed by
fire. At Sebastians Branch precinct
the Democrats are credited by rumor
with having secured the banots this
morning and hidden them.