The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-20
Peace Pact Broken by At
tempted Assassination of
Noted FeudiSt.
REFUSES TO LEAVE
HIS HOME AND FARM
Mountain Fighters Tell Of Causes
and Training That Make
Possible a Feud.
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indictments following, Callahan today
has no score 10 settle with the law and
is a free man.
Exhibits
Wounds in Body.
wincing with pain he exhibited, as
might a conquering hero. the bullet
wounds IN his body. Grim determination
70 best his hidden enemies must be
given a large share of credit for Gala
hans recovery A life of mountain
hardship, of rafting along Middle Fork
river, of outdoor life and a naturally
strong constitution. must claim the rest
Il don't know what ! am going TO do
now" he said. You see I told them
not long ago that was for peace-that
they''-and in the mountains they
means the Opposition-"must IRE the
first shot
well" he added with a queer, enig-
matte smile that might have meant
battle to the end. they have hred the
first shot. A part of my friends say
ouRhtn't to be run away from my home.
For forty-six years I have worked Tor
what you see here, this home, this store
and this mountain farm. It's hard 70
have to leave It all. It's worth more TO
me than it is to anybody else. l ought
to enjoy it now"
And the man spoke as though he had
never harmed a human being in his
Iifs and had never conspired TO rob an
other either of life or property. Look
Ing at Ed Callahan one could hardly
believe that this man had been behind
the bars. had been the mainstay OF
ledge" lin Hargis and that he had
been in some Of the most desperate en-
counters that ever made famous the
feuds of Bloody Breathitt.
He admitted that he was marked
man, without giving the reason for his
marking" He admitted the after-dark
battle in December last between his fol-
lowers and the Smith-DeatOns who gal
loped past his barn, but insisted that
they had fired first. He admitted par
ticfpation in that memorable scene at
the national election in November when
a hundred rifles, held by desperate
mountaineers were held in waiting for
the first shot, the Callahan henchmcn
on one side Of the read, the Deatons,
the Smiths, the Davidsons. and the
Johnsons on TIE other. the old warrior,
Tom Deston, arriving late in the after
noon from another precinct when he
heard that trouble was brewing at
Crocketsville. the Callahan home.
Politics Plays
No Part IN the Fight.
This is not a political feud, for when
the Galatians ran for their rifles, con-
cealed under the straw OF mountain
farm wagon, Republicans and Demo-
Gratis alike lined up without respect TO
politics, ancient faction with faction,
and waited for the worst Callahan,
his enemies say had planned TO take
the polls and prevent the election Of
Judge Adams, a Republican, who is
now trying 10 wipe out feudalism in
Breathitt.
Callahan himself asserts that these
same enemies were there for the same
purpose Had one shot been fred fifty
men would have been killed. That IL
was not fred was due to the few cool
heads in the election crowd who finally
prevailed upon Callahan to vote and get
away.
Politics is said to have PreciPitated the
memorable Hargis-CockriH feud that
near exterminated the leaders in both
4dClOnS ana WHICH resulted from a COLI
test Of the election OF Judge Hargis and
Sherin Callahan by the Cardwells and
the Cockrills. Tom CardwelI, silent
head Of the CockrilIs. is now city court
judge IN Jackson. Ed Callahan sur
wives. Judge Hargis, following three
acquitals, was killed by his own son,
Beach Hargis, now under a life SEN
tence. The rest, 50 far as the leaders
are concerned. have gone the way that
al feudists 90 sooner or later.
Il guess they intend 20 get me-" said
Callahan. as he referred briefly TO these
thrilling details OF former feudal days
Evidently, they don't want peace"
What prompts a man. Mr.. Callahan.
10 lay in ambush and shoot a man as
you were shOt?''
/ Nothing but mean. low-down. onery
raising" he responded, heatedly.
They don't know any better.
Go down stairs. now. and get some
thing to eat" added the wounded man,
a little later. and git somethin' for the
mules. joe" he said to his brother-in-
law. Joe Moore. who had brought the