The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-07

1.-"Urcle Bill' Strong, relative Of
Judge Hargis, slain by assassin, in
1892 Ed. callahan accused of killing.
Ben dargis, killed by Tom
COckril, Feb. 10, 1902.
3.-Dr. 3. d. Cox. guardian of
Cockrill, assassinated by John Smith.
Asbury soicer and John Abner April
10, 1902.
4.-Jaa Cockrill brother of Tom,
assassina'ed by John Smith, Curtis
Jet, John Abner and others, it is
charged.
5.-Jas. B. Marcum, lawyer for Har-
gis' enc. :, shot at court house door
by Curtis Jet and Tom White.
Ed. Callahan, desperately
wounded by rife shot as he was open
ing his store, June 1, 1903.
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JACKSON, KY, July With the
shooting here a fortnight ago, of Ed.
Callahan, successor of Judge Jas. Har-
gis as boss of bloody Breathitt coun-
ty, the famous, hardly a mountaineer
around here but expects more killings
daily.
Nowhere in the world are conditions
like those here in Jackson. The law
Of the rough Kentuckians-a life for a
Hfe-is their gospel. One might ap-
peal to the friendship of one of these
ignorant, uncouth giants in time. but
to his mercy never.
Since word came from Galatians
bedside that he would recover, people
in jackson say: "There'l be another
KILN when Ed gets out; heal is
a-goin to make some one pay dear for
that there shot"
From the day when old Uncle Bill
Strong was ambushed and murdered
near here, nearly II years ago, Ed.
Callahan has been in the front rank
of feudists.
He started out in this task of re-
venge and man-killIng as an enemy
of Judge Hargis, then the richest man
in Jackson. He and Hargis joined
in the task of getting" a third man
they both disliked, and became
friends. The man they dsliked, Jim
Cockrill, was killed.
The revenge of these mountain
jewellers is swift and terrible. their
ideas of punishment their own.
Callahan, but surprise is expressed
that the aim of the would-be assassins
was poor enough to fail of death. For
the people here say Callahan, when
he gets WELL will wreak fatal ven
geance on the men who sought his
life.
The town and the customs here are
different. Jackson today is full of
country people. Many of the women
are barefoot and some never had shoes
on in their lives. They wear no head
dress, except perhap a shawl, and are
the pack-horSes of the family.
Men with biblical names like Abner.
Jared, Uriah and Ezekiel go about
from store to store, swapping tobacco
and talking about Callahan's shooting
Scripture gave them their names, but
of Scripture they know little.
Every store has its liquor at the
end OF the counter for the customers
In many saloons there is a small ing
at the end of the bar that is most in
demand. A drink from a bottle is as
natural courtesy as a handclasp.
Moonshine whisky. some might call
it, but to these mountaineers if is
just white Ticker"
Ask any man on the streets of
Jackson when the mountain dwellers
come to town, what he thinks of the
feuds here. and he seems surprised.
Death, to their minds, was a Just and
matter of-fact punishment for a man
who would plot death to his enemy.
The law doesn't count.
Get your man." is the rule.
The trials of the feudists and their
confessions. made known after the
Marcum killing, are an old story. But
the fact that similar scenes are ex-
pected again here in Jackson has
quickened the town with excitement.
Hate is the most undying trait of
these mountaineers. Their bodies are
large; their hands are gnarled from