The Hartford republican., 1913-04-18
women Open fire
ON j. 5. MARSHAL
Girls Take Part in Pistol
Duel On Hill.
Alleged Violator Of Revenue Laws
Captured in Breckenridge
County.

Louisville, KY, April 16.-The sun
had just come up over the hills. It's
first rays filtered through the bud
ded boughs and began their play day
on the surface of the crooked creek
that wound in and out the valley be-
low.
Five fishing lines dangled in the
water. Some of them jerked. A.
whistle echoed through the valley. A
tall man clambered off the cliff over
hanging the stream. He whistled soft
ly to himself. His big frame stopped
on the edge Of the creek.
One by one he pulled in the lines.
He whistled softly again. Once he
turned his head and looked on both
sides. He rebaited his lines and threw
them into the ripples. The dancing
blue water held his eyes. But In a
minute he turned. He heard a crackle
! of twigs behind him.
Cat-like, the six feet and one inch
of man jumped. His right hand went
to his hip-but he fell. Two men were
upon him in a moment. The huge
frame underneath struggled to reach
the long blue-steel sticking in the
mud. He had dropped it when the
shot hit him.
U. S. Deputy Marshal Charles T.
Nichols, of Owensboro, had shot
George Barret, who was wanted by
the Government for alleged violation
of the internal revenue laws. He had
gone to Clifton Mills. twelve miles
from Hardinsburg, in Breckenridge
County, to get his man. His man was
waiting for him.
When the Deputy's automatic shot
gun poured it's volley into the noun
taineer, four persons-a man, woman
and two girls-came out of a house
on a hill several hundred yards away,
each holding gun.
The Deputy and a Sheriff walked
up the hill with the prisoner, blood
streaming from his wounds. They
we're greeted by the crack of Win
chesters. The zing of the bullets was
close enough to their ears for them
to hear it. They returned the fire.
Once upon the hill. woman walk
ed from behind a rail fence. She
leveled a thirty-eight special with bel
eye. She fired twice, once at the
Sheriff and once at the Deputy. The
shots we're too close for comfort. The
children pumped away with theil
guns, and the man behind the tree
emptied his weapon. And then al
four ran to the house. @
Handcuffed, Barrett was taken tt
the station. He was examined by ply
sicians, who found his wounds were
not serious, except for one in the
left eye. Deputy Marshal Nichols
brought Barrett to Louisville. Th'
mans wounds were examined at thu
City Hospital, and not being foupt
serious, he was taken to the Coun
ty Jail.
Clay was formerly in the Unite'
States Army.
"All of his people came from Cla.
County," said the Deputy Marshal
last night. "and knew what kim
of a man l had to deal with. He wa
quick as lightning with his hand
| and he would have dropped me in an
, other second. 'a
Deputy Internal Revenue Collecto
} R. M. Coleman swore to the warran
: for Barrett's arrest.
Deputy Sheriff Arthur Baird. Q
Breckenridge County, and l hid In
deserted house near the creek befor
sun-up, as We heard that Barrett al
. wyas went to the creek early in tn
morning to run his lines"
Closest shave I've ever had" b
said.
Deputy Marshal Lewis Ryans an
DIR. Lsuis Ellison, Government phi,
sician. took Barrett from the ho'
pital to the iail. ,...