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I i ia 1 1i CT i I a 7 Jr GfUlfDAY n1I1 1I1 I QCTIOW a WeTT0 WWJUfltOJtWtflLeJ 1901 1901e OeTO OTobE EK 1 j7 ji i I Ursfptgy UrsfptgyTRaUTEo Sf Mr MrN MrUKAIr TRaUTEo RT4Y1WG A AR UKAIr ATIf tI JtRIStANAS I AN great blood bloodfeud 4 feud the Liddell LiddellJones jJones liJones Jones feud of the six sl sixtiesis ctiesis Jtiesis tiesis dead Strange Strangeto 1 to tt say it died a natural naturaldeath i ideath rdeath death For nearly forty fortyyears i iyears fyears years it has hass slept ept Now in the per person i ison ison son of Cuthbert Jones Joneslast last of theJones the i iJones tJones Jones family or at least last lastof of the theElmly i iElmly I IElm1y Elmly Joneses of Louisiana Louisianait it hasceased has 3 3ceased 1ceased ceased to be Some of the Liddells Liddellsare Liddellsare I Iare are living yet but the house of Jones Tonesis Jonesis Jonesis is extinct Death has signed for it ita 1 1a ta a lasting peace with its ancientenemy ancient anci nt 1 1enemy 1 1enemy enemy enemyIn I IIn In dying peacefully in mCuthbert his lied Bed BedCuthbert Mp MpCuthbert Cuthbert Jones a friend of Grants Grantsand 1 1and 1 1and and at one time a resident of Wash Washington 1 1ington tington ington has broken a afamlly family record recordFor record recordFor recordFor For For several generations no adult adultmale adultmale adultmale male of the house of Jones has hasdone 1 1done 1 1done done such such a thing They have been beenwont beeawont i iwont wont to tpdle die with their boots onandwith on onand onandwith and andwith with their guns cocked As a boy boyCuthbert boyCuthbert i iCuthbert Cuthbert barely escaped the familydoom family familydoom jdoom doom in the last great gre feudist eudlst battle battlewhich 1 1which 1 1whiCh which left ofthe of the Elmly Joneses only onlyhimself onlyhimself onlyhimself himself a youth just just verging Into Intomanhood intomanhood Cmanhood manhood a young brother still a amere amere Cmere mere child his mother and one sis sister sister CSince ter Since then Cuthbert Jones has hasled hasleda has led leda leda a more than thmordinarilyeventfull1fe thmordinarilyeventfull1feHe ordinariiyeventful life lifeHe lifeHe He has spent spenttheyears theyears the years of his man manhood manhood 4 4hood hood in semibarbarous halfclvillz halfclvillzedcountrles halciviilz halfcivillzed 1 1edcountries edcountrles ed countries in a asecurity security which he hewould hewould hewould would not have known 1 Wn in his home homeUnited I Iin in llies fhesKe en ghtene l1i1it CPr progressive progressiveUnited ssfve ssfveUnited United States of America He has hasserved hasserved hasserved of the time timethe timethe 1 1the served for fQla a good part the Government which his father fatherand fatherand fatherand and his hisfathers fathers fathersf foe efought fought side by byside byside byside side in temporary truce to over overthrow overthrow throw Finally inaliy he has died In Peru Peruhe Peruhe Peruhe he alone of all the men of Elmly Elmlyhas Elmlyhas Elmlyhas has died in one of those unsettled unsettledSouth unsettledSouth unsettledSouth South American countries whose whosechronic whosechronic whosechronic chronic upheaval Uncle Sam regards regardswith regardswith regardswith with amused and toler tolerant tolerpnt superior superiority superiority superiority ity the peaceful peaceful1 4 death which cer certainly certainly certainly tainly would not have been en vouch vouchsafed vouchsafed Vouchsafed safed for him in the home of his hischildhood hischlldhood hischildhood childhood childhoodJust chlldhoodJust childhoodJust Just how the Liddell LiddellJones Jones feud feudstarted feudstarted feudstarted started probably no one even ee down downin downin downin in Louisiana certainly no one in inWashington inWashington inWashington Washington in this day and genera generation generatron generation tion could undertake to say It Itbegan Itbegan itbegan began like most of the feuds feudswhether feudswhether feudswhether whether of nations or of individuals individualsin in one of those boundary disputes disputeswhich disputeswhich disputeswhich which have vexed the souls of far farmers farmersslnce farmers mers mersslnce since fields first were tilled tilledBut t111edBut tilledBut But the beginnings of the strife have havebeen havebeen havebeen been lost with the memories of those thosewho thosewho thosewho who ruled the bayou plantations in inthe inthe inthe the antebellum antebel1umdays days and have long longsince longsince longsince since lapsed into silence silenceThose silenceThose silenceThose Those proud old Louisiana Louisiana plant planters planters plantersthe ers ersthe the wealthiest In the land landruled land7 land7ruled landruled ruled the bayous beyond the fear of oflaw oflaw oflaw law The LIddells and Joneses oc occupied occupied occupied cupied plantations next door but butone butone butone one to each other When the mas masters masters masters ters became involved In a quarrel quarrelover quarrelover quarrelover over some outlying bit of land the thenumerous thenumerous thenumerous numerous slaves of both plantations plantationsnaturally plantationsnaturally plantationsnaturally naturally took it up They con continually continually continually tinually added fuel to the fire and andstirred andstirred andstirred stirred up the smouldering embers of ofresentment ofresentment ofresentment resentment The masters did no novulgar novulgar novulgar vulgar back fence brawling of ofcourse ofcourse ofcourse course they left that to their unlg unlggels nig niggers niggers gers who attended to that end of ofthe ofthe ofthe the affair thoroughly For them themselves themselves themselves selves at first their weapons were weremerely wer wermerely weremerely merely the shafts of polished sar sarcasm sarcasm sarcasm casm that sturfg and rankled thetaunt the thetaunt thetaunt taunt and innuendo that left hearts heartssore heartssore heartssore sore and festered In the memory memoryFinally memor memorFinally memoryFinally Finally the quarrel Involved the thekin thekin thekin kin of both families familiesand and the entire entirei entirecountryside enUrecountryside entirecountryside countryside was i as kin kiti to one or or the theother theother theother other and In many instances to toboth toboth toboth both sides of the feud Just when whenthe whenthe whenthe the first clash came came Is not recorded recordednor recordednor recordednor nor yet et how it was precipitated precipitatedBut precipitatedBut precipitatedBut But men of of both sides went around aroundto aroundto to avenge Insults lns 1ts real or fancied fanciedAnd fanciedAnd fanciedAnd And those proud fieryold fiery old Louisianaplanterfolk Louisiana Louisianaplanterfolk Louisianaplanterfolk planterfolk were quick to see or orimagine orimagine orimagine imagine insults To To use a bit of ofmodern tmodern fmodern modern slang they were looking for fortrouble fortrou fortrouble trouble trou le with a telescope Naturally Naturallythey Naturallythe Naturallythey they the found it it It is as a rule quite quiterisible quiteisible quiteisible isible to the naked nal ed eye and re requires requires requires quires no magnifying magnifyingAnd magnifyingAnd magnifyingAnd And the women were no less enthusiastic en enthusiastic enthusiastic thusiastic than the men in this thissearch thisenrch thissearch search for possible insults It is told toldtliat that Mrs Charles arles Jones mother motherof mot motherof er erof of Cuthbert Cuthbert was told one pnefday on day on a aMississippi aMissIssippi aiissIssippi Mississippi MissIssippi river steamer stcamerthat that a man manon manon manon on board had made an insulting ref reference referen reference erence eren to tl the the Jones family miIy Pride PrIde of ofrace ofrace ofrace race was wa as strong in her and nd thefiery the thefiery th2fieryLouisianl fiery fieryLouisianl Louisiana spirit as dominant dominantin dominantinherheart dominantin in inherheart her heart as In any any ny mans By Byrightiof Byright Byrightiof rightiof right of hersex he her sshe sex she summoned that thatman thatman thatman man to the ladies cabin and asked askedhim askedhim askedhim him iif if he had made de the remark re reputed reputed reputed puted to her herNo herNo herNo No he replied I did say some something something something thing about about your family madam madambut madambut madambut but not that thatWhipping th thatWhipping tllipplng Whipping a revolver out of her herdress herdress herdress i dress she said If I felt fe Kure sure you youhad youhad ou ouhad had said it I would would shoot sh ot the lying lyingtongue lyingtongue lyingtongue tongue tongue out of your head And even evenas eVenas evenas as she spoke through the trigger triggercatching triggercatchlpg triggercatching catching in her dress as it lay in her herlap herlap herlap lap or by some unintentional move movement moVeent movement ment ent of ofher ofher her fingers 1 ngers the tl pistol went wentoff wentofI wentoft off and a bullet plowed across themans the themans themans mans teeth Thus by pure accident accidentMrs accidentlIrs accidentMrs Mrs Jones nearly carried out out her herthreat herthreat herthreat threat threatIt threatI threatIt It I is told tpldjthat ldthat that her daughter daughter and andCulfiberts andCrilliberttssIster andCutliberVs Culfiberts CrilliberttssIster sister Miss Rosa Jones Jonesdrew Jonesdrew Jonesdrew drew a revolver out of her dress on onone onone onone one occasion and made three men menwho menwho menwho who had attacked her iJeata beat a hasty hastyand hastyand hastyand and ignominious retreat If the wo women women women men of the Jones family were of such suchcaliber suchca1iberit suchcaliber caliber ca1iberit it Is not to be bewondered wondered at atthat atthat atthat that the mn nw were weje of the stuff of ofwhich ofwhicht ofwhichfeudlsts whichfeudlsts which whicht feudlats udlsts are made made and handed handeddown handeddownt handeddown down downt from om lather to tO sbn Ji the thequari quarrel quarrelwith1 lwith11r YJ3y with11r with1 rn irenS irenSBy ens 1 1By By the time the civil war beganthe began beganthe gan ganthe the feud was was thoroughly established establishedand estabiishedand establishedand and accorded accorded the respect due to tra tradition tradiUon tradition dition and pedigree and years of ofascendency ofascendency ofascendency ascendency No one would havedreamed have havedreamed havedreamed dreamed of denying the right ofthe of ofthe ofthe the Liddells and Joneses to shoot shootone shootone shootone one another on sight they and alltheir all alltheir alltheir their connections connections even unto thethird the thethird thethird third and fourth generation Not to tobe tobe tobe be In it itonone on one side or another was wasto wasto wasto to be be socially so socially ially insignificant insi ific But the thewar thewar thewar war brought a a truce tru to all petty pettylocal pettylocal pettylocal local hostilities In their fine old oldpompous oldpompous oldpompous pompous fashion they decided to tohold tohold tofold hold their personal differences in inabeyance inabeyance inabeyance abeyance sir so long as their coun country country country try should need their poor services servicesAnd servicesAnd servicesAnd And before national strife was at an anend anend anend end and and Individual strife could once oncemore oncemore oncemore more come to the fore at least leasthalf leasthalfa half halfa a dozen from the ranks of each side sidehad sidehad sidehad had fallen on some larger worthier worthierbattlefield worthierbattlefield worthierbattlefield battlefield battlefieldWhen battlefieldVh battlefieldWhen When Vh the Confederate Confederateanny army disbanded dis disbanded disbanded banded In 65 the head of the ElmlyJoneses Elmly ElmlyJoneses ElmlrJoneses Joneses came back to his plantationcolonel plantation plantationcolonel plantationcolonel colonel of a Louisiana regimentwhile regiment regimentwhile regimentwhl1e while the chief of the clan Liddell Liddellwas Lidd Liddellwas ll llwas was a general But this difference differencein in rank was ignored as promptly as astheir asth astheir their th ir years of offellowship fellowship in the armyof army armyof armyof of the stars and bars The old strife strifewas strifewas strifewas was renewed at once and Cuthbertand Cuthbert Cuthbertand Cuthbertand and his brother Will till Till were enrolledin enrolled enrolledin in the ranks of the Joneses It was wastheir wastheir wastheir their solemn duty to fight if i neces necessary neces necessary necessary sary at the cost of their lives forchoice for forchoice forho1ce choice at the cost of as many Liddell Lid Liddell Liddell dell lives as possible for the honor honorofthe honorof honorofthe ofthe of the house of Jones It is is doubt doubtful doubtful doubtful ful if they knew why they must killthe kill killthe killthe the Liddells just what the original originalLiddell originalLiddell originalLiddell Liddell had done one to the original originalJones originalJones originalJones Jones It was a question of familyhonor family familyhonor familyhonor honor and they had no thought of ofbeing otbeing ofbeing being found wanting wantingIn wantingIn In 18G9 came the climax in the theshape theshape theshape shape of two bloody blood engagements engagementsin in which the leaders of both sides sideswere sideswere sideswere were killed and many of the rank rankand rankand rankand and file Indeed the Joneses available avail available available able forces were reduced to oneavailable one oneavailable oneavailable available man manand and he but a boy boythat bOJthat boythat that same Cuthbert Jones who diedthe died diedthe diedthe the other day in Peru PeruFor Per PerFor PeruFor For a while active hostilities of ofnecessity ofnecessity ofnecessity necessity ceased For years years ears the old oldtime oldtlm oldtime time tlm enmity enmit smoldered smoldered though though it itwould Itwould itwould would Undoubtedly have burst burstforth burstforth burstforth I forth the moment a Liddell and a aJones aj aJones Jones nes met Now with the passing passingof passing passingof of the last Jones the fire is quiteout quite quiteout ite iteout out has as melted away in alittle a little thin thinwisp thinwisp thinwisp wisp of smoke far to the southward southwardamong southwardamon southwardamongtho among amon amongtho tho Andes AndesBut An AndesBut es esBut But of the final pyrotechnics of of1SG9 oflSG9 1SG9 1SG9In lSG9In 1869In In those days the steamer St StMarys StlIarys StMarys Marys Captain Wt Carlton Carltongathered Catltongathered Carltongathered gathered cotton from all the planta plantation plantaHon PTantation tion wharves wh rve below New Orleans Or rtn nnf and n1 n1c brow brought br 1it it it it up uP To to the th city for f9r saler salerIt ale aleIt nIeIt It gathered tbeted tobr too thellowe the flower ofiLb of LO tiLs tiLsfana ulS ulSana ufsiana fana ana aristocracy or what whatil what the thwar thwarliad7ef war warhadleftyOf wi wihadJ liad7ef hadleftyOf hadJ bO of it itand and bronglititu2 bronglititu2New brought4t brouglifJtutO brouglifJtutONew up to toNew New Orleans to superintend sup nt themarl the themarkelifr themar1reli markelifr mar1reli marl etiug the crop Artong Artongothers Ax long longothers longothers others others if it carried one one day General GeneralLiddell GeneralLiddell eral eralLiddelli Liddell Liddelli bound banndfor for New Orleans on onbusiness onbtis onbusiness business btis I ess From dock to dock the thesteamer thesteaxper thesteamer steamer went winding in inand and out outamong outamo out outamong among amo the plantations antations until shecame she shecame shecame came came to the wharf on the place pIa ceot ceotpoL of ofCol ofOal Col poL Oal Charles Charles Jones and to thrj thr dis dismay dismay dismay may of th the passengers passengers the thecrlinel thecrlineland colonel coloneland rbnelandhis and andhis his twosons two sons stepped acras aero acroS ss the thegang thei thegang gang gang plank all ll three of them themarmed themarmed themarmedto armed armedto to the teeth teethIt tEethJ It 1 took tQo no prophet to seer that thatthere thatthere thatthere there there was was trouble ahead nor no nor yet a avery aY avery very very rY cautious cautious man man to understand understandthat understand understandthat dtbat that that interference interference terfer nc WlS was not not lil lilnely ely to tobe tob tobe be healthy healthy iIth The onlookers onlookers includ including tcluding fnclud fncluding ing ing the ecaptalIi captain captainand and rtd he was neithera neither a a fool nor a a acowardwatchcd coward watched the thethree thethree thethree three Joneses tramp around that Ghatboat thatboat thatbpat boat hunting ng for General er liiddell liiddellwith IJddeUwith Iaddellwith with with a feeling of a catastrophe impending im impending iII iIIpending pending that that Ut they were were powerless powerlessto pqwerleSB pqwerleSBt to avert avert avehGeneral avertGeneral I IGeneral General Liddell was was in the the th salooneating saloon salooneating salooneatlIlg eating his dinner Colonel Joneswalked Joneswalked Jones IoneswaJked walked 1 straight in into to him and in inabout inabput isabout about two minutes minut the discussion discussionbecame c1i discussionbecame us ion ionbe became be me a a dispute disput angry and and hndci ex excited ex exeitedl eitedl ci cited The general gener unarmed l1 unarmed iarmea waa waaata was wasat a at at ata a distinct dIstinCt disadvantage a Be He trieo1 trieo1f tried triedt to to retreat reteat treat But ut as as aShes her hestarted started art down downJthe downthedec1i Jthe deckl tbarardr toar towardrohisstriteroom towardrohisstriteroommeaning hisrstziteroom hisrstziteroommeaning st teroom teroomm meaning aningdmbt1ess doubtless to to get his own re revolvers revolvers revolvers volvers andface and lace the fire the three threeJoneses threeJoneses threelonesesguns lonesesguns Joneses guns iur spoke in in a quickvsharp quickvsharpchorus quicksh quicksharpchorus ip ipchorus chorus and the head head of the the house house of ofLiddell ofLi ofLiddell Liddell Li ideU1 fell ll dead ad on the deck deckThe deCk deCkTbe deckThe The onlookers seem to have beendazed been beendazed beendazed dazed General Liddell 3aS vas oneot oneotthe one of offthe ofthe the foremost men of the State StateColonel Stat StatColopel StateColonel Colonel Colopel Jones was another Both Bothwere Bothwere Bothwere were looked looke up to and respected inthe inthe in inthe the southern southern parishes Socially Soc ally theywere they theywere theywere were were pretty prett pretty well in a class by by them themselves themselves themselves selves One of them had shot the theother theother theother other No one had interfered and andeven andeven andeven even now no one for the momentwent moment momentwent momentwen went wen to make sure that the one was wasreally wasreally wasreally really beyond beyon help nor yet to takethe take takethe takethe the other Into custody CaptainCarlton Captain CaptainCarlton CaptainCarlton Carlton recovered covered himself sufficient sufficiently sufiici6nly ly to turn his vessel Ve sel around and andh head headher headher ad adher her back down the th river toward towardLlanada towardLlanada ward wardLlanada Llanada the Liddell plantation plantati The TheJoneses TheJoneses TheJoneses Joneses stood around the body bodysi bodysilent si silent silent lent lent somber as if they had beenchosen been beenchosen beenchosen chosen as as pallbearers palroe ters to their fallen fallenenemy fallen fallenenemy fall nenem enemy enem At their tl ei own own wharf wharl how however how however hoerever ever they had the captain stop andwent and andwent andwent went ashore free none disputing disputingthe disputingthe disputingthe the way with themWhat them themhat xrhat What rhat hat night Deputy Sheriff John JohnH JohnH JohnH McCabe who In later years eius made madehis msdenis de bis his home in inWashington Washington arrestedCol arrested arrestedCol arrestedCol Col Charles CnarlesJones Jones and his two tW6 sons sonsWilliam sOns sOnsWilliam sonsWilliam William and Cuthbert They hadnot had hadnot hadnot not attempted to escape They Th wore woreperfectly WONperfectly woreperfectly perfectly ready to face the music musicand musicand musicand and they were more than than ready toface to toface toface face all the Liddells of LouisianaBut Louisiana LouisianaBut LouisianaBut But they did not like the Idea of jail jailThey jailThe JailThey They The asked Mr McCabe as as a a mat matter matter matter ter of personal personal friendship friendship not to toconfine toconfine toConfine confine them in jail and he willing willingly willingly willingly ly took them instead to his own ownhouse oWn oWnhouse ownhouse house houseIn houseIn houseIn In the night the Liddells andtheir and andthir andtheir their followers a asmall small army athirst alhlrsifor athirstfOI athirstfor for vengeance vengeance and ready to wipe the theJoneses theJoneses theJoneses Joneses off of the face of the earth earthcame earthcam earthcame came cam to the McCabe house Quicklythe Quickly Quicklythe Quicklythe the Jones family famU women wom and allheld all allheld allheld held a conference to plan if possiblc possiliasome possiblcsome posslD posslDsome some means of escape Mrs Irs Jones Joneswas Joneswas Joneswas was there as haughtily indomitable indomitableas as she had been on the Mississippi Mississippisteamer Mississippisteamer Mississippisteamer steamer Relying on the supposed supposedrespect supposedrespect supposedrespect respect of a Southern crowd for a awoman awoman awoman woman she made her husband puton put puton puton on her clothing arguing that theywould they theywould theywould would never shoot at at a petticoatNor petticoat petticoatNor petticoatNor Nor would they had not the col colonels col colonels co1onels onels rheumatic limp been noticed noticedin noticedin noticedin in spite of his womans womans skirts skirtsThereupon skirtsThereupon skirtsThereupon Thereupon the petticoats ceased to toprotect faprotect toy toyprotect protect him and Colonel Jones ofElmly of ofElmly orElmly Elmly fell as his adversary Gent Genera Gen General General eral era Liddell of Llauada had fallen fallenscarce fal1enscarce fallenscarce scarce twelve tw lve hours earlier earlierThere earlierfhere earlierriiere There was no time to mourn thedead the thedead thcdead dead the living ware re to be saved savedIt savedIt savedIt It was decided that Will T1U should make makea mal ea a dash from the rear of the dwelling dwellingCenUnue3cn dwellingC CenUnue3cn nUglC1 tn rage 1 Three this Section.