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Show MURDEROUS AFFRAY IN TENNESSEE Bloodshed Cansed by the Marriage off ss Old Man to a Young Ulrl. Knoxmli.e, Tenn., May 11. The details of a murderous afTray which occurred oc-curred on Wolf creek near the North Carolina line, have been received here. Jonathan Bell, an old and well-to-do man, lost his wife by death six weeks ago. After two weeks he married a girl of seventeen years, greatly to the disgust of his family. As time passed they grew more dissatisfied, and finally they went in a body to the old man's home and taking the young wife out, stripped her and gave her 100 lashes. On the following day on complaint of F.hler Bell and of John Ballew, the whippers were arrested but were released re-leased on bonds. Then they went to Ballew's house to punish hira for inter-ferring. inter-ferring. Ballew resisted and in the battle which followed John Bell was killed. "Big" and Wild Bell, Hiram Morton, Jack Johuwu and three others fatally shoV Johnson and "Big" Bell have since died aud it is said the others are dying. There have been no arrests and both sides are armed for warefare. |