| Show I I GEN EHI C O M CLAY OLM FIGHTS SHERIFF Barricades and arid Turns Turn Loose on Oil Officers CAUSED BY DOMESTIC DO WOES Ii e ii S Ito It cut to itt tl t a I I vu hp I Ii e Zil ici iciS Irl C U Ut t S tc ite S ii u ii t th C H h t I lit 1 Itt I till ht I II mill ii I he git II Ill lI ii lilt I Lexington Ky ly April 6 With th the cry cr Time The tho that vendetta 01 on 01 hi lips Gel Uli leti Cn Marcellus Marcelus Clay the lie famous timid and ud duelist and former Status Slates minister t to 10 tills this led hU itle little Itt bodyguard to battle haUe against a sheriff sheriffs osse which lint had gono gommo OIO to Whitehall his lila palatial inanition In II Madison cumin coun county ty to 10 serve lee papers upon the general In 11 a n civil suit Instituted hIm by u hut his daughter Mrs Mary LI U Clay Cia Many shots were timed flud on UI ouch ormolu side and 1 tie the t posse os t finally departed without iv I thou accomplishing the time purpose O of f Its II visit It I Is lit reported that dim Gel Clay flay was WIl wounded In Iii II th the affray ufra Fleeing froth frol his Ils supposed enemies hu Ito himself in lit his lila dim den len in II the mansion and amid there ho lie hI remained guarded by Ills imiN Ili faithful servants Whether or not ho Is wounded Is If only known to and to his little bodyguard No 0 stir mir IU H on uris nl been to time tie house hol anti 1111 none lone ditto daro dlo approach except on In itt Vita lun lIon 01 ii conflict wan WUI directly con With lh the domestic Woon of ot len Gel Cloy Lluy which have hae darkened the clos lug Ing I years yea rs of ot his ii is life I ii to e The fie principals Itri ad s Ii In the thi battle bate art Gun Gen Clay and two o of his body boily bot guard Hud Dud and anc JIm JIu Boll on one ole side Ilce and Sheriff Coyier Deputy Deluty and unc Frank Mason Inson o of Madison county on nit the time othel The writ which the tho sheriff sought to serve lele fie was sos us one ordering the tIme of ot sonic sole furniture belonging to the tIme generals daughter The Jime approached the tho house train from rota the time north passing through time the tipple orchard TIme The fht generals Hus lon bulldog set fet up a bathing barking anti and Ind the Ille stopped at lit the yard The rho re gen en H bodyguard promptly came Caine to tho time door and the sheriff sherif announced that thai ho Ito desired master mastel of ot a n personal Whitehall Interview with vithu wih this the Gen Gel Clay in it a I few ft moments came caine to i the time door revolver In hand halt handS S Oen Clay said the tIme sheriff wo we vt I are re here on a 1 peaceful i You mime are nl on un my uny property without leave ICI and I will wil shoot hoot you ou rallIed the hue I old od li Inn man Who a blind strained his eyes es as lS If Jf trying to inuRe maki out the this location of the lie enemy nem Dont Dolt shoot hool general we are arc friends shouted Sheriff Colyell Spies he lie retorted antI handing ha his pistol to one otto of his men he took toole It it Instead u a 1 repentIng repeating shotgun arid and cocked Sheriff Colyer Colyor sought shelter sheler behind a large oak tree 1111 neat near by I and his deputies also ol o hid themselves All 1 pulled hulled their weapons lien Gen Clay Cia shrieked The he vendetta tile the tl vendetta anti and began he al hiring firing In lii tite direction from which Crai rota he ht tin the Time The h sheriff sherif l Shred fired fred ln In return at af ter or the general had emptied his hie hit weapon Wil lIon and his lila deputies also tired fired tred not at time the old oltI man they timey the say s but hoping to In scare Rear him him Into seeking shelter Colel was ivas wid wild na also tilen not desiring to 10 kin kill ki the tue old man nina who ho although h do lag Ing his hiis best hest to kIlt kill ki him hll believed to ho lie 11 lieas was ns as tiring firing upon an UI enemy After emptying el the shotgun Gen Con uny CI eta tried rico his Jils hi revolver which would not lint fire Ore He lie then lien thel took look train from the hands of the tIme other guards guar ls a n rifle and fired Iret in the time direction of the tha frightened sheriff and deputies Exhausting his ion tion tol Gen hen Clay CIa sought sou ht retreat He flu went Into Inlo his room and putting up Ull the Iron 1111 bars ordered his men inca to adjust time the pistols which were three large largo nav no navy weapons always kept lying on n a dresser He lie le armed himself with n a 1 1 large Inlo and Ind n it Stationing himself by the tIme side of oC the door 1001 he lie hC awaited further attack After Gen lemi Clay had hat retreated Into his bits den then Sheriff SherIf Colyer and his men let left the yard They found a n negro boy ho honn and arni nn sent Relt him to the house to try to tl get Gen en Clay Cla out unarmed l anti meet leet them theta but hut In this they were not success ful and Int they Ih returned without time the process Sheriff Sherl Colyer Coler says sas ho ito 10 will wi not bother Gen Clay tomorrow hut bitt walt wait until Monday for serving the lie papers Some Sonic months ago Gen Con Clay who ho lint had been heen left heft alone after lter hI hl hIM wife Ie Dora Data D jn r ran i away I multi and let left him sent for tor Mrs MII Mary U H Clay Clayn Claya n a to come anti and live with wih him him For some Rome time they the got along nicely I I c anti and the veteran appeared to be bo satis satisfied In ls fied Ie Two weeks ago he lie told 1011 his to go to his family tOll and se so secure secure cure th their lr consent to tho time release of nil all 11 claims on 01 the Property which he oc or occupied lie le wanted to give gle the prop property erty crt to 10 Dora Darn the young oung divorced wife who Is now the tho wife of ot Hlo Brock Drock and resides at nt In Iii II Woodford county count on property pro pert given lyn her by U the tho general I Mrs Clay Cia went away nI according to toners orders ners and amid Iut returning a day or HO so 0 later was tact met II nt at 11 the door by b the th old titan man manIlia Ills Ilia eyes e es were tere fiery Iery In his trembling hand hant he lie held lucId a revolver grasped tight tightly t ht ly He lie le demanded to know kiwI the time result of or the time visit Il Its Is all al right said lal the frightened daughter All Al right Is It I retorted the In Infuriated II man Inn You lie 0 I know kno you are Ir deceiving me inc Leveling lifts hits hI re revolver 1 revolver volver at itt lt his tile daughters hend he lie added Leave reave my may house houst auth never nee come conic here again 1011 to lila his hIl rV m time the old i man moaned She was sas trying to de do me tUe le I could tell tel It by h her face Securing a writ of ot delivery for Cor her huir furniture Mrs Irs Clay pIlIM the paper In the tIme hands of ot Sheriff eol Ir Gen lou Clay Cia still loves loos the child he ime married anti although alto he huH has now flOW 1011 irown grown to womanhood and h remarried he wants nuits to give 11 her his property which at 11 his lila death will wi go to 10 lila his hi children He lie thinks time the vendetta about which he huts has hUl talked and auth written for tor years rears Is II on antI believed today that he lie was tas shooting nt mit his enemies come comae to 10 mur murder tier der him him In his own on home borne |
