Show hen daakson killed v 7 T 0 ak n S a t 4 n 10 17 A 09 log V 47 11 y 0 V A t 41 eq R 0 y V aar apr IM adov hl 06 r 15 za 4 by ALFRED andrew jackson ventured into tennessee in 1708 to seek tame fame and fortune as a lawyer tie lie found that frontier country a vast wilderness tile the settler settlements were few and far between and hostile lios indians roomed roamed tit at large throughout that region the prospects for a professional man could coul d not liae am e appeared very bright to young jackson but lie was by no means discouraged opening an office in nashville lie he soon secured a large share of the legal business not only of that town but of tile the state lie ile made his howe home with mrs donelson who kept a number of boarders and there lie he became acquainted with tier her daughter who was living apart from her husband husban band d I lets ewis robards a resident resi derit of kentucky bobards had become jealous of ills wife a beautiful charming woman and had bid written to her mother to take tier her home as tie lie lid did not intend to live with tier her any longer mrs robards bruther brother was accordingly sent to kentucky to escort her to nashville was censured by liis his own mother for tits his action and lie soon regretted what lie had done shortly after his cifes departure ho he became convinced that that lie had entertained regarding tier conduct was entirely groundless through the efforts of a mutual friend he be became reconciled to his wife and was living with her at the time jackson became a member mi abc r of the hie family circle within a few months jacksons Joli sons courteous and innocent attentions to mrs robards excited the jealousy tit of tier her husband oil and tills this fact becoming known tile result was much much unhappiness in the donelson family in the fall of 1790 robards took steps to secure a divorce under a law of virginia Virgin la whose jurisdiction included tennessee Tenn estee providing that a man convinced of ills his cifes infidelity must obtain the passage of an act of the legislature leals lature authorizing a grand jury investigation anil and a dissolution of the marriage inar ringe in case the should be found guilty robards It went before tile hie legislature and charged that his wife lind had deserted deser teil him film and was a thing living with andrew jackson upon tills this state the hie legislature passed the desired BC act L but robards It tailed failed to proceed in accordance therewith in the course of time lime tile the news of chiq till legislative action was received in nashville and it was the general impression that robards Io lards had find been decreed a by regular procedure learning in the spring of 1791 that her husband now as she believed intended to come to Nasi nille with a slew few of compelling tier her to go with him back to kentucky mrs It decided to mold him film by visiting friends in natchez jackson biose whose friendship had bad now ripened into love accompanied her thither and at once returned home in the summer of the came year rear lie again visited 7 married 2 sirs mrs robards and brought tier back to nasli nash ef tile the couple recel received veol tile the hearty ns of their ninny many friends ind and their happiness aiva vas V as riot not disturbed until two years later when they learned that robards had not completed his divorce case in ili virginia but had recently revived it in kentucky and obtained a decree in accordance with the act of the legislature this was indeed astounding news to jackson and ills his wife but to prevent any furtner complication they were remarried their social Et rt anding tit in nashville was wai not lowered tit in the least by the fredica ment in ili which they had found themselves jackson was the owner of a race horse named truxton Trux which lie stood ready at nry ary nr ar y time to heavily back with his money in tile rall fall of 1805 a race was arranged between truxton find capt joseph ilow how boy for a tako stake ol of 2000 the stoke money was to be put up op in personal notes on the day of the race but just before the race was to be pulled ort off captain ervin and ami ills his bonin bon aon in law charles dick inson a prominent lawyer and a popular young youn man paid a forfeit of and withdrew alow boy the affair ending amicably A short time after tills this event jackson was informed that dickinson had made some q reflecting eting on the character of aars jackson when dickinson Dick insun who ho frequently indulged in the louing bowl was interviewed regarding galdins re ills his aspersions lie told jackson that it if lie had nude made them he must have been drunk at the time further explanations seemed to be satisfactory to jackson who nho parted from dickinson in a friendly mariner manner this hoei however cr was not the end of the disagreeable matter soon after tills meeting dick jason while drinking in the hie barroom of a publicly repeated tits his offensive word which were carried to jackson who thereupon P n urged captain ervin to adise ills his son in la law W to 0 quit his big scandalous talk before it was nag t too la late e to avoid trouble prom from tills this time the anuil enmity y be between teen like hie two met men increased in bitterness A report was spread by thomas swan n boung lawyer that jackson had said that tile the notes paid laid as a forfeit in fit the horse race were different from those agreed upon jackson emphatically denied that lie had said anything of the kind thereupon a voluminous and abusive correspondence ensued between the men in one of ills his letters jackson said there tire are certain traits that always accompany the gentleman of truth the moment he hears bears a harsh bors expression lon applied to a friend he will immediately communicate muni cate it that explanation may take place while tile the base poltroon and cowardly talebearer will always act in the background you can call apply the latter to sir air dick dickinson I 1 and see which best befits him I 1 write it for ills his eye and the latter I 1 emphatically intend for him film jackson declared tu to ills face that swan was no gentleman dad and that it if lie dared to issue a challenge lie ie would cane him to first st and then ghe gaie him film satisfaction satIs fatIori swan however r sent jackson a note of defiance in which lie demanded that reparation which one lie gentleman Is s entitled to receive from another all and authorized tile the bearer of the hie cartel 10 to lo ninke make complete arrangements in the neld of honor honer jackson did riot not reply by letter but answered in ili person assailing swan san in a barroom with kith a pistol and in telling liim film to draw lini and defend fill himself tit th fracas however ended called without It hout blood bloodshed shed swans sans next move was the production of proofs going to show that lie he was a gentleman gent lemm who wh held hIn isIf responsible for whatever lie he DI dijt say tile alie letter that eliut bad written to swan abusing dickinson and crying a threat of a challenge to him brought a caustic reply from who immediately departed on it trip to new orleans when dickinson returned room new orleans lie wrote a flous attack upon jackson and presented it to a local newspaper for publication jackson upon being informed of tills this forthcoming assault called at tile the newspaper office bild dpn dern demand linol was shown a copy of f the areme cle ile he immediately sent a challenge to Dic kluson who ho had bail no hesitation in accepting as he had bad expected it the duel took lonk place may SO 1806 at a ren demous some considerable distance from froin nish N ish file dickenson DI kinson had tile reputation of being hein the best shot in tennessee and was known to love lave plugged a target the size of it a saher dollor dollar four times limes in succession at a distance of twenty butir feet tile belting odds wore were much against jeck son although lie he lis regarded as an expert handler handier of tile alstot when the combatants came on the field they iho appeared to be cool and determined jackson hore tin an ineradicable enmity to dickinson for the unforgivable slurs that he had cast upun upon ills his wife ire dad and dickinson felt that lie lil himself anif had find been insulted all arrangers arr angern aits haan having been conr com plated they faced each ether nt at twenty four foet each holding tits his pistol at the glen word dickinson quickly raised pis his pistol and tired fired first A small cloud clou I of dut dust arose from jacksons left breast and lifting up till his arm he placed it across ills his chest for a moment the witnesses thought lie had been hit hut but lie he stood firm and tile the I 1 next In stir look loik alin alii tind and pulled the trigger the pistol failed to go olt off the ham haip mer iner had stopped at half cock and while Jq hycl elRon ton was re cocking it dickinson exclaimed my dodl I 1 lave I 1 missed blind again taking steady ain aim t k WU W U jackson fired the shot that ended the life of ills his enemy dickinson staggered and fell to tile ground tile bullet havid having passed through his body below the ribs cousin causing him to bleed to death to a few hours short shortly after the duel it was noticed that jacksons shoes were dripping with blood dick ansons bullet had find struck film in the lie left side br eakim a rib find scraping the breast jackson although suffering severe pain hall had striven to keep his wound a secret in hopes that no tine imp would know that ile he had been tilt hit it was nt a dangerous injury and lie was soon ou on the road to recovery it was claimed by DIckin dickinsons sons friends that jackson bad taken unfair advantage by clothing ills his slender figure in loose garments they main talked that if lie bad been dressed in close fitting clothes clot lies such ns as lie he usually wore DI dikenson Dk kinson would have made a sure benth shot ile he had almed aimed at a the spot where tie he supposed jacksons heart was located and was surprised surprise that lie had not killed him film instantly however one of tile comments regarding tills this alleged unfairness was that at i any rate dickinson deserved killing for slandering nn an upright woman for some considerable time lime tills affair militated militate politically and socially against jackson lie he was a quarrelsome quick tempered overbearing dnn always carrying a i hip on ills shoulder and ever ready to right at the drop of the elie hat ills his affair with the henton denton brothers Is a 9 fair illustration of his bellicose nature capt william carroll tin nn intimate friend or of jackson become became invoked in it quarrel with will jesse jese penton denton who challenged lihn jackson endeavored 1 to line hae the affair finical 1 ett filed led but benton would not listen to an thing of the kind and demanded 4 a n rne etIn ot iho he nold or of honi tionne or jackson anted as carrolls carrells Car rolls second benton llred fired first and then weakened ile he stooped alit and turned partly around to ovoid avoid carrells carrolls Cir Car rolls shot which struck him in the roar rear a painful hut but not serious serinus wound thomas hart I 1 enlon blenton lio ho was in washington to save jackson front from bankruptcy upon ills his to tennessee berame indignant tit nt jackson whom he charged with having the duel in a savage un unequal elutil ond and liae babe nian manner nero jackson responded with nith a threat that it he would horse horsewhip nhip denton fit at their next meeting Jack jackson cin went on oil the lie karpath warpath war drill and trailed it hen i enton to the city hotel and pointing tits ills plarl tit nt film pali salil now you d d I 1 urn am gning 1 in punish you draw all and defend yourself backed awny away jesse benton beaton now flow appeared on n the hie scene with tits ills pistol loaded with fill two bullets find and a slug and shot jackson in the shoulder and in the leftare left lef tarm arm jackson fell in ili a helpless condition captain coffee came to his rescue and llred fired at thomas renton denton but missed him clubbing his pistol lie advanced on I 1 penton enton who stepped backward and fell down a n stairway jacka s party was at tills this stage of the fig haht lit reinforced by lots lils nephew stokely habes who all attacked ached jesse benton with a sword cane the slender made blade breaking in pieces upon striking a covitti butlan n clayes nw now drew a dirk threw jesse to the hie gloor lied him in the left arm and inflicted beneral orri il slight flesh A hyst bystander andor separated separate th m and others interfered drill and stopped further bloodshed ft ni Tl oTias bailon surrounded surround rd od by it a few friends denounced 3 ickson ichson ns as it defeated assa sin land dined him if to conle forth and die hut boot tip picking up tit jacksons Jack sona word sword which md iad dropped it the flom r se went out mit to the public quare and broke it ii in uso Us lz o jakson jackson neier fully ered from tho lie wound in ills should r |