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MURDER IN THE FAMILY.a Qvrttn nirrw.orwE.Yr or rnwIHA VGJiOS-U A LL *'Kl l.Jmw nratwhoa Mill* a Man In m Mrnfnrkt rami and rtaaa •• «'a|am«a-niara Mr Mllla Mlil arla. an* la Na«v I adar Arrant ni thm Manila uf Ilia llratfcrr-lml IW.J. t. Drvttctinnnr;vr«, Col., Kept. Id. The killing of » taw-llilll hand In in Isolated a nintaln ca mo In Bark county l»»t tnonlh has developed the story of a Kentucky feud fait of Interesting and dramnM® Incidents. tost week Joint A. liraughoti, County Commissioner mid receiver Of the 01 . till Court of Knoll county, Ky.. arrived In Palrpla? Tor the purpose of arreellng III. cousin and brother-Inlaw and inking tom buck 10 Keniuiky lo anewer I he charge of murder. The ordeal which the Kentucky official It passing though I. not on easy one. 'r o man ho wag neoklng llet In a In-spltal rrvororlwic from n gun.ho! wound. He I. % tilood reltlire, anil hit wife I. o tltlcroftht wifo of Lho Kentucky official. Winn John Uraughon arrlred In Kalrplay lio wa» in el .y Mrs. Joy Dranghdn, who threw her arms atont hit nock and gobbed and plmidod for inert) 'or her hutband. Khe togged John no! to lake J .y hack lo Kentucky. At thn hospital J ,y Draugtmn on lilt tod alto Joined in ilic prajt it of hi. wife for clemency.Don't tokeuio bock to Kentucky.” he begged, for that will mean certain death. I am doing well here, and will bother no one any tnnra. Here ! can lire a quiet llfo and keen my famuy In comfort.”But John A. Uraughon wat obdnrate. He had an official mission to perform. Hla.lolr toll • .ihe* demanded that he should take Joy Draugbon, though a blood relative, back lo Keniu-i to suffer for a crime committed there, though t.-.t crime wm the ouigrowth of a feud in winch l t Drnnghnni were arrayed agnin.t another lam* By. The fall campaign it about to tot-ln lo Knott county, and the rtraugnooa hove nlw.-t been a power In politic! in that county. V® official weakness could he tolerated erea wha the life of amemtorof the liraughoo fami j uaa at slake. Kurthts reason Jonn Draught resisted the entreaties o' the wife and tot wounded man. and he ordered the local authorities to place a watch over Jay until ha wxa sufficiently well to to transported back to Kentucky. Another very potent reason why John Uraughon should bring Jar Draughon to uistlca la bocausc the recent victim of Jay Draughon’t aim. the saw 111 hand, waa no oilier ;haa John's father. It. A. M Draughon. Home tuna In lapi Jay Draugbon escaped from Kentucky Immediately after killing a man named Cunningham. He settled In Colorado. Ho went by the name of Hiram Baker and In time wat es-tahllsbod near Grant. Bark county, where ha has been running a small aawinlll. La-t yeae his uncle. IU A. I. liraughoo. who had killed a man as the outgrowth of the Drnughon-HaU feud In 1M95. Joined Jay at the sawmill, ant. as John Caudsll. worked for lbs Hiram Baker of the mill. Bui Ihe two men norer go! on Dear* ahly. Ten years ago Jay braurhon tried to kill his uncle, but waa prevented by relatives, s its that occasion be came into hit uncle’s store at Hindman. Ky.. and Inquired: tVbere do you keep that moonshine whig-key I'This query In a backwoods country star* Is amost dangerous one lo propound, and ihe o:'. man was enraged in a roomcn . He told Ja:- 'o shut up and get out. 1h:a made Jay sngr-- a-I he t-*ok aim with hla shotgun and would l.yra killed the storekeeper tad not one of tie I T-standers knocked up the barrel. TMi quarrel was patched up because of the Intense ev-!:e-ment then existing relative to the feud between the branglioiis and the Halit It was not Ion* after It. A. b. Draughon. under the name of John Caudell, had route to Colorado to work In the aawtTitll when''eras men t cgsn to quarrel. The subject of a dir .-..in n: the proflta arising from the sun mill bu-u. -s becsme a bone of contention. tin Auc ’.“'.'s two men went down • ticant. and while thr-a they crank too mis :, whisker. While under the inflnsr.ee of Honor they renewed the 1 quurret. This continued during ihe ride ho: -a to ihe sawmi’i and to--amr dangerous ss : I.es approached home. Two women riding on: .3 vis:: Mrs. Hiram Baker were driving un a si- co hill In the wagon. while The two ouarrelllng idea strode tohlnd. Suddenly Caudell drew hla r:*'-* end sen: a bullc after 11-Ler. who was- s distance ahee-1 B»kcr jumped inio the wav n and escaped with ihe womru. leaving I's . tell to make hla way hotneafoot. B-kr-r prct-arr-1 now for trnuhle. and he was not disapi-i.tr.',-d. As soon as t'audeil could reach the saw in.. !a made siraight for Bsker's home. Baker mr: !..... at ihe di-ir with a revolver In h'a hand. i * ahoi Orat-aenamu n hullcl luio Raker a '• -. Bak r fr'l to Ihe floor, hut hr got I lie d- ; u Caudell and a bullet from hla rerolr.r lo-l.r I n Me uncle's ahlomrn. Caudell Blaggvre* t Ms tent. where he died the fol owing ..rut: .--a. Hsker was arrrsied and taken to »a.r:.. ■. where lie so placed In a hospital The ner’a Jury rendered a verdict that Caudel .! died of a gunshot wound given b) Bskcr :• 'rlf-defence, and It seemed that the matter w „u'. 1 a dronticd.When the news of Me father's dei'n ' •d.-l John Draiigh.iu hr telegraphed to Ihe ffhcr,*T f Bark i-ounty lo hold Baker aaa fugitive murderer under «n ae«oruod name.The Draiighun Hs.l conflict originsierl In 1-H The dead body of John Adams was found. -» .► I reel of Cattellaburg one mornln--. H- !.-d be* n beaten to dealt: in a hotel i.i.d s bo-li- thrown from a wlnb.w. Adams .» lt;• * friend of the lirsughoua an I a half bratl.e f l.!n\ills-lliggms who suspected th-H lien i liallwa- rvapoiialhle for the milp'cr of Ad .:..s. Higgins vcwed over me spot where hi* 1 -d brother lay .lead that Halt's life woo d have 'o pay the pcnalty.and ho was aagwo.1 as Mswor.t. Hof-.re Il.o ve»r ended Halt was she nnl kit.edtn B oyd county. Boputar seotlipcnt w as uI:h Higgins and ho was never a. . sfrd.The murders of Adams and Hsll lnirns.i4 the feeling town ecu tl.r Haifa and Ilrtuvl. : s. to vernl aiiempts at killing were made. si. ' r a I line bullets flow w-ildlv. but p r-isfcnl’. fa 11 alia publicly vowed Ihetr Imc.lon of a . ■: g-Ing'lie death of Henderson 11.11. Ill.-g. - - as watched and follow.-.! for a long time rs. with bia relatives, el.ic-d ready for haiii- a ■i.omrni'a warning, tine dar Higgnis - '--riddled with bullets. w..e found near II n oi.Bor this crlinn lten June*, warn tVr I. 1 ! Washington t raft were arrested and hi In lt;raft was acquitted and the Irfals of Ih. -n r two men were never held.Ihe next mutaler waa committed to- *y Draughon during a drunken quarr n I1- •-a'iile. Johnson county. The s tctim was .. : -a r.sojed Cuimingh »m, and the quarrel . • ■ a woman. Jar rted the r.iuntry and s. ': -' a Colorado as !lie. lliraiu Baker whom thl- •' T concerns iuoc.Tho next death was that of Hi'tirv 11. a nindmau. hi* aaaallant being IL A. L. Hr. .. n. ihe prosper..us m-reh int and poll!.. ! • fKnot! raiialy. Dr.iughon hail lo g.: • ■ •Slate, and lie hnnlol up Ills liruhew Jn : « aswmlll near Uraut m ihis sti.lc. Draughon. who au.vee-'.iMl hla father in I-' i .-P.iw.t an.l who lias personally .tire, led • .• lly affairs III Knott .-ounly during Ms ! .■ - • cnforcial alue-me from home. Is now the - ■ - dItgureu' the Dr-.ugl.ou-llall feud. Ih-u turn with hit --uualn and brofhor-ln l*» ' a murderer of Ills father, lo Kentucky ! him o.er M the aulhoiilles for trial for us murder of Cunningham.
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New York Sun
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Sun, Sep 19, 1897
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