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The i'oilrwooil Vendolta,[MayavUle Eagle. JIt i*» known that dnriog the war the r Underwood family bad pretty much1! _ h'«» their own way io the neighborhood of Olive Uill, in Carter county. Hat af* ^ ter its conclusion tha climate oaa«ed I* fee baa 11 by for Alfred Underwood, the leader of the party, and ho followed'lt;1 rooley’a advi-n to go W«t. It hit I been several timet reported that be was , i 'had, had beau killed, but it is pretty j curtain that he is alive, and still n dafllt;i u*|gD*ons shut with « rifle. Not long af-| ter the war Jesse Underwood became involved in a stjtiabhle in a bar roots*iDvuiveit in a squauhte in a bar roots £ jo Hath county, while a cireus was go- W t I iotr on, which terminated in his killing®i mir on. wiucn nruiimitej m Ins tilliugngj j I y iiiog Trumbo. Hu Las always -ndlS, i bat ire shot -,i another tnun, and had j j i t ,Dot the zHftktevt intention of shootii fe‘ 1Traiubo, to whom ho here no ill will'. 19lie ! c%vajlt;Hl. and for boooiinto hid do-.|£ _ ;,j fiance to tho authentic* in Cnrtep$B3p.. u.iuCO u, ti.jj autiiuritio* in Carter*!1 j John .Martin were arre-t.-d by Marshal ! ?'I Heflin, between MaypviHe aa J Cittern- / ^ j irati. charged with horse stealing. Tn-had inherited some property fromis father, t'tid nl one time h id boon a rospurous mere hint in Hillsboro. Hut 1 ,ni passion for gambling- ..ppearanac of his means. and it is -jj charged that on rcverol occasions lie! 1 ‘ s.pud beyond the line of the laur. Iu | C! it ,!^0 h* • M rchead, acj ioISi I became famous by being charged : ^ *' with having mutilated tho rc.-orth of,U' ' I which he ires cost-* linn, ns clerk of I , the airuuit court. He tnu defeated iri , ' 1ST!. became involved in a difficulty with Jamt' Carey, which compelled , him i t leave Morehcad. and it was , white he was wandering around that.*’' I , •...••■i e.i.n, ,| ”i- uimim-d tlits lime John Mar-tin ki under indictment for kiliimr a r until jianni! Hi nr. the brother of Mar- °* tin » brother's wife, for which be wa? | *? -ftertratds uojui'Ml. T«b«*r t...d M.r-I*1 J j tin were admitted to bail, and ps tiding i ! their trial went to Carter count y rr-it- i ' i i ■ ■ ■ ■ .,' . i ■ 1 ■. ihe Underwoods and commenced hard 1“^ * j work toi raisfl a crop. Sotni horse* iu’ ' . were missiog lJial belonged to a mao 14 ! onmed Stamper, living some milult; from (f‘ ( the II mk'r woods, and Tabor nud Mar 1* ' :::i w.'i-e chared with taking them 11.* . The Stamper pirty notified Taber :,ni ,* Martin to leave, and warned tho Ho.umj , fuJerwoods not fa hat bur them. Tat-, ; loft at oaoc, and it i» stated h now in I Ju “ the Wc»t. Tha wife uf Martin wtsi!*0 ? I «;ok, so that he enntd not leave. His |-' JI a I family was the guuet of one .of the y lindorumods, orho was a second time * notified to seud John Martin away, the i11* r Stamper? promieiug to provido fur his V-1' ‘ wife until she could be removed. Hii i rj e I host had uow become alarmed, and told ,S y 1 M«rtin he coald no longer cntcrtaiu*!:. ilki'_n which Martin did. Not long after- J^e wards the eame notice was nerved up- j ^'* 1 on him which he disregarded. And J ‘ shortly he was ahot from an ambudij e by u coneealud murderer, the ball p*?»- |, iug through ids. bowels, and making a j hole in biasidc, thrungb which w 11 hi*.‘11 food lias since paw?ed, outil his death, u lew weeks ago. Then commenced •he Carter Wnr ’* Klvin Lnderwood 'and John Martin took to tht ba?h,” land two of the {’tamper party were 4 , killed One of the Underwood broth ' jvs .lt;nd ona of lhrp»rtilt;»na were also tired at irura the hashes nnd killed.0 ' Durrng nil this blood letting J.r#e Urny derwond wns in Iowa, hot oa learning 'is the eoudition of affairs he returned !»er1 borne to share tho fate of his kindred, j ge t After matters had become quieted lie ' wu1 Ji.-tcrmiued to return to Iowa, and was pe; n j pa-slpg through Lewis county on hislta^ y : way out of the State, when he wnajfifi it pursued hy Hiram Warder, the sheriff, jtei . with a party to arrest him. After hav- ion 1 ^ :ug be m himself shot, Jesse i'turned j po i — ‘ the fire with a volley that killed poor inii «»I ouug IJuggl 's. lie was tried for this !pr;o an csaniining court iu Lewis, and sk' *• ( acquittnl on the ground that the pur I an suers had no warrant for his arrest nnd *a it • tfio killing was done in self dofcuse.1 Th s | Ho was theu taken to Bath county to , o£ r bo tried lor killing young Trumbo.soi it 1 years before. After inoarcarntiau for | spi •’ | some months in tho Owiosvillo jail ho thi iJ9 his escape. It has often boonthi11 reported that lie had left the State; bull y | he has ever sinoo hcon sojourning in |_ the hills of Carter and Rowan. Iu Sf.0 ' June last Blvtn underwood was killed j1 j by a shot fired by a concealed assassin, jk ' On Sunday. Aug 2-t, George Lewis qQ I 17ode wood was brought to the little ve it cemetery about a half mile from More wfc it i head to ba laid to rest, having never sa -1 left bis bed of pnia since the cruel 1 -hot struck him down in his manhood, cc f i All tho clan came to sro him laid away, j ly el and Jesse Uud-'rwood expressed a do- i gasire to come iuto town. On being as -ured that lie would not he molested, he entered .Morehead, and bad sa interview with Henry L. Stone. He then walked over to tho hotel of Jas. Carey, whore the writer was sitting aud ' I *ougbt an infroduotion in his Laud . ho parried a Sharp's rillo, at half cook, * with liis hand upon the hammer, j Around bis waist, concealed by hu ° , coat, were two Colt's “navies. He was well dressed, with a face smoothly shaved except a heavy black mustache, wore a standiog collar and a slouch hot; about thirty-five years of age, weighing not over one hundred and forty pounds, slender, a little stooped in his walk, keen eyed, pleasant manners He apologized for his rifle, and called it his walking stiek, made some inquiry about the stolen records of tl:c county, saying, with a laugh, that he supposed ha must have them, nnd theu went over to look at the window sill which had been out.We since learn that on Sunday the Sib of September, 'Squire Holbrook, who led the patty which shot George Lewis Underwood, was bushwhacked nd killed, and that his sou who ! with him. states that hy recognized • Jesse Underwood as the assassin. Thenext day William Underwood was killed by n concealed asaaesin—William Underwood being one who has never taken any part in the feud.de
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Hickman Courier
Hickman, Kentucky, US
Fri, Sep 26, 1879
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