A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > Breathitt http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2724 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=42964 Submitted by: Loren H Article Title: St Paul Dispatch Article Date: February 27 1940 Article Description: Feud Flairs Up Article Text: Fred Deaton, 27 years old, one armed son of the sheriff of feuding Bloody Breathitt county was reported in serious condition at a Lexington hospital today with four leg wounds inflicted during a pistol duel over political differences almost two years old. His opponent, State Tax Collector Lewis Combs, 34, is dead. The two met in front of the town postoffice and before passersby were aware of what was happening they were firing at close range. Combs was shot in the chest and fell mortally wounded. Martha Ellen Johnson, 17, a high school student was struck in the leg. The feud began during the 1938 Democratic primary campaign when Governor A B Happy Chandler and Senate Majority Leader Barkley were contestants for Barkley's seat. Comb's brother, Lee, was killed at that time. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com