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- The Anderson Intelligencer, July 26, 1877
A Bloody Honeymoon
The following from the Rapides (La.) Gazette, gives an account of a shocking tragedy, in which a young wife lost her husband, father and brother in a day, when all ought to have been joy and happiness:
Calvin Bass, of Hinerton, Rapides Parish, was enamored of the daughter of Jacob Gunter, and persuaded her to elope with him. The couple went straightway to the residence of Parson Duff, a Baptist minister residing in Calcasieu Parish, who united them in the holy bond of wedlock. With a sense of having done what was honorable and right, Bass returned with his wife to the neighborhood of her home, and put up at the house of Role Weatherford. Having learned the whereabouts of the bride, Jacob Gunter, her father, and David Gunter, her brothers, armed themselves, and started forth on Saturday last. On arriving at the spot where the honeymoon was to have been passed, David Gunter, without a word, shot his new made brother-in-law. Bass staggered, but before falling, drew a pistol and shot his father-in-law. Thereupon the brother-in-law who was standing set upon the brother-in-law who was wounded, and ended his life at once and for all with a knife. David Gunter managed to get his wounded father home. Constable Thomas Neal made the next move by organizing a posse and starting off to arrest David. When he was them coming David started to run, and the posse to stop him fired upon him and brought him down. Dr. W. Hobby, who was called in, thinks the chances for his father are slim. This is a very sad and singular catastrophe, and the predicament of the young lady is calculated to excite the keenest sympathy.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1854 - 1877 (23 years)