Two Boys Dead After Family Feud!

Late last night, two boys were found dead along with their family members near the river deep into the woods. The two boys were identified as Buck and Joe Grangerford. Many other causualties were also recorded from both sides of the participating families. One of our witnesses said Buck Grangerford informed him “his father and his two brothers was killed, and two or three of the enemy.” (Twain 97) The father of Buck Grangerford was identified as the notorious, gallant, Colonel Grangerford. The witness that reported the information is a fourteen year old, family friend named Huckleberry Finn. Finn arrived at the scene right before the deaths of the two boys. He witnessed the ear piercing shots of the guns from the unidentified varlets of the opposing family and saw his friends collapse in the river. “All of a sudden, bang! bang! bang! goes three or four guns – the men had slipped around through the woods and come in from behind without their horses!” said Huckleberry (Twain 97). After only an hour or two of investigations and interrogation, the results showed the deaths were caused by a feud between the two families, the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons. The feud had been going on for years with an unknown cause. The two families were full of disdain for each other. We have been informed from a servant, named Jack, from the Grangerford household that the cause of the battle taken place yesterday night was due to Sophia Grangerford running away with her love, Harney Shepherdson. He said “Well, den, Miss Sophia's run off! 'deed she has. She run off in de night, sometime – nobody don't know jis' when – run off to git maried to dat young Harney Shepherdson” (Twain 96).  Further investigation is currently being done to find the victim's killers.