Soon after Russell was released from Marion in Mar 1874, a band of persons, led by Vincent Hinchcliff, arrested Gordan Clifford alias "Texas Jack", and after treating him badly, brought him to Marion, and subjected him to a mock trial, and put him in jail, where he lay until Oct following, when he was indicted "for harboring fugitives from justice." He then gave bonds and left the country. On 15 May 1874, James Henderson was at work in his field, which was surrounded by a dense forest. There he lay down to rest with little Frank Jeffreys, whom he had watching around the field to notify him if any men were approaching. Three assassins, who had evaded the watchfulness of the boy, were concealed behind a pile of logs, only a few steps from where Henderson and the boy were lying, and from this place of concealment they fired upon and shot him, and then fled. Hewas carried to his house where he lingered eight days and then died from the effects of his wounds. He charged that his murderers were James Norris, John Bulliner and Emanuel or Monroe Bulliner. Soon after his death his widow became a lunatic and died on the following New Year's day. The day after Henderson was shot, Jasob Ditmore, who was plowing in his field, about a mile west of the Henderson place, was shot and five wounds inflicted on his person, from the effects of which he recovered, and then left the county. There was no accounting for this shooting, as he was not connected with the Vendetta. John Bulliner and James Norris were arrested 25 Aug 1874, for the murder of Henderson. In Oct following Bulliner was tried, and proved in his defense by four witnesses from TN that he was in that State at the time Henderson was killed and thus secured his acquittal. Soon after Ditmore was shot, John Rod saw a man fal down in the weeds in a field about one and a half miles NW of Henderson's, and thinking that the man needed assistance, he started to his relief, and when about ten feet from him, the man rose and shot Rod through the thigh and then fled.
On Sunday 04 Oct 1874, Vincemt Hinchcliff, a physician, was returning from a visit to a patient, and when about 250 yards from his house he and his horse were both shot dead by assassins who were conceled behind the fence and under the bushes. Felix G and Samuel Henderson were arrested and tried for this murder, but proved an alibi and were acquitte. Suspicion has ever since rested upon Gordon Cliford alias "Texas Jack" and his brother as committing this murder, in retaliation for the ill treatment Gordon received from Hinchcliff as before stated. On the might of 12 Dec 1874, Capt Sisney and George Hindman, a younf relative, were both wounded by shots fired by assassins through a window where they were sitting in Sisney's House. In Oct 1875, Field Henderson was tried for the murder of Hinchcliff. He proved in his defense, by 15 witnesses, that they saw him near a church 12 miles away at the hour Hinchcliff was killed, and the case against him was then dismissed. On the night of 23 Oct 1874, a party of disguised men visited the house of Henry D Carter, in Northern Prec, and ordered him to leave the county within 40 days, and then fired a number of shots into his house. A few days later another and larger party met at County Line Church, and ordered six of the Carters to leave the county. Nothing further resulted from this affair.
JDF Jennings, the State's attorney during these troublesome times, seems to have been a bad man, of whom Erwin says in his history, "that he defrauded the county of $900, and then ran away owing everybody. As a prosecutor, he was a regular sarcasm on justice, a great hideous burlesque, free from religious scruples, and ready to sail from any point of the compass." In Apr 1875, the office was declared vacant, and in June, JW Hartwell was elected to fill the vacancy. On 23 Jul 1875, Marshall Crain went to Carbondale, to which place George W Sisney had previously moved, and about 9:30 o'clock that night shot through the window and killed George W Sisney in his own house. On the last day of the same month, the Crain boys and Samuel Music went to the store of William Spence about 10 o'clock at night. Marshall Crain called Spence up, and then asked who was there, he replied: "John Sisney, I want to get shrouding for a child." Spence, who was sleeping over his store, came down and went to the door, where Marchall shot and killed him. The assassins then separeted and went home.