The fighting peaked when Tutt supporter Alfred Burnes struck John Everett on the head with the blade of a hoe.
Billy King (William's son) and a friend called "Cherokee Bob", escaped with non-fatal wounds.
Thereafter the rival factions engaged in gunfights almost every month, sometimes resulting in injuries but with no recorded deaths.
That year, Ewell Everett was elected judge, and Tutt supporter George Adams became constable, which heightened tensions.
On July 4, 1849, Marion County Sheriff Jesse Mooney, who had a gained a tough reputation by killing or capturing several local outlaws, organized a posse to stop the feud.
John "Uncle Jacky" Hurst had been shot in the leg while jumping in front of Sheriff Mooney when Tutt supporter S.W.
Governor Drew ordered the militia to organize in neighboring Carroll County, Arkansas.
Hansford "Hamp" Tutt was shot and murdered along the banks of Crooked Creek by a mysterious stranger named the "Dutchman" from Texas who was hired by Everett.
Davis Tutt, who was a child at the time and whose father played a major part in the feud, moved west following his service in the Confederate Army.