Daily Republican., 1882-08-28
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PA feud has long existed in Pike
County, East Kentucky, between the
Chatfield and McLoy families. The
Chatfields are the more numerous and
physically the larger, the McLoys
being small in stature. The feud origi.
mated in quarrels when mere children.
Raised on neighboring farms, they had
fought when gathering nuts, splashed
and ducked each other while bathing,
and carried on their auimosity until, as
they grew to manhood, the Chatfields,
being larger and stronger men, had con.
quered the McLoys. They made them
slaves. Catching Jim McLoy one day
while they were grinding for cider in
an old-fashioned mill with a long
sweep, they took the horse out and
made him get on his knees and push
the sweep around until they grew tired
of the brutal fun, whipping him with
rods to make him go faster. They had
compelled the McLoys to go into their
fields and hoe their corn without pay.
On the 7th inst. election day. one of
the Chatfeld clan warned Jim McLoy
that he must not vote unless he voted
with him. McLoy replied that he
would not vote at all, This did not suit
the ovarbearing Chatfleld, who said:
"You'd better go then and vote quick,
ard vote as tell you."
Young McLoy Strengthened himself
up, anc, in voice trembling with rage,
probably mingled with fear, said:
"Chattiald, sou have made me 60 down
on my knees and grind apples for you,
and hoe corn for you, but you can't
make me vote but just as l please to-
dayAS Chattield responded to this with
a Fl Pee oath and motion as If to draw
a pistol. McLoy drew knife, aud,
dodging the bnllet from his enemy's
pistol, he sprang at his tormentor with
a CRY of rage, and made q slash which
denuded the bone Of one arm of its flesh
from the shoulder to the elbow. Then,
with powerful blows, he slashed Chat
field across the breast from shoulder to
waist, and again in the other direction.
He muee have driven the keen, long
blade hiIt deep through clothing and
flesh at least 30 times before Chattield
fell. He fled short distance and then
surrendered himself, declaring that he
had acted in self defence. He was im-
mediately surrounded by the Chattield
clan, witch DO friends in sight.
McLoy's captors took him across Tug
River into West Virginia. Afraid that
the authorities of that State would be
better enforcers of the law than those
of their own, they returned with him
on that or the next day. They had ap-
pareDtly made up their minds to a pol
icy of determination. They seut out
parties and brought in MCLoy's two
brothers, aged respectively % aRd 1s
years. The second brother had been
guilty of NO other offense than being
present whom the killing occurred,
while the boy of 18 was not only not
present, but had never taken any parl
in the feud between the two sets Of men,
either by word or deed.
Having captured the three boys the
party struck for the woods. Nothing
more was seen of them, and after allow
ing sufficient time for vengeance to bt
wreaked, the citizens sent out party
to investigate. After some search the
bodies were found in thicket. The
boys had been made to stand in row
their arms tied, each ones right arm
to his neighbours left. by green withes
and the free arms of the two on the out
side tied in the same manner to two
saplings. Strung in this fantastic man
ner, they could not have resisted
woman. Their captors determined tt
make themselves safe from the desper
alton of unarmed men. AS they stood
there looking down a steep hillside
they were shot dead by one shot eacl
in the back of the head, the bullets
coming out at the forehead or near IL
A shallow trench was dug, the thIet
bodies laid in it, feet to head, and 3
mound heaped over them sufficiently
to give them four inches of earth.
The father of the murdered boy
came into town the next day, sold hi
team, with the proceeds bought riff
and ammunition, and has disappeared
in the brush, determined to have hi
revenge. It is safe to believe that N
relative of the Chatfelds will pass hin
and live.