Telegram-herald., 1888-01-09
ARSON AND MURDER
a TERRIBLE TRAGEDY N KENTUCKY
Ths Warfare Between ths Hatnsid G&sg
~ wsst irgLn. sGa tas HcsoAs Of ken-
tuekg. NfaeWod Randall MoCoy's
Wife, ba0s Atsf and S0a Ealtsd-

CAFTLEssUES. Ky. Jan. s.-ints.hxenoe
has jnss rsseasi this pace Of one OF The
most wsa.on and oiasolical cases Of arson
sns murder ever coar rsilted IN the State OF
kenluoky. The scens j. on the Black berry
fork o. fond Greek. IN Pike county. TIE
cTisne is Ihs 0utgr0wih OF an Old ieUd, and
Is laid Al ths door al the notorious Hat
nelIs aud their gang. About i've years
ago there Was an e.ection held on that
GEEK. and one OF tie hslnelds came across
the river from West Virgins, and during
the dsy engaged IN sn slteFcation with one
OF the AcCoys Two OF AcCoys brothers
came 10 his rescue snd fatally stabbed
HATFIELD Halheld was taken home. aud
bic relatives swooPed down on the Mccoy
bows, took them csptives. aud held them
prisoners until Ellison Hatfield, whom they
had stabbed died, when the hstfieids con-
yeyed the three Mccoy boys 10 the scene of
the alteration, stripped them, tied them 10
pswpaw bush. shot them t0s death aud
LETT their bodies in that position. Since tnat
time a regular war hss been wsged between
the Haliislds and their gang, VINO reside ia
Logan county. West Virginia, and the Nc
Coys and their gang, who reside II Pike
county. kentucky-all in the same neigh
borhood-the east fork of the Sandy River
dividing them
SO much for the beginning of the trou-
BILE, and now for the last and most horrible
scene.
A few nights since the Hatfield partv
visited the residence of Randall Mccoy and
set tire TO the house. Alafara his eldest
daughter, vas the first TO open the door and
make her appearance. and in the glsripg
light abe was shot dead by the fiends out
side. who were concealed. His son Calvin
next appeared, and be was shot dead. His
w 10 do har in. ami
the burning building and was shot through
the head, and although she was still alive
at last accounts she will die. Randall Nc
Coy escaped from the burning house with
bis shotgun, and although volley was dis
charged ST him he escaped unhurt, and
opened fire upon the attacking party. He
i. known 10 have killed one Of the gang by
the name of Chambers, and. it is said, shot
Capt. Hatfield in the shoulder. and put
ting the rest to flight. So ends this chap
ter.
There are rewards aggregsting 5000
offered By the State OF Kentucky for the
arrest of the Hattislds, and their delivery
to the Jailer OF Pike county, for the muir
der of three of the Mccoy boys, but no
one seems anxious TO make the attempt TO
take them, as they are strongly barrIcaded
in the wilds OF West Virginia. One Of
II cir number constantly stands guard. and
they uef the autboIlueS, pus feulouti'o
justice is now likely to speedily follow. as
their last acts have stirred up that whole
section. This gang of outlaws have killed
Mr.. McCoy's wife, three of his sons and one
daugh ter, besides burning his house. leav-
ing him only three daughters; but. il the
Hatfields are ever taken, dead or alive. the
men who undertake the job will exper-
fence some fun, as this set of West Virginia
tougbs is determined and desperate band.
Will Dills and i. Dixon passed through
this place Ell route for Louisa having in
charge Samuel Davis. wanted for murder.
Last October he shot and killed Vina Pack,
bis paramour. in Lawrence county. because
is a married man with large family He
was arrested in Fayette county, West Vir-
ginia, where be escaped to after he CON-
mitted his deed.