Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-04
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parties. and also to obtain from said GoS-
eIDnr a nquisition upon the Governor OF
West Virginia for the arrest and delivery
of said parties to the proper authorities
of this State.
Given under my hand and the zeal oI
said court, this the 29th dag of December,
1887.
TSeal.l &C. ". PiNsoN,"
Clerk.
.HATFIELD's AFFIDAVIT.
State Of West Virginia, Logan County, to Tf;
This day personally appeared before the
undersigned authority, johnson hatneid'
ST., who being duly sworn upon oath says;
That he is acquainted with the parties VINO
stand indicted in the Criminal Court OF
Pike county, KY, for the murder OF the
McCoys. That during the month OF De
cember, 1887, he, together with A. j.
Auxier and James York, who were en-
ployed counsel for the parties 30 indicted
mad a verbal agreement with one, r. A.
Cline, an attorney-at-law, at PIKE Y. d.,
Ky, which was about az follows:-Said
Cline, upon his part, agreed that If Ander-
son Hatfield, ct. al, who stood indicted as
| aforesaid, would deposit with A. j.
| Auxier the sun of 1925, TO be paid to him
(Cline) if he succeeded IN his undertaK-
ing that he would recommend TO and use
ali his influence with the Governor OF Ken
lucky to have him take no further steps
for the arrest of the said parties indicted as
| aforesaid; and this afiant, upon the part OF
the said Anderson Hatfield ct al, agreed
and did deposit with said Auxier, the said
sum of S225, to be paid TO said Cline II ne
succeeded in getting the Governor oil Ken
tucky 10 take no further steps for the ST
rest of said parties. Said Cline claimed
that he had spent $225 in procuring re-
wards and a rsuuisition upon the Cover
nor of West Virginia for the arrest OF the
said Anderson Hatfield ct al. ms athah
further states that it was we'll understood
at the time Of the making OF said agree
ment by all parties interested hat the salc
| Cline had not spent any such sum OF money
in the manner stated by him, but that 1t
was only an excuse for him to take shelter
behind. JOHNSON HATFIELD"
Taken, subscribed and sworn to before
me this January 2, 1887.
JOHN A. SHEPPARD,
Notary Public for Logan County, W. VA
estate of Kentucky, Pike County:
''The afiant says he is employed counsel
for some of the parIies indicted IN three
cases forrthe murder of the McCoys, aud
that after the rewards and acquisitions
were offered for the arrest of Anderson
| Hatfield and others, some money was leit
in my hands to pay fees and expenses In
irving to get the Governor of Kentucky to
withdra1 the rewards, and MIR. A. +.
| Cline was to have as affiant remember
two hundred and twenty-five dollars II ne
would recommend the withdrawal OF SAID
rewards, to be paid in the event the re-
wards were Withdrawn. Mr. Cline wrote
to the Secretary of State recommending
the same on certain conditions, when was
taken to the Secretary and delivered 10
him; this amount he claimed had been ex-
pended by him in procuring the rewards
and acquisitions.
"A. J. AUXIER."
| State of Kentucky, Pike County.
Sworn to before me by A. J. Auxier this
December ~, 1887
ISesl Hi. WILLIAMSON,
Clerk"
ION the 9th inst. Governor Buckne
addressed to me the following:
COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
FRANKFORT, January 9th, lS58.J
SIR:-On the 10th day Of September,
1887, / issued a requisitiOn, addressed to
your Exceliency, requesting the rendition
of Anderson Hatfield and others, charged
with murder in this State, and on the 3Oth
of the same month you returned said
requi,ition, accompanied by u letter call
ing attention to The absence of the atida-
vii required by section II, en-. lll, Acts
1882, W. Va. ,
ION the 18th OF October, last, | returned
to you said requisiton, accompanied by
the affidavit required by your statute, and
supposed that the necessary steps he'd
been taken for the arrest of the offenders
named; but | have been recently informed
! that such is not the case.
an addition 10 the crimes for which
these parties stand indicted, they have,
very recently,
PERFORATED OTHER CRIMES
OF the most atrocious character, in this
State, near the scene of their iorme out
RACES, and should be brought to Justice.
Feeling assured that your Excellency
desires to cooperate IN measures necessary
To accomplish this end, | anu induced to
inquire whether the requisitiOn, aecompa-
MED by the additional affidavits required
by your statute, has been received, and
| whether there now exists any obstacle to
prevent the rendition of the criminals
referred TO.
| have the honor to be your most ODE
dent servant. ). Is.
To His ErecUrHcy, f. ". Wilson, GOrer-
nor Of West JngiRia."
ITO which | made the following response;
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
CHARLESTON, Jan. 81, 1883
"SIR-Qn account of sickness in my fam
ily and necessary absence with the Board
of Public Works, an unavoidable delay has
occurred in answering your communlc2-
tiOn Of the 9th inst.
Although the indictments OF Anderson,
! Hatfield and others we're found more than
five years before the application to either
Your Excellency OF your predecessor, for a
reQuisitiOn, and the parties charged were
continuously residing in the n~eighborhoOd
Of the alleged crime; aud although the
application for the requisition does not
appear to be made or supported By any Of
fetal authority of Pike county, l directed
the warrants to issue, as soon as the ath-
davlt required by the statute of this State
was filled, against all the parties named,
excepting Elias Hatfield and Andrew
Varney. The many afidavits and state
ments Of reliable persons showing that