West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-04-18
NEWS WINNOWINGS.
Desperate Hat6eld's Terrible
Story Of Crime.

Ellison Hatfield, sometimes called Ellison
Mounts, one of the participants in the Hat
neid-McCoy fcud, who Is In the Pike County
l"i I'm Kentucky, has made confession
To State Attorney Ferguson. .T
was present." ho said, sand participated
IN the murder of the three Mccoy
brothors--Talbot Farmer. aud Randolph. Jr
me brothers were taken from IA school house
TN Logan County, w. Va, where they had
neen guarded Tor day and night and
brought over 20 tho Tug River, witch sepa,
About tifty feet from the river Carpenter
tied them TO paw-paw bush aud hung n Ian
tern over their heads Bad AnSAIiatfield then
said TO them; Boys II you have any peace TO
C. Talbot and Randolph began Jrayiue, hut
Farmer did not. However, before the boys had
time to finish their prayers john Hatfield
shot Farmer dead. Anse thhn gave the
er1er 10 IRE and shot ms he gave the word
killing Talbot and then cfnptying tho
contents of his revolver into tho
dead body. Alexander Masscr fired
and killed Randolph Mccoy. The others fol-
lowed suit and all the bodies were riddled
with bullets After the boys were killed Wall
Hatfield administered an oath to all of us
binding us TO take the life OF the first who
dvulged tho name OF any who were alongn
Captain Hatfield said that ho and Tom
Wallace shot JEFF Mccoy after he had cs-
saped from them. The prisoner also gave
the particulars Of the brutal murder OF ALA
| phare and Calvin Mccoy, i'm which he took
part, Nine OF the Hatfield faction, ON n
| Sunday night In January, 1888, crossed
the command Of Jim Vance. They SUR
| rounded the Mccoy homestead fired the
house, and killed the girl as she stood In the
door begging for her life Cap and Jonco
| Hatfield both asserted that they Killed Calvin
Mccoy, and Dragged about IL.
Tho Worlds Conference OF Mormons.
The Worlds Conference OF Latter Day
| Saints, which has been held at So. Joseph.
MO-, was the largest assembly OF Mormon
| representatives ever held In CHS country
The preliminary proceedings were a3aendetl
| 10y over 300 delegates. No regular proceed
inGs were held ON the first day but informal
gatherings discussed various matters
TO To-. be considered during tho week.
the city, England having stronger repre-
| sentation thnn any other foreign country ex-
cept Canadn. Australia had eight repre-
sentaLves. Much interest in manifested I'm
the affairs OF the Mormon Church In Utah.
| The Statehood claims OF tSe Territory will
| be put In shape for presentation To Congress
| A. Washington. A communication from the
Mormon General Conference In session M
| salt Lake arrived by mail and was read
| The report of the churcn recorder shows
| that there are over 5000 members OF the
| church, gnin of 1856 I'm the last year.
| There wore ll65 removals aud expulsions
Elder q. y. Griffith reported Tint mission
| aries In Virginia had met vigorous opposi-
tion, and Ind been Threatened with personal
violence on account OF the crroneous belief
that che h<stta ')eSA,Sntr cfsfra q lygarnfsts,
How Natives Harrassed STANLEY.
Henry M. Stanley's letter to the Royal Geo.
| graphical Society was read at n meeting OF
| that body In London. The lettor consists
mainly of repetition OF what has already
been published. He describes at length the
vnrious devices by which the motives
endeavored 10 prevent the advance OF the OK
pedition. One Of them was to dig shallow
pits across the path Of the column and fill
them with skewers, which were deftly GOV.
cred with leaves
The skewers pierced the feet Of Stanley,
men, inficting wounds that i'm many cases
developed into gangronous sores The mer
who were lamed I'm this manner were sci
dom Of further service
Mr.. Stanley calls the natives Cunning
rogues," and says that for purposes of ex
tortion they always pretended that the coun
try was suffering from famine
The 'friendlies,' he says, withheld
information, but the natives who
were captured by the expedition i'm.
parted al thoy knew. Mr.. Stanley believe
tina. the lake nc discovered i'm 1876 belongs te
tho Congo