The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22
ANOTHER KILLING.

Last Saturday CALVIN Hatfield, his step son.
jas. Sallee. and his brother. stanley Hatfield.
came to town and among other things purchased
was II good deal Of whisky. At about 5. 20
SatU rday evening they started home in IL wugOn
all of them, according 10 the Sallec'ss state
ment, beng drunk, having drank, lacking 4
small amount, three pIni5 of whisky. While on
the road Stanley Hatfield, the man killed, and
Jas. Sallee, Were playing ''seven-up,'' and
Calvin Hatfield. brother of deceased, was drlv-
Ing After plrying awhile CALVIN played the
''joker," which Saiiee claimed was not allow
ed in the the game. From THIS u war OF w0rds
ensued. Seilee says that IIItleld told him that
he had been trying TO run ovcr'' his soE. Lii.
burn. the day before, anS how, and put his RICH
hand in his pocket and started to raise up IRON
TIE chair. saying. IL will cut your id hear
out" and that when Hatfield don. this he (Sal-
lee) struck him with IL knife. Calvin Hatfield
aud Sallce then drove to Dover, where they
were both u rested AMI brought back TO this city
and lodged In jail. Sunday morning Hatfield
was released and 10 company with DR.. W. J.
Med maid aud Attorney VIM b. Wilson,
proceed d To DIver, where the cOr0ncr's inquest
wa held. There were four Witnesses examined,
Or. Jos l.. Carter, who examined the wound
Inflicted after the body had been taken TO Dove
Irving Lrysing, Constable OF Dover township,
WHO made tre aTrest; hsnvIlIe iIuiord, son OF
Travis Buiord, who lIveS Dix miles east oil Lex
Iugt m, ON the Dover road. whers the Killing
took place, and who happened To be milking at
the time and was an eye witness to the killing;
and Calvin Hatfield. brother OF the man killed ,
and step -iather OF the boy that did the cutting
The evidence of Manvili. iIufoTd anu Calvin
Hatfield, the only eye Witnesses, was Us fuI-
lows:
Manville Buford. testified My name is Man
vile BulOrd; / live on the Dover road SIX miles
from Lexington on the north siI,; last evening
| WAS milking In the lot 1T my Iather's house: IL
was about hall past SIX O'clUck; l was about Is
or - yards frUm the road; there Is "A nile
vi fence posts IN thai lot near the road at irs' 1
was right beside that pile of pOs Is milking;
white 1 WAS milking | saw three persons coming
aloGg the road IN u wagon; they were coming
east; ! lirsL saw them II hort distance west OF
my fathers gates; the young man was ON the
i,It side IN front; one Old man was . u he left
side In front. the other old man was sitting be-
hind the seat, but | don't Know what he was
sitting on; whcn | FIRST saw them the young man
h All the old man by the thrO u hold ing HIM back
on the side oil tie wagon bed; this was lie old
mtn which WAS riding beside the Young man;
Ie asked the old man II lie would take That liz
back; | did not hear The OLD man say anythiag Ia
e. ply 10 thai ;thr young man let the old man up;
then they drove up TO the lot gate: stopped in
the ruin; the old man IN front lncn jun ped out
ut the wagon on the norm side OF the wagon,
the young man Jumped Uut right brhln nd him;
they said IL few words; l don't know wnat they
said: the young mau then lit the old man, [ e
old iuau Tell up against the wagon wheel, then
the young mun told The Old man 10 put his knife
back In hts pockets; | did not see any knife; the
Old man In the wagon told The young man that
u big barking dog never bites; the young man
Jumped close To- the wagon anu hit the OLA man
in iiu wagon; the oil man at that time was not
doing anything; | dbl not Sc anything in the
young mans nund; | did not see AM thing IN
the oid mans hand; | don't know how many
tunes he mt the old man; after | saw the young
man Litung the old man IN the wagon l saw the
old man iuII over on the lelL side oil the wagon
bed; 1 then started 10 the house; | looked back
and the young man walked around to The Il nd
eat Of thc wagon anu looked IN; then 1 went
to the nUuse and then around t. tue north sue oil
HE barn aad EenJ through the pasture to the
road west vi where the wagon hal been stand
ing and they were gomez: then 1 got over IN the
road and went 10 where the wagon had been
standing and there WAS IA big puddle Of blood in
Use road IN The wagon track; 1 dId not know
any oil these inca; did not notice anything IN the
wagon beside these men.
CALVIN Hatfield, tcst,lled:-Stanlcy Hatfield was
my brother; 1 know jas. W. SuIiee; he 10 my
step on; ny brother, Sallce ana my sell went IL
Lexington yesterday; We bought II plUw, som,
nOur, some noes, &c 1 IOn't know what all
uuught; cent the aud bought Il bottle OF wins.
~ we drank that and Ihry went and got an,
other bItLIe Of whisky; | don't know which one
got II VI how much lIey got; we all ieit LeXing
ton tugcth,r; | drove anu SIlirU and my bTOtnrI
play Ell card, On the road: / got on The light cd,
oi the WAGON on the seat uUd Sdllce on the lCf
nIdc On the seat; my brother sat behind; whe!
my brother and S,llec were playing cards
alice HAD his back 10 the horses; 1 don't kno
what they were plaYIrg on; coming along Ihf
road ] card oall'e say tiiut ne Qua WhIp every
Hatfield Ul the name; my b other then SAID Their,
are some Of the HatieIds 81 5tg nEi strong ih"N
can dra~ you ACROSS their knees and puddit
you: he next 1 remember my brother ca led me
Buck he's killed me; | looked around, SAW tn
plDOd and jumped out Of The wagon; | thti
went to h III ami helped HIM up; saw he wa
tying and laid him down again; / then tool
my lines, got in The wagon and drove on &
| Dover as fast us 1 could; don't think my broih
| ~ lived five minutes after | heard him say IN
has Killed me; | dUn'L think my brother wa
hardly dead When l start d on; | am n Il r gh
CERTAIN whether | got out oil the wagon b Ia
or alter my brother SAID lie has killed me, but
was on the ground wnen L raised my brOIhC
up; 1 had had II knife but ut the time my BROTH
was GIlIcd | GId not have my knifc; salt, nat
my knife; he got my knife by a-kIng mt Tor III
tobacco; l handed him knife and tobacco tn
| gcllier the team | was dnvIng one WuB a larI
bay and the other was Il light bay with II etar 1
forehead and snip on the nose.
Tho verdict of the coroner'a jury was rs 10
lows:
~, the jury. having been duly sw1rn by ID
WIN j McDOnal, coroner OF LliLyrit" county
diligently TO inquire and true pIc. e, tnent max
IN what manner and by whom Stan ry Hrtiieid
whose dead bluy was found IN the town q
Dover, in Dover township, Lafayette county
stale OF Missouri. ON the lIrh day al June 1859
came To ma deu n, alter having heard tnr cyl
,iGnce and uUon Il full inquiry concerning til
la Is, aud IL careful examination OF the sa'
body do iind that the deceased cam 10 his dratl
by violence and that the sad bHuy lie upon /
the following wounds, viz: \ wound on tn
upper part OF til" Icit breast about two IN I
| quarter inches abO e the lett nipple md aba
Al men and one half to III. right Of sail lrf
nipple, said wound ranging downward an!
little to the rIgnt aud en'erIng the cavity be
tive n the fourth and nlth rIDs. sLii wound ap'
| pearing to have been iu1'ctel by some sharp in
strumenL; also IL wound on the right breast
| about an inch and one hall long ,saliI last nalnr,
| wound beIag stu Itvd about two inches to tn
lett o., aud about one inch below the right mp
Pile, sad last wOund not entering the cavity All,
the Jury further find that the first mentioned o
said wound caused the death Oi SAID Stinle'
| Hatfield, and we also lind rom The evidence tina
SAID wounds We're nm iCtcd with a kuile IN Tn,
hands of one James W. Sallee, late of sac
county.
ur,cm under our hands this 10th dav OF June
lSS9. GEO u. GORDON, ForeihLn
L. J. HOOK ENSMIrli,
WM. NJ STATESMAN.
JAMES NJ CLAYTON,
q. W. PIER +,
:. h.. VAUGHN.
Stanly Hatfield, the deceased, was G7 years O
agr. Hni las. Sallee, WIN dhl tne k lliGg, Ia