The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-15

beaten about the head with a gum until
her life was despared 81 for scveral days.
killed The house WAS burned 20 the
ground. and Randolf the bead Of the fam
this affair were Joyce Hatfield, Cap Hat
Hatfield. Elliott Hatfield. Charles Giles
burning Of the house. and h ATTRACTIONS
murders in congestion with y brought on
a." mother IL raid on the PH pr;, r. the I'M Mf & as;d
to have loved beautiful Rosanna.
Phillips was am humble officer Of the
n and h Hss' o vt, was "Ss" ON "a" q par With the oai.
this raid Jim Vance, a ieader st the
played NO ~despicable a part, was shot by
Phillips. Vance was a vindictivc fighter
a m; when Phillip, %s n;,n cam" s,sn % X. to ,;s shs
forcflnRer clasped around the trigger OF
his pistol trying with his last strength tn
crowd, after they had killed Vance, like
40 many Indians, robbed him of his per
sonal effects. A warrant was issued for
of seven or eight meii tn execute 1t. But
Phillips and his friends ovcrpowered the
posse and fatally wounded Bill
piring hc begged that ne might bc left to
die in peace. but Phillips deliberately
This was i'm 1851. A Dreadful pause OF
two years elapser. Then comes the final
chapter in this serial Of blood m the triple
end Shall co,ne n" ONE in Wonderland,
pretcnds to know. Official INTERFERENCE
hitherto has only a~Rsravatcd the Tbs
i'm the territory there has not been one
person convicted for murder. The ven-
delta reigns supreme. and will continue
Mctoys have passed away; until the light
of some higher civilization shall lrave
penetrated the gloom that hangs i'm ths,
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-ShortIy after the
murder of Dempsey by Phillip~,I !. g.. Craw-
York. visited "MmrdcrIaid," and Obtained
al interview with ''Devil Anse" i'm his log
S f%r to on NJ Tug river. Bad Anss was : ns.Srib,
has of powerful frame, with broad shrsil-
shoHIiers peculiar to the mountain type.
Although fifty years of age hc had not q
single gray hair i'm his thick brown hair.
set under the deepest of b,ishy eyebrows,
and his nose was such an enormous hook
a ,sr :" WEI sn asked shs lines SS NJ r. " C T%rfiss ~f s. Sc
had ever been personally present at any
of the killings, he remarked candidly
EMO man h was thar would tell any
Then Mr.. Crawford boldly put this
Mr. Hatfield. I want To ask you about
your idea about killing, Is there no one
In this community who has ever charged
you with having killed any one for the
of II?
Said Ansc,q quickly, ~ don't believe they
'But il they were to kill any mcmhc of
your family m "a fair fight, what would
You do
''Wcll.I reckon was the rcply.''I should
GIT away with them just about as soon as
l could"
When asked why SO many shots were
fired during the without effect,
when the men of both families were so
handy at shooting at marks. Hatfield re-
piled i'm this wise:
"Hunau vcrininc il most curious and
most ctInliugest varmiut that il. When
he goes into "a flgh n /. turns hi body side
wise SO that there il presented for the bull
let's only four inches of space, and even
that doesn't hold up fair and square. He
just keep u dosigin' and fiskin' about. and
so when thc bullets come along they don't
find him. That's the only way l can ac-
count for IT,"
The manners of the Hatfields are of the
most primitive kind. Such AN article as
soap IL absolutely unknown in thc history
of the families. The guests just before
are invited to wash in ~ passing
stream about - feet from the house. Men, |
women and children and guards all sleep
In the same room. The men are generally |
about the fire. and ignore. accord
tn the ctiqutte Of the place, the retiring
of the women To their pallets. The girls
go to bed first, and they are always up
first i'm the morning. Each mcInh4 of the
happy family is divided OF from the other
wincliestcrs.