The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-23
And Puts His Mark to the State
ment When Read to Him.
A VERY THRILLING RECITAL,
Tho Famous Head Of the Hat
field Family Not 30
Black as Painted
n, Sensational ErpOrtcrs-iiOw Mar
,b,l White Got His Consent to go
TO Charlys,Ou-A COuspIraCyby
Kentucky Detectives FruS'
lratrd by The Court.

tratrd by 'lU Court.
,,.or lora onasuct Of ne hteItgTeT,
Cu,plr,ros, ". Va, Nov, 9l,-one
Of the greatest sensations Charleston
ma expcrienced for many years was
rroa.A night before last when the word
w,, pnssrd around that Devil Anse"
u,t0.ld. the chief Of the Hatfield ven
JDuoi Logan county, this State, and u
n,rt oi lis glng were in tho city. Just
bow ,iry came, or who brought them,
no one could ascertain, as 1t seemed
there was some sort Of u secret about It.
Y,utr,plitrr set out to get at the facts.
Tb. lIrs, trail he struck led him to the
,M,cui L. s. Marshal II. S, White, who
ys, nrrsnmed to hG responsible for
LrnIpp Anse into the land OF CiviliIa.
In a few words Marshal White in.
FAMED me- that he lad sent his Chief
prpn,s, William j. White, after AnsC,
sni diL he lud Instructed his Deputy
Inrrll "Ahtrn II lie would quietly come
In lhaIl,slUn, and stand his tIial, he
,houIu have the protection OF the Gov
eminent against any State authority,
ana lmt ~ acquisition from Kentucky,
Ar sr, Other State should be served
upnl linn while he WAS IN CharlestOn.
Iir Deputy being II big, broad.shoul.
dn0, good nululrd looking fellow,
"Ahtv" frankly told him he would go
wuh Ium, and hu caule; but before
l,a,ipg home, he summoned in five ol
Ina main hackers, who loaded up their
Winchester miles, and said they would
cone along. They came.
WLtnt the pussr reached Charleston,
Mmshsl WhiiulUuk them into custody,
pppom,pd ubuut twenty-five special
d,puy nralshaIz, aud instructed them
mol 10 allow anybody to disturb Hatfield
ar auy NJ hls crowd during their stay in
Charleston.
A WHEELING MAN on DECK.
Tlurr waB lluttr from one end Of
the city to the other. Everybody
wanted to bee old "Devil Anse." Some
seemed to think he had hoofs aud horns.
When iuuud, he turned out To be rather
agO,d luukiLg old citizen. He is Hlty'
two IturS Old; IL Blk ltet in his stock.
inys round slluuldefrd, slightly stopped;
lNs Ot,p ret eyes; long shaggy beard,
with htuvy muStAChe; ,wOre II suit OF
Iayy blue, with his pants IN his boots.
The latter were by no means neat,
Nuior Anderson, who is good friend OF
Artt, ordered u Ruilner hotel porter to
undertake thc contract Of giving them
.Imtut leather shine. 1t took him
iNcnly.twO minutes and ten seconds by
the Msjuls watch, to complete the job,
and tuiI the good naturGd Major u half
JtNisl shtkel, which ho cheeriully
paid,
SOmuCll has been written OF the Hat.
field vendetta that is pure fabrication,
prund u two hours sOanCe with
Devil Ansu and took from his own
mouth III" following statements for the
lNlLLLlUESCER:
DLvIL ANsE TELLs TIE ISTELLIGRSCER his
STORY.
"My grandfather, Valentine Hatfield,
was born in Russell county, Va. Ny
gmndnolhrr Elizabeth Vance, was a na.
tive Of the same county. Eight boys aud
three girls were born to them. My
father wOs EphNind Hatfield, who was
bOmln Logan county, Virginia, In 1912.
lie married Nancy Vance, Of Russell
county, Virginia, in 1887, and to them
were born eighteen children, eight Of
whom died when young. Six boys and
four girls lived tU manhood and woman.
hood These slx were Valentine, Auder.
son they call me Ause), Ellison, Elias,
Smith. Patterson, Martha, Elizabeth,
Emma and Biddy.
"l was born september ., 1888, and
married l.aylsa Chupin, April is, 1901.
Twelve children were born to W, viSi
Juuspn, William A., usually called
"Cap" which uiCk name was given him
when small boy and has hung TO him
eyvl since; Robert 4. Lee, Elliott, Elias,
Detroit, Joseph, Willis Wilson. The
JaNgNlrls afu Nancy b., who was cap,
tutrd by John /. Vance May l6C 1880
the only Unr OF my family ever captured
by anybody dead or alive lie meant she
married vance,, Mary, Elizabeth aud
RO.AlA.
"lscrred in the militia In 1851, and
regularly enlisted IN 1862 in the Conied.
crate Hrny, Hs First Lieutenant In the
FonyhhIl Virginia Infantry. ! rO.
slSnrd IL 1853, aud then recruited 4 Com'
piOy when WAS kept IN service In
Wayne, Gahpll aud other border Coun'
WsoI West Virginia aud Kentucky.
"Junsv, MNtUnund Tom Mccoy (who
A. nov lling to kill mel, were mem.
Nlf oimy company during the war.
oRlGiS or THE FguD.
when the war ended We all went
home Snd were goods friends, until In
1913 or "A, when difficulty arose bO'
tween my cousin, Floyd Hatfield, and
Randolph Mccoy, WHO had married els
Wf', over aSuw and plvs. A lawsuit fol
loved. Mccoy wNs loser, aud accused
y" ''"'HVIlH'lhW VI hWtHTlUk luIhtlyl
iotNhirh huStturk Mccoy with a stone,
soon after Slfallpn was wAylald and
slItdhy Paris aud Sam Mccoy. Ills
Oialbs Nrtp shot Ont.' My brother ELI,
sou prosecuted them for murder. Hp
hOtr out Il warrant for their arrest and
ss'Ted mr iu execute II. refused to dO
lNtWue tle MyCoyB and had always
u'th good friends.
Smc lime subsequently my son John,
Ton nn aud RosannN Mccoy, 4 daughter oI
HhdoIpl, Mccoy, ran away from home
wWl married. The MuCOys headed oil
@ilHlhg couple, and ROsannn, bare,
OOl", bate.headpd, riding a bare.baCked
morse made her way to the Hatfield,
Indt' cover Oi darkness aud informed
Wrhl that lOnsU Hatfield had been
sS3pd In by thp MuUoyB. The Hat
I,N'lotN,d an armed pOEsp, headed by
an'y VITO went 4 near way through thl
No'l', ransut lp with the MrUUys
Mt'posrled thuHi EIlhOntR fght, ant
,cuvI Johte, returning home viii