The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-29
.THB TERRIBLE VENDETTA.
Detail, Of the LyOohiug Of Nc
Coy and Haley by,a Mob Of
LINCOLN COUNTY CITIZENS
Loading SIcn Implicated Inthe Bram'
field Notwithstanding History
ortlrc Feud,.The Lynohod Men
We're Hired Murdcrers'

ooln county, or Il. least that part OF 1t
o,onnd the county seat, Is now in 4 Ter.
mani Of excitement, as might be natl'
r,lly expected, concerning the fearful
,,,sodv enacted within the borders OF
,be county Thursday night OF last week,
There Is quite a degree Of interest mani
io.trJ 10 Get accurate details olthe double
EillIns A. Green Shoals on the above
nloht. Intelligence from that section is
msagrc, but enough ID known to satisfy
,be mos. credulous that Green Mccoy
and SlIlt Haley were HddIed with bull
Ipts on the night in question by an Or
nni,od forced numbering sixty deter
mined men. Tho latest report direct,
"nI and from a reliable man who was de-
,"inrI @ several days, is TO the effect that
WcCoy and Haley implicated other
prominrnt parties in the Brgmteld trqg-
pdy alleging that they Mccoy and lia'
II I,y, wpre hired to kill Little Al" Brum.
G!ld his wife and Paris Brumheld and
;hm thry received $500, or wers to when
w." i,L Ias completed. The attempt OH
SIit,ls All" and his wife Is well known,
and tnat the programme was not iuiIy
"arriri @ ont was because the BEumhelds
ws,r war; toD hot on the tracks oil the assas-
sin. The report further says that tue
] v"smIt nj thpSs disclosures has brought
ahnut oprn hoslilities and that the en-
tirs district isarrayed either on Que side
NJ ihr other, and that they are cOngre.
TateI well armed, and the aspect Is most
threatening.
THE END NOT YET.
What the result will bo no man can
tell, as both sides are known to be CON-
posed Of desperate and determined men,
These atrocities have assumed such pro.
portions aud there is such a widespread
Interest 10 the OUTCOME that a ortet Of
the iacls leading up TO the fearful cnl-
mination Of Thursday night, by the In.
TgLLIGgSIG correspondent is appTo'
Iarl's Creek district is one OF the
largest Of the eight in Lincoln county,
ana is situated ia tie extreme southern
mari Of the county Snd is bounded on
the south by Logan county. The 0uyan
river trayerses the entire western bound
ary OF tho district aud Hart's Greek
having i,s source somewhere toward Flat
Top mountains passes from east 10 west.
II Is n fertile little valley and the hills
are heavily timbCred and there las not
been u time for ten years when there
Vas not II lumber camp within its b0un'
dAries.
Around these lumber camps have
come aud gone from time to time many
desperate Criminalg, Without knowl-
edge Of their crimes the hospitable
Tn0untaincers have given them shelter
aud oft times employment, and in dis
guise and under assumed names they
have often hidden for weeks until the
slvutsl llounds Of the law tracked them
up and they hid 10 flee.
THE PRESENT TROUBLE.
The native workers ut these camps,
however, are hard working hospitablo
though rough and unCouth class, as in.
deed are all the people residing in this
isolated district They are unframed In
societies ways and uncultured, but u
more hRpitable, generous people never
existed. Strong IN iriendshiD until
they believe they have been III treated
and then bitter in their hatred. The
present trouble has grown out Of long
standing iGuds. lNTRLLIpEScER readers
liavG been kept pretty well posted rs to
the several difficulties between Paris
Brumfeld and Green Mccoy. Mccoy
came from Kentucky some yearl back
and is a member OF the now iamons
Mccoy family OF Pike county, Kentucky.
Whether hU has ever taken active part
in tue llathpld-MGCoy feud Is not
known. Al any rate he WSR regarded
u II desperate and dangerous man. He
married a daughter Of Caanan Adkins.
Between Caanau Adkins and Paris
Brumhel tSere had huGn an enmity Of
many years stSndiug. They had been
sworn enemies for sOme time and had on
more than ono occasion exchanged shots,
onc Of these occasions being at a Circuit
Court at llamlin, something over year
ago.
between Little Al" BrumGell and
Mccoy there had never been any open
breach, II, indeed, there had been any
feeling ut all, and II is claimed that Nc:
CUyand IiSluyeat dinner At "Little AIS"
a few DAYS before theshooting Of himself
and wife,
CAPABLE OF ANYTHING.
Haley has been about Hart's Greek
several years, aud was regarded as q
man capable Of any crime. lie married
Adanghtur Of reputable family living
on Hart several ypHrs HgO, but on account
0i his wUrthlpsSnpha she was compelled
NlrOyc him, since which time he has
leIa very disreputable life. Il is said
that several years NgO no done" mln
In Boone county, named Lakin. He
ahl Mccoy were boon companions and
lattprly had been much together.
Hall, tue man who killed young Din.
CESS at the November election In 1885
and lied, Nnd is yet at liberty, was a Inall
inurh II tho slyle OF Mccoy and Haley,
aud IN some Of :he fighting and Otllej
questionable exploits on HRrps creek
they were ali llIFep mixed up.
Chclalal Sunday eEpping, the 9Th o.
sepirmbrr with no suspicion Of danger
"liUle Al" Brum6Bld aud Wlie rode
peacefully lhu1amp horse from HeudOh
son DinV,sg, the father Of Mrs. Brum'
field. At q harrow dDiilO In the road
without warming, they were fred OF
ifom nearby. Mis-, Brumaeld'a face
WAS literally torn 10 pieces, aud though
still living, Shp will always be dlAbjg'
tired. Tier husband Wns moro fortunate,
though from 10 intention Of the RssAss
ins. Urged by his wits aud disabled IL
oneatnl hc fled for the double purpose
Of securing aid and TO get out Oi thi
mach Of the bullets Of his am6uSheC
aSailants, Fooled III their attempt ID
nn extent thp RSSaSSius fled. MF. Blum
field returned With help aud carried hll
supposed dying vile home, Suspicion
At once fastened on Mccoy and Haley
aud early the next day they lefl 70
Kentucky, going 10 Martin county
10 the meauuue Al Blumhpld and III
friends were noi Inactive, Like blood
nonhds they were boog on the track
They odetcd 500 ioF tho tyo men, dGA,
otSNve.
rliR CArrURE,
This was a sufficient incentive iof III
KenlrcklanS and the result was MOCo
AMI Haley were captured aud dIllvere
to officials on tho West Virginia cid