, 1889-10-31
Men, Women and Children
Shot Down Like Dogs.
A BLOT UPON EENTUCEYS FAIR NAME
Stories of Guerilla Warfare That
Remind One Of Rebellion
Times.

house on the principal street OF Pike.
willie, Pike county, KY, lives Randolph
Mccoy.
loon companions in their younger
days, as they were, sleeping under the
same confederate blanket through the
war of the rebellion, in later years these
two men figured as the respective lead
ers In a neighborhood feud that for Bit
terncss and atrocity is without a parallel
In tho history of a reign noted for tragi-
cnl occurrences.
Eleven lives sacrificed.
A dozen persons manned.
Four lite conviCts.
One sentenced to death.
Three others awaiting trial.
Two states involved IN dispute inim-
icul to peace and justice.
The reputation of the people of two
counties for law and order blsckcned.
Half a dozen homes broken up.
Such arc some ot the painful results
of u quarrel whose origin Is lost In con-
tradictions and whose end is yet to
come.
THE FIRST ACCURATE ACCOUNT.
Incomplete and one-sidcd sketches Of
this feud have from time to time ap-
pcnrcd in print. During and since the
triuls OF the Hatticlds, at Pikeville, last
month. many new and interesting facts
have been added to previous knowledge,
many false rcports corrected, and now,
for the first time. II is possible to lay be-
fore the reader full and unbiased his
tory of this hideous affair in all its SEN
sational features.
Tug river, tributary Of the Big
Sandy, MARKS the state line between
Pike and Logan counties, and on tho
banks of this appropriately named
stream the enornities, covering a period
OF seven years, were committed.
RETRosPECTIyE.
The Hatticlds, strong enough in num-
bers and possessions, and masterful
enough in spirit TO rule the country
round, lived ON the West Virginia side
of Tug river. Across the stream lay the
modest acre. ofthe MeCoys. Other Hat. .
fields and McCoys there were, but II
should be remembered that the princi-
pals in this tcud were Ancc, Ellison and
Valentine Hatfield, their sons and sons-
in-law OIL one side, land Randolph McCoy
and his seven sons, James, Floyd, Far
mer, Talbot, Calvin, William and Ran
dolph, Jr., including also Randolph 4
brother jeff on The other.
Among their nelghbors the Hathelds
were regarded as clever and obligins to
degree toward all whom they took
liking TO. Such Us found fault with tht
way they run things soon found tho
neighborhood too hot to live In.
WORSE THAN ANcE.
The exploits which won for Ance Hat.
field the name of "Dcvil" date back te
tho civil war Wbils bu.hwbackin, In
tho mountains Inc killed old Bill Franc,
Tins % bis prnwcss at that neriod b,,,
names and circumstnnces arc well nigh
,oryot,cn Devil Ance was n grocer nno
WHISKY SELLER.
Volcutinc HatfeId. ramiliarly called
wall" is regarded by many as being
better entitled t!lau Anco to the name o.
Devil IL IS told oi him that he vii
iuiiy nnulierct ,vM. , ,,e iieh W va. u.n.s
I;bc i.,iey nrnn,ntIv wont o,,nnin, fo,
the writer; nor wushis wrath nppeastd
TIL Hurley, his son Flpm and John san
som, n relative OF the Hurleys, lay dead
at his feet. Wall found SAMSON on q
sick'bcd, combed his hair III mock sym
patliy and then coolly blew out hi:
brains. He also shot a man named
Charley Mounts as he sat making
sorghum, the victim plunging forward
mo the kettle U, poiiirg zane JUICE,
,i Maii, 'nu ,,pui.I' is,nsr s VI .nlY
lr,,itim.tc tho time the ,cmd heyar
H. was a Justice OF the peace, and mar
of great influence in those parts. lC
az hHan al e.
posed, put stop 10 'hc quarrel
MURDER AND SUSPICION
flVe or SIX years ago man namco
Glenn, VINO MAJ accumulated seVera
Thousand dollars married a cousin o.
Cap Hatfieid' Not long after the mar
riage Glenn was assassinated In hi
yard at night by an unknown. Car
Hatfield soon married Glenn's widow
and sn,,audercd her money. Circu m.
a,u st"a 'i.,,.I ,'..a
stances pointed 10 zap as the murderer
OF Glenn, but he never was charged witt
the crime.
The Hatfield Influences hotly assail tn,
rop,,.,ion n, H,n,IoIrh Mct,nv and hi
eru'I', n WV, " ',,.' "o,pn ,,''.,,, | s.,. u IN m
poys, pu' o'oSu INJURY '"a.eu W suo
stnntiate the ale9ations. Ihe boys ap
pear 70 nave peeh Iuaraeisome anu oiteI
became ihVoivcu IN diinculucs, 'put tht
old man Dark WAS more 70 be drcadet
than MS nlte, Ihe McCoys az aloni
snoweu uisPpsitioh 70 het',e we uis
pn'e with the ita'hcius IN legal way
HtMorLii ooNstc,hp WITH lhh fhup
ime V'o'cn. uea'', q, pni o.ay,o"'
pio'her-i'i-ia" o. Ellison ia,''e'u'
uis'ant'y connec'cu WIN .nc neuu
'houen the McNoys now aeny 'na. Ins
occurrence served 10 changs tnc Irlcnd,.
ieelihs ,aen eh'ertaihco ior thcli ne'gn
bors. Staylon was u ouily, ana ire
qnently told Paris and Sam McCoy, O
another branch OF the family, that h
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