The sun., 1889-11-29


did net build Gre immediatsly: to- ,h.,h.a
formerly been friends, and. holding up her
GAP. can't | Would. deed l would II I
could. You wouldn't shoot woman who never
tori" l ISllsd I'd Uncle % i jim. -" God =" her make
no more account Of ber than you would OF a
ca Cap raised his gun TO shoot. but Ellison
Mounts, standing, alongside. had his gun al
ss ss seps ~ her nr bS Ss
entered Just over the left nipple. and she fell
dead with only a moan.
Of cotton hanging between tho. two houses,
brought q handful Of It, set It on fire, and threw
at0 the 5GS% %ss S IN there d
were therefore safe In putting all their forces
A psSt OF the gang had meantime been en-
gagged there and had shot the door to pieces so
that determined rush would have broken 1t
SoYH no YHHatiield has the courage TO make. - "''
One OF the gang, however. brought blazing
cotton and threw I in pile against the door.
This soon fired the splintered structure but
Mrs. Mccoy had been churninR the day before,
and had four. gallons OF bnttsrmilg In the
with cup dipped buttermilk on the fire. while
he held n revolver ready to shoot with the
Then the gang tried to flre the roof. Tom
Mitchell climbed up the loRs. apd. with one
hand over the top log TO support himself, held
atSsf Sd Sd the sdeSs nna T pans the
his revolver close to IL, shoual four fingers of
close to the kngckles It makes make fhe HStillelds
"crfed like q baby over the loss Of his fingers"
Calvin had not been idle; meantime Climb
and there in the gable and a few shingles from
the roof, and had thus opened portfolios
through which he got an occasional shot at the
Ellison Mounts left forearm. but it was from a
S2-calibre rifle and did not permanently iniure
had Killed Aiiaphare .Calvin's shooting drove
the gang between the houses, where they wore
out % bis Sigh h wS apS Sa4 Tsre they eoud safely
was quickly ,ablaze. and the McCoys found
themselves like rabbits in q burning brush
While the mon were ,1ghting Mrs. Mccoy
took advantage OF a lull In the shooting to slip
out Of the door e GO around TO the end where
the the other girls when xIlaphsre I was shot. but
could not believe her daughter dead. AS she
form he saw ON the bed and the bullet cut the
STH Is At T6ls + IL sCla |Sy y the Hseds
1T would have been gsood one on Jonce II
As MIS- Mccoy was 'pS psssnE the space be-
back. and. raising bis gun. threatened to shoot
RED on. Then he struck her w With t III in the
side, knocking her down and breaking two
eIri lying in tho doorway W beyond. and % So being
unable to get up; crawled ahead. =,
sbo sS hS Sut Jones' Hf go to s G
with big revolver dubbed. struck her on the
bead. driving the hammer Of the weapon, to
s there seRsass r r after fRiH hs nq se S
supposed sho was dead.
o doWn 6S a Gq Rs s,Sp
that ho would run IN for a corn CRIB In one corner
th0x INT thn tvht ~ fhsx al md
both might then cross the road and reach the
woods-coyered mountain that rose there
r IN oRer saped rUm
and ran for his life across the yard Toward the
corn crib. As he passed the corner OF the house
his boy. By the time the old man reached the
a%ay the % sEadws Of ess
srag gfs Sust IRs aSh bis fs and
6S reached the ground. Neither friend nor foe
knew that he had been hit.
pursuit OF Calvin. and as the old man followed
him; sssine s" i@ones @ TstasId before him D's 6s
dor @ fuii Of shot. Then he fred the other charge
at Tom Mitchell. without any other effect than
e iFighten the gang into running for cover
The Old man had fed, dressed in shirt and
ohenoed to run across some hogs asleep as he
theiF nest, he managed to keep alive till day
S and thS9 he went to biz
gang left for their West virginia homes. Then
s sr Ad and Pann Ss left the burning
to the edge Of the woods where they built
are and eoTered @ Down "a. by 1t until morning;
rOnacfOuanARa. and much to their 6urDria0
little boy. Melvin. left the house, when, the old
the door sill and rieli and then crswled around
1s annotcsd % By % the % gang as they Went away. and
eventually Joined the girls at their fire in the
y fHe murder Of the girl and the treatment of
manifested while men only were being killed
The blood Of a woman called for. vengeance.
Raids into Virginia were orGanized. which re:
quilted In the killing Of Uncle Jim Vance and OF
Of the killing. although q friend O, the Hat
fields. In addition to these murders. they
PLANT .Mayhorn. and two or three lesser mem
Then the Failing business having gotten too
warm the amounts OF money offered for the
arrest OF the gang were increased, and a de-;
teotiye agency at Charleston, ". Va. captured
Of ali. EIlison Mounts. These prisoners we're
taken around through Ohio and up to Pike
Vile.
last September. J. Lee Ferguson. county at
torney prosecuted the prisoners. while Auries.
Ferrell L Connolly and Perry Cline. lawyers OF
great repute In the mountains defended the
Valentine Hatfield, commonly called Wall.
who had been Justice Of the Peace was tried
which was selected to the satisfaction OF the
defendant. stood eleven for hanging to ono for
imprisonment for life. 1t being the law here for
juries to mako the penalty The one prevailed
over the eleven. and Wall escaped with his life.
though he serves the State at hard labor while
Sam Mayhorn was unable to appear for trial.
being sick, and his case went over, Dock and
Plant Ilayhorn were convicted and sentenced
TO Imprisonment at hard labor for life. The
charge on which these two and Wall Hat.
field were convicted was the murder OF Talbot
and Farmer McCoy.who were tied TO the bushes
on the bank OF Tug River and shot TO death.
after Farmer had Killed Deacon Ellison Hat
field on election day.
the murder Of Randolph Mccoy. Jr. Randolph
was lad OF 10. He was taken In custody by
the Hathelds after Deacon Ellison Hatfield was
murdered because they were told that the boy
mad stabbed tho deacon in the legs while Tai
bot and the deacon were fighting, This, was
m II XynQ n Younger brother, q lad OF