The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-11-14
PARIS BRUNRIELD
Shot to Death by His Own Son
in Defelse Of His Mother.
VIRGINIA OUTLAW GONE
And Fruitful Source Of Blood -Curd-
ling Newspaper Stories Cut off-He
was Once Rich and influential,
but s'Moonshineo Ruined Him.


but ssMoonshine. Ruined Him.
HUNTINGTON, Novembe THE
most noted desperate in West yir-
ginia, and one whom the REGISTER
has often mentioned in it's columns,
has gone to the land where they
don't have feuds.
Paris Brumfield is dead. He was
shot five times by his son Charley,
on Tuesday evening, and expired at
an early hour yesterday morning. !
He no doubt would have continued
to be the terror of Lincoln county
and all that section had he not at
tempted the life of woman, and the
one of all others he should have even
sacrificed his own life to protect
his wife.
Paris Brumfield was born and rails
ed in the section where he died. on
Guyandotte river near Harris creek.
Lincoln county. He was married
when young and BY industry and
close application to his business,
farming and timbering, he accumu.
lated quite competency and he had
not then shown signs of beligerent
disposition. But with independence
came the curse of too great fond
ness for women of ill-repute and for
the native moonshine alcoholic pro.
duct.
Libations and carousals made in
roads on his purse, and at the time
of his death he was by no means in
afiluent circumstances. From various
causes, such as encroachment of tim
Der claims, jealousy of women, and
others, fueds arose between the Brum-
fields and several families. He killed
his first man in 1884, and since that
time several people have mysterious
ly disappeared, and the Brumfelds
were accredited with knowing a
great deal more of the occurrence
than they sat around and talked
about.
A remarkable instance of this was
that after Holly and Mccoy had been
acquitted OF shooting but not killing
some of the Brumtields, they were
both caught one night and next morn
ing their dead bodies were found rid
died with bullets, and no great con
cealment was ever made that Paris
had been an essential assistance in
ending their worldly careers.
The fueds were terrible, accompa-
MED by loss of life on both sides, but
still Paris had neighbor whom he
got along with amicably, but still he
always maintained that no man could
get the drop on him, and it is said
that there are several mounds upon
which the verdure has gathered to
prove the correctness of this asser-
tion.
His name has been printed in pa
pers all over this country, and there
are few in this State who keep up
with the deplorable record of crime,
who have not heard of Paris Brum-
field and his gun. But somebody
did get the drop on him, and one of
his own flesh and blood, and to many
it will appear that the action of the
son was valiant and chivalrous, as,
in the killing of his father, he saved
the life of his mother.
Paris was abusive to his patient
and long suffering wife all day Tues
day. Some imagined injury was in
tensified in his mind by copious po-
tations of the flowing bowl In the
evening, it is said, he threatened to
kill her, and she stealthily left the
house and went to the home Of her
son Charles, who lived on the same
farm.
She asked her boy for protection
from The wrath of the father, and he
replied that if hair of her head was
touched it would be over his dead
body. In short time the enraged
husband and father came. He de-
manded admittance, the door being
bolted. This was refused. Then Paris
said be would come in and kill that
woman, and suiting the action to the
word, burst the door down and pro
ceeded toward his wife with an up
lifted club to fulfill his vow to kill
her.
Charles pulled his pistol and fired,
both shots taking effect in the back.
Paris dropped the club and started
to walk outside when the young man
fired three more shots each taking
effect in his fathers side.
Paris walked outside to few yards
from the door and dropped to the
ground He refused to be taken in
side and lay there till A o'clock next
morning when he expired. Charles
fled and has not yet been arrested.