Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-06
PARIS BRUNFIELD
st IA Dssth by His Own Son IN
Dsfsnse Of His Mother
rgS7 VIRGINIA OUTLAW GONE
.:.Al Soo-cs Of BlOOd-Curtlirg Newspaper
= - =, oE-A history Of This Much
S',,,. ,-1boui Yar-Hs Was Onos
re-, sut Influential, Eat Moon
sbipsn Ruined BIN.
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-, 7s,,crcm 70 ne Rs9'S's''
.''1' -, .,,.roX November 5.-The most
Hun I-,,,erado in West Virginia, ana
r,,ea u, us,F me REGISTER has often men
rs W. ~ i,s columns, has gone TO the
toie- 80 10 they don't have Ieuds'
3ld W. TT',rmaeid is dead. He was shot
PaI.s P,a. - bv his son Charley, on Tues
i'e 'iD1G' 'i'n, and expired at an early
o! yesterday morning. ~
ll' !, ,, Joubt would have continued 10
as ~ ,syror Of Lincoln county ana all
b ile .o,ion o,i, mad he not attempted the
i.l' y,oman. and the one OF ali otn-
te should have even sacrinceu MS
Z, N Iif. no 2rotect-hiS wife. ;,
'.e M. ~ Erumfeld was born and raised
-i'9 .oction where he died, on Guyan-
.l' - near Hart's creek, Lincoln
',| r'' Tie vas married when young
.1, NV industry and close application
'll ". ~ business. farming and tim6ering,
l'Y l-'.Y.vvr,uIsted cutie a competency and
Az not tten shown signs OF oellg-
--+ --ti.,o.ition. But with independ-
.,,s came the curse VI wv ~A
'-.' ,or women Of ill-repute and Tor the
I've moonshine alcoholic product
r.s,tions and carouSalS omade In
- On his purse, and at the time OF
death he was by no means In ainueht
INSTANCES. From various causes
.1 ,s,sencroachmentS OF timber claims,
-,- .,',1.v of women, and others, fuedS
.-.o bc,ween theBrum6eldS and several
lilies He killed his first man in 1881,
.-1 .ince that time several people have
--.,sriopslv disappeared, and the
p,-mfalds we're accredited with know
= 80 Great deal more Of the occurrence
.I,r tbav sat around and talked about.
remarkable instance OF this was
,s,, after Holly and Mccoy had been
,-@ritied of shooting but not killing
...,. of ,he Brumields, they were both
.r,br one night, and next morning
,r dead bodies were found riddled
f. bgIpts. and no great concealmeDt
r...,,r made that Paris had been an
...,fal assistance ia ending their
s-s careers.
Ire tends were terrible, accompanied
BE- hes of life on both sides, but still
p-,, mad a neighbor whom he got along
I'm amicabiy, but still be always main
.r.dtbat 20 man could get the drop
. sir,. and it is said that there are
s.. raj mounds upon which the verdure
wg,thered 10 prove the correctness OF
us assertion.
ais name has been printed In papers
In ever this country. aad there are Few
\, mis- State who keep up with the de-
rors5le record OF crime, who have not
..l-i Of Paris Brumfeld and his gun.
H.l somebody did get the drop on him,
and one Of his own flesh and blood, and
nmsny IL will appear that the action
o. the son was valiant and chivalropS,
a. 10 the killing Of his father, he saved
he lie Of his mother.
Paris was abusive 10 his patient and
Cng-SuIeriug wife all day Tuesday.
S1ns imagined injury was intensified in
bis mind by copiouS pOtationS OF the
fpug bowl. In the evening, II is
said. ne threatened 70 kill her, and she
selthiy eft the house and went to the
home Of her son Charles, who lived on
lt- same farm.
She asked her boy for protection from
,te wrath Of the father, and he replied
hat Il a hair Of her head was touched ii
would be over his dead body. In a short
tine the enraged husband and father
came. He demanded admittance, the
dor being bOlted. This was refused.
Then Paris said ne would come in and
s... that woman, and, Suiting the action
% the word, burst the door down and
proceeded toward his wife with an up
liisd club 20 fulfill his VOW to kill her.
Charles pulled his pistol aud fired,
10th 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
bis fathers side.
Paris walked outside TO few yards
rom the door and dropped to the ground.
lie refused To be taken inside and lay
.0ere till four o'clock next morning
when be expired Charles fled and has
l0t Yet been arrested.