The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-31
HAS KILLED NINETEEN MEN.

Hall Is Said To Have Mado Such an 4Admis
sion-IIis Life.
do you know anything about Talt
Hay. who is raising such an excitement
oveSssu your st ction?" asked q Dispatch
reporter of DIR. Spence, the delegate
from Lee county.
well, know good deal about
him." replied the Doctor "IIe killed
cousin Of mine, Elkerton Turner.
"Talt Hail." continued the Doctor, Twas
born in Floyd county, Ky, and has
been in q feud all his life. He con-
fesses to having killed nineteen mon.
and the gang to which he belonged have
killed over hundred He Inherited
the feud.
Ills father, old Talt uall, killed two
or three men. My impression i, that
tho feud started in 1875 at Christmas
dinner given by jeff. Turner at his
house on Beaver creek. There was a
row between the Turner's and the Size
mores, in which jeff. Turner and Bug
Sizemore wero killed and some eight or
ten were wounded. Old Talt Hall
espoused the cause Of the Sizemores and
the feud has been going on ever since.
1t extended over three counties in Ken
tucky-Latcher, Knott and Flood. |
nave becu in The territory frequently,
put stranger is in no danger of being
injured unless he takes sides.
HOW EIKERroN TURNER WAS KILLED.
Two of Ell1er,on Turner's unclcs
were at the row down on Beaver creek"
the member of the house added, "but
Elkerton was killed while acting in his
capacity as an officer Of tho law. Talt
Hall went to neighbours and stole q
Winchester rifle aud tho neighbours
daughter, and was N aking off with both
The Old man sworo out a warrant and it
was given to Turner to execute. While
endeavoring to make the arrest Turner
was killed by Hall, but had succeeded
in wounding his adversary despera tely
Hall escaped, and though close search
was made for him, no traces,of him could
be found, except in caves in the noun
tains, where there were evidences of his
wounds having been dressed by friends.
Then he was lost sight of until he
turned up in Norton and killed an OIL
GER"
DOES NOT LOOK TIE DEspERADo.
What sort Of looking man is Hall?"
asked the reporter.
although" replied tho doctor, she is
one OF the most desperate characters in
Ill 1hat SeCGlOn you would not think 1t
from his appearance. / know him per-
sonally. lie is rather prepossessing in
appearance, and what call a smart un-
educated man. He il about, say twenty
eight years old, dark complexion, has q
keen black eye, and tho only suggestion
OF unpleasa ntness in his face Is the fact
that his hair grows very low on his
forehead. If, however, he gets down
on you for any reason, he will kill you
II no can. Such feuds as the ono have
spoken of are very common in that
country. Another one has been going
on for years just over the mountain
from me. They start between two per-
sons and extend to the whole family
connection on both sides.
Ills FRIENDS INTERESTED.
by tho way" queried the doctor as
tho reporter was about to leave. have
you heard anything from Wise Court
House to-day? l saw from your issue
of this morning that party was as
sembling at the Pound and fight was
expected. II 1t comes off several of nv
friends will DO in it,"
The doctor was told that nothinr had
been heard up to that hour, but II news
came Of lively Wholesale case OF phle-
bosomy by a reasonable hour of the
night telephone message would be sex
70 him.