The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-14
ME OF THEIR WOUNDS.
-, ND HENSN FLEMING RE-
PORTED DEAD IN WISE.
49,. Rn.uIt Of Battle Between n Posse
aud the Outlaws In the wiids Of
This wild County.

ypreTOL VA. July 13.-Ever since
a., saturday morning sherif's posse.
'r,gt one hundred in number, has been
.,rirg the backwoods OF Wise county.
=. in search OF the Fleming boys and
90 mails. accompliccs Of Dock" Taylor
- ,bo murder OF the Mullins family.
- yrblch crime Taylor Is soon TO pay
,te exireme penalty. A fight is reported
Il have taken place between the Of
rcsrs and the Fleming gang last Monday
,,o-nine. al daylight. in which Henan
'4c.t. Fleming were seriously injured,
- managed 90 make their escape Win
tbe ala OF their friends.
rbe battle was hOtly contested, though
none of the sherin posse were injured
and the outlaws got away. The lather
And mother OF the Fleming boys were az
,estei and taken 20 Wise Courthouse
whore they were placed under guard, /,
also a dog which belonged 20 the gang,
and which was trained 10 give the out
laws warning upon the approach OF a
stranger. A hat belonging TO Cal. tlcm-
ing was picked up by the posse.
To-day IL IS reported from Norton,
Wise county. that both Henan and Cal
F1eming have died of the wounds they
received in the battle. after having been
secreted 10y their companions. Some Of
the officers are IN search Of their bodies.
while others are still on tho hunt Tor
the balance Of the gang.
The report comes from reliable
source. and excitement is said 20 De run
ming high IN bloody Wise. The officers
nre q determined set ~ men. They
started ont 90 capture the entire gang,
and Will do 10 n possible.
Another Accoun, 81 the AMIR.
PIG STONE GAP. VA. July 13.-Spe-
cial-W. T.. Rcnfroe and John Miller,
deputy shen1s. organized party. and
enleavOred 10 arrest the two Flemings,
who aided Doc Taylor in the murder Of
Che Mullins family al Pound Gap. about
two wears ago. The sherins' posse con-
sisted of about hNeen men. who came
upon the Flemings and three or four
desperate characters They had a social
with themselves yesterday morning I'm
the widest part OF the Cumberland
mountains. near Pond Gap. a heavy
FOX prevailed. which. together with the
rough nature Of tho ground and dense
underground Of laurel. made II very difii-
cult % distinguish friend from foe. The
result was that one of the posse James
Maggard. hy mistake shot one Of his
comrades. j. Lee Grcar, inhicting very
dangerous wound I'm the thigh.
Bill Renfroe shot Heuan Fleming
with shotgun. iunicting several severe
wounds Cal l'lcmming was also wound
ga. but both escaped. and are supposed
to have crossed the mountain into Pike
county. Ky. where they have many
relatives and adhercDts.
Many rumors are ahOat that the Flem-
ines have both been KILLED but none
Of them can bo traced 90 any reliable
source. and are dlscrcditcd.
Unless these men arc arrested very
soon. they VIII organize a band Of des-
porad0os that wUl give trouble on the
border for lour time 20 come. The peo-
ri. of ,lIse deserve much credit for the
ira and continued efforts they are
making to break up tine band In its
incfui.nc.. Oue or two good detectives
wou.d However, do more good than
company 0f mon. as the Flemings VIII
have to ts arrested by stratagem. They
five in the wIls Of the mountain, where
numbers are of little avail. and escape
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