The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-02-02
ALL INJURED.
Attempt to Capture the Notorious
Flemings.
A Desperate Encounter Takes Place. In
Which An the Participants Were Hurt
aud Two Are Already Dead-An-
other, IL IL Believed, Will Die.

A Desperate Encounter Takes Place. In
Which An the Participants Were Hurt
aud Two Are Already Dead-An-
other. II Is Believed, win Die.
Bro sroSE GAP Va, Jan. eg-Ed
Ilall and Doc" Swindell two Of the
men shot in the terrible fight with the
Fleming boys at Boggs, W. Va, last
Saturday, arrived here Sunday. From
them was learned the full particulars
OF the fight, the facts OF which have
been so meagerly reported, owing to
the inaecessibillty OF the Gown from
railroad and telegraph.
OF and on since the bloody and fend-
ish murder Of the Mullins family, nj
most two years ago, by Doc Taylor, re-
Gently hanged, and the Fleming boys
parties Of men have been on the watch
and have made raids To capture the
Flemings
Most active IN these raids were the
Branham boys, I'D Hall and Doc Swim
dell. SO eager and conspicuous were
they that at times when they came
upon the Flemings they were singled
out as marks for their unerring rifles.
Esconced In the mountain fastncsses
Of Kentucky, among friends, II was
almost impossible TO get at the Flem-
ings So secure they felt that they
went so far as TO plant crop, one Of
them in women's dress doing the plow-
ing aud attended to the running OF
sawmill
The Brlnham crowd did not how
ever, give mp the pursuit, but
have hunted and watched for the
past year. The Flcmings repeatedly
sent them word that they would on old
scores shoot any OF them on sight The
motive OF the Branham crowd in the
capture, that Of obtaining the reward
for the bodies dead or alive, and never
from a sense OF bringing the guilty to
Justice now turned TO a personal mat
ter With the Indian thirst for revenge
Jno. branham, Ed'lIall and Doc Swim
dell began in earnest to wipe out
al any cost their differences
They soon made it too hot for the
FlcmingS In Kentucky, causing them
60 make their way into West Virginia
brapham HALL and Swindell followed
closely after them, and ON last said ar.
day located them in Boggs, on ou Of
thc.way town In West Virginia ,. o be
sure they were not wrong in their men, n
man in the guisc Of tax collector was
sent to question them liz returned
with evidence sufficient 60 convince
them they were really the Fleming
boys Brunham and His party now
made their preparations Ter the fight,
which they well knew the Flcmings,
FOR revenge and rather man face the
hangmau's moose. wopll make to the
death
The tlemings wreS making some
purchases in little store when Hall,
the first Of thrc,, walked fcarlesly in
and caught Cal Fleming with one hand
/ while he brour ht his pistol 10 bear
l with the other Instantly llenan Flcm-
I ing leycd is pistol and the ball
gruzed tn back OF Halls head,
causing HIN TO loose his hold on Cal,
who then drew his pistol and be-
gan firing Hall, recovering himself,
drove o a into Cal Fleming's brain,
Telling him TO the floor In the mean.
time licnan Fleming's unerring aim
had boon doing deadly work Swim
dell, before, either from slowness or
fright, he could fire, received ball
! through the neck and made for the
door. John Branham, in spite OF his
bravery, was lying on the floor with
one hole just above the left and one
through (hS right lung. Hall now
turned his gttention to Henan, and a
bloody duel followed Standing face
TO face at a distance of ten PAGES they
fought un1inchingly until, with one
bullet through his chin and his hand
rendered useless. Heuan Fleming ran
into back room 10 make his escape.
Finding no outlet, he ran back to the
door and threw up his bloody and still
bleeding hands, with the fingers shot
almost OF
81 can't do any more, Ed" he said;
~ surrender"
Branham aud Cal Fleming have since
died. II llenan Fleming lives, which
Is not certain, it is believed that II the
chance is given him he will turn states
evidence and implicate in the murder
OF the Mullins family men whom no
one for an instan; suspect Of being con-
nected with such terrible deed.