The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-28
GOT TIE FLEMING OUTLAWS.
OWE or THEM MAS kILLEp, BUr nm
ALSO KlELED ms MAS.

Probable E,d rr the west virs ninr Laws
I"ssnr-s, OF whIch Doc Tayior. Lately
unnErd, was the Kin"irader-'Threc De-
terrrined Mn Have Reer on the = neh
OF tive Firmings, Tn,Iur'- Accon, ices
In the MulIn-es Murde, -O,c In Jaii.
DtG STONE Gtp VA. Jan. ~ Thr,e Virginia
officers tracked tho two Fleming brothers
from this county to West Virginia and found
them Oh Thursday in n store In Boggs lonely
little mountain town more than n'ty miles
from railroad. Cal Fleming was shot ,n-
stantly through tho BRAIN llecnaa. his lroth-
er shot each OF the thtco officers. Iir was
shot In his chin and had the llngors ~ his riGht
hand shot away.
lie shot I'D Hall through the back OF the
head. Doc Swindell through the neck. and
John Branham through tho right lung. Then he
gave up. Cal Fleming lived long enough to ask
to TO he thought back home. bul va, bu!ied
whore lie was killed. IIsenau is In jail AZ Nicno-
lasviiie. and will probably recover. Branhnm
is dead and buried near Cal Fleming Hall
and Swindell who are badly wounded. came
home yesterday. Tho Jennings wero tho ao-
completes OF old Doc Taylor. who was hanged
In this county last November for the murder
Of the Mullins family nearly two years ago.
TAYLOR and the Flrmings built a blind aud
waited for their victims week in ambush.
They killed old Ira Mullins. his wife. his son.
an idiot driver. and hired hoy. They shot
the two horses and riddlcd tho wagon. For
long time Taylor and the Jennings
evaded the officers Even after Taylor
was caught and convicted tho Ilem-
ings bons;ed openly 81 the murder and
deHcd arrest They loafcd boldly AROUND tho
crossroads store planted crop at home. and
were about to vote at n county election when
the volunteer police forco Of this place made
an effort to capture them. They rode forty
miles over the mountains ono night, and
charged tho Fleming cabin at dayhreak.
The Fiemngs had learned OF their coming
and had gone of down tho road an hour boz
fore. after that they worked their crops in
women's clothes. and were more careful until
they got together gang OF seven. and then
they tied red flannel to their shoulders and
| guns and terrori2ed the community.
Last summer n posse tr m the county scat
! tried capturing them again. They captured
| the mother OF the boys when she was carrying
| food to thcm They kept hor prisoner in the
woods al! night and slipped upon the Flein-
! ings. who were waiting for her. at daybreak.
! The Fleming5 stood thoir ground against
: twenty mon, md there was sharp. short
/ fight Both OF the FlrminEs wore wounded
aud ran. Not an officer was touched.
BTSS% ' E % AMI 2 RcT 5wIa ' %a
LIVED in tho Pound the flemings sTY9re to
| XII these men. In Seli-loICnSe, a. wei ~ Tor
| the reward, the three hay. boon trailing tho
/ Fleimings over since They wont to BoGgs,
and AM. ihnroGsh tax ""G%t?r eFTaSa
| ia certain. store lial Walked Loldly
/ presenting his pistol with tho Other. lI"cnhp
/ Fleming flashed out his woa non an shot Hall
| in the tack OF the head. Cal wreqchcd loose.
| from Halls pistol crashed into his lran.
Heenan turned his attention 20 John Ernn-
Branham nhot wild. and Keenan, put ono bullet
IN ms IiGht ana ohe IN ne ie,t PIE. tranhatm
| Swindell VINO from fright or slnwness Ia 4 not
! fred Before he could shoot iIrouEI Il at ~rnt
bul let through his neck and Hwin,!ei. started
hall had turned now, and h" and HOGAN
Esnsa The E INA iSfI sm aT ,c1s S
4 second ball foUaweI, cut,iaG n"a~.T All no
fingers OF llecGan'a right han = il'rl shot
Hcenan turnel then and ran into rear
room. There vas u" way f5r hun /" ~ "at:
| mangled and bleeding hands abuv" his ."I !.
| Il can't do any more, Ed.' no said. u Va
Id Hall is an ey-Eentuckian. Voc ~w,n!ell
| lives in the Pound near the fl"nlu"s - d"es
known as Tooscnrck lohn" on nrcono' 81 Ills
! very lon: ncc;. The FInminss "nriared him
| pulled his mow-tarhe TIL his ~ hlei ihoy
around his feet, and they tortured hr u
! many ways He thought hey w'rc gOIng 10
: Kill him. ana no warned tl9il tlhl " " VIA
| his brothers would gill the Fleming 'hther
and mother and sister, and burn u" hpu,"t to
/ the ground. The outlaws know this would De
! done and they let him 80.
! small fcud started, and Hem ngS ana
! Branhams have been Watching each other ever
I since The outlaws have alwars sworn that
theY would never loo taken alive sInn" the
! MGlins murder. They have lived mos oI tho
! time In tho woods. travelling 10 AMI FROM N!r-
| gnia and Kentucky
Their favorts hi ing place was cave In
| thicket OF rh 4dOdsndrun, within !iy yards OF
the county road AMI milo OF mono. :, sn.o.
herd dog ofextraordtnary Intelligence guarded
! them If a stranger approached their homo, or
/ In tho road. this dog would start 10 u ran Tor
| the cave to warn them. .
| During the fight tho outlaws hal with the
| twenty officers the dog lay like stone a tal
| Flsmn g's feet. In this iight both IN" / smingS
were thought to ho mortal!| wounded, lGt
they got strong enough to escape in w"mens
| clothes to kentucky.
| Ed Hall chasci them back into Nirgi ala. aud
| he and the liranhAms have been on their tran
| Ike blOodhounds eyer since.
| lOggs is more than POO miles away and very
| Inaccessible. The FlemIngs were said 20 10
| acting there as insurance agerts
| Heenan Fleming, il Is said will he allowed 20
| turn States evidence II he gets well and
!. timony Doc Taylor's motive in tho Mullins
| murder has always been thought to have been
| personal vengeance.
| The Elem ngs motive was that oi moncy.
| Heenau. il ia said, Will implirate men IN tho
| murder who have never been dreamed OF In
| connection with II. II is probable that this
| Kind of lawleSsness Il dead in this reEinn
| with the death OF Cal and the capture OF Hoe
| han Fleming.