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KILLED THREE MORE E
ELECTION DAP GRIMES OF THE
IA US CAPT. HATFIELD.

shot Hts Victims Down at . virGinia Fell
lag Pisee-Then He Fled GO the Hills
with . Posse In Fursuit-Leader In the
ones Notorious nataeid-McCoy Feud.
wrnbIAMsoN, Va. Nov. Capt. Hatfield,
the notorious outlaw of Hatfield Mccoy fame.
killed three men at Matewan In q row at that
place yesterday afternoon. Some years ago
Hatfield alienated the affections Of Ruther-
ford's wife. which afterward caused . divorce.
Since that time q very bitter feeling has existed
between the men, which was aggravated o year
ago by tho killing of q cousin of Hatfield by
Rutherford.
Yesterday Hatfield. accompanied by his
welvo-year-old son and carrying with him a
double-barrel shotgun In addition to the re-
peating rife which he always carries. came to
4..ta a. On TO vote. All passed of quietly until
about So'clock, when Hatfield and Rutherford
got into an alteration and began. firing at each
other. Rutherford using . revolver and Hat
field his shotgun.
After emptying his shotgun, Hatfield seized
his rife and began pumping lead with lightning
like rapidity. At the fifth shot Rutherford fell
dead.
In the melee Henderson Chambers, q brother
in.law of Rutherford. who was an election
o6lcer, was accidentally shot by Hatfield and
mortally wounded. dying this afternoon.
Immediately after killing Rutherford Hat
doid fed toward the woods, closely pursued by
q nephew Of Rutherford who emptied . re-
volver at him. wounding him slightly in tho
thigh. Hatfield suddenly stopped in his flight.
shot young Rutherford through the heart, and
taking his boy climbed q wooded mountain near
by hotly pursued by . number of armed citi-
nens.
The excitement which followed was intense.
and tho whole country is aroused. and In case OF
,Hatheld's capture. which must surely occur.
FIhere is great danger of lynching. A reward
of $1,000 has been offered for Hatfield by
Rutherford's relatives. and it is believed that
Gov. MacCorkle will renew the reward Of $500
which he offered for his arrest q few years since.
Hatfield. who Is a desperate man. was the
leader of the Hatfield clan in the terrible Hat
neld-McCoy feud of a few years ago. He knows
every foot of ground and every stronghold in
the mountains Of Mingo and Logan counties.
For this reason the task of capturing him is q
dangerous one.
Sheriff Keadle and q posse of twenty-five mon
are now pursuing him. and although the chase
will likely be . long one Hatfield will doubtless
be captured at last. A part of Hatfeld's rela.
tives, owing to some trouble. have turned
against him and are assisting the officers in
their efforts to catch him.. The excitement ID
Intense. and the whole country is indignanl
over this recent outbreak by an old offender.
At 10 p. NJ. o report reached this place that
posse 10 In hot pursuit. of the man. but he hal
not yet been seen. Thereis little danger of an.
other outbreak of the Hatfield Mccoy feud. but
serious trouble seems inevitable.
Hatfield Is o man of unusual Intelligence,
considering his environment. and possesses O
wonderful amount of mountaineer shrewdness
He has lived q quiet and peaceable life since
the suppression of the old feud. and this recent
outbreak ic quite . surprise to those who know
him.