The morning times., 1897-01-31

leapinS cataracts brought Us to his home
Say, that ride was a corker. yellow
Pine" diverted the tedium Of the trip by
pointing out places along the road where
haplcss teanstcrs had tuI..hlcd into the
ravinc below. At one point, far down the
side of an almost perpendicular cliff hang
ing over "A cnarled cak was the bleaching
skeleton Of mule
That mule belonged to my father"
said yellow Pine" ncnchalantly.
We We're then just above the skeleton,
and the cart wheel droppedinto Ii deep rut.
Ny heart stopped beating, and / violently
grasped yellow Pines arm.
''As / was about to say" he continued,
''that mule belonged TO my father, who
then kept a country store. one day our
driver got toonear the edge OF the cliff. and
you see the result
Shuddered as / looked down the steep
mountain side into the ravine below.
But the drivcr?" / asked.
We'll, parts of him reached the bottom
of the ravine.'
one of the Hatfields was to be hanged
the next day, and we concluded to attend
"the 5ee' 1t was another long, exciting
ride to the county seat. Trouble was ex-
pectcd at tie execution, but none occurred.
II WAS the first legal hanging that had ever
taken place in that county.
We had a talk with the sheriff
"Is it true that thirteen killings have oc-
CURED in this localityin as many daysa''
asked
Yes he answered: but il is not true
as stated in some of the papers that all
these troubles concerned the old Hatfield
Mccoy feUd. The Hatfields figured in
some OF them, but the greater number were
outside cases.
is tue famous family vendetta carried on
as vigorously as in former times?"
.'Oh, no. The Hatficlds are not bad peo-
pie now. They stay on the West Virginia
side and the McCoys on the Kentucky side
j don't believe they care to meet. / think
either would so ten miles out of their way
20 avoid the other. Most of the Hatficlds
have settled down 10 legitimate business
Some ere timbering. others are farmers
and Il few have entered professions. Elias
Hatfield is a jaiier at Logan Court House,
and if one of his relatives chances to be an
inmate, he discharges his duty as faith
fully as if the prisoner were a perfect stran-
ger / believe the younger generation Will
make their mark in the world. They come
Of sturdy stock, and tie very elements that
made their fOrefathers desperadoesa and out
laws will help TO push the young men to
the front. IT has been curbcd and changed
into indomitable courage and perseve rance
They are = plucky family, and that is what
counts in success. Elliott Hatfield gradu-
ated with honors in medicine, and is now a
Norfolk and Western Railroad surgeon on
n good salary. lie is an excellent physi-
cian, and the people send for him for fifty
miles around. Several OF them have be-
come United States marshals, and know
ing the mountains as they do, they make
the most efficient Officers Uncle Sam ever
had. Some OF the boys are now students
in various universities and other places of
learning. No; L don't think, strictly spea k
ing, vendetta can now be said to exist -
But how about that shooting affair on
election day? Wasn't Cap Hatfield and
his son mixed up in it?''
Yes: and they managed TO Kill three
men. 1t was this way: Cap and his
foIrtecn-ycar-oid son We're at Matewan.
cap and man named John Rutherford
had been al. outs for years. On this day,
however, they made il up, and Cap gave
his gun to the d mayor Of Natewan to keep
for him. When Cap got ready TO go home
be met his Toy with Winchester. Just
then John Rutherford came up, and the
10y, not knowing that the feud between
his father and Rutherford had been made
up, began shooting. A stray shot killed
another man, and this 50 angered the by
ISLANDERS that general fusilade on father
and son began. Cap took refuge behind
q bridge and the 10y behind a sycamore
tree. 4 nephew of the Hatfields came 10
the rescue and succeeded in killing a man.
The boy was banging away all the time
with his Winchester, and killed John Ruth
ertord. Then after Cap had downed an