The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-18
SHOT A HATFIELD DEAD.
YoUEG FELTS ALSO KILLED JOE
MlLLARD AT THE SAME TIME.

Drunken Row In which Caleb Made Hoasts
or tho Deadly Proves or His Family.
cuuprpr.Np GAP XIV. Aug. 17-Calob Hat.
aeld a ncpbc,y NJ tho celebrated Can Hatfield.
maid bis lifo Yesterday for his kinshlp to the
notorjons "manslayer." OF western Virginia.
with hin, died also Joseph Mnllard. n Young
friend who tool up tho Quarrel in which Caleb
Felts. who came out of the fight unscathcd and
VIII has given himse,f nm to the law. such ma IL IA
In tho mountain.
The double killing took Mace ut Chaud's Gap.
which ia about ton mil,s away from hero. and
IA op n ridge of tho Cumberland Mountain. lust
oorosa tho vast Virginia limo. All three of tho
n,.n .,gaecd In tho trogedv were Young and
there had never been any omen antagonism be.
tween them. They met at P~ineyille on Sunday
and had n "oood time" drinking. They left
there In the ofternoon and rode on their mules
over tho mountains To Chaud's GAP. It was
getting lote then. and. as thew had plenty of
moonshino vhiskcv with than and seyeral
packs of cards. Mallnrd proposed that they
camn for tho NIGHT and have n game.
The others assented. and. building n campfire.
they began To enjoy themselves. They played
and drank ali night, and. though luck had gono
frat ono vay and then another. Il finally settled
against rclts. Nv morning Hataeld and NAL.
lard had ALI Of his money. They were worry
drunk. and when Felts had lost his last dollar
be yas dospcrato. He put up his saddle and
bride and lost them. Then no staked his mule
au,inst s1o and that went too.
att bain't in a Felts To cit the best er n Hat
a,,d, - .neered Caleb Al he raked in the Inst
cbips,
"Nav. Won bet thev CANT" assented NAL.
Lard "ysr uncle Can ahoyxed lima uncle that
onct didn,t he -,
Can Hatfield had killed Jim's uncle in a card
oan,e and lin, rescnted the reference.
.Mehbe Can Hotaeld did" he snapped. "but
TIA moran any Of his family kin do"
ca,ch Iaugh,d In N drunkcn fashion and do
| clared tina. he guessed he could do as much as
"IJnole Can" Felts paid no attention. and
MaI,ard be,ned along tho ouarre, with a alan on
Felts,s face. Fel,s struck Mt him and then Nal.
lard ,hrnr thc contents or a naIf emntv iup Of
,hi.t,v In F.,ts.. ,ocs and ,o,d him m cot ont NJ
tho 80
"Im M, vo, mai, =, Tho NAV loo" ,ho vorr.
follow r,I,ed and he drew his revo,vcr BEFORE
ho oonid mil tr,,ror .ouno uote.ld had draw
, tniso .nd ,a. oom;ra NJ him With dsoth In
b,s Ioots EsI,s turned and ran behind a tree
h..Inning IN Arc , a ho eod us dronned Hat.
Gala M The arst shot with n bulls, thrnuvb hi.
L. ,nd ,h.n ~, ano,h.r hall In uo,ec,d.a ho,rt
M.,n,iro N.,I,rd h,a drow, nj. r.vo,ver
~ 90. ,rvina % A.. yhcn r.,,s drowned him
49, 800 anS an,shsd Tho ,racsdv nv enntv.
.,"os 49, .,,an,oo
.ep0ls 80 -. 80 ~, - IT,
go ELL. who had r.trs,t.d tror,
~ ho,t d,.,.noo and IN, a.,
down on a los' The neisbpors asked him
had happened. Fel,s told them to 20 up to the
the gap they saw two bodies lying on the ground
the bodies FeltS came up and explained why he
did the killing no declared ne ~as 5as.nsa
In 80 d oinE ana asked 10 DC taken 10 constable
and said he wanted the law to take its course.
Felts has alyays been a peaceable man in the
s.s.a, ~ ,.hIoh ~. mr.s u.ii.rd ,vas
community IN ~hien no n.e" was
witness to the killing, and Felts's story which
w. ,oId ~ 81. n.,ahhor. 10 ,rns for all thew
know. They took him before an old Magistrate.
and. in accordance with the custom of these
mountainesrs he was placed under guard till he
to jail.
,eareo .hat gap iia'ne'u or some o, inc
other Hathslds. or some OF Mallard' s relatives.
may determine to avense the killing, iel's,
sone 49, :. ,nn. a., up ,Sa IN SasanS si",
som, %,,n t G'nsF u 1S.s''v csn ana T,, sSsy T Vi iu defend tss ma him
tam, Of west yireinia.
~An
Since July 90. when Gap" Hatfield, a son Of
"Deyil Anse" Hatfield. broke iail at William.
~ rN VI :" .,
eoE, w. va "here ne was heia awaiting trlai
for killing Dave Kinney at Beach Creek in one
OF tho many Hatfeld:McCoy feud fights. the
mountains of West Virginia and the ad;oin.
ing part of Kentucky have been alive with
armed men, cunning for each other with
deadly intent and with ali the art that
long practice can give in hunting for every
kind of native game. from a neighbor's
side in. this mountain warfare were Cap
Troy, Clark Smith. the Harmon brothers.
and an unknown number Of other mem
!he other side at least three separate posses oi
strongholds Of the Hattields with the intent 10
surround them and capture Cap Hatfield dead
or alive, and 10 Kill or be Killed. as became the
chances OF these rough mountain ways OF en-.
forcing the mandates OF either private feuds or
the law OF the land.
The, moment it became known that Cap Hat.
the jail with a Ratchet. chisel. and pocket knife,
and had escaped TO the hills, Sheriff Keadic
- ga