The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-12

jury In the case Of Cap Hatfield yester-
day brought Ia a verdict Of Involuntary
nanSIaughtsF. The circuit court was In
session eleyea hours Friday inciud'
ing night session. In order to get the
case into the hands Of the jury. Tho
Interest manifested in this trial is not
limited by county lines. nor scarcely by
u,nls IineA. Alu1oSt everything has a
History. The conduct aad deeds OF the
eamouS Hatfield element have reelected
20 uniavorably upon the citizenship ia
the southern portion Of our state and
have east so much dishonoT upon the
fair mountain state, that. 70 the outside
world. our commonwealth remains 1T
tle else but q field Of carnage and ra-
pine md murder One needs simply 10
rad the special dispatches to the New
York, Pittsburgh and Chicago press anu
the editorial columns In these great
daIlles to be convinced OF that fact
However OVerdFawn some OF them may
BE-, thsre Is essential truth IN the ma
toFitg OF these reports. The trial OF Cap
Hntdeld may not attract the attention
Of the public 20 much As the trials OF
other leas noted criminals. but u ~ un-
doubtsdly the most important case ever
before any court OF justice In West VIZ
Finil. II d now q question as to wheth'
e. the Hatfield band IL 90 be broken Up
and Justice metei out to Its leader As
the laws prescribe, or whether they are
TO DO turned loose upon fhe citizens OF
Ningo county and continue In the even
tenor OF theiE way.
Friday the defense produced their
NNHng -
chs RleA Of aelE-defenEe. Joe Glen was
an The stand for tWO hourH. The We1-
pOnB used EerS presented In court, be-
ing Q WIncheJteT, q Sho; gund ana
N-oalIbFe pistol. the latter being about
4 foot long, which Cap had carried cou-
cealed on electiou day, together with
long dirk knife. Tae boy stated that
Cap bad set the shot gun down. be-
tween two buildiAgB, both triggers
ready to be fired and told him 10 watch
IT, And Wher Cap picked Up the gun
and started towards Rutherford, Glen
followed him with his winchester ia
position 90 FIRE. The circumstAnttal eY-
idenee which was brought out by RIG
IL erosS-eKaminatiuu showed that she
prisoner had everything hzed. ready Tor
Instant shooting. The testimony also
showed that Cap could have gotten hts
Eun and Eone about fourteen feet De-
tween two buildings aud hate had am
pie protection from any attack which
rutherford might have made.
The argument OF John Marcum, Tor
the prosecution. was beyond douht the
ablesi address ever made before jury
in this county.
NGTcum argued from the evidence
which had been produced, His clear
and lucid method OF connecting all the
facts, formed a chain, both as "a time
and cause.
In the course OF Mr. Harcum's sum
ming up OF the case he said that accord
inE 10 uncontrddIcted evidence, last
July, one year ago, when the town OF
MataWan was quiet. every good and law
abiding citizen. together with their fam
lies. had retired for the nights rePoSe'
old DIT. Rutherford and his aged LADY.
son and work hands all In bed sudden
~ . most terrihe volIsy' OF shots was
firsd, from several guns, All RjncheS-
teru, which was kept up tot Sou1e mo.
mertG. Then q more blood-curdllnE
vOlley OF oaths and safeguarding.
enough to chill the marrow IN the bones
Of satan himself The might was dark.
The noise ceased and thea We hear:
John f. Rutherford. come out: Henan
Couts, come out; Jeh Nichols. come
out, This Is Cap Hatfield and his gang.
John z. Rutherford. come out OF your
door and l will kill YOU" This was re-
peated several times, lntersperSed with
oAthS, shooting. yelhnG, singing.
srhoooIaR, more heinouB than was ever
Displayed by a ComAnche or an lTo-
quoiS chief This Was kept Up Tor
hours.
John Rutherford did not come out and
after Cap HATFIELD had painted the town
he and his gang went skulking back to
their mountain homes. 10 this demon.
S{rRtion and actual aggression denied
by the defendants evidence No! Joe
Green, who WAS one OF the gang that
night. tells you that II Is true: The
great Indian" himself, Elliott HATFIELD.
a member Of the gang that night, tells
Won II IL true. Is this Demonstration an
Isolated and non-casual occurrence A
few days after that. GTeenway Hat
field was riding past Caps house. The
latter, with Park Reeves. was hoelng
cabbage. Cap called to Greenway and
atonuSd him, told him OF the shooting
Al MAtaWan and said: Il intend TO Kill
John 2. Rutherford the frst time he
passes up this highway. ana let MIN
drop dead IL the road" Greenway ad-
vised him not TO do that. CAP then
pointing 10 Reeves, said: wei, how
WIN Il do for me TO be some place,
that man Reeves Waylay hln2 He Will
DO whatever l tell him" What iestl.
monY has been produced TO contradict
these threats, these pIannings, these
schemes. these hellish designs! Green,
way Hatfield Is a deputy United
states marshal. under C. f. Wells. Has
his VerRclty been queGtlonedH No!
Cap Hatfield told 81. A. FefteH, q
wealthy and good citizen. that, had
John Rutherford come out Of the house
that night ne would have killed him
Does anyone question the yerdcity OF
SQUIRE FeFrell2 On election morning
Cap Hatfield loads himself up. straps
on . big pistol. lnTgc dirk, loads his
winchester and shot gun. takes hts
Rtsp-Son and goes to MRtewAn. He was
A walking arsenal. He struts into town,
where tho citizens are voting and walks
around, 70 AZ to make an impression,
swinging his guns a. II to say: u am
CAP Hatdeid. the captain Of his gang.
Behold me, all ye men: am the bulls
OF these mountains, and all ye nov
take heed" At twelve o'clock he vol
unfairly goes to Glen and says: Joe,
cot some cartridges for my shot gun,
All O'Clock Cap. Joe Glen Marion
Keneda, Alex Terrell and Roy Wrlgh;
are standing at the foot on the bridge
abutrnent. Joe says: Pap, come and lri
us go home" Cap replied. y am not
lust ready" Then some one handed III"
boy n bottle al whisky, aud Cap snyl
to him: Joe, drink plenty Of that and
remember RhRt ] told you 20 DO" ].
Nh EFn.r. Thar Hurt