Sistersville oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1896-1901, 1898-07-27
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neiQS CIOWQ, DeSdu luIONiHS
lighted balls of cotton into the
| house which set it on fire. As he
was doing this Randolph Mccoy
shot his hand off. He called Al
vira to come up and put out the
fire, which the two women had
checked down stairs by putting
! milk on it. Alvira st4r,ed up. She
was shot in The breast and killed
| Calvin Mccoy, the old mans son,
then stated to make break for
| tie corn crib, intending TO freon the
Hatfisld gang while his father eS
capped from the building which b.
this time was in flames. He was
shot through the head and died in
stantly. The old woman asked
permission to brng net dead daugh-
ter out. She was caught, clubbed
Into insen ,ibility and left for dead.
Her own uncle, jim Vance, did the
deed.
TIE old man, roasted out from
his garrett, made break for one OF
the doors, enptying barrel Of the
shot into "Johnse" Ha!feld's shoul
der as he passed. He escaped.
"JoHNsE' GOES WEST.
,"Johpse" Hatfield went west
after this but was rounded up at
Seattle and driven from the coun-
try by Treeve Gibson, who had
hunted him in the West Virginia
hills. He came back to Mingo
county ard now figures before the
public in an entirely new role-that
ef prisoner.
These are two Of the crimes
! t'Johnse' Hatfield confessed to par
! Iticipation in.
TRIES TO KILL DAN.
| The murderer safely behind the
bars, Deputy Cunningham started
L for Charleston, boarding the train
yesterday morning at Sand Land
| ing. When he got on he saw Doc"
Hatfield. With Doc were Bob
Simpson and two other men. Halt
of1his quartette was in the smoker
4and half III tfiesetheFcak.zAttorney
| General +. P. Rucker was aboard
the train also. Doc Hatfield saw
Cunningham and went into the
other car and spoke to Bob and his
companion. They followed him
into the rear car, and they crowded
around Cunningham. Doc called
Mr.. Rucker aside and was talking
to him. Suddenly he sprang up
and said he was going to kill Gun
ningham. Rucker pulled him back
but Doc reached over his shoulder
and grabbed the detective by the
collar. Conductor West and Brake
man Witt pulled him OFT.
Ladies screamed and pandimonium
reigned, but murder was averted.
Doc and his companions got off at
Thacker. They told Cunningham
Iif he did not get off and be killed
they would kill him in the train.
The detective declined to get Oft,
AID the Hatfield crowd were hus-
tied out. Cunningham came on to
| Charleston with his headache and
souvenirs.
THE DETECTIVES RECORD
Cunningham has made record
| in the matter of arresting Hatfelds.
The first was Charles Gillespie,
who confessed that he was in the
gang that burned Ran. McCoy's
house in 1888. He broke jail. He
| is now married and living in Viz
ginia. There is q romance con-
nected with this episode, but, as
Kipling says, that is another story.
The detectives second victim
was the younger Ellison Hatfield,
whom he caught after desperate
struggle, on the head Of Mate creek,
| in 1888. He confessed to particl.
patton in the crimes of'82 and '8S,
and was hanged. At the time he
was caught, Ellison Hatfield, Tom
Mitchell and Black Elliott Hatfield
were going down to pay Frank
Philips a polite call. The creek
was swollen and they could not
cross, so they put up at Josh
lSkeens, who is connected with the
Counts of Jackson county
two sons of Richard Skeens, who
went to Virginia from that county,
were hanged in the Old Dominion
the other day for killing a sheriff
:. Bill Napper and Treeve Gibson were
with Cunningham on that occasion.
Each picked out man. Ellison
Ifell to Cunningham, who, after
fight, haEdcufed him to Buckeye