The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-17

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T.. Mrs. ssCap" Hatfield.
g. Joe Hatfield, son OF Devil Anse."
9. Son of 'Cap, Hatfield.
10. Gap Hatfield.
II. Supposed to be Ellison Mounts.
~tograpner had strgaI or a PROOF rezore
Devil Ansos arrived.
Although the McCoys shedthe first blood
in the famous feuG, the history of the
affair shows 20 such atrocities credited to
them as to the Eatfields. Anything nero
horrible than tLorevenge CT Devil AnsA''
and his sons for tho murder Of old Deacon
Ellison Hatfield cohid net be imagined.
TIE murder Of Miss Allapharo Mccoy by
Ellison Mounts. who only comnsi tilted the
deed because he was quicker with his gan'
tia Gap'sIlatflsld, was the lncst das-
tafssiy erino CT the whole fsud and reused
the whoio country at tho tiInc. Tho Mo
Coys haze shot and Killed, too, bus tasre
arc no sueh terrific crimes against them
as against tho Hatfield. unless it be the
murder Of Daaeon Ellison Hatfield, who
was. STABILIZE. - zines in d clasp knife duel
WITH Taihot Mccoy. and Vas beating his
man WHEN Turner Mccoy shot isiml in the
back. A8l these Two l~cwh;skered iatii
viallHjs IN the picture, vio would laea
lii 3tGtttttsi IliOtiiEtullt { .itfNA1 II ~ Mas
not iDr taeir vearons, hayc teen the chief
actors iii lie tflnlts Of the Hatfelds. Len
eon Ellison was slwnys a p~eaespiaker up
to iia tilno of that aght with Talbot Nc
Coy.
In rho language of q writer who lies
complied sol.e iLtHTestii.g facts about the
feud, The trouble Nil Logan over two
long nosea, su2oIl aeked, elm rceser
- i, Isl fnt1 Nx...Lf.4. 4r.Cox, Neal -,
Pond creek, in like county, Ky, ard
Deacon Ellison, Devil Arse and she
rss5 Of lie Hataelds on the Logan County
side If Tug river, West Virginia. Floyd
fIaifeid, Il brother oi4sDeyil Anse," lived
III Kentucky near Randolph Mccoy. Tie
MeCeys accused Fios d Hatfield OF stealing
tlasss two legs, pnd tho case cane up for
trial tcfore Matthew Hatfield, who wasa
justicc Of tie resgcs. Floyd Hatfield won
the ease ant. the hogs because he had TIE
Lest witnesses.
Ftoya's rfineiEal witness was ca Bill
Stayten, his brother fA-law. sttyton,
wish his son, yolng Bill, ard several CT
the Eatfieids were, Gsl.ing III Irg trisu-
shortly after Tie triad when Raid .gh Nc
Coy nnitwo of his soias cane aloiig. Ram
delphi opened up tho hog question and
finally called cid man Stavtcn aperjurer,
wheroupon young Bill. who WAS onlg IS
years old, hit Randolph On the head with
d stone. a few months laser Parish ard
Sam Mccoy murdered yeung Bill from
ambush, bus they were acquitted in a
Kentucky court. The Hatfields were get
ting ready to do some killing themselves,
when election day rolled arou1d, and the
two families, being interested in the ssaiEe
candidate, patched up a peace which was
kept Tor several years.
johnson Hatfield, known as Jonce, was
an outlawin Kentucky atith time, and
he opened up tho lad feeling again by
running Rose Ann Mccoy, a daughter of
Randolph Mccoy. Then when Talbot and
Farmer Mccoy took advantage OF thei-
SISTERS intimacy with Jonce Hatfield to
follow her to the outlaws lair and arrest
him in order to get the rewards offered
for his capture there was more trouble.
ssDeyil Anse,'' ssCap,, and the rest of the
Hatflelds, warned by Rose Ann, rescued
.once from the McCoys, but the feeling
nas not allayed, and there would have
been a heap Of killing but for another
election in which both families happened
to be interested in the same candidate.
The candidate was Thomas Stafford, a
blood relation of the lHatields and related
by marriage to the McGoys, and on that
election day the families declared peace
once more and sent down for buckets of
moonshine in which to seal the compact.
1t was on that day that Deacon Ellison
was murdered, and only a few days later
that Devil Anseo and his sons took their
revenge that revenge being the most fear
full tragedy Of the feud. The MeCoys and
Hatfields drank moonshiree to each other
until they got to feeling ugly. Then Tai
bot Mccoy remembered that young Elias,
who is No. 2 In the picture, had once bor-
rowed S1.75 from him and had failed to
return it. Elias, who was a mere boy
then, called Talbot a liar, and Taboo
started to beat him. The sight of great,
burly Talbot Mccoy beating little Elias
Hatfield was more than peaceful Deacon
Ellison could stand. He drew a revolver,
and with ELIAS Hatfield, the youngsters
uncle, went for Talbot. Farmer Mccoy
drew a pistol, and two oonstables, seeing
trouble ahead, arrested Talbot and young
Elias for fighting. All might have been
well but for Deacon Ellison Hatfield. Toe
frequent Indulgence Ia moonshine had
changed him from a peacenaker to q trou-
bic maker, and he denounced all the Mo
Coys as s~coundrels for preeending to max
peace when they were really looking for
fight. He called Talbot Mccoy a coward
for pitching Into q boy and made q lungs
at him with his knife. The constable who
was holding Mccoy let him 90, and Tai
bot drew q knife, while the members Of
both families made i ring for the two
men TO light Il out.
Talbot MoCoy sprang at the deacon and
plunged his knife into his side. The dea-
con out openh1s opponents head and then