The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-01-26
FULL DETAILS
or That Shooting in Hancock
County, Tenn, Last Week.

Nearly 10 years ago-it was in the
fall OF lS89-Patten and Will Elan
airy, sons Of Bob" Flsnary. who
lives IN Hancock county, Tenn, met
a johnson boy about 6 mics below
SPeers Ferry, on Clinch river, in
Scott county, Va. BY some means
the johnson boy showed the Flanery
boys dollar, they got hold Of it and
kept it.
Later in the day the Flanery boy
met johnson, and after word or two
was exchanged, relative to the dollar
VIII Flanery deliberately and will
fully shot the johnson boy to death.
Since that time very little has been
heard or known OF the Flanary boys.
having successfully evaded the officers
OF the law both in Virginia and Ten
ncSsee.
During the year 1893 a stranger
by the name OF Gillian came to
Dob" Flanary in Hancock county.
While there he couIted aud married
widow Mcmillan. They went to
Rogersvllle, Tenn, to get their
license. Three months Afterwards a
Rogersville paper reported the mar
riage of VIII Flanary to the Widow
Mcmillan. (murder will ont.)
The friends of the murdered boy in
Virginia soon learned OF this. and
revived the reward Of $4,000 for the
delivery of VIII FIanary to the Viz
glnia authorities. \ possee, compos-
ed OF Joel and Charles Necessary.
James Claton and John Freeman. of
Clinchport, Va. went to Tennessee
for Will Flanery. They arrived at
the Flanary home about an hour be- !
fore daylight, and without any
trouble arrested Will Flanary. Will I
and his father insisted that the ar
resting party should stay for break
fast; Flanery stating that he was
willing to 90, and would ride his
own horse, which, with his oyercoat.
was from home and he would have to
send for them, to all Of which the
arreStlng party consented. Break
fast was prepored, and arrangements
made to start with the prisoner
They had gotten about 80 yards from
the house, put VIII Flanery on
horse; he would slide off on the other
side. To avoid this. Clayton and
Freeman were tying him to the horse.
when Will Flanary remarked to his
father, who was standing some dis
lance away, that he was damned
slow. Dob" stepped back, and on
his porch and said: "The field is
now open" and went in the house
and closed the door after him. Sim
nltaneous with this remark the ar 4,
resting party was fired on by parties
rom fIanery's house. The first shot
struck Joel Necessary in the right +,
'lde, his horse became frightened and :
IAN about two hundred yards when
\ Necessary fell. He was taken to i.
:. Snaps, and died two days later.
Jharles Necessary was fatally shot
n the right side, the ball, A calibre,
,assing through his right lung. He
vas taken to Hiram Churches and is h
bought to be in dying condition. {
layton and Freeman received very a
erious wounds Clayton received \
wo wounds in leg and shoulder. y
freeman was shot in breast and at
asst account was splitting large quaint
ties Of blood
Bob Flanery claims that he and
is 3rd son did the shooting, this is
iScredited by many, and it is be- 1
eved that while the arreSting party
'aited for breakfast, the Fanery
arty gathered into the upstairs Of
Iancrys house, and was composed 2,
f Flanery's third son, James Wright, O.
n escaped convict from the Tonnes c
ee State Prison, and three OF the Y
fields boys, Brothero-in-law to VIII III
lanery. 1t is claimed that two \
len could not have done the
noting. +
In the history of all mountain
Ieds, nothing is recorded that equals
lie shooting from Bob Flanery's
ouse. The ambushng party vas NJ,
footing at four men that had On
'isoner ami four horses, and neither
lie prisoner or horses were touched 20,
: a built fired from the house; p,
lille every man shot at was hit, r.
me of them twice. This evinces II.
70 things. they uiU and can shoot; I'm
at they shoot for game and get it. So,
1t is to be regretted greatly that III
ill Flanery was not brought to IL,
stice, for he certainly is guilty Of a 70
nv willful murder.
A dispatch from Rogersville. Tenn, cor
ites that Pat Flanery was arrested he,