West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-12-12
MAJOR FIELD TALKS OF HIS
TROUBLES.
SIster-Wife Refuses TO See Him Or
Visit Him AZ Jail.


jail few days ago, in default o
$500 bail, to await the action o
the grand jury on the charg. o.
marrying his half sister, Martha
Watts, on the 9Th of June last, wa,
interviewed at the Jail by Post re.
porter, and said "I'll say, that
made one sad mistake, I'll admit it,
| "threw down" my mother, a sac
thing to do, and am sorry that
have done what have done and
| am sorry for my sister, the only
dear sister that have got in the
world. have ruined her, bu,
after all, | will take care of her in
every respect, if have to work by
days work, she shall never suffer.
love my sister and / cannot help
it, even il she did not treat me
right IN all respects" On being
asked what he thought of his po-
sition now, the "Major" said :
"This is a very bad place TO be,
Pm lonesome this is the first time
l was ever in Jail. The way l was
caught, my sister wrote to me to
come to Morgantown at once as
she wanted to see me, and said to
come not later than Sunday and to
come TO the house and talk to her
before her mother, as she had
something to tell me. When l came,
l asked Ann Webly, my mother, if
could talk to Martha in her pre-
sence and she said, no. started
then to leave for the Franklin
Hotel and then Martha stuck her
head out Of the door and followed
at me. l said, good by Martha"
she said good by Minor" l
came on to the Franklin Hotel and
registered there for the night. Her
and her mother both sent two
policemen at once to come to the
house and then she came to the
Prosecuting Attorney and swore
out a warrant. The only thing
think is, that my sister should have
let somebody else swear out the
warrant, after all / have done for
her and saved her life on two or
three occasions, which cost me
$3.50 hard earned money. AS bad
as she has treated me | will stand
to her at all times. That is all, if
my sister wants to say anything she
can say it, II they want 10 talk to
me, I'll be glad to sec them, I'm
lonesome"
In the above interyiew where ihc
Major says that he "thrcs iarn
his mother" he refers io H.s dt
before the Justice Of ere
Of her being his mother H
very anxious for bis sister
mother to visit him al Jhc iaI ~
sent note to his sister a.fs.
she refused to visit him AS ESQ
his mother. As the note vaf 3D.
poorly written that no person coa.I
read it, il is not known what thr
Major meant to say in il. lie b. a
glib talker, but a remarkably poor
writer. AS the "Major" is prob
ably in for a salty sentence, and as
his sister-wife does not want him
to take care of her, it will probably
be sometime before he has to work
to support her. A bail bond was
made out and sent to Mrs. Field at
Kingwood for her signature, but it
has not as yet been returned. The
Major is confident that Mrs. Field,
who raised him, will go on his bono
He says that he has about 40
witnesses, and it is very likely that
his trial will be an interesting one.
He seems anxious that all the blame
shall be saddled upon his own
shoulders, but he came to this
conclusion, only after he had
threatened to have his sister
arrested saying that she knew as
we'll as himself of their relationship,
and on being told that this would
be an acknowledgement Of the fact
that he knew of their relationship
and which fact would result in hi.
conviction, therefore the Major is
willing to take all the blame.