Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-09-28
"cap" Hatfield Killed

throughout the country and whom
many believed had killed more peo-
pie than any other man, is dead, A
bullet from his own brothers pis-
toll pierced his breast and the man
who for almost a quarter Of a CEN
fury was a terror to his enemies is
no more.
/ DR.. Elias Hatfield, the youngest
member Of the family Of "Devil
Anse." is the man who fired the
shot. The tragedy occurred near
Wharncliff at an early hour last
Wednesday.
Two months ago DIR. Hatfield
had trouble with Gap" and the
men at that time tried to shoot
each other, but members of the
family intprfered and the tragedy
was delayed until to-day. This
was their first meeting since the
quarrel. ,"Cap" had his Winches-
ter at the time he met his death,
bat he was taken unawares by his
young brother, who got in his dead
ly work with revolver.
The scene of the tragedy was on
the N. & w. Railroad track, just
GU tside Wharncliff. DR.. Hatfield
surrendered Immediately to the Of
ficers here.
DR.. Hatfield is a graduate of the
Baltimore Medical College and is a
young man of fine ability, Gap"
Hatfield, the man who was killed,
was SO years old. His daring deeds
especially during the feud with the
McCoys, are familiar to people the
country over. 1t is alleged that
OH one OCCASION he and others tied
two of the Mccoy children to paw
paw bush ss, shot their bodies full
Of holes and then set fire to them.
He has always openly de6ed the
officers of the law, the state au-
thorities say.
HATFIELD'S EXCITING Ca
REER.
"Cap" Hatfield, who, a dispatch
says, was killed by his brother. DR..
Elias Hatfield, near Wharn Cliff, W
| Va, is said to have killed at least
20 men in his numerous fights and
feuds.
i As a leader in the war with the
Mccoy faction he spread terror ov-
or the border counties between
J Kentucky and West Virginia. Sc
many persons were killed in the
Hattield=McCoy feud that at one
lime it looked as il both families
would BE exterminated. The faud
is said to have originated genera.
ton ago ia dispute over the ow'
nership of two hogs. This led te
ouarrels and then to fights, which
increased in. bitterness until a reg
ulm feud developed. Thastayton
I Hatfield faction. and the Mccoy
I were at each other with knives ant
8 guns and many were killed. Th'
bitterness was increased when ON
g of the women of the Mccoy trib
t forsook her people and went witt
e one of Che Hat6elds, who alfead.
:. had wife. ~
9 In 1889 there was q truce patch
s ed up thai lasted several years
caused by the marriage of Anso
Hatfield, son Of ''Devil Anse.s Hat
D field and brother Of Gap" Hatfield
to Mary Mccoy. This truce Taste
y 1891, when the war broke ov
!. afresh and several murders resulte
o The feeling was not SO bitter for
4 time as. before, and there was n
y extraordinary casulty until the la'
y liter part of 1895, when Gap Ha
/ field it is alleged, shot and kille
;. join Rutherford and Henderso
:: Chambers, of the Mccoy faction. j
: The streets Of Watswan, as the n
y suit of.an election row. Hathel
p and his 12-ysar-old step-son, Josep
. Glenn, were pursued into tt
! mountains by Elliot RUTHERFORD
I, i brother Of John, who final
d wounded Hatfield. The latte
'pI'fthen stopped, took careful aim an
!, shot his pursuer through the hear
!, Hatfield was protected bp h
i. father, ''Devil Anse,Hin the Hatfel
7. fort, deep in the recesses of Il
mountains, and was not rdislodge
$. from his stronghold until sheri