Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-11

mat there are two sides to every
story finds som, what ta.dy but
none the less interesting oxomplifi-
cation in Developments following
the tragedy which occurr Il at Webb
Wayne county, on last Saturday,
when william vinson, citizen OF
Webb, and William Lit raj. q
special deputy sheriff OF Lou SO,
were killed. Parti2s having diff
ferent interests and. naturally, dii
.esent sympathies in the case, tell
dizzy different $ or,os. The story,
from TIE standpo Mt o. the federal
officers who organ.zei the posse
ana conducted the IA /. has b CT
ted with vivid distinction. ana the
public is entirely fanili0r tn its
d Is as coming from this source
THE OTHER sIDE
Persons living in tho Vicinity o
the tragedy. ana. adm ttelly fir end
ly 20 the Wilson's, but whose vcr-
ac.ty is entitled to DIT beast the or.
binary cCurGe OF cicdi. tell story
almost diametrca,ly opposite tho
PUBLISH d reports hitherto given
circulation.
The personal OF the ia d ng posc,
Las been given time ana again. Su
fee 4 to reitcrato that The rea
ders of the West Virginia contin
cent W re Dan Cunningham an,
Sam Davis, deputy United State
marshalls, while the Kentuck:
doPu les were chosen by Sher 1
St~ne, OF Lawrence county, one O
them II ms WI liam Litt~reI. VIII,
lost his life in tie fling which oc
Cured at the homo OF William Vii
con.
MIIAT WILSON'S FRIENDS SAY
1t appears that the d n Guilty hat
81 beginning in an attempt mad
hy the fe ,eral autAcrit' es to ge,
service on Jos Vinson In bankrup
proceedings instituted several week,
ago. Later, papers were issued au-
thoriz'ng his arrest on tho char,;,
OF illicit n tail ng. 40 few days be
icro the Webb tragedy Vinson val
arrested on tho KentdcLy side o
tihe Big Sandy. upon warran
charging Illicit retailing. He offer
ed to give bond In any sum for n
appearance and offered, r. necessary
or desirable on the ralt Of tho Off
GERS, to put up cash bend in an.
reHsonab'e sum. This offer boin,
refused he asked pcr,4iss'on to &c
and make known his arn, st to lh
relatives in West virgin ar. At :nd
time the RIVER was alnost dry a
that 20 Mt, and Vinson walked tc
the West Virginia s.dc. Once OF
West Virginia so !, ne was advise,
by his friends 30 refuse to return
to Kentucky, but was, at the saI1o
time advised to renew his offer O
bond for his appearance before n;
Lawrence county evil authoritios
The Lawrence sheriff wcs helpless
in he matter, and V nson was lef:
unmolested on West Virginia sol
Events Of q more or less sensation
al character followed thick and fas
unSil the organization of the posse
which conducted the raid.
THE BATTLE 90 AT WEBB
a posse OF twenty nen or more
appeared at Webb at day br al
Saturday morning Upon reachnG
the scene Of the Tragedy the compa.
ny div ded, ono group surrounding
the home of William Vingon. tns
other going shor. disjarce up IN
liver toward the home of Joe YIN
son, who was supposed to be on the
Kentucky CEors, a few hundred
yards from his fathers residence
Just as the posse succeeded I'm sur
round ng the house william V nson
dressed only in his shirt, shoes anO
trousers. came into The front yard
to get an aTmful OF wood to start
the morning fire Literal, who wa.
near, approached Vinson and order
~ him under arr st. Vinson taken
completely by surpr Sc, exposulat-
Cd. and g. s asserted the usn came
to blows. Meantime those who had
gone TO the rar OF the house rush
cd mp In the grey dawn and began
firing. There was veritabIe rain OF
bullets for several seconds, and f.
is charged that the dep ties rush
d into the house and coLtin ed FIR
ing after entering the doors. In
mates or the house reclare that
here are more than a dozen bullet
hcics left as remind rs that the
deput es searched the house. when |
The fret shock OF the oxcitsmen |
was over, both Vinson and Litter !
al were discovered lying dead in the
yard a. the front Of the house |
Each had been PIERCED BY four or
five bullets, ana II is declared that
Literal, as well as Vinson was shot
IN the back. Meanwhile. she other
members OF the posse encountered
ard arrested Joe Vinson and his
younger brother. who. exc ted by
h. firing on the West virginia