Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-08-29
PEOPLE INDIGNANT OVER
DAASSTAROLY Assault Of
MIR. /. B. kits
oNr. Kits Condition Improved Injuries Not
Regarded As Serious--MesSages of Sym
pathy from o4H Over Country--oA d4ost
Coguardiy Act Buldo2ing Methods VIII
Not Deter Leader.

A more cowardly act was never
committed than the brutal assault
OF DR.. III. ID. Hatfield upon MIR. IL.
Il. Kits, OF the Daily Leader, yes
terday at Wclch. DR.. Hatfield had
talked To MIR. Kits in the hotel lob
by as IL in a friendly manner. He
asked MIR. Kits to walk with him
up the street, and after gotting him
Well out of reach of bystanders.
placed his arm ON Mr.. Kits shout
der as Il in a friendly manner, and
then struck him down. Mr. Kits is
man OF delicate health. and of lit
tie physical strength. He took an
invalid unawares. He violated every
principal OF manhood. The act OF
Judas who betrayed Christ with
kiss was not more cowarlly.
Mr.. kits is an mofrensIve and
quiet man He has never been
known to insult or harm anyone.
He was not known to have had an
enemy in the world.
DR.. Hatfield is the samc man who
got on the train and went to Key
stone when A. H. Calhoun and his
dive Keepers were arrested to pro-
test against their arrest. He pro-
tested against breaking up the I'm
ion Soclal Club where negro men
and white women and white men
and negro women associated upon
terms OF equality, and practiced
practiced vice in it's most iniquitous
form. is IL any wonder then that
man who had so for forgotten
himself as 10 shelter and protect
vice from the strong arm OF the law.
should sneakingly decoy an inno-
cent and inofensiva man and beat
him almost TO death.
On August the 18th the follow
ing refcrecne was made to DR.. Hat
field in the Daily Leader with ref
crence 10 the Keystone affair:
'Judg, Counts, assistant prosecu-
ting attorney came 10 Northfork 10
| investigate the matter. lie was met
| at the lower end Of the yards by A
l.. Calhoun. Deputy Sheriff Joe Par
sons, attorneys Howard Harper and
NJ. l.. Davis and DR.. II d. Hatfield
the last named white man, and
county chairman of tho Republican
party. and talked at least half an
hour with them after which DR..
Hatfield went TO Squire Belcher to
protest against the arrest OF these
people for political purposes" de-
| claring that It was only intended
to split the Republican party of Nc
! Dowell county"
Calhoun Is one OF the most dis
reputable and notorious characters
in Mcdowell county. Joe Parsons
Is the negro deputy sheriff who has
sworn TO uphold law but tried 20
protect Calhoun, and his iniquitous
dive keepers from being prosecuted
Howard Harper and VI. l. Davis arc
are well known. These are the
people that DR.. Hatfield accompanl-
e1 TO Northfork TO protest against
The arrest of Calhoun and his
hcnchmen. The only mistake that
was made in our publication OF the
18th was the statement hat DR..
Hatfield was chairman of the Re
pub party OF Mcdowell He is sec
retary instead. We can substanti-
ate these facts by aNdavits and we
challenge contradiction.
Here are some Of the character
against whose arrest Dr. II. D. Hat
field protested: a T. Calhoun, his
illegitimate son. Arthur Chatham.
Chas Walker, Cora Anthony, Bob
Harris and Logan tucker (knowu
az High Top'D who ran the gamb-
ling joint in connection with thu
Union Social Club of Keystone. to-
gether with Perry Curry and w 7.
Mansfield, two negro policeman OF
Keystone who wero present and
participating in the degrading con-
duct of the club
This we can sub tanuate by
score Of afidaYits
Or. Hatfield was in Bluefeld ON
Wednesday and Thursday The 26th
and 27th. after tha publication OF
the Keystone exposure. but did not
dare attack Mr.. KITS or any ono
connected with the eodcr He cvi-
IDENTIFY thought 50 safer to catch
him in Mcdowell county, where ho
could 20 before a Justice and nav
small fine imposed upon him.
he told some men he did not
want to attack Mr Kits in Blue
field because they would lock him
up.
The good people or Mcdowell
county hastened TO express their