The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-14

porod something to her husband. AS
n stung by n tarantula, sid shot up
from his seat. bent his tail figure
over the table that separated him
from the reporter and hisscd.
The madam says you winkcd at
hertz
The dumfounded scribe was
speechless for moment. then mere
! ly answered: "Heu, no."
Hatfield his face lohstcr-rcd eyes
| burning flames at the newspaper
| man, went on:
"If you do e again III take you
ont and beat you IN"
When sid Hatfield spoke OF "boat-
| ing up' he meant the only kind hc
kncw-bullct- beating. Tho renortcr
| later explained his eve trouble to
tho Hatfields. Tho latter ~ not a
word, merely grinncd Tho reporter
after that chose q scat Of less pro-
pinquitv TO the Hatfield couple.
Whatever may have been the right
or wrong IN the murder cases Hat
field himself believed In his heart
that he was great man, a hero, a
| defender Of his townspeoplc. Ho
was a fanatic on two thinEs-the Q
miners union and the Baldwin Fclts
detective agency.
PrmcvnI bitterness.
Tho Mattowan battle was the re-
snIt Of cvictions Of union miners car
ried out that dav by IL Folts dotcc-
tives. led Wv Albert and Lee Tclts
Since that battle all old fcuds and
antagonisms in MinSo have bccn
lovcrshadowed hv the foud between
the union miners and the Tclts men.
~ fAr
vengeance I'm this fcud can be un-
derstood only by those who know
| the psychology Of the people OF that
section OF the country. r. Is almost
primcval in IT'S bitterness and intcnsi-
Itv. II Is fcud that "soos rod" In
| the literal sense Of tho torn.
Its all-poworful law Is can eve
| for an ove and n tooth for n tooth"
II there Is ono for whom tho Mate
| wan miners feel special degree Of
hatred that man IS c. Z. Lively. The
! Tho reason is that he executed n
masterpiece Of deception of which
| thcy-notahlv the accused slayors
and more particularlv sid Hatfield -
wern the victims For nine years he
| had been a member in good standing
| Of the United Mine Workers OF
| America. while, NJ tho same time he
was reporting its plans and doings
to the Felts agency, Of which he was
| the star operator. The detective
concern has been for years engaged
| In work for the coal operators. I'm q
modiatcIv after the gun battle he
was sent 10 Matowau 20 "soe what
YOU can dig IN about Sid Hatfield
and the rest Of the bunch"
"My boss told mo" he said ono
day to the writer, In telling his fun
| story for International News Service
"to try 10 get tho inside story about
the battle. to be uscd against those
| fellows AT the trial. ! got the con
! fessions Of each Of them"
These confessions Lively told on
the witness stand in the MinE' roun-
| ~ courthouse. He had obtained them
! while running a restaurant cultivat-
! ing the patronage Of al Of tn" ao-
cuscd. catering to their tHstos. posing
as their friend and tho friend ot the
union. II there was any evidence
| that might have convicted the ac-
cusod minors II wqs Tivoly's. But II
was discrcditcd Wv the fact that he
| mad "rlavcd both ends to the mid
de" lie was pilloriod os a "traitor'
and "in former" and "uniun spy by
attorneys for the Defense. whose olo-
1uont uloas turned his evidence into
| n boomerang FOR tho prosecution.
! Iivolv's identity as Folts dotec-
! two was go Clcccrly hidden that no
one except the prosecution knew ~
II until he revealed himself on tho
witness stand. Tho homhshell effect
ltNls revelation had o nthe court
room crowd is one ncvor 10 y" for
.