Evening star., 1921-08-02
HATFIELD SHOT 5 TIMES.
Story Of Killing in Courtyard at
Welch, w. Va.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WEIGH. w. Va, August 1.-Two men
were held today for the killing OF Sid
Hatfield and Ed Chambers, residents of
Matewan, w Va, shot here yesterday
shortly before the former was to ap-
pear in circuit court to answer to. a
charge of being the instigator of the
shooting at Mohawk, w. Va, year
ago.
Hatfield was one Of the most pictur-
esque characters in the state. Through
his name and the romance attached to
his participation in the Matewan battle
killed. his death was Of sufficient sig
nificance to bring comment from Gov.
E. F. Morgan and C. F. Keeney, presi-
dent of District II. United Mine
Workers of America. Gov. Morgan ex-
pressed his regret that the killings had
occurred and Keeney termed the act as
murder"
Two Men Held.
c. e. Lively, Baldwin Felts detec-
tive, and George Buster" Pence, a Nc
Dowell county deputy sheriff. were the
two men of the i've arrested who were
held in connection Eitn their deaths
fore the Senate committee which was in
ivestigating the industrial situation In
,Mingo recently. Lively. as a detective
of the Baldwin-Felts agency. posed as
a union man in the Williamson coal
fields and was criticized by the COM
hnittee on account Of the position he had
assumed in the matter. Hatfield ap
pexred on the stand in behalf Of the
limited Mine Workers at Washington
through his reputation as gunman.
Fatal shot Fired.
Lively and several companions are
said to have been sitting on the
courthouse steps when Sid and his
companion, Ed Chambers. appeared on
their way to trial. Words exchanged
between the two were followed by
shots which resulted in the death of
the two men. Sid il alleged to have
said that he would get" Lively after
the latter had testified against him
in the first Matewan battle trial.
Lively's employer, Thomas Felts.
head of the Baldwin-Felts Detective
Agency. is also said to have received
anonymous letters. in which his life
was threatened. after his brothers Al
bert and Lee fell victims to the guns
of men engaged in the Matewan bat
tie.
The widows Of the men. who came
here with them to attend the trial.
stated last night that their husbands
were unarmed. A coroner's jury
which was to have passed on the case
could not be obtained and their
deaths were due to gunshot wounds
from the hands of unknown persons.
HafneId Was Aged 70.
Hatfield. although only twenty-six
years of age, was one of the best
known men along the West Virginia
Kentucky border. He was born in
work in the mines became a mine
electrician. He early became inter-
ested in politics and was made chief
of police of Matewan under Mayor c.
fight with private detectives here in
1920, and whose widow Hatfield mar
ried less than two weeks later at
Huntington. w. Va.
The tragedy in WEIGH yesterday
made Mrs Hatfield a widow the sec
ond time in less than two years.
After Hatfield's acquittal at Will
Hanson for the part the state charged
that he played in the fight here, he
returned to Matewan and transformed
the tewelry store which FISHERMAN
formerly owned into a hardware
store. which sold. among other things,
arms and ammunition. In the spring
election he was elected constable of
Magnolia district. the township in
which Matewan is situated. This Of
in spite Of Gov. Morgan's proclama-
? tion of martial law for Mingo county.
Soon after his election Hatfield was
arrested charged with assaufting p.
J. Smith. superintendent of the Stone
Mountain Coal Corporation, from the
had been evicted just before the
Matewan hght. little more than q
year ago. Hatfield was taken to
Williamson, where he gave bond for
his appearance in court.
He returned to Matewan and was
carrying on the business of his store.
when Sheriff Hatfield of Mcdowell
county, distant relative, came here
and arrested him on an Indictment
charging him with participating in
a pistol attack on Mohawk, mining
town in the Mingo Industrial region
just over the line in Mcdowell
county. ~
He was taken to Welch, the county
seat, where, 1t was understood. here,
the trial was to begin this morning.
I'd Chambers. who was killed by
Hatfeld's side, was the youngest of
the defendants in the Matewan battle
,ria1, being scarcely more than TWEEN
ty-one years old. He served under
Hatfield as a special policeman in
Matewan, and. like him, was per-
mitted to carry arms. Both men were
looked upon as being able to draw