The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-14
Felts' Star Detective
Settled An Old Score
When Hatfield Died
~ sIEGFRIED u. wEyER.

. usb,re the youthful eX-Chief Of
ii,s of Natewan. central figure in
~. famous Trigger Trial" was shot
s,,s on August | by Detective G. NJ.
y,,.,y nm equally dramatic charac-
-, In the Mingo miners murder
case.
Waking good job" of it while he
,+I t1r chance, Lively also sent "A
t,,ii.f into the heart OF Ed Chambers,
1 .,', "h,nv" of the defendants row az
4 a.. trial. which dragged along for
'I.bt weeks early this year and end
"a in the acuuittal of Hatfield and
tIs 1s co-defendants.
C,co more the "gat" has spoken
,o the law had said mot guilty."
1 iv,.y stands the avenger OF the
"a rn Raldwin-Fc detectives
Y,rl.l I'm the one-and -a-half minute
'.., battle at the little mining town
>, vatewan May 10, 1920. Among
., victims were Albert and Lee
r,s what their brother, Tom
i,r. h,ld of tho detective agency,
Il ,.r,l 10 achieve with a long ana
'.s.v trial. for which he had en-
...,1 seven Of tho most brilliant
,s,v.-l ~ the south. the bullets OF
ais "s-qr slcuth" have done for him.
Tom Tclts. dreaded by the outlaw
,..,rd from coast TO coast as the
,.,s, r,lcutlcss man hunter, who has
,t more croOks--bank robbers,
t.sto,yuon. fcudists--to the pcni-
n ,.r,Drv than any other individual
n r 'hg United tSatCs, nevor tried to
a hide the fact that since the Mate
"A wan tragedy his whole life rovolNod
A ,.ourd ono all-ovcrsh adnwlng desire
q TO bring Sid Hatfield to justice.
A To has had several chances to
A or1n" him at sight, and he has ad-
4 r,i..rI 'o this writer that his hand
y ,yrcho1 each time, hut, he added;
,pltficli Faced More Charges.
JNv whole lie has been devoted
:, belring tho law by hunting down
criminals I am not going to take the
law into my own hands now. But I
shall spend my last cent, the last
atom II my energy. in trying TO So
cure H1tfiold's punishment
Hatfield was under .iV other muir
der indictments growing out Of the
patti. Of Natcwan." So was young
Chambers. So are 90 other Mate
wan miners.
Tho killing Of his two brothers
made broken, embittercd man Of
Tom Fclts. II robbed him Of his hest
nails with whom he had worked
and played for nearly half a cen
fury
4 few minutes after the aCQuittal
os the 20 accused there were "a
originally; one turned states star
witness, and the cases against four
others were nolle prosscd--thc writ
or saw Felts in the latter's hotel
room. He lav in his bed writhing in
rain. threatened with pneumonia.
Ho raised himself with difficulty on
one elbow and said, amid halt-sup-
pressed sobs.
we lost Rut we are coming back.
No conviction Of these men seems
possible in Bloody Mingo. We shall
trv to have them tried in Another
county, ard"--his clcnchcd fist
ropndod the bed with each word
we shall convict them the next
umo'"
Then he sank back on his elbow
and turned to the wall TO hide his
V tears.
n Tho hloodshc1. the suffering. the
and adventure, the bitter
HWss and the hatrcds that form the
Nokground Of the "TriEgor Trial
0frd its sequel at Wcloh last week,
4 md Of many other tragic scquols that
are sur" TO come. constitute a Worlu
within itself, and # is one that the
great masters Of fiction would rover
In exploring, for It is rcplote with
facts which are indeed stranger
than fiction.
Hatiicid's Vncanny Smile.
Sid Hatfield himself was char
asor worthy of the best efforts or
Noe. a Hugo, or Tolstoi, His per
scalltv was strangely dual. Even In
bis looks that duality was constant
Is apparent Tall. lanky, raw -honod'
rosy Of complexion, with hazel eyes
that glowcd the fun, fiery intensity
NJ his impulsive being, this typi'ai
son ~ the hills seemed one minute
Ike an awkward harmless, kindly
country nov ard the next like a hui
man wildcat. lie would slouch out
~ the courtroom looking from be
hind, as Il he had not an ounce OF
pep" lie would hear a remark or
feel an ever So slight touch from
someone walking behind him and
wheel around with the swiftncss and
agility of the black panther, and
always In such moments, his large
rncouih hand. with its inconGrouslv
slender n.mble fingers, would by
sheer instinct, fly TO his hind pocke'
the samt movement that Lively
eagle ewes caught AZ Welch the othcT
~ day, the hash-house sleuth's siEh'
kNnt trigror-finger being just tr!tie
'h.ker than Sid's.
Smiling Sid" Hatfield's smile was
me most uncanny thin Cahout him
Il seldom came of, when II did the
Youths taco took on a wi2oncd, with
cred look. and he seemed 10 years
od instead of &c. The Hatfield smile
was more Of grin than smile
mere was no mirth in II. II was on
ms lips D0ntinually throughout the
Ulal as he sat there, in the shade"
'' the hangman's moose, the Leader
ana 'horQ' ~ that band OF accused
hutderor-. Witnesses Of the Mate"
wan battle say II never left his lp'
9urinr the bullet orgy When 1t was
oyer s'vnn men lay dead In from
,' him, thee others, Natcwaneans
.tn'nd him. Hatfield alone was said
m N nave killed five of the detectives
me first hing he said was;
IH'y shot a hole thu nah ha
a,H they shot one Of nah guns ou
pah hand. An reckon they all wa'
me major part OF tho people o.