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verse Does and has I he unfe tra1 regions tie spirit Of mind 3 to mble him great seal to make the the hearts of people pan that tests Lous rather fact that fh buildings act i electricity ls wi5 en a woodea however. wlWj- 10 gutter PlpefM cppr wl JPffif Eddy is per- raw off elect I the L-fe iJjjMt' fffeil' teili ptory of the Merciless Feud That thelp fields and McCoys Waged for Years in West Virginia and Kentucky. i House Burned at Night and an Innocent Woman Shot Down as She Ran from Flames in Vain Attempt To Escape. The killing of Hense Chambers John and Elliot Rutherford at Matewan by Cap Batfleld and his year stepson Joe Gl nn. on last election day brings viv.

idly to mind the thrtflig story of the Hatfield-McCoy vendetta which for yeas kept the border counties of western West Virginia and eastern Kentucky In a state or intense excitement and in and by which fully twenty people lost their lives. Though near a. decade has elapsed since the reign of terror recaalaned by this bitter feud. Its terrible scenes and fearful crimes dwell as freshly In the memory of the people of this section as though they happened but yesterday. Numerous and varied have been the so- tailed histories or the feud which have been published from time to time and the coloring which has been given to it by some would-be historians has made it a story that wilt please the fancy of the most are dent' lover of sensation.

tinged with tragedy. The utter disregard tar the truth evinced in souls of these accounts and the alleged startling adventures of various members of. either faction are enough to rive that tired feeling to one farntar with the events of this period. Following Is a brief but authentic history of the whole feud from first to last given to the writer by one who knows or knew well every member of each faction and remembers with distinctness every Incident to the most trivial or that period of trouble. Origin of the Trouble.

The origin of II the trouble was a very small matter and the very pettiness or the cause of so much trouble only proves how easily terrible results sometimes occur from trivial causes. la the early seventies Floyd Hatfleld afterwards known as Hog Floyd penned some hogs which were running at large and which he claimed as Ms own. Randolph McCoy. a neighbor passed HLtfield1 house and seeing the hogs in the pen claimed them and demanded that they be turned out. A dlscuzakm arose end terminated in a row In which two mountain rifles played a very prominent part Friends Interposed and separated the now enraged men before any injury was done.

McCoy sued Hatfleld for the possession Of th hogs but owing to the testimony of William gtaten. Hat-field beat him and retained possession of the hogs. From this the trouble began. end for twenty years a bitter war was waged by each fiction upon the other. Both families were powerful and had strong following the MoOoys living in Pike county and the.

Hat-fields Just across Tug river in Logan county West Virginia. where Floyd Hatfleld soon moved. McCoy. angered at the loss of the hogs. wanted revenge and sought to obtain it by publicly branding Staten woo was Hatfitldi chief witness a perjurer.

Some Urns after this Randolph McCoy. Farmer McCoy and Ellison Hatfleld were fishing in Tug river when Staten stole upon them and severely stoned Randolph McCoy. McCoy attempted to defend himself when Ellison Hatfleid threw a pistol on him and caused both him and Farmer to stand until ho and Staten could malts their escape. This of course. made matters worse and the hard feelVng then existing was dally growing more bitter.

A day or two after this Floyd McCoy was passing Staten's house on horseback when Staten ran out and with stores knocked him from hi horse and severely Injured him. A. few weeks later. Floyd McCoy and his brother Calvin were descending the flyer in a flatboat when they met Will slId John Staten. who were coming up on horseback.

A shooting match was the result Simultaneously sight the two parties besan ring at each other. The McCoys landed their boat and like their ant o- nins sought cover behind trees. Calvin McCoy received a. slight wound in the shoulder. The firing was kept up until the McCoy.

exhausted their ammunition then ceased. The Statens quickly noted that their fire was not returned. but did not surmise the reason for it hence feared to charge. After a time each party apparently satisfied wfU1 the result. drew off.

Thus a. series of encounters gan and were continued without serious result for veral years. 8on tune in 1878 the MoCoys waylaid Sta. ten and bet him near to death with dubs. Some time later and at separate times StAten.

met Sam and Panic McCoy nephews of Randolph the former of whom was a boy or sixteen or seventeen and beat them mercilessly. Blood Begins To Flow In Earnest. In May. 1880. William Staten again met Lm and Parris McCoy this time on the West Virginia side near Lang Bottom.

Plrtng began at sight Staten deliberately broke out th top of a. small bush and resting his pistol in the fork of it continued firing as the MkCOYI advanced upon him. Pants McCoy WI shot in the hip and he In return shot Staten in the breast. Staten and Paxris clinched and Staten bit Parris on the cheek. At this juncture the boy Sam McCoy ran up and shot Staten.

brains out with an old cap and bell" Jftstol. While this factional war had been going on. for several years and many persons had been icon or less Injured. Staten was the first man killed in It. Pbrris McCoy surrendered and was an- quitted in his examining trial before Es- Quires Valentine Hattle1d and James Ivens.

Bam fled to old RAndopoh McCoy's in Pike county but was afterwards arrested on th1 West Virginia side near the scene of the killing which was also near the scene of the tragedy of a few days ago. The arrest was made by Ellas Hatfleld a broth. of Dr5 Anze Hatfleld and Hog Floyd. McCoy was tried before Judge McGnn1s at Logan courthouse. In 1881.

and was Acquitted. la August. 1888. Ellison and Elias Hatflrtd attending the election at PlkevUle the seat of PJko county. Talbot Dick Jr.

Sam and Floyd McCoy. sons Randolph Incensed at Ellison for his attempt to shoot. McCoy years before and attacked him cutting end shooting him twenty-six times. Talbot. Dick and Randolph Jr.

were arrested et once. A band of Hatflelds took the McCoys from the officers and removed then to the West Virginia. side to await the results of Ellison HatfleJds wounds. Devil Anse" was the leader of the party but Gap his son. then about eighteen was not along.

As soon as they heard of Ellison's death his wounds proving- fatal. he died two days afterwards a band of the Hatflelds numbering e. dozen or more. took the McCoy. to the Kentucky side and brutally murdered them.

In the party was Devil Anse Valentine and Ellison Hatfleld Jr. Alex three Mayhon brothers sons- law or Valentine Hatfield Andy Varney Charles Carpenter who WWI teacher of the school which Cap was attending and several others of the Hatfield clan. The MeCoys were firmly bound and tied to pawpaw bushes. then certain ones of the clan deputed to kill the prisoners. Alex' Messer shot the top off Randolph.

Jrs heed with a un. pharles Carpenter shot Dick McCoy in the head and breast killing him Instantly. Either Cap or Ellison Hatne1d Jr. killed Talbot with a rifle shot. Hog Floyd" Hatfleld who was the cause or all this trouble.

was there. and did ploket duty. but refused to. take an active part In the A number of the Hat-fields were indicted In the Pike county circuit court for the dastardly crime. hut they eluded the Kentucky officers and despite the fact that the governor of Kentucky offered 1100 reward for each of them they were not caught for years and lived a.

comparatively pOOCable life tilling their farms In the mountains of West Virginia until 1353. It was about this time 1882. that Cap Hatfleld became involved in a row at a dance near his fathers home and received a wound in the groin from which he has never tally recovered Feud Is Again Renewed. In the spring of 1886 Jeff McCoy killed Fred Wolford. a nail In Pike county.

For refuge fled to West Virginia. and for a time made his home with Johneon Hatfteld who was his law and who was also a son of Devil knee. During the time he lived here McCoy en. gape In moonshlning that Is the illicit manufacturing and selling of whisky. Cp Hatfleld.

who had recently married lived near his brother John. For a. time the presence of a McCoy among the Htthelds did not occasion any trouble but after a time-bad feeling again arose. Cap had working for him a man named Tom Wallace who had married a niece of McCoy. Wallace and his mother- law had some trouble which ultimately caused the separation or him and his wife.

McCoy took the quarrel up for the women and sought an opportunity to do Wallace an injury. On November 17 1888 McCoy. accompanied by one Hurley came upon Wallace chopping wood near Caps house. McCoy threw a pistol on Wallace and al though he himself was a fugitive trem justice in that state. told Wallace that he Intended to take him to Kentucky and hand him over to the authorities for some offense he was cowed of having com- fmnr onbtaCSuTvaitJacB red ihre shots McCoy an both oi1iomwerj.

sow shooting at then fan- to" the boos anS asked for mow cartridges. Mo- Coy an Thixley- continued tovflr i unta' Wllaes ntered th housed As ran- HATFIELD. CAr IATIi1D 3 E. HATFIELD LOG FORT TO WHICH THE HATFIELDS RESORTED WHEN HARD PRESSED. The Famous Band Had a Number of Forts in the Mountains of Logan County Some of Them Built of Stone but This Is the One to Which They Most Frequently Resorted.

It Still Stands. pistol ball. which lamed him considerably. With the aidof CP who was In the house when tttjj shooting began. hit then drove them away.

The next morning Squire Valentine Hat- field Issued warrants for the arrest of McCoy and y. The warrants were given' to Cap and he II special constable was commanded to make the arrest. Cap moon found them and getting the drop on them arrested them without trouble. He started to Logan courthouse with them. to place th In Jail at that place.

After going a few wiles Wallace joined them and volunteered to accompany him as a. guard. Just before leaving the river McCoy though bound managed In some way to set hold Of a knife that had been left In his pocket. With this he cut the cords which bound him anti fled the river. Since then Cap maintains that Wallace grabbed' his Caps Winchester from his hands and fired on McCoy as he swam the river finally killing him.

as he emerged on the Kentucky side. Other parties say end. It Is generally believed that Cap did the killing himself. For this killing the McCoys offered 300 for the body of Wallace or the proof of his death. Governor Buckner of Kentucky offered MASON KVANS THE TENNESSEE.

MOUNTAIN HERMIT. ysCM tfl SfiS if BomeVmoothsl after this taye stratton 5 tt ir tHlt. j3' XMw Vm afttp irresthlmAtth same time they offered wlartilo Governor. th I UcCoaoffered atoflariuia for Devil Anse apd J500 each was offered by the governs for the arrest of Carpenter and Chamwrs. wanted for the killing in 1882.

From this time the was' wee on in earnest and at one time the feeling grew so intense that it looked it the governors of the two states would declare' war upon each other. Neither would recognize the papers of the other and each naturally sided with his own constituents. Fort of One of the Factions. For four years both factions scattered about in the woods going in for food and living in camps or forts some of which are remarkable structures one In particular of the Hat-fields which is shown In the accompanying cut. is a wonderful piece of architecture.

This one is bult of large hewn logs the ends of which ate dovetailed together the roof is made of the game material and the door of a. solid piece of oak. The tort is about thirty-five feet in length and extends entirely across the mouth of a defile with perpendicular wells. The tort is invulnerable to any kind of firearms and the peculiar arrangement of the openings left for firing from the tn- side taken with the other arrangements the location and the surroundings of the tort make It a decidedly. strong fortification.

This was the fort most often re sorted to by the Hatfields. During all the years that open war was waged between the two clans they' each had not only to be alert to the action of the other. but had to keep an eye op the many detectives who now appeared upon the scene to win the rewards offered for the capture of various members of the bands of the now famous desperadoes. The leader of the Hatfifl band was Cap Hatfleld and the acknowledged head of the McCoy faction was for a time Randolph McCoy Sr afterwards Frank Phillips. In the early part of December 1881 Thom- as Chambers was captured near his home on.

Mate ek. in Logan county. by Frank Phillips end two other of the McCoy. and taken to Pike county to answer the charge of killing the McCoy buys in 1883. Shot Down a Woman.

In retaliation a. band of the tIat1lelds on New Years night 1188 crossed over Iota pike county. stole upon the house of Randolph McCoy set fire to It and waited until the occupants came out that they might shoot them down. Calvin a son of Randolph McCoy first ran out and he was badly riddled with bullets. Th rest escaped.

except daughter AlUfaro. who. when she appeared In the door was brutally shot down by Ellison Hatfleld. Zr. alias Ellison Mounts.

Mounts was afterwards captured tried and hanged for this dastardly murder. Warrants were Issued and rewards were increased for the Hatllelds and Frank Phillips and twenty-three others of the McCoy faction empowered as officers were sent across the line to arrest their old enemies. On. January 6th the party came in tight of Cap Hatfleld and lames Vance on the top of Thacker HUL. The McCoys headed by Phillips charged directly up the hill on the two men who nothing daunted rushed to meet them.

A perfect fusillade of Uulets was kept up until the' two parties cane together In a hand to hand contest Vane. was killed and three of the McCoys Wounded. Seeing the futility of fighting against such treat odds. Hartfletffled hotly pursued by' his antagonists. His fleetness of foot Sided hint In reaching the house of Hog Floyd some distance in advance.

of his pursuers here he momisd a. horse end Without bridle vor laddie rode six miles through the woods to thelog CTtw ere number of the band were in. keeping and whets the enemy dare not follow him Just two days after this. on January 8th. PhlHipv ltfo pirty4of 5tw rity-eJghti encountered ajband of the Ratfleldi number- log ten men.

under Valentine iratneii. capturednth and took thenvto Bam Jfci ser vEUJabiMpuntJrand WaUHarteldtwert On JAnuaryUth a band of vthejCHatfieId under were dislodged- from thelip08itlonjimd forced toret atX 4JeadT had fottrJinen yorely Injured. The- was seven" horses killed and erenSmen wounded. The Hatfleldt ettV sbaCk to Logan Courthouse andj were qua.r- Ured there for eomftr time After failing in an attempt to intercept the treat of the enemy th McCoys returned toXentucky. and owing to the vigorOuS steps now.

taken by the governors of both states to ruppress the outbreaks this was the last encounter between the warring factions. Large rewards were offered tom' the of. fenders. and this brought a number of de tMtlV89 to the tcene. who were instrumen.

tal In bringing several of the. desperadoes to Justice. Chief among the man hunters were the. Eureku a. company of detectives cornet posed of Alpb W.

Burnett. W. G. Baldwin. Trove Gibson Kentucky Bill John Vanoe Dan Cunningham Thomas Camp bell and several others.

They arrested Ellison Hat Sr. who was tried convicted and hanged In Pike county in 891 for the kOling of the McCoy boy on New Years night. 1888. Kept Busy Avoiding Officers. Wall Hattle1d was captured in 1891 by Cunningham and Obson and was hanged for the killing of the McCoy.

in 1882. "Kentucky Bill. Cunningham and Gibson captured John Norman. Joe Frank Smith and John B. Dotson of the McCoy gang.

They were tried before Judge Harvey in Logan county to 1891. and acquitted. George McCoy was captured at Wellstbn O. by ham In 1890 and brought to Hunting-ton and placed in jail there but we. afterwards released on a writ or habeas corpus.

In this manner a number of both factions were run to earth and an were kept too busy keeping out of the hands' of the reletless sleuth hounds to have much time to fight each other in fact Johnson and even Captain Htfield himself were so closely pressed as to be compelled to flee the country to avoid being captured. They went west in 1889 and sought security In th Snake river region of wiuat was then Washington territory. Even here they were followed and John- son came near being captured on one cc- cessIon. Gibson located him and secured a sheriffs party and surrounded him but Johnson escaped by swimming- a river when the weather was freezing cold. From Washington Cap" went to Colorado and afterwards to a cousin In El Paso.

Tex. He finally returned homo after an. ab. sence of more than a year. Johnse re turned some time afterwards and relates many narrow escapes from the Eureka.

After two or three years the factions were living in comparative peace the rewards were not renewed and the detectives gave up their work or capturing them. Since then there has been no trouble between them and until the fatal election a Beiap it Recluse gard Was Repulsed His Sweethearts Father Stayed' Giving Her a Farm if She tl jeetthe THIS WAS A ROMANCE. OF RSfi801 It seems rather Incredible that in this age of civilization a human being of brilliant Intellect reared among luxurious surroundings and blessed with affectionate friends. should slpk to low in. the scale of humanity as to become a roving beast of the fields soaking the animals of the mountains and the birds of the air his nly companions.

But such was the life of Mason K. Evans the IHermlt of the Chit- howees Who la ln a way the most remark. able personage In the or Tennessee. Still more Incredible does It appear when It Is known that this man was driven to this uncanny lactation by unrequited love For forty years he lived atone among the rugged cliffs and lonely gladeS of the Smokies subsisting on herbs. raw meats and uncooked vegetables.

until the light of Us reason was extinguished This wild mans home was in cave under Panther cliff a. rugged precipice near White Cliff mineral brings on the Chilhowee mountain. Here lie lived for years without a single companion sleeping on a bed of leaves foraging in unseasonable tours tor thismeans of sustenance end fleeing with the speed of a deer at the sound of a Vunnan voice or the fall of a footstep. While hIs mind was evidently unbalanced. yet his form of dementia.

has puzzled experts and scientists. When captured a short time ago so strong had the Influence of association been upon him that tie was utterly oblivious to civilized surroundings and only appeared to recognize with any degree of Intelligence one thing the name of the girt ua once loved and who had proved false to him. During all those forty years. of his semi- barbarlq Ute. the Inhabitants on and around the mountain lived In mortal dread of him.

While he was In one sense harmless. yet In his midnight raids be Ignored the right. of ownership arid took everything he saw that would satisfy his voracious appetite whether a. pig. chicken goose or cat.

No' chicken roost within forty miles of his mountain home could rest in peace while he lad the most daring burglaries wd thefts among the farmers' homes. It was in 1824 that Evans was born In Monroe county east Tennessee in a. little log cabin resting under the poetic shades or the. Chlth9weee. His parents were of Quaker extraction.

In his growth to young manhood ho was regarded as bright and studious. His advancement was such that he soon qualified himself for a professorship in ope of. the schools near his home having en education tar above the average man in those days. When he was Cupid sent an arrow deep Into hi heart and he formed an ardent attachment for a. beautiful young lady living In Monroe county.

Ills iLtreo- day a short time go the terrible story was rapidly fading from the of nest people. Both factions seem to. have had enough warring and an agreement bas about been effected through the mediation of friends to stop prosecution and let the matter drop. Since the fighting ceased a. number' of both factions have met with violent deaths among them Bud McCoy killed In 1890.

by Pleasant McCoy nod William Dyer for this Pleasant McCoy was imprisoned for life William Dyer killed la 189 by Larkin McCoy brother of Pub Dave Stratton killed in 1890 at Brownstown. W. Vs. by a train. This story was told th writer by near relative of Cap HtflIo and this relationship doubtless caused time narrator to make his record fairer than it realist is for the salutary.

effect It might have on public opinion which is now very- bitter toward him for the killing at Mate- wan. tton was reciprocated but thera- waa termlned parental objection per" lathes- offered to give her a farm if she would not marry. She accepted the offer end up to a few years ago was still living on the price Of her affections unmarried and alone her parent having died tong since. The Mow was too much for young His scanner suddenly changed from" ilLs characteristlo proud spirit to deep fe Then It woe he turnediis back onclvfll- ution and without a care or thought for' the future fled to the Chllh9w Here I took up his lonely abode with only the- betiafa and birds as his companions sleep- log In his cave in the day' and roaming over the mountains at nights. la few years after Masonfled to the mountain he was captured.

by a posse of citizens from Athens but sojordbiy did he resist being taken bank to ctvflitatlon. that he had to beTShamed1 Iii long experience as on athlete In the wilds had developed Herculean strength and It took several men to overpower hinvjln Athens' he' was tried tad committed Jo the Jnsane- asylum at Nashville. After remaining there for only a short wimlle in some Inexplain- able manner he escaped and made his way back to Panther cliff to the bowels of the Chllhowees. Evans clothes wereverjr crude having often beenjjeen In thtdead of winter half nude and always' unshod. Ito wore a slouch hat with holes In th top sometimes but most often braved th elements.

with head bare. QnJI houMftfh carried his gripsack which consisted of old pair or trousers tied at the bottom with a string. In this he carried his truck On one occasion one of the mountaIneers came across the hermit afmidmghtoa the eastern side of the mountain sties one of his nightly forages Evans at Jlrrt ran from the stranger but sifter being assured no harm would befall him. consantJ to be Interviewed during which' lie made om intelligible signs but seemed to hare lost entirely the power of speech An. examination of his gripsack disclosed the following tempting Enemas Corn PO cob fxari raw.

Hind leg of sheep wIi cL partridges. Large quantity of Apple and cow Jmtter. Poke toots 6ak na7 i- One lizard one black thre One terrapin on. the half shall. Buttermilk dressing.

Mason WSj shy of people and wizen thought his haunt. was covered he would move to another remote part of the n- tarn tg 3 The hermit found a companion la Urgel yellow Thomas-cat and. like MtihapmvM gjgg who found inspiration tram the gen2e purring of his cat whfle writing the. Koran Evans found comfort In his felin fri nxJ. The oat lived its nine lives and then- fol lowed Its predecessor the rooster baying the old man a eoCtaryinourner at theftt nrsl Mutm subsisted almost entirely on raw meats such as snakes lizards and chickens.

His appetite was voracious he lbs. often been seen to devour whole chicken by tearing the fowl to which he swallowed raw. The guests of White. Cliff Springs were astonished one morning when thereaw Mason" in chicken yard eagerly devouring a. owl Which he had Ju tkmedV I had the pleasured visiting tlieretreet of Evans this last fall during a stay at White Cliff Bpringis.

It is time wildeet place imaginable having received the appellation of panthers cliff. as the natives call it. because the case has been the lair of panthers and other wild beasts for generations. Evans's bed chamber Is only accessible from the top of the which Is almost perpendicular. After a descent of flf4y- yards which to hardly practicable without the assistance Of ropes I stood en Jh threshold of the hermita home where ha lived for II those forty years.

i Truly might the place be called the Swill. land of America. Way up among the clouds 2000 feet above the sea with valley of the. Conasauga below stretching out In majestio beauty toward range after range of tinted peaks In the dtnTdis- lance. and the Itiawaasee winding like a all- very thread through" Use scene on its wOd rush to the sea la natures panorama' on which the.

hermit gazed- for forty years from Panthers cliff 5 Itoe inside of- the cavels not spsouL The ceiling is very lowland the room. at most is not more tbantten feet There- Is a smell hole leading into the. bow" el of the mountain from which' emerges a foul odor probably from dead beasts. Toe mountaineers' who visited this place during Evans's life state tile cave was al- ways Uttered with feathers and bones from tie tea table i V- In' one corner was a small pile of stones. which be used for a chair.

That was eU the furniture At th opening tall tree tops from the ground below furnish a shade la summer end tended totum the' wind to winter. It istoposslble for rain to enter and with a good fire life might not be so disagreeable there after all. It was a year or to before that I saw Evans la MadisonvllleTenn on bitter cold day in the middle of January. He had Just been caught In the mountains and brought to town for the Oral time to many years. frThfere was naturally a good deal of ex- eltement attendant on bis arriraJand IT was member of the moUey gang that ol towed him through the streets to the town' JaO.

The snow was about six Inches deep and freezing. S4. A The hermit was barefooted. but cold did not seem to trouble Mm. On torn of his feet there was a growth of skin as tough as leather and about half an Inch thick His toenails were an Inch long Ss and his finger nails fully twice that length His hair and beard were as whlteas th snow long shaggy sJudjunkempt He was lf nude only a few rags being tied around ftg sis hardened fornv bandage fashion.

Bjs clnUjiwui held Jo. his right Aand wtqrtt nice grip. A wild demoniacal expr slon was to his eyes. WhenqueiUoned he would not answer. had lost entirely.

th power of speech and He gazed at the crowd muultl hiai as terly. bewtlderedte knowrwhatCJt meant. Everything' possible was dons for the etg man. to his old age ef escaped again. although ho often pla 4l rtt 0 1 Jf 7f ot k1 iB OFMEN lI If' i t1 i tory Merc less thelI if' Burn Wo an I 0.

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eclu Be H. s. Rept 1 ir 1 if ijetiEQi eWo ject the Tennesseans smtI 1 76 zF II1crdlbletht th clvWza. OD t. roU JdJngs.

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stmaa near thb por Pfl3O- t1 nd Thou BITi 1oca cloud Another fact that nY lector on impQTt- ot the weatb bzreat2i of a sto. pecallYt cal StOITO Cfl be by the LncreUC CCC of the upper tU10 Itself In ou tM prac tha2fl. 1 eIeo 5 abGorbed ed off bytb roOt SO Thatt dOU yea wodenk' wu43Btl. 0 p1p1 Or othe' pper dy electri4 b.f- 4 3 I SLAIN Story the Hate Ranfrom vlv- diy wht ar- xe tz iew re- incid 0 th Ho ith ch lIson feeltr antago- ver forkof ox le BamfledtocdBando4phMcCoys. the wa Augu lii 1.Were tM imty lIendoito.

oyd llson I LatfiId ere re- anc 0 1- 7 tn QDNsTxTuIoN GA SUTDLT ECEBETh f3f 1O av thw ovn his a. anti dr' his Uccoy began dr1non hIWafleoflredtbreeehota It md 1urley bini and an sn mon to llra until the bouse. As he ra wu.ce In the hip lth 5. B. 1.

i1' t' frPi II1II 1 II 1Htt WI IWfI 11II1f1 i5 I 1 55 iIi lwj I Ii I I' i I 7 4 I 55 fy v2 5- 9 1 tl Vap Ca tnanag fr v1I tI' A LJF I ccfr- If' I 5' I areward ou10OfOPapwbIiwu supplemezited in additional by the McCoya. Bozos noMhz toil Kentucky iW. a detective killed Wallace In virgtaIa while attepUng to arrest him. At the reward for Cap lluckner gnd the a 4d500 guverntor kfflIngin3SS. imie tbb- ois bru- ca again Hartfiald fled 1og tiLe logtortwbere a unmberof th enemnydare slUt a party twentyelgb a band Vo1enti captured them them to Pike.

and placed In jan ot this party Sazn Pliant and Dook Mayhqr Alex Mes- Elijah MountIazid WaM Hatneii were the penItentiary for Januarf 12th. of. aeyentst the HatfleJds The leadershIp of Capte1n" Hatfield. of GOVeflO.TObfl IIoyd ofSIrglnla mtPhUUPs and blrj party of twcntyelght pear t2is mouth of Grapevine to and battle I tnsuefl. For a- Uma the HIXflOIdEuWho were lodged behind atone fence hSA the best of the fray but after while they their pOt10 sand to retreat TheRatflelfla lost William' Dempel.

el end four man moors or lesi a. ass of the' MoCoys seeO fell back and QUSZ- some fter to Kentucky ioW Sarge de- wbawsra com- 1n1182 5 reiat JILTEDLOYERSlffE1Mason Once a Brilliant Young Man Became BecauseHisRe" by a Girl S. Her Love by Would Re- I Suit MANY YEARS AGO man eipko axilmalsofthe aone a thlsm ns 51n Ciii A ths5tegrIble soory sin a strain. the tin a TitJitt 1 a I c'S 5" ONEOF EVANS FAVORITE HAUNTS I terewu de' hiindlia. tioti backon clviii- Herihe a a Masoji fled to so foroibly thclvlllza Ion be ha1nad.

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leon. one tb 7. There arriYal and motleygang to'- waaabout sixinchee the cold the bet- 1 inc wbiteasthe anti unkempt. Iiaifnude. form 11 club was in gtmtbandwPtha P-l H.

the cowprehension Ut what' it an Everythlnjpoisthlewu forth. oId- and beaecegecapet plaid Sectlie ged cliffs of his inoustain h- TDFORD r'.