THE GREAT HATFIELD-McCOY FEUD.
Origin of the feud.--Fight near the Hatfield Tunnel.--Killing of
Bill Staton.--Killing of Ellison Hatfield.--Butchery of the three
McCoy brothers.--Murder of Jeff McCoy.--The tell-tale bloody
lock of hair.--Quarrel of the Governors of Kentucky and West
Virginia.--Official correspondence between them.--Frank Phillips,
the daring raider, appears upon the scene.--Capture of members of
the Hatfield clan.--Night Attack upon the McCoy home.--Burning of
the McCoy home.--Cowardly murder of his daughter Allifair.--Brave
defense of old man McCoy and his son Calvin.--Death of Calvin
McCoy.--Wounding of Mrs. McCoy.--Heroism of little boy.--Escape
of Randall McCoy.--Retribution.--Frank Phillips gives battle to
the outlaws.--Death of brutal Jim Vance.--Battle of Grapevine
Creek.--List of casualties.--Kentucky and West Virginia on the verge of
war.--Phillips, the raider, arrested.--His trial in the United States
Court.--His acquittal.--Phillips' pluck.--Triple tragedy at Thacker,
W. Va.--Cap Hatfield and his "boy" in the toils.--Their escape from
jail.--Defying arrest.--Battle of "Devil's Back Bone."--Destruction of
the stronghold with dynamite.--Execution of Ellison Mount.--Conclusion.