Show A man blan of many diany rd mclee eloes the story that an eminent border leader anil and hero captain hatfield of the theowest west virginia line who escaped all the ballets bullet of the mccoma during tho the tug forte fork tug of war which deluged somo some of our kentucky soil with a very bad article of blood several years ago had passed in his checks during a poker game in the wilds of west virginia is indignantly denied by the friends of that gentleman they assert that captain hatfield is a reformed man and no longer exposed to the casualties of tends feuds and poker games the williamson W va new era which makes a small circle of light in tho the dense darkness of tho the hatfield section refers to the reported path of the gallant hero and says f we cau can most emphatically deny the above and will state that captain hatfield has been an invalid for the past six months from the effects of a wound received when a boy we understand that he has professed religion and that no poker games have been played in his house for some time it is unfair to even such men as he to circulate reports as the above without any foundation louisville courier journal |