Show TAITON HALL He Is a Vendetta Mountaineer of the Worst Type His Death Record Is Nineteen but Ho Sticks to His Claim of NiuetyOuo Tells His Story LSpeclalto THE HLRALD Examiner Dispatch MEMPHIS Tone Dec 11 Talton Hall who was arrested here Wednesday charged with killing Eno D Hilton in Wiso county W Va refuses to go to Virginia without a requisition He offers however to go to Kentucky whore he claims he is also wanted for murder saying a 10000 reward re-ward has been offered for him A telegram tele-gram from the governor of Kentucky stated that there had boon a large reward offered for Hal at one time but that It had been withdrawn or allowed to lapse The West Virginia and Kentucky authorities are agreed that Hall is A VENDETTA MOUNTAINEER OF THE WORST TYPE They say his death record is nineteen but Hall sticks to his claim at ninetyone Halls criminal record as he tells it began early in his life At the age of thirteen he said my brothers John and Marshall Ul 1I1n < h t UI m u u UJ U g LUU were confederate soldiers and Hank commanded Ugj com-manded a bushwhacking company known as the Tenth Kentucky Mounted infantry My brothers were returning to the army from furlough when Hank took them prisoners pris-oners for the purpose of robbery and revenge re-venge and killed them That was in Letcher county I SWORE TO HAVE REVENGE and I got plenty of it I killed Nathaniel Baker Henry Triplet and Hank my brothers assassins and was Indicted for murder at Prestonsburg Ky I got clear of this Hank was killed i 1SS2 at Beaver Gap in Floyd county Hall was in all the battles of the How ards and Turners and Eversales and has several vendettas of his own Once Milt Turner attempted his capture for a big reward re-ward with n large posse Hal and half a dozen friends received the posse royally and the dead were numbered by tens Turner Tur-ner was captured Another of Halls feuds was with J M Hall a cousin and wealthy citizen Jones of Cattlettsbury Ky and Clay I THE FIGHTING LASTED SIX MONTHS and several men were killed That was during recent ear Kentucky then became be-came too warm for Hall anc ha disappeared and came to Memphis where he has led I quiet life Last summer he grew restless and again visited his old haunts when Hilton a marshal attempted his arrest on some old score He is charged with Hiltons tons death After that he returned to Memphis where ho was surprised at breakfast Wednesday and captured before he could lay hands on his Winchester or loaded revolvers very closo at hand |