Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-06-13 | Page 16 | [Untitled]

STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By John Hix r S E F of Wit W also df S of 1 AcRoSS fitt ORK fROW ACH oTHER WENT I r OWNERSHIP F td OF P 5 q CAP I 1 IB I ll in r rovER ovER 0 MV fW Y J M r WAR yr i 11 f c lW l- l W Ati MA yo R o F NF J B F R D Ma s u foR 32 YEAR E cEO To E HT T 1 1 o Fr f l s void raa 1 t MAN I CA I 1 AND McCOYS The hills of Kentucky famous for their feuds witnessed one of the longest and bloodiest interfamily wars on record in the famous Hatfield- Hatfield McCoy feud It all started back in 1870 when Floyd Hog Hatfield who lived on the West Virginia side of the Tug fork of the Big Sandy river one lay day drove some razorbacks out of the hills and corralled them at Stringtown Randolph McCoy happened by and on examining the contents of he the pen noticed what he believed was a McCoy brand on one of the razorbacks Hatfield refused to turn the hog over to McCoy so the latter took ook the matter to court The trial was held at Raccoon Hollow Deacon Hatfield presiding Both factions turned out en masse shot masse shot guns sling shots and cap and sail ball pistols greatly in evidence Jeers and catcalls marked the proceedings proceedings pro pro- which ended quite ended quite naturally naturally-in in a decision favorable to the Copyright 1938 for The Telegram