Show arole loose agius SUIT TO dehu TOE the mop in il camp and fire a toller into iliin aal h cattle follain Fol loin specials special S F chronicle service I 1 MILTON W V nov 2 keport of a terrible battla between the hat fields and mccols mccoys reached liere tonight full details hie not beao received but enough is known to chow that it was the bloodiest encounter that has occurred in the history of the fend on thursday day a pirty ol 01 about thirty of theM came across a Brum neld camp in the wooda about six miles from grean shoals both bans were bound for the headquarters of their respective factions and were heavily armed when the mc boys discovered theia enemies they pent out and discovered that there vere about a score sn the camp they crawled up through the dense underbrush aad poured in a oley on their sleeping foes in an instant it was returned and the although taken by ft ere BO much batter armed than the having repeating repe aing rifles that they soon put them to flight the one volley fired by the did terrible execution Halt doen men were wounded and two slain john brumfield one of the leaders ol 01 his faction was instantly killed having no less than four bullets through his head by hs ebie lay edwin brown the eon 0 the woman who was in her farm house at creek two bullets had gone through his hajy one piercing his heart six oiher men were wounded one of them whose name is unknown unk noHn being fatally hurt alter dawn the found two more dead men and four desperately wounded men were captured some of the wounded mccoye must have been by their friend ifor the trail of thear retreat through the woods was marked with bloodstains the prisoners captured are chares lambkin jachn cain cain and ante mccoy the names ot the dead are unknown the cain whose name was not learned was BO badly wounded that hia captors left him to die where he lay but the other three were compelled to march to the II atfield headquarters which they about soon yesterday As eoon BB the etory of the atack and capture was told a court marshal BBS held the prisoners were not allowed to speak in their own defence and after a short delab araton a vote on their life or death was taken by the entire II atfield party the result was unanimous the three men will be shot aba courier who brought this news was shot at twice from ambash while riding through lincoln county |