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Page 20, Now It Can Be Told
No full textA book of collected essays written by students from Pikeville College, with a strong focus on the Hatfield and McCoy feud.-14-
In 1896 the residents of Matewan were undecided as
to whether the feud had really ended or not. On this
November day, Cap Hatfield came into town with his step-
son, Joe Glenn. In the crook of Cap Hatfield's arm lay
a shot gum and strapped on his waist a revolver. Joe
Glenn had a Winchester thrown awkwardly across his
shoulder. Cap met John Rutherford, a man who had shot
it out with a Hatfield sympathizer a year or two back.
Cap Hatfield and John had been drinking and avoiding
eachother all day, but as Cap and Joe Glenn started
back into the mountains, they met John Rutherford. Their
tempers ran wild from the effects of wild cat whiskey.
No one knew who fired first, but these people fell, •
being helped by bullets from a shot gun, a revolver,
and a Winchester rifle: H. S. White, John Rutherford,
Henderson Chambers, and Elliot Rutherford. Two of them
were killed and one was dying. Cap then called for his
step-son and headed for the mountains.
Sheriff Doc Keadle was a man with a cool head
and the nerve of twelve men. On the sixth, Cap and his
step-son were in jail in Huntington, West Virginia. A
posse of law officers went up to get Devil Anse for
questioning. Devil Anse to1d the men that he would go
as long as the McCoys had nothing to do with this. The
trial was held in Williamson and Cap was given a year
of confinement in jail. His step-son pleaded guilty and
was sent to the State Reform School at Prunty Town
At this time there was a false rumor concerning the
feudal leader, Randolph McCoy, who for years had been
running a ferry across the Big Sandy River. It was said
that he appeared dressed in home spun clothing and a long
squirrel rifle across his shoulder ready to do battle
against his old enemy. Cap Hatfield had broken out of
jail. It was said that he was less trouble at home
than behind bars
Page 23, Now It Can Be Told
No full textA book of collected essays written by students from Pikeville College, with a strong focus on the Hatfield and McCoy feud.A NEW STORY
by Oneida (Jo) Lyons )
From an interview with Anna Lou McCoy
In the previous narrative a vivid account has
been given of the origin and history of the Hatfield
and McCoy feud. The feud has long since become nothing
more than a legend, to be handed down in generations
yet to come. The descendants of each family live as
neighbors with no more thought given to their names
than as if they were Joneses and Smiths. The only
remaining fragment left from the feud is the story
told by a grandfather to his grandchildren on a cold
winter night. To the Hatfields and McCoys of today
there was no victory for either family and thus no
reason for belligerent feeling today.
My knowledge of the history and origin of the feud
is very faint since I do not live in this section of
Eastern Kentucky, but I am acquainted with several Hat-
fields and McCoys who are my classmates. One example
is Miss Anna Lou McCoy, a very good friend of mine,
and an honor student here at the college.
Miss McCoy is engaged to Rene Ferrell Hatfield
whom she met during her third year in high school
at Belfry when he was attending high school at Elkhorn
City. They are both direct descendants of' the famous
feudal leaders, Randolph McCoy and Anderson (Devil Anse)
Hatfield.
They were told the story of the feud by their grand-
fathers who lived during the time that it existed. Miss
McCoy says that she intends to tell the story to her
children just as it was told to her. She admits that parts
of the feud were really distressing, but, nevertheless,
it is a legend that will never be lost in either family
Page 5, Now It Can Be Told
No full textA book of collected essays written by students from Pikeville College, with a strong focus on the Hatfield and McCoy feud.Table of Contents
I. PROLOGUE
Hatfields and McCoys of Today Kay Leslie
Present and Past Emma Ruth Cornette
II. FLASHBACKS -- THE OLD STORIES
How the Feud Began and Continued Eugene Blair
Another Version of the Feud Jack Campbell
How the Feud Ended Charles Holsinger
III. A NEW STORY Oneida (Jo) Lyons
from an interview with Anna Lou McCoy
Edited by Lucy Ellen Hole, Faculty Sponsor
Creative Writing Club
Pikeville College
Pikeville, Kentucky Year 195
Page 24, Now It Can Be Told
No full textA book of collected essays written by students from Pikeville College, with a strong focus on the Hatfield and McCoy feud.- 18-
Mr. Hatfield is now in Service, but they plan
to be married in the near future. Both their parents,
who live at B1ackberry, a spot where some of the
actual battles took place, highly approve of the
marriage.
This past Sunday, you might have seen Miss McCoy
starting out for Easter Sunday church services with
a beautiful orchid corsage adorning her lovely spring
suit. The Hatfields didn’t used to send the McCoys
orchids for Easter, but times have certainly changed
in the past fifty years.
The En
Hibiya Park, Tokyo
No full textOn page: "T. O. Gannon with some French children Hibiya Park, Tokyo." Found on page 22, Scrapbook 2
US Naval Training Station Postcard, back
No full textOn back: "ARTHUR HOBSON, H.A. 1/C
NAVAL TRAINING STATION
NEWPORT, R.I.
THIS IS WHERE I AM STATIONED AND I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT THE PICTURE EXAGGARATES ITSELF A LITTLE. ANYWAY IT IS A VERY NICE PLACE. ARTHUR" Postmarked June 3, 1945. Found on page 15.ARTHUR HOBSON, H.A. 1/C
NAVAL TRAINING STATION
NEWPORT, R.I.
THIS IS WHERE I AM STATIONED AND I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT THE PICTURE EXAGGARATES ITSELF A LITTLE. ANYWAY IT IS A VERY NICE PLACE. ARTHU
Flowers from Belgium, back
No full textOn back of image: "Belgium 45 James Crisp." Found on page 11.Belgium
45
James
Cris
Shinto Shrine, Nikko
No full textOn page: "Small pictures are of the great Shinto Shrine in
Nikko. It was built 450 years ago and cost approx-
imately $4,000,000. It is made all of ivory, mahogany,
gold and silver
Pictures sent by T. O. Gannon
from Tatebayashi, Japan. 2/24/46"
Found on page 22, Scrapbook 2