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Several Members Have Already Lost Their Lives and Others are Marked for Death, Mrs. Charles Daniels and her 16- year-old daughter were shot fo r even tha dnut Friday, November 26th, (near Devon, Mingo county, by @ under the command of a constable named Ferrell, of Pike County Ky. The shooting of Mrs. Daniels and daughter grew out of a family feud, which has been brewing for s some weeks between the Christians ad Daniela on the border of Ken rice and West Virginia. The christians lived In Mingo county, ’. Vall., and the Daniela in Pike unty, Ky. About three weeks ago George Kellan ventured to the Kentucky de and was alain by Jim Daniels, nd it is claimed that the murder as unprovoked and most brutal. Christian and Daniels were brothers in-law, and had formerly been al lies, having each served a term in the West Virginia penitentiary up on the charge of murder and shoot ing to KH. They fell out over a trivial mutter and became deadly enemies. After the killing of Christian by Daniele the two families and their friends became involved, and for some few days both factions have gone about heavily armed. The Christians secired warrants for Jim Daniels and his brother, Jen, who was also said to be implicated in the murder of George Christian, and led by a pouse of sixteen went to the home of the Daniela for the purpose of effecting their arrest. The two Daniela boys were at the home of their father, Charles Dan iels, near Devon, and it is said that when the officers approached with in a few feet of the house Mrs. Daniels and her daughter threw open the front door and opened fire with Winchester rifles, one of the powe redvelving a bullet in the arm, and Mose Christian, father of the murdered Christian boy, had his hat shot from his head. The two Christian boys and their father opened fire from behind the house. Mrs. Daniels was shot down in the doorway, but the 16-year- old daughter stood over her pros trate form and fired upon the purse until she dropped dead across her mother, pierced by three bullets. The officers closed in, but by forfeiting their lives, the mother and daughter had so effectually covered the retreat of father and brother that they made their es cape. . There are now some 30 armed Christians and their friends on the West Virginia wide and almost a like number of the followers of the Daniels faction on the Kentucky side. Both factions are armed with Winchesters, and officers say they are unable to control the situation, and if either of these factions cross es the line and clash, either Gov ernor Glasscock, of West Virginia, or Governor Willson, of Kentucky, Will be appealed to. The following dispatch Ttrom Will iamson says further concerning this new feud: — . . As a result of the battle between the Christians and Daniels, near Devon, Pike county, Ky., Jum Dan iels lies at the home of his broth ers with a wound which is said to be fatal. Kentucky officers: “a refrained from approaching a house, knowing that it means Bs other elite is assigned case Mie the Hatfields, likewise each pear ple, and officers are gloomy ”@ what the possible outcome off troubles may be Circuit Judge Andy Kirk. Kentucky, who was in W sa on the day after the battle occur red, said that it was the purpore of ie Kentucky authorities to bring the Daniels to justice of the entire Kentucky state militia had to be called Into service. The local offi cers of the two States are saying that Ittle. The excitement, however, is high ,and an officer of Mingo county, who issued warranty for the Dantela, said that the matter would come to a close when four or five more of the Dantele bit the dust. “Willimason, W. Vs., Nov. 30.— Henry and Jason Daniels, sons of Charles Daniels, this afternoon ap peared before Justice of the Peace! Wallace Chafin, of his price, and pleaded not guilty to the warrants sworn out by Dan Christian, charg ing them with shooting a Deputy Sheriff. Just before the hour of trial they met Deputy Sheriff Robert simp ‘king Mingo county, at the Norfolk Western railway depot, and Simp king forced them to submit to ar rest, not knowing that they had surrendered some time ago at War Eagle, Mingo county. Simpking shot one of the Daniela boys In attempt ing to arrest him. The State asked for a continuance In the case of Henry and Jason Daniels, and the trial was set for Monday, Dec. 8, the two giving bond, for their appearance.
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Louisa Big Sandy News
Louisa, Kentucky, US
Fri, Dec 03, 1909
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