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Daniels and Christian Families Are Related Yet Hatred Will Never Wane.LITTLE GIRL’S DEATH WILL INCREASE BITTERNESSIIMor} 01 the Trouble That Hu* Caused Two Death* and the Wouiidintt of Several—Whole Family Mtn He \Vipe«l Ont.RI'MOKKH THAT HA NIKI,SHAS tilVKM HIMSELF I IFrom now on the Ianiels-C'hristian filed will occupy the front row in the tragic history of this section of Kentucky anci West Virginia, and all because Pike county is so large that the officers of the county are not able to properly police their whole territoryThe history of the feud is present day history, and while it is not of real interest to business men it may reach such a stage that the details at this time prevent tne many false yarns which are liable tp be circulated about affairs _pf this kind.T ie Christian and Daniels families are related by ties of blood, and lip to a comparatively short time ago, werf friends—so much so, in fact, that Jim Daniels and Mose Christian married sisters and later, when Mode Christians wife was taken ill. and !)*• was out t work, old man li.t .Hs went to War Eagle and took the girl to his home at Devon and -more that she could have a home with him as lonj; as he and his old woman were able to furnish one. He did not do this on of any unusual charity but because he liked to look alter the woman. bet tuse she was Jim Daniels wife's sister.The feud itself started in this manner: John Daniels was in the peni-tentiary at Moundsville and was serving a second term. Mose Christian and his brother, Hub. decided that If they went ta old man Daniels uulshowed him how they could get John out of jail heitvould give them the $H00 or $400 which they said would be necessary. They went to the old man with the story, but plain commonsfnse showed the old man that something was wrong, and he wrote to John and asked him if he could be gotten cut by the Christian boys. John wrote back to his father tha; he tould not be gotten cut and advised his father to hold fast to his money. The old man then cursed the Christi.*; about the matter and for the time it wa* forgotten.Liter on. however, Jim Daniels stole a gun from Mose Christian and t\!ien charged with having taken the gun he deniei it. but the Christians were sure that he bad their Widehes-ti r and war to a certain extent was dee] red. Two weeks rgo Jim Danieh was in the home at Devon, Kv., when the Christian boys and others ea ie up from War Eagle determined to get I he g'lii. One of them, it is said, told that he would either get the gun or he would get Jim Daniels. At bast this is the storv told bv Jim Daniels' father. They approached the house, which is small, painted yellow .and has a little porch in front of it and is situated on the Kentucky side of th» Tag River, just west of the telegraph station. They came ui to the hous*j and the old -fin went to the door. He asked what was wanted and they said that they wanted Jim. Jim hi I inside of the house, saving, according to Iti3 fatho** that i.f he wen! ,ut blt;» would be killed.The old man tried to pacify the men on the outside and argued that tiny should do nothing to him as hQ had never hurt anyone belonging to them, avi also told about how he bad taken lt;are of Mose's wife. This argument did not suit the men outside and finally Jim went out. There are two stories from this point and it is perhaps best to let each side t * * I! its dap tale.Jim Daniel's father claims that when Jim ran out of the door h© ran east from the house and hs be ranHiram Christian ran afte- him witha knife in his hand whi*h he used continually cut’ing ,r Jim .;s h ' ran. Jim according tlt; (he fathe- thcug it that the man wai str'Uing at him and turned around when he saw that his shirt was cut. He then whipped out a revolver and shot Hiram Christian, killing him.The other side of th=* story is that when Jim came out he got int .i argument with Mose Christian and that the two men finally got inti a fight in which the knir'e and the revolver were brought Into play It is said bv the Christian adherents tlr t Ahen the crowd saw laa the fight ivas in earnes: Hiram Christi; n jump'd in between the men to separate hem and as he did so Jim Daniels ired the shot whllt; ii killed the alleged ieace maker.Whichever way it occurred. JimDaniels made his escane, quickly gong towards the east side of the house, ind got away, although a posse look'd for him for several hours.♦After the trouble was dl] over Jim ■eturned home and the ( lristlans vent t theii home at War Kagle.Thanksgiving Eve they decided that(Continued on Page Seven.)
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Sun, Nov 28, 1909
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