KENTUCKY'S FAMOUS FEUDS AND TRAGEDIES Kentucky's Famous Feuds and Tragedies Authentic History of the World Renowned Vendettas of the Dark and Bloody Ground BY CHAS. G. MUTZENBERG R. F. Fenno & Company 16 East 17th Street, New York Copyright, 1917, by R. F. Fenno & Company KENTUCKY'S FAMOUS FEUDS AND TRAGEDIES CONTENTS THE GREAT HATFIELD-McCOY FEUD. Origin of the feud.--Fight near the Hatfield Tunnel.--Killing of Bill Staton.--Killing of Ellison Hatfield.--Butchery of the three McCoy brothers.--Murder of Jeff McCoy.--The tell-tale bloody lock of hair.--Quarrel of the Governors of Kentucky and West Virginia.--Official correspondence between them.--Frank Phillips, the daring raider, appears upon the scene.--Capture of members of the Hatfield clan.--Night Attack upon the McCoy home.--Burning of the McCoy home.--Cowardly murder of his daughter Allifair.--Brave defense of old man McCoy and his son Calvin.--Death of Calvin McCoy.--Wounding of Mrs. McCoy.--Heroism of little boy.--Escape of Randall McCoy.--Retribution.--Frank Phillips gives battle to the outlaws.--Death of brutal Jim Vance.--Battle of Grapevine Creek.--List of casualties.--Kentucky and West Virginia on the verge of war.--Phillips, the raider, arrested.--His trial in the United States Court.--His acquittal.--Phillips' pluck.--Triple tragedy at Thacker, W. Va.--Cap Hatfield and his "boy" in the toils.--Their escape from jail.--Defying arrest.--Battle of "Devil's Back Bone."--Destruction of the stronghold with dynamite.--Execution of Ellison Mount.--Conclusion. THE TOLLIVER-MARTIN-LOGAN VENDETTA.