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Hellraisers Journal – Monday August 1, 1921
Welch, West Virginia – Hatfield and Chambers Murdered by Gunthugs
From The West Virginian of August 1, 1921:
CHAMBERS ALSO DEAD AS RESULT OF
BATTLE WITH DETECTIVES AT WELCH
———-Victims Were to have Appeared in
Court There Today
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FIVE ARE ARRESTED
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Shooting Took Place in the
Court House Yard,
Report
—–WELCH, W. Va., Aug. 1-Sid Hatfield, chief of police of Matewan and Edward Chambers, a police man of that place, were killed in a gun fight in the court house yard here shortly before noon today. C. E. Lively, a [Baldwin-Felts] private detective and four other persons were arrested in connection with the shooting…..
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[Photograph and emphasis added.]
