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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.]
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SOURCES
Telegram Workman to FK re Sid Hatfield & Ed Chambers,
-WVgn p4, Aug 1, 1921
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072054/1921-08-01/ed-1/seq-4/
The West Virginian
(Fairmont, West Virginia)
-Aug 1, 1921
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072054/1921-08-01/ed-1/seq-1/
IMAGE
Matewan Defendants, Sid Hatfield & Ed Chambers, WV Hx Center
Photograph of Miners Acquitted of Murder in Battle of Matewan
https://wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/004216
See also:
Tag: Sid Hatfield
https://weneverforget.org/tag/sid-hatfield/
Note: while the kept press reported the murder of Sid and Ed as a “gunfight” or “duel,” etc, the labor press revealed the truth: they were assassinated by Baldwin-Felts gunthugs, led by Lively.
See, for example: Duluth Labor World of Aug 13, 1921:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn78000395/1921-08-13/ed-1/seq-1/
Tag: Mingo County Coal Miners Strike of 1920-1922
https://weneverforget.org/tag/mingo-county-coal-miners-strike-of-1920-1922/
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“Sid” – Alan Cathead Johnston, Jessi Shumate, Nathan Lawson (banjo)
Lyrics by David Grubb and Johnston