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Hellraisers Journal – Thursday September 16, 1920
Williamson, West Virginia – Bride of Sid Hatfield Main Attraction at Court
From The Seattle Star of September 15, 1920:
Mrs. Sid Hatfield [Jessie Lee Maynard Testerman Hatfield], wife of Chief of Police Sid Hatfield, of Matewan, West Virginia, under indictment for the killing of Albert Felts, mine detective, in a street battle last May, is said by many to be the prettiest woman in Mingo county. She was the widow of Mayor Testerman, shot, it is charged, by Felts. She married Hatfield shortly after Testerman’s death. It is said that this was the dying wish of the mayor. Mrs. Hatfield accompanied her husband to court at Williamson and was the center of attraction in the crowded court room during the preliminary hearings of Hatfield’s case.
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SOURCES & IMAGES
Quote Sid Hatfield, re Evictions per R Minor, Lbtr p11, Aug 1920
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/culture/pubs/liberator/1920/08/v3n08-w29-aug-1920-liberator.pdf
The Seattle Star
(Seattle, Washington)
-Sept 15, 1920
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1920-09-15/ed-1/seq-14/
See also:
Jessie Lee Maynard-Marriage Records
http://genealogytrails.com/wva/mingo/jessieleemaynard.html
Tag: Sid Hatfield
https://weneverforget.org/tag/sid-hatfield/
Tag: Matewan Defendants of 1920
https://weneverforget.org/tag/matewan-defendants-of-1920/
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Sid Hatfield-The Southern West Virginia Coal Wars
-by David Grubb and Alan Johnston
& vocals with Jessi Shumate