FIST FIGHT NEAR LOGAN
RESULTS IN ONE MURDER
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As the result of a fist fight, said to have started when Wilson Conley and Floyd Conlcy Quarreled over a girl at the Smoke House Fort cemetery, near Logan, Lee Conley, 76, WiLson's father, was shot and killed, and Wilson was seriously injured. It was charged by Logan authorities that Warren Cline, an uncle of Floyd Conley, was responsible for the shots. Cline and his nephew escaped from the crowd at the fight while Mel and Bill Conley held the spectators At bay with pointed guns, deputies declare, It was reported in Logan that the fight was in progress between Floyd and Wilson Conley when Lee Conley tried to separate the young men, Warren Cline, Floyd's uncel, drew his gun and shot Lee Conley dead and wounded Wilson Conley, officials stated. Cline and his nephew escaped to the hills while Mel and Bill Conley covered the crowd attracted by the fight with guns, it was added. A sheriff's posse, headed by sherrif Hurst, searched the surrounding hills for the men charged with the crime. Lee Conley was 76 years old, and the father of six children, all of whom are well known in Logan. The shooting occurred as the Conley's were returning from a memorial service at the Smoke House Fort cemetery on Hart's Creek. The posse led by Sheriff Frank Hurst, later captured Mel Conley and Bill Conley, who were brought to Logan and confined in the county jail.
Lee Conley(full name Stonewall Leeland Conley) was the son of Garland Boag and MollyFarley Conley. Floyd Conley was the son of Mel (Mentioned above) Conley and Georgie Dingess Conley. Bill Conley mentioned above was Mel's brother. Mel and Bill were the sons of Garland Bock and Sahra Dalton Conley. Garland Bock Conley was brother to Lee Conley who was shot
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7 Others Given
Holiday Paroles
Life Term Commutation
Ordered by Governor;
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Governor Kump added yesterday five conditional pardons, two paroles; arid a commutation 'to his list of Christmas, gifts for prisoners at Mouridsville' penitentiary. . The governor already had allowed 72 paroles, in time for'the fortunate ones to reach home before the holidays. Warren Cline, sentenced July 16, 1923, to a life term for slaying Lee Conley in Logan county, received the commutation. His sentence was reduced to 18 years. The conditional'pardons were issued to: Roy Nuckols, Raleigh county, 1933, two years, armed robbery. , Wilmer Philips. Raleigh, 1933, two years, armed robbery. . Robert Hall; Mingo, 1933, 15 years, second degree murder. William B. Hanna, Kanawha, 1935, four years, forgery. Ancil Warbutton, Clay, 1936, two years, grand larceny. The paroles were given to: Bob Foster, McDowell, 1931, 10 years, second degree murder. •'. Bob Myles, Greenbrier, 1933, three years, breaking and entering.
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