LOGAN, WVa.

Thirty-five- persons landed In the county jali here over Saturday and Sunday on a variety of charges. Two were held for petit larceny, Julius Adams and Russell Conley, Others held include Everett Adams, escape' from, .county road gang; Seymore Kinser, Mincie Kelley and F. D. Kelly, fighting; Steve Saho, John Roberts and Mary Burgoyne, possession of liquor; Edward Adkins, stealing: Celo Xelson. felony; Gus Zanoloki, defrauding; Eliza Peltry, possession of homebrew: Albert C. Littlejohn, desertion from army.

LOGAN, WVa.

Joint admiration of a young married woman by two young residents of Harts Creek, is seen as the causes of two violent altercations in that section Tuesday. As a result of the alleged jealousy between the men, Reese Conley and Johnny Marcum, over the affections of Mrs. Russell Conley, the, two boys fought with a pistol and shovel. Later in the day Conley's mother, Mrs.(Garland) Fly Conley, is said to have- attacked Mrs. Russell Conley with a butcher knife. The outcome for two of the cen- tral figures may be death. Both Reese Conley and Mrs. Russell Coney are In a serious condition. The former is a patient in the Hatfield- Lawson hospital here suffering four pistol wounds, and the latter is at her Harts creek home, Marcum is held in the county jail were pending outcome of; Conley's condition, while, nursing a wounded head, allegedly caused by Conley's attack with a shovel. Conley's mother, Mrs. Fly Conley Is not known to have been apprehended. The first trouble occurred when Marcum and Conley battled near the latter's home. Following Conley's Injury, his mother is said to have been so aroused that she went in search of the woman over whom the- row is believed to have started, and, finding her, the knife battle ensued. Following his fight, Marcum walked to Mud Fork and telephoned for n. taxi to take him to the hos- pital here. Arriving he was met by Deputy Ed Taylor, who took him on to the. jail to answer the shoot ing charge. For almost two days after the shooting Conley was reported to be dead. Wednesday, a party of relatives arrived at the hospital with the patient. He was found to be suffering wounds in the chest, over the left eye, the thumb, and back The latter injury is the most serious, tho bullet lodging at tho patient's spine. Marcutn's version of the fight took no account of the "eternal triangle" theory, and deals with no more of a motive than the theft of a hat. He said that Monday night Conley had been at the home of Charlie (Gue) Conley, where Marcum stays and when he left he had taken his (Marcum's) hat, Tuesday morning Marcum said he. went to claim his property. Conley then chased him with a shovel, striking him on the back of the head and causing him to fall, he said. After Mareum had arisen and started up the road, so his story goes, Conley ran after him, shovel in hand, chased him for about 100 yards, and then on catching up, struck him across the back with the shovel. Marcum says he then turned around and fired six shots at Conley, four of which took affect, Both men, are between the ages of 20 and 25. Reese Conley is a brother of Bruce Conley, who was killed recently, allegedly by Dell Doss.(*This is wrong, Bruce is Reese's brother, but Bruce allegedly killed Dell Doss, he went to prison three years for it.) Johnny Marcum was a cousin of Ernie Marcum, one of the three- Harts creek ginsengers, slain in the now famous Chauncey hollow triple killing of August, 1927. Marcum, Dry Agent Ed Hensley, and the latter a son, Don Hensley, were all three instantly killed when Chauncey Hollow moonshiners opened fire on the Ginseng party. As a result, three of the suspects, Isom Curry and Mitt and Bird Nelson, are still fugitives from justice after two years, and Millard Porter Is serving a life sentence in the state penitentiary. Russell Conley, husband of the woman over whom the trouble arose is a prisoner in the county jail here, where- he is serving a federal sentence.

OLD MURDER CASES ON COURT'S DOCKET

Kinder, Browning, Glenn and Marcum Trials Set at Logan

LOGAN, Feb. 5.—Four murder trials In'which there Is unuasual public Interest, are on the circuit court docket ^for this week and the first of next week. Included- in the list are two nine-year-old cases, tho defendant In each 'having been a 'fugitive during the Intervening period. In both instance's murder Indictments against them had been nolled years ago, but they were re-Indicted following capture. Tweel Browning, member of a prominent family of this city. Is scheduled to go on trial Thursday. Browning, a 'former collector for :a local furniture company, is charged, with the fatal shooting of Julius Williams, a youth- in his 'teens, in the Black Bottom section, on the evening, of November 1. last. The killing is said to have resulted from, jealousy over a woman. Browning has been held In the county jail here since his arrest. . Of major Interest in court circles will be'the trial of Peter Kinder, former preacher and laborer of Blair, who is charged with the fatal shooting of Joe Gore at Blair In 1920. his trial is set foe Saturday. The killing is said to have been the outgrowth of a dispute' over at- tempts to organize the United,Mine Workers of America in that section, 'Several-others were wounded in-the general firing, among .them .being "Butch 'Mullins of this city, who was a deputy sheriff at the time; Kinder' had been living at River Rouge, a suburb of Detroit, under an assumed name. His secret was betrayed by a son-ln-Jaw. Kinder Is at liberty on $10,000 bond. Another murder csse is also set for trial: February 8. The defendant is John Marcum, charged with the. killing of Reece Conley, -October 20. 1930;

(Reese didn't die from this shooting, he recovered only to be shot in April of 1932 by Lacey Conley. This shooting did kill him. He passed away May 12, 1932)

The fourth trial Is that of Paul Glenn, the second Ixigan countian to remain a fugitive for nine years. set to come -up next Monday. Glenn was Indicted for the fatal'shooting of Silas Waldon. at Wilbur, December 23, 1020. He is said to have shot Walden through a window of his home while the latter was in bed. Glenn was arrested dt Blizabothtoil, Tenn., last .fall on another .charge, and later Identified as the Logan county fugitive. He was returned here for trial at the October term of court, but the case waa continued to the January term. Warrants were quashed' in seven, cases recently, due to technical errors. They concerned Charley Bias, L. Harleqs and Russell Barker for .violating road laws; Ed Garrett, for assault and battery. H. E. Duncan and JRussell Barker for drunkenness, and Denny Marcum. board bill. .Elmer Craft pleaded guilty to larceny, and Alex Farley, confessed ownership of a; moonshine still. Each ,were sentenced to two years by Judge Naaman Jackson

LOGAN WOMAN HELD

Mrs. Fly Conley Under Bond in Stabbing Case

LOGAN. Nov. 2.—Mrs. Fly Conley, of Harts creek, was held under $1,000 to tho Logan county grand jury, charged with stabbing Mrs. Russell Conley, at a hearing before Magistrate A. W. McCloud at Chapmanpvillo this afternoon. The warrant for her arrest was sworn out by Mrs. May Carey, widow of Kasterbrook Carey, who was shot and killed .several months ago by A. C. Skaggs, then chief of the Logan police department. The stabbing occurred after Mrs. Fly Conley's son, Reece, 20 years old, had been shot and killed by Johnny Marcum, 23 years old, allegedly following a quarrel over the affections of Mrs. Russell Conley. The victim of the attack is a patient at a local hospital, suffering stab wounds In the neck and back. Marcum is a prisoner in tho county

(Reese did not die, he recovered and lived 3 more years. His cousin Lacey Conley killed him in 1932.)

Logan Court

Lula Conley, indicted for Maim ing, received a continuance of her case Wednesday to April 16, and was released on $1,000 borid With Albert Gore as surety. The caae of Frank Toth and Ed Lawrence, •jointly in dieted for larceny, was continued' Wednesday to April 16, and the two released on $1,000 bond each

THE CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1929

Logan—Reece Conley, shot October 29 by John Marcum, has been discharged from a local hospital. Conley may be crippled for life as the result of a bullet wound In his spine, doctors say. The trouble between .the men Is said to have started In an argument over a hat.

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