'Thomas L. Felts, active head of Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, the most feared and hated man in the mountains. Pix used on page 66 of [Lee's] book. From New Kanawha River and the Mine War in West Virginia by Kyle McCormick.'
Two Gun Sid Hatfield is in photo on the left. Ed Chambers is in photo on the right. The bottom photo is the courthouse at Welch where Chambers and Hatfield were killed in the 1921 strike.
Freight Train Loaded with Miners on Way to Front, Ramage, Boone County, W. Va.
Date:
1921
Description:
Train on the way to the front, passing through Ramage, Boone Co. Photo by Miss Sara Jane Pollock, Daughter of A.W. Pollock, gen. mgr. of Spruce R. Coal Co., whose house is the highest in this picture.
'Left to Right 'Standing': Jim Maggard, Jury Foreman, Reese Chambers, C.H. Kisser, Fred Burgraph, Sid Hatfield, Nat Attwood, Ed Chambers, Lee Toller, and Clare Overstreet. Left to Right 'Kneeling': Bouser Coleman, Ben Mounts, Bill Bowman, Van Clay, Art Williams, and Hallie Chambers. First Row third from right is Jess Boyd, his name was not on the list. Pix used on page 61 of [Lee's] book.'
Baldwin-Felts Detectives Killed in Matewan Massacre
Description:
Top Row: C. T. Higgins, Albert Felts and Lee Felts. Bottom Row: C. B. Cunningham, A. J. Booher, E. C. Powell, and J. W. Ferguson. 'Pix used on page 56 of [Lee's] book.'
Guns and Ammunition Seized During First Martial Law Proclamation
Date:
1912
Description:
'Arms and ammunition surrendered to or captured by state troops immediately after first declaration of martial law on Paint Creek and Cabin Creek, September 2, 1912. See book, page 32, etc. Picture used on page 32 of book by H. B. Lee. Rifles, machine guns, pistols, and ammunition seized by the militia in the strike zone. Boxes on the left contain 225,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition.'
!['Thomas L. Felts, active head of Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, the most feared and hated man in the mountains. Pix used on page 66 of [Lee's] book. From New Kanawha River and the Mine War in West Virginia by Kyle McCormick.'](/thumb/004209.jpg "Felts, Thomas L.")
!['Left to Right 'Standing': Jim Maggard, Jury Foreman, Reese Chambers, C.H. Kisser, Fred Burgraph, Sid Hatfield, Nat Attwood, Ed Chambers, Lee Toller, and Clare Overstreet. Left to Right 'Kneeling': Bouser Coleman, Ben Mounts, Bill Bowman, Van Clay, Art Williams, and Hallie Chambers. First Row third from right is Jess Boyd, his name was not on the list. Pix used on page 61 of [Lee's] book.'](/thumb/004216.jpg "Defendants in Matewan Massacre Trials")
![Top Row: C. T. Higgins, Albert Felts and Lee Felts. Bottom Row: C. B. Cunningham, A. J. Booher, E. C. Powell, and J. W. Ferguson. 'Pix used on page 56 of [Lee's] book.'](/thumb/004221.jpg "Baldwin-Felts Detectives Killed in Matewan Massacre")
