Hatfield, Charles

• Name	Hatfield, Charles
  Gender	Male
  Incident	27 Feb 1890	Dexter, Stoddard, Missouri, USA
  	Hatfield, who looked like a farmer, but evidently was not, caught the ides after losing about $700 and started for Baren with an ugly-looking revolver in his hand He first struck Baren with the weapon, then shot him in the wrist and the right breast, inflicting ugly and possibly fatal wounds
  	20250529GHLn- Charles Hatfield of Henderson, KY shoots Mark A Brown on train after being cheated at cards. The Inter Ocean Chicago, Illinois • Fri, Feb 28, 1890 p2 CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc • 29 May 2025 • A CHICAGO GAMBLER SHOT. Mark A Baren Fatally Wounded on an Iron Mountain Train, ______ The Victim of a "Skin" Game Uses His Revolver Effectively. _______ Panic in the Car Caused by the Railway Plunderers. _______ DESPERATE WORK. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 27.-- Mark A. Baren, Chicago gambler, was shot and dangerously wounded by Charles Hatfield, of Henderson, Ky., on an Iron Mountain train, near Dexter, Mo., Tuesday night about 10 o'clock. Baren and a companion, George Jones, also of Chicago, had engaged in a game of poker with Hatfield and a traveling man named Keller. It was *skin" game, and Hatfield, who looked like a farmer, but evidently was not, caught the ides after losing about $700 and started for Baren with an ugly-looking revolver in his hand He first struck Baren with the weapon, then shot him in the wrist and the right breast, inflicting ugly and possibly fatal wounds There was a wild scene on the train. Women screamed and fainted and men dodged behind seats until all the shooting was over. Without word Hatfeld turned when his revolver 1 was emptied and coolly walked into the next car. Baren was carried to Poplar Bluff, and when he reached there was unconscious from loss of blood No effort made to catch Hatfield, who left the train before it resched Poplar Bluff, it being evident that he was not to blame. There was some talk about an old grudge between the men about woman, but J ones, who was "playing in' with Baren, admite that he and Baren were fleecing Hatfield and Keller with marked carde. Yesterday Baren was taken from Poplar Bluff to Hot Springs, Ark., in a precarious condition Jones passed through St. Louis to-night, en route for Chic go. He says he does not like Arkansas Baren, when in Chicago, was in the employ or George Hank ins, and at one time owned a saloon at No. 75 Clark street ORGANIZED TRAIN ROBBERS. LIMA, Ohio, Feb. 27.-Special Telegram - A well-organized band of train robbers and large amount of their plunder have been 00- earthed near Spencerville, seven miles west of this city, on the Chicago and Atlantic Road. One of the ring leaders is in jail, and officers are in pursuit of the others. For the last year freight trains on the Chicago and Atlantic, the Cloverleaf, and the Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Roads, wh'ch latter eross the Chicag, and Atlantic at Eaterprise, West of Spar co ville, have been robbed in such tematie and well- planned manner thst the thieves until few days AgO succeeded in keeping their identity mystery, even to the best detectives the railrosi companies could employ. Cars containing.
  		Hatfield, Chas shoots on train News_TheInterOcean18900228_2 20250529GHLn- Charles Hatfield of Henderson, KY shoots Mark A Brown on train after being cheated at cards. The Inter Ocean Chicago, Illinois • Fri, Feb 28, 1890 p2 CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc • 29 May 2025 • A CHICAGO GAMBLER SHOT. Mark A Baren Fatally Wounded on an Iron Mountain Train, ______ The Victim of a "Skin" Game Uses His Revolver…
  Person ID	I104808	WetzelFANcestry

  
  

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  Incident - Hatfield, who looked like a farmer, but evidently was not, caught the ides after losing about $700 and started for Baren with an ugly-looking revolver in his hand He first struck Baren with the weapon, then shot him in the wrist and the right breast, inflicting ugly and possibly fatal wounds - 27 Feb 1890 - Dexter, Stoddard, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Hatfield, Chas shoots on train News_TheInterOcean18900228_2 20250529GHLn- Charles Hatfield of Henderson, KY shoots Mark A Brown on train after being cheated at cards. The Inter Ocean Chicago, Illinois • Fri, Feb 28, 1890 p2 CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc • 29 May 2025 • A CHICAGO GAMBLER SHOT. Mark A Baren Fatally Wounded on an Iron Mountain Train, ______ The Victim of a "Skin" Game Uses His Revolver…

  
  

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