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21 Mar

A local jury acquitted Sid Hatfield and 17 others of murder charges from the Matewan Massacre

Sidney "Sid" Hatfield (May 15, 1893-August 1, 1921) was the controversial police chief of Matewan and martyred hero to union coal miners. He was born near Matewan but on the Kentucky side of Tug Fork. He worked in area coal mines until Mayor C. C....

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