Catlettsburg, KY, September 11. – The trial of the principals of the McCoy Hatfield murders has ot yet commenced. Reports of their acquittal originated in the dismissal of Andy Varney, Selkirk McCoy and L. D. McCoy, as they were only held for witnesses. Thomas Chambers, Moses Christian and Plyant Mayhorn, were released on bail, while Walt. (sic Wall) Hatfield, chief of the gang, and Doc. Mayhorn, his lieutenant, were refused bail, and remain incarcerated in the Pike county jail. Their trial will not come up for five months. [1]