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A section of the floodwall along the Tug Fork in Matawan, West Virginia, constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, depicts the HatfieldâMcCoy feud. 1865: Former Union soldier Asa Harman McCoy killed January 7, 1865, probably by the Logan Wildcats led by Jim Vance. 1878: Bill Staton (nephew of Randolph McCoy â not shown on family tree) was killed in 1878 as revenge for testifying on behalf of Floyd Hatfield in his trial for stealing a McCoy hog.
The Austin police officer best known for killing the University of Texas Tower sniper has died. Officer Houston McCoy shot and killed Charles Whitman on Aug. 1, 1966, after Whitman killed 16 people and wounded 32 from the observation deck atop the UT Tower. The 72 year-old McCoy died today of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.