Felts Detective Agency. Two of the men killed in Matewan  that day were the brothers of agency owner, Thomas Felts. In  retaliation, Felts had the Matewan police chief, Sid Hatfield,  killed when he was tried in Welch, WV. He walked up the steps to the  courthouse and met five detectives waiting for him at the top. He  was filled full of bullets and then detective Hugh Lucas turned and  emptied a gun into the courthouse wall as though Hatfield had shot  at them, then placed the gun in his hand after detective Charley  Lively had shot him behind the ear to make sure he was dead.