In this final column on the Dan Dean case it is my purpose to give you a glimpse of the few personalities who were directly or indirectly connected with this case. The Commonwealth's attorney was Rufus A. Ayers who was later to become the Attorney General of Virginia. Judge was John A. Kelly of the Circuit Court and the County Judge was H. S. K. Morrison. I was told by the late John O. Corns, who was assisted in the prosecution that Mr. Ayers designated an attorney named Barnes as the Prosecutor in Chief, Mr. Corns was of the opinion that Mr. Barnes was one of the most talented prosecutors with whom he was ever associated in his long career at the bar, At the same time Mr. Corns was most lavish in his praise of Rufus A. Ayers and was frank to say he considered him one of the great men of Virginia. At the time of the killing of Henry Fugate the sheriff of Scott County was a man named William C. Fugate. He was succeeded in the Sheriff's Office by J. S. R. Wilhelm who as we have previously observe served on the jury at the first trail of Daniel Dean and later performed the painful task of executing the man for whose acquittal has had voted in the first trail, Sheriff William C. Fugate had his first jailor during the first trail of Dan Dean the late C.D. (Lane) Vermillion the father of our fellow townsman Isaac D. Vermillion. Mr C. D. Vermillion was a close relative and a friend of the late Captain D. S. Hale, they both joined the Union Army and they both had the distinction of voting for Abraham Lincoln. Hale was the only Scott Countian who voted for Lincoln in 1860. He cast his ballot at Peters Precinct. In that day there was no such thing as a secret ballot- the voters when his name was called named his choice most often in a loud voice. So did D. S. Hale his choice at Peters Precinct in 1860. So violent was the opposition to Lincoln that menacing threats were made against Hale almost immediately, therefore it came about that Mr Hale had to flee for his life. He betook himself to the hills and shortly afterwards went to another state and joined the Union Army. Years after the war he returned to Scott County where he lived a highly respected citizen. Mr C. D. (Lane) Vermillion voted for Lincoln in the state of Kentucky in 1864, as stated above he was a Union soldier and at the time of the killing of Henry Fugate was the jailer for Sheriff William C. Fugate, as jailor it was Mr Vermillion duty to carefully guard the fail. He was assigned the responsibility of extra caution at night, to assist him in this task he enlisted the services of a number of young men to serve as extra guards night. One of these night guards was a young man named W. D. Smith, then begin a lifelong friendship between Lane Vermillion and W. D. Smith. It was during that _______ also that W. D. Smith first became acquainted with Rufus A. Ayers and Patrick Hogan. Mr. Vermillion said Mr. Smith would always bring some books with him and at anytime he could conveniently do so he would do some of his homework. It is said this studious characteristic of W. D. Smith very much impressed Mr. Ayers, Consequently a few years later Mr. Ayers was most effective in having Mr Smith appointed Division of Superintendent of Schools which post he held for fifty one years. Mr Smith once told me that Senator Thomas S. Martin and General Rufus A. Ayers were two of the best political friends he ever had. He said General Ayers started him on his career and that Senator Martin helped him many times along the way." Roy V. Wolfe born May 19, 1891 and died Nov. 18, 1979 buried in Holston View Cemetery, Scott Co., VA. Daniel Dean was hanged in the Cedars, where now the Gate City Highschool and Foot Ball Stadium is in 1990. This article was found by Eula Mae McNutt, transcribed by Jean Brand 11-19-2000.