What Was Wrong With Ellison Mounts?

What Was Wrong With Ellison Mounts? On February 18, 1890, Ellison “Cotton Top” Mounts was hanged in Pikeville, Kentucky, for his role in the Hatfield-McCoy Feud. … It’s believed that Mounts was involved in the worst atrocity of the feud, which occurred on New Year’s Day 1888. Why was Ellison Mounts hanged? On February 18,