The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-08-03

EEVenh7"oo West Charleston Monday evening n captured little Harry
Pierce, He needed 90 advertising found the Gazette a willing
"edeum hat ave him from gag space Tor hsh ot air pipe story with a
scare headed that read alleged thief and desperado run down, Harry
Pierce caught after a battle. There were not tire words of truth in
the entire article. In the first place Harry Pierce wa n o a desperate
nut is a stripping of a boy and will OF weigh a 1875 pounds. oweing to
Inc. Inc lac. nat he is tn sn o a DOC widow he might be called a petty
ulst u If he hd been the o of the idle rich he would have beer
pok OF as a klepomaniac. The 10 were not nearJack Foleys. but
AS soon as Harry pierce realized b wara oman 80 nm @ va 'anu upon mem mem
ran, Foley began to shoot The boys with Pierce says he had nc Gum
therefore couldn't shoot; he had pended his u fr something tic at a
Even though thu boy was surrounded by ofcers he would have made his
a escape aso II 1T nae not been FOL his physical condition We are told by peo-
but a of weeds. This great body of detectives deserves credit for
mi inc shooting at this unarmed youth like he was a mad dog. If
posse we're guilty If breaking the Johnson bss "" pr mu ,a aste'a men IN t This
Foley Mike Foley Clark Martin all had guns neither of thesc
men nae tn authority to carry them. You will have to d 10 something
Else Mr. Howard Smith before o can win fan as a man hunter. los
ANYBODY could catch a half starved. hanfd drunk. marine lad. Harry
pe'Feem ay b a bad boy but there we're worse men chaseing him.
Several week g Mr. NJ NJ. Luddington vas " dow o h corner
.imated that the accident ws due to the m as, ,ne ac mn ca ar'ver Dut IN
Luddinston n eve tried to find nut lust how the accident happened
~ vas satisfied with the explanation given by the automobile wne
Mr. l"ddinston lives o n thu lower corner of Washington IN Elizabeth
streets Ind vas riding a bicycle II Elizabeth street OF tn right side
Js 'oefore he reached Washington street he noticed the machine cor
didnt axno. - " " at g goo rate offs speed in fact so fast that he
olont EXPECT it to make a turn at the coner. MIR. Luddinron usually
lad nt checked to make h urn he decided it was going ou Wash.
inston street SC rang his bell and started across the h. stras to~ NV ma ss
wife and baby who We're standing o Washington street Just as he ROT
to the eorner of Elizabeth and Washington streets HI automobnc
wheeled into Elizabeth street struck him going at tn rate of l 2 to
l" miles an hour. Mr.. 1uddngton a knocked unconcious an laid in
wrecked beyond repair: just As soon as the ytcim a "a ~ Va a., WERE eotn
chn driver regained consciousness Mr.. schwabe sen his attorney. Mr..
w 'SN'S Ab LIE eWenuOlS sum of S5
lhnk of it, So to pay a man or his loss of time. his suneings from
tn cut inc bruises, to pay his doctor bills and for his he n watch.
Ao inns smooth tongue lawyer tried o get Mr.. Iluddineton to rlin-
q'sh All of his rights and settle fol- that paltry sum and wen ven so
fr as to telephone police headquarters hat h victim had n charge
10 prefer. n automobile have a habit OF whirinpt heir ma
mines "ouhd the street orne at a high rat of speed it should De
p Ihi vas a pure case of reckless driving OF the ar of he
c"pant of The automobile hey should be orced to pay tn wctim
OF their recklcssness a handsome Indemnity for TIL loss of tme and nron-
ery II h injury to his person.
Officer Campbell brought son very serious charges against Chief of
romeo "A Guln, but ~ Mayo failed to call for al investigation. It's an
evident fact that h bootleggers paid so much If their profit for nro-
lection while tn W was supposed to be dry these are several oues-
tons tha a sben publicly asked that have never beer answered by thu
mead or the police department The chiefh has never said what become of
'e '' ao WHISKY collected ~ his force. The public knows lat hum
dreds of dollars wortho of beer and whisky W a hauled dow to-no,ice be,d-
quarters but don know what became of it Now W e want to ask the
cmi VIZ. Al GULL will he kindly explain how it as that the gambling
''orS l." Al GolH In he dead hours of night to re burned happened to
urn IL again in police headquarters W weeks later from q room m
S""mer st? Tell the public why these tables were not burned INC
mo 20 The $500 a certain gambler claims he paidf for he return?
W e note % the Business Forecast or the Month Of Aueust that or
eNpo's exceed or imports ~ W. a half billion dollars. Is there not
s"e 'hlhs "ron With a systeno of government that exports billions of
ooHas worth o necessities while here are millions of her own peon1s
counr'es ne people are starving here. The report farther shows that
ne o"h crear1ngs re larse in tn history of of his mt vet there
IS more poVert n suffering than was wei known before Tbere
'e no set o. people nde the u that are robbed and exploited as m,cb
as Inc American working class and there is lot another race rh, hvo
nu al good pportraiue By negligence n arelessness, We have
H' 'N e'p o''''on md rus capture II government it as become
d "e'"S OF exploitation in stead of a protection to majority.
II seems ron hi evidence given ain III Dotson, Collins rial tho o,ho,
va! mat Mr.. 4oward Smiths noted blood hounds mus have nm tben.
serves &c death after rabbits h might OF III 1Oth. as it is n evident Font
,nn* soefore irving to Ia hunt with a o hound you nus first break
Them from running rabbits at night.
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