Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-10-24

rect law. but refused to grant the peH-
ton. mainly on the i round that it
would be impossible to try the So acrH
cused all together, because the law
gave them 1914 challenges. Judge
Hunter pointed out to the court that
chat was not the fault OF the accused,
that they had not indicted themselves
and were not responsible for the
blunders OF District Attorney Joseph
Moore or for those of the prosecuting
attorney for the Southern Lumber
Operators Association, Congressman A.
P. Pujo, but the court still refused and
ordered the nine men to trial for the
murder of the lumber trust gunman,
A. P Vincent, who was killed in the
battle at Grabow, La, when the mass
meeting of the Brotherhood and its
farmer allies was fired on from ambush
by the private thug army of the Assoc
citation on the 7th of last July.
The whole of the 9Th passed with no
Juror accepted. The only excitement
occurring during the day being Judge
Hunters first romping Of the Burns
Detective Agency, which sent thrill
over the whole audience and brought
the first cry of 'order in court" from
the sheriff. There was nothing else
of interest, except the evident inten-
ton of several association scukers to
do their best to get on the jury, many
of them testifying that they had hard
y heard anything of the case, were
not prejudiced, even against Emerson,
and this though they lived in the heart
of the infected territory" as the As
ISOLATION calls union country, worked
e., 1oh
Industrial and Long!Bell Lumber COM
panies, were or had been members OF
that lawless organization called '9The
Law and Order League" and knew
what their bosses" wanted done with
the boys. All failed, however, and pub
lie sentiment beginning to grow, none
have since shown the same eagerness.
Judge Overton put most OF them out
of the jury box on his ruling, announc-
ed at the beginning of the trial, that
he would allow no one to serve on the
Jury who was member OF the Asso-
citation or in such a position as to be
under it's domination, or who was a
member of the Brotherhood.
The morning session of the 9Th saw
the first juror accepted, John Hagin,
farmer, who entered the box at 1925
a. M. The second juror, Albert Derou-
en-, farmer, was accepted at 1929 a.
m. The thid juror, s. W. Mack, farm
er, at 2:30 p. m. At p. m. the panel
of Jurors was exhausted j and Judge
Oyerton adjourned court until 9 a. m.
of the 10th, after ordering Sheriff Reid
to summons 225 de tailbus jurors for
service.
Try to Fix Jury.
On the evening of the 9th, Judge
Hunter charged the Burns Detectiye
Agency with trying to fix the jury.
This was the; first real sensation of
the trial. Prosecuting Attorney Pujo
was Immediately gon his feet wildly
protesting against Judge Hunters
fierce assault, proclaiming Burns tin
angel of purity, the saviour of society
and demanding that the "Old Roman"
produce "proof" of his charges, this
though Burns local manager had sat
back Of the prosecution all during the
trial with a list of some sort OF his
hands. which he consulted every time
a fresh set Of jurors entered the box,
mysteriously whispering to the state
every time a doubtful juror was under
examination. w. e. Kinney, the Burns
manager, also protested his innocence
and the saintship of his valiant.
chieftain, but has not been one-haf SO
cocky since the old Judge "broke
loose" Every time Judge Hunter
rises now and says "Yo' Honor" the
prosecution and prosecuting attorneys
go up in the air, for the Judge is fight
ing this case with as consummate
ability as even Clarence barrow has
ever fought in court, not even except
ing the great battle for the life and
liberty of VIM. D. Haywood.
Kept Unionists Out.
i The session Of the 10th was decided
| ly interesting. On that day, for the
| first time in its nefarious history, the
Burns Detective Agency was made to
take water" Judge Hunter having
driven them into corner and brought
them begging on their knees. On this
day, too, the first American Fedora
ton men entered the jury box for ex-
animation, but the prosecution chal-
lenged every last one of them, as it
did F. M, Deitz, brother of State Sec
rotary Deitz of the Socialist party, the
prosecuting attorney nearly having a
fit every time the word union" was
mentioned. Many jurors were also ask
0u ny Lu9 QIOS6CuCIOu IL Lucy Adu 4Oc1N
"The Rebel" "The Rip-Saw," or CAP
peal to Reason" if they had "heard
Emerson. Haywood, Creel or Coving-
ton Hall speak" One Juror being chal-
lenged peremptorily by the state be-
cause he had read one copy of ''The
Rip-Saw." Are we growing, little
broterhs Of the clod?" Well, it looks
so! and we will grow faster than
Jacks bean stalk if you will only rush
into Secretary Jay Smith Box 70,
Alexandria. La, the funds we so badly
need to defend our brothers now on
trial. Lack of funds alone can beat US.
Rush them. in. We are trying to do
our duty down here. Try to do yours
out there, and try to do it now, today.
Late in the evening two more jurors
were accepted in rapid succession,
Duffy Holland, farmer, and w. p. Whit
field, furniture salesman, making five,
in the jury box when court adjourned
at 5-p. m.
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