The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-21
Anderson
Tells His
DUN Story.
SAYS HE is INNOCENT OF THE
CHARGE FOR WHICH AR.
REST WAS MADE. q aiia
CLAIMS HIS sTEpFATHER HAS
PUT Up JOB AND SISTER 4
SWEARS HIM GUILTY. 80

| 9buu1f AhGeFSQn tpe, young man
of Huntington District Who Is in
the county jail charged with one of
the most serious offcnses lin the
category of crime, OF being the faith
or Of an illcgftimata Child I sbyFS his
sister, who is under IA years Of age.
asserts his innocence, although he
says the evidence is against him.
Looking through the bars of his
cell. young Anderson made the fol.
lowing statement:
81 am not guilty of the crime for
which am arrested but it's going to
be hard to make any one believe It
In face of my sisters sworn state
ment. ] think my stcpfather got
around her and had her make a false
oath to implicatc nc. l was In
Pennington for about ten days after
the child was born and knew Il all
the time, II they had wanted to get.
me they could have done 1t. have
worked hard all my life. and for the
past two years have put nimy time
for oil companies and farmers! / 1
worked for the Philadelphia Com.
panya Of West Virginia forlsome tlmo,
and then fer Tho Carter Oil and Gas
Company. " r '!'R ~ st.r JHu /
"My life has been spent spent aboat
Pennington and Warrington with
the exceptions of the four years i was
in the navy. ! Joined the navy when
l was 16 years old and was honorab-
ly discharged in 1912. ! am now ,22
years old. This is the first time i
was ever arrested for crime, but Il
was in the guardhouse when in the
navy once or twice." He was asked
is 1t true that You were in the guard
house about two-thirds of the time.
That is not true, my discharge
bears the word good and i'll had
been in the irons for that long do
you think they would give nc that
kind of a discharged"
81 belonged to the marines and
was In the Panama district for three
years. When. the steamship Della
ware was sent to England to the
coronation of King George. I was
on her. I saw King George right in
the eye. and say. lie didn't look any
better than anybody else." The boy
here, then almost in tears described
The trip and the old ship for which
he stood. He said: at begins to look
like we ar going to have a SCRAP In
Mexico and won't be there, unless
! can prove am innocent and that
will be hard. saw service in Mica
rausua and was also on the steam
ship Massachusetts,. While in
Panama | trained for prize fighting
under Jack Evcrhart."
Sister Destitute.
81 went back to Pennington after
I came back from the navy but was
never out with my sister. as she did
not have any clothes 1T to wear. My
mother and stepfathcr could not buy
her anything. She would do any
thing that he told her to do and even
IL he knew he was guilty lie could
get her to swear It to me. told my
mother some time ago to be careful
of sister. Transfers boarded there,
men OF all kinds were there and my
s,cpfathcr never went any place.
never hauled load from the farm or
did any work on the farm unless she
was along"
While SHE. has sworn the child 10
mlc,,and 1t looks IKE r:would go TO,
tho pen. yet at, tic Same time,
couldn't some otlier inah' be Entity?
! never was with the girl, and l am
not the fattier Of that acRildgs ] /
haven't, any money to fight my case!
I couldn't hire anfattorney under
any consideration, 50 tsrcGkon may
as well prepare to go"in!f Tho old
man has always had 1t In for nc. We
did not hardly ever speak. lie would
not allow my mother to Io anything
for me and ] have seen her bear
marks of his fist. Mother was never
allowed to do anything with my
sister, as he would not allow her.
When go on the stand somebody is
going to get theirs. didn't try to
get away. had no reason to try
and get away, but am up against
II now"