The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-02

his way to a street car and reached his
Main street home. wh"r" nr y. j.
Boone vas called - render surgical
aid. nr Noomc told in' Iut"lAc'nc"r
asst evening that johnson vas shot
through the l"E. about SIX Inches below
Il" hip. The physician viii hr urIhic
- tell until an INLAY photograph IL
taken to-duy whether the bullet injured
the hone in JuhrS"n'E leg. Johnson
also bears srvcra! marks on his breast,
4 which he told rr. Nonmr were inf!ict-
I'D by his aSsa!lanls pummrluG HIN
! with their fists. The n"Er" told tn"
: doctor that he was taken from the car
. by a hi;; gang "f mon, WI" repeatedly
called HIM "SCab" and assaulted and
( shot HIM in spite OF his protests that
! ne was not going To- IN" Riverside.
Stopped Street Cars.
: The crowd gathered about n" River
: side is alleged TO have stopped street
! cars. even going So far as t" jerk tho
trolley poles off TN" wire, bearded n"
cars and searched for PERSONS they be-
! !i"y"d w"r" going 90 the Riverside S"v-
"ral are alleged to hav" h""n taken Off
of the cars and pretty badly used M.
Learning Of this action on the part
"r IN" strikers. ]. y. Marble. supcr!n.
londcnt OF the M"undSv.ll" division -
~" Wheeling Traction system. notified
Wee President c. L. Billings. who in
,.'ructrd MIR MARBLE Ia appeal to sheriff
CLAYTON and Prosecuting Attorney Jas
y. Parirott for protection for the cars.
Sheriff Arrives.
Sheriff Clayton. with n force OF dep
uti"I arrived AT Rcnwoud and part ~
the force was stationed ut tho Marshall
street man gate (" guard against dis
order. Sheriff Clayton. with Deputies
D. y. McCardlc and Earl Smith then
started for the north entrance To In"
mill yard. directly at the upper md OF
tho Ecnwood subway.
Entering the subway. according TO the
story told to Prosecuting Attorney Par
ri0ti. tho sheriff and deputies saw
man being chased through IN" subway
The officers advanced L. meet the mob
The Fatal Shooting.
A big crowd If strikers. according Ia
Sheriff Clayton'S statement. WAS gath
cr>l a. the north cntranC" to the
Ri,crsidc throwing bricks and stones
at men who were leaving tn" street cars
10 70 to work. Going toward this
melee. The officers drew th"ir guns for
their own safety and Sheriff clayton
fired five shots into I'll" air. Tho situi-
ton seemed 10 quiet for Il moment. ac-
Cord,nG 70 the officers. then ri"l"nc"
broke out again. In tho brief interval
, that elapsed It is claimed. Matijaj
Earan and Killed the latter Instantly.
die in a sCufflc. and shot the deputy
through tn" hand. Sheriff clayton.
seeing this incident. fired point blank at
Bdran and killed tho latter instantly.
John Mjharlnr, Il Russian, Is then al
legged to have shot sheriff Clayton
through the hip, and Deputy Sheriff
Earl Smith shot MiharIor in the jaw.
! BADLY wounded. Sheriff clayton and
Deputy McCardlc tried {" crawl UP over
a Stag bank for protection. md the
| officers clam that strikers fired twelve
shots nj them as they wcr" trying TO
get u cover.
wounded To Hospital
The body Of iaran was TAKEN I" IN"
Cro"y-Rrntz morEue nj B"rw"Hd Coro-
nor J. II. McConhs will cmpan"l a jury
| for the inquest today. but IT probably
will he later in tn" week before the
evidence can be taken
Sheriff Clayton and Deputy Sheriff