The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-24

officers walked through the subway.
they saw crowd Of men coming IN
their direction. chasing man anu
throwing bricks Sheriff Clayton and
DEPUTY McCardc, Smith said, stepped
out into the street and the shcrth told
the crowd 10 stop. and halted the man
the crowd was increasing.
Then, the witness said, Sheriff CLAY
ton had an argument with William My
crs (thc dcfendcnt on triaD which led
20 Meyers saying:
"WeU. YOU come UP here did you?
You're not E..ng 20 run this stown. w"
will kill any of 4 SCUb that
goes into that mill to work
\ Mound>v!llC car approached from
the direction Of Wheeling, Smith t"Sti-
ned and the crowd started running TO
meet the car Smith said that attor the
argument between Meyers and the Shcr-
III. he saw no more or Myers. ana Il"
more Of the conversation which tooN
place in the subway was brought on, IN
the testimony.
As the crowd started to meet ia"
Moundsl;,lc car. the witness testified.
he with sheriff. Clayton and Deputy
sheriff Mrtardle started after the
crowd The crowd, he said. took man
OFF TIC car. They pushed Tho man about
and started chasing him through IN"
subway Smith said. when sheriff Gay
ton drew his revolver and called Toy the
men TO stop. They did not stop. smith
told ,hc jury. and Sheriff Clayton urcd
one shot into the air. Smith Sa'! tina;
h., .ncn drew his own revolver ani nr"d
twice INT" tho air Then, 10 sand, IN"
crowd collected about Ia" officers and
there were wells OF "Wh" DAD lht sh2oN
inG?"
smith said that Sheriff Clayton and!
DEPUTY MrCardlc w"r" back v' him.,
next to the OF" pile, and a man ru~h"'i'
UP to McCardie and tried 10 get pos
session Of that officers gun. Mc''Ird'"
showed the man back. Smith said and
he advanced again and tried :" ;anc th"
gun. Then Sheriff Clayton ~hot the
man. The name OF the man who Was
sho, by the sheriff was not brought
into Smiths testimony. lie was Matu
Baron.
General Shooting Begins
Then. Smith testified. genera shoot
ing began. Smith said that Ne fired two
shots at the ground. II all. l' said
! from eight 20 twelve shots WCr" urrd
! The officer testified that h" could So"
! the flashes of the guns IN the hands
J members Of the crowd. They were
! shooting. ne said. in the general dtr"c-
| ton Of himself and Clayton and Mo
| Cardle, but he was unable :" toll
WHETHER they were firing at him or ~
the sheriff.
/ After a br!ct time. Smith testified,
! the crowd started to run away. Smith
! said he stood At the spot for probably
ten minutes. He said ne did not know
! tina, either McCardIc or Clayton had
! been shot or where they had gone.
Cross Examination
! On REORGANIZATION, dctCuS" counsel
attacked variations between Deputy
Sheriff Smiths statements ~ circuit
court and statements ne - sad 70 hay"
, made IN preliminary hearings. In orc
instance. his testimony was attacked on
{ the ground that in preliminary hear
ing he hid said that ,hcr" wrr" ahou'
ten men in the subway. while In III"
trial he said that there were around
twenty-five. Prosecuting Attorney Far
( riott objected TO the questioning. judge
7 Sommcryillc ovcrrulcd ;ho objection.
The defense also pointed ga 'hrt IN
his testimony yesterday Smlh "dd sH'i
! that Meyers said I'VE VIII mo-; allow
scabs TO go into that MILL Wh.|" ia the
! preliminary hearing II" sand e..
state objection was Ov'rruIcd and Sru''I
| declared that he meant to Say I'VE.
The First Testimony
The hrst testimony Wa submitted
| when court convened for the afternoon
session Tuesday. The irst witness Wa
/ charles johnson. 4 Wheeling co!or"d
! man. who was engaged ia road work u
! the Narrows. who testified that u" Wa
/ taken from the car. beaten. struck. Shot
I'm tho leg and beaten with bricks an
! Marshall street.
I william Kolderman
! William Holdcrrnan testified 20 h:r@
, on the street near his hons" a. 80" g
. m. the day Of the riot. II" told ct s''-
. ing a crowd stop ar and of h"arn-
men in a crowd Of $50 "t 10 s'> 80"
| the - Out Uf the CIR an"
Tilt him with a brick" Frank NcrnHr
one Of the Indicted men, hc SAIL, WI
one Of the men in tho crowd.
Mrs. William HoldCrnaN told of %''
ing the crowd in front Of her homo an'
Of hearing men say "Catch him. r''' j.
him" XIII him" and using lr"'n'"
language Tho witness sad she saw .
| City Railway car on second Sir'"' ana
heard a conductor say 20 'hr mon. N"'
want 20 get a little fellow coming "f
either the next car or IN" car aii'i
that" When the car CAM. 81" said
rho crowd took off the N'r'r man. a"'
heat him. "A man IN uniform STRUCK
him behind the ear and ne fen. Mr."
HoIdcrman testified. Il heard h" Va
! Herbert PAUL." The witness sad 'n'
uniform she saw was 4 soldier un'i"r"
with soldier ovcrCoat She told az So
Ing shots fired down tho ,'"'.,
George Stroller, VINO '\"s d" '..'
| Holderman property. said 'hat he 80"
cars stopped And that he =an a l"unt
! fellow beaten up after IN" shooting co.
Cured When cars were stopped TIE
Witness testified. he would hear m''
saw. XIII xlc ------ g.. Kin him.
Car Grow Tell Story
| Ero-rtt Richardson ana N. = F"rEu
! son conductor and nlntUrn1n "
| Moundsvillc car on he Nh'"l"& TIA
tom system. told 81 'h"E" car h'd'
stopped by a crowd. and the trolley p"I
pulled down, and of men boar in% 'h
car AID threatening m'u They cafe
"scahs" On cross examination. i It"
ycloroG that this trouhl" occurred "
tho Wheeling side Of IN" rlly limits.
Opening Statlnenets
All Of Tucsady w"rul"" w. co.,
sumed in Tho opening ,'ri'm'"'E "
counsel TO tn" jury. Prosecuting "
tornoy J. n. rarriort outlined ''r r'
"a NJ sad The state would present .
.rrruvh t. evidence. rn0ha-lH.r.' go
fact of reports reaching ~" sh"rir -.
there would br trouhl" at the mil. Nr