Evening star., 1921-02-27
VISIT TO MATEWAN
ORDERED FOR Jury
View of Scenes Amid Which
Pistol and Rifle Battle
Took Place Required.
by the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
/ WILLIAMSON, w. Va. February 20.
Tho Mnso county court will adjourn
to Matewan Monday afternoon, it was
announced at the conclusion Of today's
| session. There the jury that is trying
Sid Hatfield. the town chief of police
and eighteen other men on a charge in
connection with the death Of Albert c.
| Felts, private detective. will have
look at Mates street and the buildings
| facing on it.
| 1t was in that street last May 19
that pistol and rifle bat lie was staged.
during which Felts. six other private de-
| tectives Mayor c. c. Testerman and
two residents Of the little mining town
suffered wounds that resulted in their
! death.
Will Assist Jurors.
| Chambers hardware store. the Nor
/ folk and Western station and Mates
street are names now familiar to the
! jury. and in order that it might have
/ an eyeSight picture OF the battle-ground
! it was decided by the court to take
| the jurymen. defendants and counsel to
! the scene of the shooting.
! 1t is likely that the defense will COM
| mence it's case on Tuesday morning.
trial would continue for another fort-
| night.
Two witnesses were called during TO-
| days brief session. One was Z. e.
| Lively. surprise witness for the prose-
cution, and the other c. S. Pennington.
a member Of the United Mine Workers
| Lively, who Is a Baldwin-Felts secret
service agent, was recalled for cross
examination after telling startling
story concerning number OF the de-
fendants late yesterday afternoon.
His Restaurant Experience.
! Lively testified that he went to Mate
wan month after the pistol and rife
battle which followed eviction OF miners.
families from Stone mountain in coal
| company houses by Baldwfn-Felts oper-
atives.
| Posing as a union man and hiding his
real identity, Lively said he opened .
restaurant in the little mining town and
Der of the men now on trial. From them
he told the jury he learned a great deal
about the street fight. He testified that
| Sid Hatfield told him that he (Hatheld)
! killed both Albert Felts and Mayor
Hatfield had remarked to him that he
would kill Anse Hatfield, like he would
a dog" Anse Hatfield was shot to
| death last August while sitting on the
porch of his hotel. 1t was at his
stopped during the eviction process, and
he had come to be regarded as an i'm
| portant states witness. His slayer has
| not been apprehended.
l witness also related a. CONVERSATION
he said he had with Sid Hatfield dur
| ing a trip to Matewan eleven days be-
fore the general shooting. He told
the jury that Hatfield had remarked
to him that If private detectives came
| to the town to evict miners families,
| they would get killed" Lively said
| that during his first visit to Matewan
he became friendly with Hatfield and
casually asked the latter why he had
not married. Hatfield. witness said,
| replied:
| poor chance to get married because
another man has the woman I want
| Lively testified that Hatfield supple
mented the remark with the statement
that He would have her il he had to
go through h to get her"
| Sid Hatfield was married to the
widow Of Mayor Testerman soon after
| the Mayors death.
Attorney J. J. Coniff, for the defense
on cross-examination drew the state
ment from Lively that he actually had
been a member of the United Mine
| Workers, in 1902. Witness said he
| Joined the organizatioa so that he
could make a living In the mines. The
| defense sought to establish that
Lively had gained the confidence OF
the men through improper methods
Witness replied that It wouldn't have
been necessary for him to pose as a
| union man-"men were openly boast
ing Of the fight" he said.