The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-20

ever read or heard Of" He also said
ops and pick UP the gun that he had
mere is his gun and it is empty too"
Fired Into Dead Body.
| In the sworn statement of another
ne says, II seen men shooting Cham
bers and saw them come down the
| steps past Chambers and saw him
raise up a little as they passed and at
that time saw one of them place a
pistol almost against him and fire into
him body.'
The affidavitts of these men prove
conclusively that murder had been
carefully planned and arranged be-
forehand and that it was a deliberate
and cold blooded murder and that
neither of the victims used or at
tempted to use gun.
The editor of the West Virginia
Federationist is in receipt of letter
from an attorney who with others are
investigating the murder. Accom-
pany1ng the letter are three affidavits
| from eye Witnesses but the names of
the witnesses are withheld from pub
| llcation. They will be produced in
court and at the trial.
| The Attorneys Letter.
Dear Sir: Under separate cover T
am mailing you three statements re-
garding the shooting at Welch Of eye
witnesses thereto. to-wit, together
with the names of several witnesses
and. their addresses. Also a COPY of
the Bluefield Telegraph which carried
a. statement from Lively as to how it
| happened. in which he charges that
Sid was not only armed, but that he
actually shot at him.
! If he undertakes to stick to this
| story for his defense he will be lost
worlds without ends as there can be
| fifty witnesses procured who will
swear that Sid never fired a gun. OF
! course you will file this paper and
keep it.
They have in the little old Jail here
nlnety-six prisoners SO the boys told
| me: this morning which stacks them In
about as close as sardines in a box.
and they continue to bring thcn in.
making no charge against them coeni-
Fable by the civil courts or at least
not turning them over to the civil au--
thorities for trial.
Should BE Prosecuted.
II hope you will be able to work
fout some plan whereby the bunch can
be prosecuted for the murder Of Hat
field and Chambers. It seems to me
that the attorney general ought to be-
gin to sit PIP and take notice.
Il like to have forgot to mention
it, but the parties giving these state
ments do not want the fact given out
, until they can get out as they believe
| they would be murdered if It was
known, SO be certain that you do not
expose them without their knowledge.
Also you must understand that nv
own bacon is at stake overe here and
you must keep that thought before
fyou.
Saw Five Shooting
The first affidavit reads in part:
MY wife who was with me under-
took to call my attention to a maa
with two guns, who she said was go.
ing to shoot some ene-~and imme0l-
ately I turned to look. but by that
time Chambers was shot and had fall
len and was sliding down the steps,
1--WE were on the sidewalk and
within only few feet Of the parties
structed my view of persons low down
on the steps and did not see SID
Hatfield before he was shot or while
they were shooting Chambers and saw
them come down the steps past Cham
bers and saw him raise up a little as
they passed him and at that time saw,
one of them place a. pistol almost
against him and fire into his body.
II seen at least five persons shoots
ing. I seen two of them run down
the steps and three or four others out
on the top of the bank above where
Sid Hatfield is said to have rolled, aral
fire repeatedly in the direction Of his
body. -, s -
From 80 to 40 Shots. " &z
II would judge there were from 80
to 40 shots and don't think the
shooting lasted more than one-half
minute. I saw Buster Pence and the
man said to be Lively shooting and
saw them run down the steps and saw
Lively shoot into the body of Cham
bers after he was down. saw them
both shooting in the direction Of
where Hatfield was supposed to be.
my wife says that she was looking
they shot him and that he was walk
ing along with him wife and there was
no argument between the parties and
that Chambers had no gun in his
hand or any other weapon and that
he: made no motion towards getting
one. ,..f5 rs Gsfss
"Affiant further says that this is the
first statement he has ever made a.
to his knowledge OF the above murder
once that he has been advised by nu-
merous friends to get his family and
get out OF Mcdowell county: That. he
is interested in seeing that justice Is
done in this case but feels that any
one who will testify freely as to tho
Eactual facts OF. the case 81 III suffer the
samq fate of Hatfield. and Chambers
AZ the hands of 4 HE rie bunch o..
men. ttlhat. hss e<osnlz
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