Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-04

hiaSiihe gun and plenty OF rifles.
Blizzard'S men, he said, TO the number
OF 800 or 400, were armed with rifles
ana other weapons. Later this force
was increased to about l,5OO men
Reynolds said that their intention was
to kill Sheriff Chain ana his bunch
of deputies and so to Mingo county.
lheir password was, he said, 81 come
creeping" The defense euizzed him
hard on croSs-eXamination, and tried
to discredit some OF his statements.
but he stuck to his story. Reynolds
also testified that the marching miners
wore red handkerchiefS or red calico
ABOUT their necks as distinguishing
signs-hence their name of "red
necks."
Monday morning Jack Brinkman,
Snowman who happened to be in Dan
vile when the miners arrived there
told graphic story. He directly ac-
cused Blizzard of taking ammunition
TO Blair for the minersa azHe said that
he was compelled 70 join the marchers,
although he was not miner. Some
body pointed pistol at him and he
went along, together with others who
were similarly persuaded He testified
that at Blair man came UP in an auto
mobile and delivered a lot of ammuni-
ton to the miners headquarters in a
schoo!-house. The man spoke there
and said, you have wnat you have
been waiting for-now so ret it," He
identified this man as William Blizzard,
defendant on trial.
Less than an hour later two COL
umns of men were formed, equipped
WI ell
Wilburn was in charge of the column to
which Brnkman belonged. They went
to the hills on Wednesday afternoon
and slept that night in the noun
tains. At .daybreak the following day
firing commenced on the other side of
the mountain. They advanced and met
party He was questioned as to the
miners password, and he said before
the clash with the guards the question
was "Where to ~; the answer, "to Min
query was, 'Who comes ?" and the
answer 81 come creeping" On meeting
this party the leader was asked thc
usual question and he replied in kind
He was asked second time to give
the password and then this leader,
Gore, the deputy sheriff, ana two 9TH
N.S III SdIu hIIlCH. lnSn the
firing started, the miners firing the
first shot. Two men fell. Gore raised
his rifle, Brinknan said, but was knock
ed over, arose again, stepped back, .and
came up and Brinkman thought that
Gore fired one shot. A half dozen
shots were fired in the exchange he
said. He saw preacher Wilourn FIRE
at Gore and he was not more than six
feet away. After the action Bcinkman
said he fell TO the weeds ani negro
close to him was shot down with
bullet in the back. When firing ceased
he went TO the head of the column end
there saw that one Munscy had beer
shot, although he was still alive. Mum
sey thought they were his men, lie said,
and at this time one Henry Kitchen
rushed up and killed him. while Nun.
sey pleaded that his life might be
spared.
A meeting was called after the re-
turn from the mountains, Brinkman
said, the men were told Of the killing
of the three men, and were encourage
when their leader said that il was
good time to go on, that the deputies
were on the run that they should go on
and kill Sheriff Don Chain and union
ize Logan and Mingo counties.
John Jones, witness for the State,
on Tuesday made a plain statement
when he quoted: 81 got my orders from
the real man. | got my orders from
Bill Blizzard" These we're the words
Of Charlie Green, when Jones was in
structcd TO move on with others toward
Logan county
I. L. Lee, president of a local un-
ion, told o: taking nurses "up the
creek towar1 Logan in his automobile.
and said he WAS compelled by a man
named Walter Allen. 10 make several
trips after supplies and ammunition
Finding no ammunition at Charleston
and another place he couldn't remem-
ber, he said the party finally went to
Catlettsburg, KY, and obtained S255
worth. He said this was brought
back to the scene of the march, where
four other cars had arrived with about
5000 worth. All this, he said, was
loaded in other cars and sent along the
line OF march.
There was an interesting, not to say
exciting, episode on Monday during
the progress of the trial when H. W.
Houston, chief of counsel for the de-
Tense, and A. NJ. Belcher, special at
torney for the prosecution, had a clash,
Holly Smith, deputy sheriff, was tes-
tifying, and counsel were sparring as to
the actions of Sheriff Chain. Mr..
Houston charged that the operators
were supplying money for the hiring Of
men TO make war on the miners. Mr..
Bclcher declared that Chain had tcen
shot NJ the headquarters of the United
Mine Workers in Charleston by William
Petty, union official, after the latte
had conferred with Mr.. Houston.
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