Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
Sees TlC0 Camps
for HerriI, Trial

IOT AGTTGN L xTGUk
csntinueA from Psss Oss :.
evidence, and all styles Of scrassly
whiskers and boards.
None Of the ventiremen are half %
well sroomed 40 the defendants.
Prisoner Smoke end Gossip
The Ave prisoners % usual appeared
today comfortably secured, shined and
pressed.
Before court opened they eased about
within the railing with the freedom Of
the attorneys. They smoked and COS.
They had just come from jail, which,
In appearance at least, II one Of the
most commodious residences in Marion.
1t Is the place where visiting basketball
teams are lodged, In season, and where
juries are locked over night. 1t has u
t., broad. 10Y Soy porch around It and no
Vernon Commit said with particular
emphasis that he ''sure had an opinion
whether. the killing was lawful or un.
lawful He is young, pink checked
farmer, 80 George White, one Of the
counsels for the defense, challenged him
for cause. Judge Dewitt T. Hartwell
excused the venireman.
The four jurors who have been wait.
ing for a week for additional recruits
will view this new batch Of potential
jurymen with deal of hope II has
been weary wait for them, and the
chances are they will continue to wait
for a couple more weeks before eight
unprejudiced and otherwise competent
jurors will be found Is unionixed vii.
Hanson County.
Fifty more veniremen will report
Wednesday. Twenty Ave Of today's
veniremen have been served BY bnilitfs
Of the prosecution, and twenty five by
hailiffs Of the defense. The same divi.
sion affects Wednesdays fifty. And
although both sides have expressed
determination to secure men Of no
prejudice, It IL asking too much to SUP.
pose that entirely possible.
There are two camps in the county.
ns Judge Ilartwcll has sail--the one
for and the other against the miners
union and the indicted miners. The
second camp owns to much the fewer
numbers. but its prejudice Is quite as
vigorous rs the first camp.
Two Conflicting Camps
The first camp condones the so.colled
Herrin massacre as 'deplorablc" but
inevitable under the circumstances. The
smaller camp condemns the violence and
inhumanity of the shooting at the les.
ter strip mine last June and fears the
possibility Of its recurrence.
Broadly speaking, the larger camp
comprises coal miners, former miners,
merchants who trade with miners, and
the majority Of all these live in Herrin
or thcrenbouts.
union men, farmers who have no strip
mines on their farms and u consid.
erable proportion of what might be
called the non mining "middle class" OF
Marion. The towns are five miles
The folks Of the larger camp. claim |:
This il a democracy most OF the pco.
ple hereabouts are union men the. mi'
nority should abide BY the will VI the
majority. Don't let anybody interfere
with our means Of livelihood ty i'm.
porting labor from Chicago, and there
will re no trouble. Otis Clark and
the others fought for the security Of
their homes. for their wives and their
children and for the right OF labor to
The smaller group cries with equal
sincerity:
"Cnionism threatens the peace Of
the community; 1t controls the cleo.
tions BY dragooning and intimidatinc
its member; It wants to run things; II
! endangers our homes and our lives.
Hard to Prove Guilt
OF course, this is no hard. and fast
division: there are overlappinss. There
are union men who say If Otis Clark,
/ Leya Mann, Bert Grace, Joe Carnagh
and Peter Hitler killed Howard Hof
man they ought to be hanged, and II y
is possible TO actually prove who KILLED
those other nineteen strike. breaker.
there ought to be more hangings.' But
they add: ..,
The division Is sufficiently pertinent
however, to suggest the tough problem
Of securing a jury. The mass9cr
which startled Williamson County las
June has been the chief topic Of dis
cussion in this vicinity ever since. It,
safe to assume there Is scarcely on
man in the neighborhood who hasn
an opinion on the crime. and who hasn'
expressed that opinion.
And yet Of the. veniremen OF l3
examined last Friday. only to yiel
three farmers and one miner appafentl
fair enough anu dCCcplaOie W wv
sides for jury service. man after ma
insisted he had no prejudice. II an
other reason were not found to excus
such a venireman. he was challenge
pcremptorily because counsel believed
had. -. 4,
The prosecution used nineteen OF II
100 peremptory challenges; the defen'
used two. And this tally indicated y
Sunn,srtl Dreyalencc Of one parttcul0
> kind of lying.
Preponderance OF Miners
A week OF examination in the court
room revealed that the character OF Il
iury that will try the five alleged nus
derers Of Howard Hoffman may hay
much more significance In the fnal vel
dict than either tho guilt or the innc
cence or the evidence submitted.
1t il obvious that both sides Al
struggling to shape the character
this jury less obviously Is the defens
. but only because they are fewer MINI
preiudiced against the defense. few'
yeniremen necessary for the defense
= keep out Of the jury box.
. 1--WE never seen a preponderahcc
4 coal miners 80 great AZ IN this v
y nire." Judge Hartwell commented 10
4 "Union miners are hound to be pre-
= udiced against the Defense" said A
= torney Otis T. Glenn. Assistant
. States Attorney Delos l.. Duty. :,
. And those two statements are PACK
. with !ntimation Of the color and 20
- vuh