The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-27
AS 1t would apply TO the principal I;
tors in the case.
Chain Opens Arguments.

AS 1t would apply TO the principal fac
! tors in the case.
Chain Opens Arguments.
John Chain. prosecuting attorney oil
! Logan county. was the 1irst to argue
/ and in the courseO his address TO the
+ jury he went through thorough out
/ line of the states case. lie also tnucH'd
! Oh the criticism of Sheriff Don Chain
/ Of Logan county and the system OF
deputy sheriffs in that county, against
which most OF the hatred OF the miners
was directed In their march against l."-
gan and MIngo counties.
I'm glad of tho fact that I'm frs,
cousin To Don Chatin." he told the jurors.
The sheriff Of kanawha county walked
away and said he could do nothing. but
the sheriff Of Logan county. with his
miner volunteers (ind don't forget that
they were minCrs) threw themselves as
br"astworks to protect the people who
elected him"
paid Hirelngs"
James VI. Mason. Jr., Il local attorney,
who was first to speak for the defense,
spent mach Of his time discussing
. uuiuCrary. which he claimed existed in
Logan county. Speaking OF the paying
NJ deputy shcrlffs by subscription, he
'rrs O.: "a" state but AZ paid hirelings
OF the people who have got control OF
tn" state government for private pur-
poses"
Il" also went over in detail the testl-
mony OF the defense as to the where
ah"uts "E blizzard during the time Of
the armed march. which he said showed
III: defendant was not In Logan county,
except when he went there not TO levy
war. but To stop It.
George BeltZhoover, another local at
tprncy. anil one Of the prosecution coun-
sol. used part OF his argument TO direct
r!diCulc at tho defense attorneys. He
also spoke OF the newspaper picture
,nhcn If Blizzard at Sharples. and print
cd "a picture Of the "gcncr2l!ssimo" Of
the march. ami went on 10 say that
when tho federal government took a
hand blizzard transformed himself from
comma nd"r -!n-chef Of the miners
army to tho dove of peace"
Legal Phases Of Treason
Charles J. Vanrert. IN one of the brief
addresses Of the day took up the legal
phases Of treason. pointing ont that by
the instructions the court had removed
all but one element. Anything done in
Kanawha or ROone counties he argued
could he considered only as indicating
! the purpose OF the marchcrs. and the
only acts the jurors could hold against
Blizzard In finding verdict were such
ms he committed in Logan county.
RofcrrnE to the armed march md
the lighting on the Logan county border,
he declared:
This IL not treason. This Is an In
, 1ustr!al disturbance pure and simple.
and these people want to cIaIt II into
something theatrical and call It trel-
SON."
Their Speeches Quoted
F'n-roe' w Brown. orCIsionallv suh-
st'tu'cd r1r .ilEc Woods on IN" civ
t'u'' H',:rl '.i ,rr nf III" most popular
attorney. i1 go, rn'Iutv. argued next for
tho rn...c r'.uu Greeting special alton
60" 80 'N,'" i."r'i"Ns or ~" evidence
Ivy which -" aiH'r sought t. show con
- i'I.g - ro:"rrrh - Sr"crN"S Of
ri Hzlri and riS;~i"t President {. Fra nix
k"eH"v rf 'ho union. ~ a "irn'r near
Fa!~mout. tV.u W"ols horpro tho march.
NJ nrj.h blizzard vas all-oi 20 have
said: ~ YOU want TO sec real fight