The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-19
RADCLIFFE SAW
BODIES Of SIX
AFTER BATTLE
DEPUTY SHERIFF WHO TOOK PART
IN FIGHT AT CLIFToEvHLE
RAISES DEATH TOLL
CoRoNERs INQUEST D . L = D
WHEN INTERPRETKR CAN'T
% UNDERSTAND ONE WITNESS
Bus1NKss IN wELLSBURa WILL
SUSPEND DURING FUNERAL or
SLAIN BROOKE SHERIFF.

Wellsburs. w. Va. July 1S.-(By The
Associated Press)-The inquest into
the deaths Of Sheriff Duval and three
other men who were killed in the attack
on the Clifton mine near Cltftonvilie
Yesterday was adjourned late today
until Friday, when II became evident
there was some confusion in the mind
Of a foreign witness who was testify
Ing through an interpreter.
The witness, Paul HusZor, Hun.
garan non-union miner, while rectting
his story of the fight, said he saw two
men standing near the tent colony and
nrinE at the deputy sherifrs. He later
withdrew this and It was explained that
the Interpreter. owing to tho vasares
Of the vernacular, was unable to deter
mine Just what the witness meant.
Deputy sheriffs who took part In the
oght were the other witnesses. George
Caldwell, a prominent WellsburG busi-
ness man. testified that tho invaders
rushed down the hill fring and yelling
as they ran and drove the deputies TO
cover behind freight car. Here they
were subjected. he said. to a heavy nre
from the tent colony. He detailed the
aEnt around the tipple saying that the
mob charged the deputies three times
before it was finally driven OF.
saw BIZ Dead Msn-
Hugh ]. Radcliffe, another deputy.
startled the jury by declaring that he
had seen six dead men during the fght.
The official account Of the dead so far
Is Sheriff Duval and three OF the at
tacking party. Other witnesses were J.
c. Edwards. the mine superintendent.
who said that the wounded had been
nd RivHn
arst aid at a farm nearby. The owner
Of the farm, who was said to have been
a former union miner, was arrested and
taken to Wheeling.
W. S. W1lkin, prosecuting attorney OF
Brooke county. said tonight that as soon
as the Inquest Is completed the evidence
will be laid before a special grand jury.
AMI II indictments are found the aC-
cused would be brought 10 trial with n
a month. All possible haste. he said.
would be exercised by the authorities.
consistent with the demands OF justice.
Twelve More Arrests.
Twelve more prisoners were brought
In late today by the state police. Some
Of them had been arrested in the vicin-
Ity Of Ayella, Pa. where the Pennsyl-
yania state police were reported az
being very active. One prisoner gave
the name Of John Habitch. He had 4
bullet wound In the shoulder and said
hs had been wandering in the woods
since the nght Immediately upon their
arrival here the prisoners were cioselv
questioned and then sent TO the Ohio
county jail at Wheeling.
sher1s Funeral Thursday.
The funeral OF Sheriff Duval will he
held Thursday afternoon. In procla-
nation Issued by Mayor George kratt.
all business establishments were asked
to suspend between . and four O'Clock
Thursday afternoon rs mark of re-
spect for tho dead sheriff.
The Kiwanis Club OF Wellshurg today
adopted resolution condemning the
.lawlessness and the death killing II
Sheriff Duval. The resolution calls
upon The people OF this community ID
arise and suppress the disorder. The
club pledged itself to assist 10 bring
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