New Britain herald., 1922-12-18
Shot and Left to Die, Man Comes
 Back to Testify Against Miners
 Who Took Part in Henin Murders
Dan O'Rourke Called as Witness Today - Others Tell of Seeing Miners, All Armed, Marching Help
 less Prisoners Into Woods.

| Marion, H., Dec. IS (By Associate, Press) Shot down and left to dit
 on a lonely roadside, Dan ORourk,
 returned today to tell his story at tn,
 trial of five men charged with mur
 der in connection with the Herril
 riot. That O'Rourke, who still bear
 the scars left by his injuries. hat
 come from the very shadow of tn,
 grave to testify for the prosecution
 was announced by counsel for tn,
 state at the opening of court thi
 morning.
 O'Rourke was one of the six mer who other witnesses have testified were shot down before the Herrin cit, cemetery after they had been marched through the town by a singing, jeer. 1 ing mob.
 Tells of Gruesome Sight. One witness had told of seeing the six dead and desperately wounded men in the road, three of them still breathing and all bound together by a rope about their necks. Another told of trying to bring drink of water to two of the sufferers and of being ordered away with curse by one of the defendants.
 According to attorneys for the prosecution, one of these men was O'Rourke and the other was Howard Hoffman, who died two days later in the Herrin hospital. O'Rourke was in Marion today under heavy guard and 1t was expected he would be sible.
 Other Bloody Testimony.
 The witnesses called last week by the state told of the taking of 30 or 40 non-union workers from the strip mine by group of several hundred persons, many of whom carried guns, and of the later finding of IA dead and wounded men in woods about two miles away, four others in clump of trees nearby and the six near the cemetery after they had been marched through Herrin and out another road distance of sew eral miles.
 The attorneys for the defense have asked comparatively few questions of the states witnesses in cross- examina- ton, .axpressing confidence in their ability to prove an alibi for every one of the defendants as announced In their opening statement to the jury.
 Mrs. George Nelson. wife of farn- sr living near the strip mine where he riot started, told of seeing a crowd of possibly 500 armed men with lbout ten prisoners.
 The witness said she recognized c. <. Mcdowell, superintendent of the nine among the prisoners. McDowell vho was cripple limped along on a wooden leg the witness declared blood running down his face from a wound on his forehead.
 What did they do to McDowell?" he was asked
 "A man punched him in the back nd two men led him away from the rowd down the road." she answered.
 II heard shots from the direction n which McDowell had been led" FMrs Nelson said that she had recog- gnized Mrs. Otis Clark, wife of one f the defendants, in the crew about fcDowell and that she heard Mrs. lark say: "They got old Peg Leg nat time"
 Tells of Arnler Men
 George Nelson followed his wife on he stand. He said that 25 or 30 ad guns. He quoted one of the rowd as saying:
 "'We're bringing out the scabs'."i The witness said Mcdowell was taggering as he walked and one of is captors hit the superintendent on .' 1e head with gun; another said "'There's no use of going any fur ler'" Nelson said Otis Clark defendant nd Oscar Howard, indicted. but not n trial led the prisoner from his ew and later he heard shots. He ated that later he saw Clark and oward near an automobile in which rs. Clark was seted. Nelson told of following the road own which he had seen McDowelll !, sappear and of finding the super tendent's body with two bullet 2 punds through It. He said he had I, low Otis Clark for 30 years. :,