The Washington times., 1922-12-20
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TO TRIAL
JURY
0'Rourks Reveals Bullet
Wounds Blood in Eyes Pre-
vents Identification.
IntsrnatlonaI News Service.

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MARION, ILL.,, Dec. 20. Horror
w. piled upon horror before the
juxy today in the trial Of the five
nisn indicted for the murder Of
Howard Hoffman during the Herrin
mAne riots Of June 22. It culmi-
nated when Patrick Joseph b.
0'Rourke, . mine guard, the man
wAo came back from the gates Of
dsseh, LEFT bound to five other
vist1ms near the Herrin cemetery,
rsmcvsd his collar and tie, unbut-
tonsd his shirt and barred his neck,
abowing the iivid scar Of q knife
wsupd.
y.Esss Exan,kns Wounds.
elpsyit, As xslksd frDm tsror to
t1ssf - solsmniy thsy looked az
ne s<snk jasssd mark Ian by the
49, that slsshsd him as he lay
~lllk s,yee bullets n his bodS 90
tn cesu>tery road- w
ytvi6ly md n short jerhy sen-
tsnoos Ceirns described the scsne.
trs6' be aid. He kept yelling.
srsin. IL didn't fall. Then 4 man
came up and ssid: sYou big--
can't we kiiI your. Thsn he shot
him ~ the body.
'sDo you know that man?" barked
Dtafe Attorney Duty.
s Il a.. said Cairns.
'.cAu ron Identify himf"
Cairns rose and dramatically
peIu<ed out Peter Hitler. II was
the 0rn< damakinK testimony intro
ducsd Agsinst Hitler 90 bar during
ssii Good,By and Died.
Continuing his description Of the
masnacre Cairns said he lay beside
the fence Tor Few minutes.
1T seemed hours" he testified.
"a mau9came UP and showed my
head aside and went on. A little
further they came to Shoemaker
ana said: Here's that --machins
xun experfy and put gun 70 his
Head and blew II off.
sOne of the boys aid: Good
by. I an Gofng. then he died.
Tknv ourrUunded me there and
navs me- IN kinds of abuse until
6horIff Tl1nxton came and took me
~ the hospital who're 7 stayed
Isrlisr II HE tsstinony cairns
90 i6anfffied Otis Clark. another
enc % ~ defsndantn, ~ one Or
~ NIB That conductsd the non
unlon uea 70 the power house
@iis IA ! rsyolvsr n On. hama
~ 4 ho1d On Mcdowell with the
c<nor. Cairns tsstifisd against
C1nEk Mcpcwsll - the crippled
- >elnfeedsnt of The mine who
6sisrs cairns tsok the stand to-
~ ~ n1on6noro. WAS crosn examined
~ ~ d6fenee In dirsct sxamina-
\ 0om "a the stand Al day yesterdRy
- M vIvidly deeoribed the various
6(nnoe 81 the not md nassacre.
n cFc&s-oxnzninfnG Ofkicsr, the de-
fs1|eo f11e6 % hiring out that kuards
h&d be&u n<affoned un6or the mar or
tr1loe un<or which the nonunion men
ISff The nine md that the guards
~ Grsd from under ths nag.
" don't believe that q true. or
6rs1csr admitted chiss Il ouard.
10aIaney had told him he hnd done
prsvious guard duty. but didn't rs-
member whether or not Il had been
etvi<ebreal<ing guard duty.
O'fourke deecribed the insimed
con6lfion IA which he was LEFT by
the seven bullet wounds, opernf fions
hc has yst q endure 10 rcxnin f.1lI
~ of his limbs and his Jaw. Twios
rs was nhof N escaping from the
harhed wire feno> fslsilade IN the
uow&r house wood1 once IN the
ke&4 Ard once n the body. shot
Al ~ ankle by the first voIlev II
the >orne<egy, he seid he fell, dxnG-
elnr ~ ofbsrs down with him.
h wna shof I'VE times there An
tbs srr. ne stomach. ana n the
TX could identity none o. his a..
{ raIIarfs His hair uas matted With
blood over his syes BY the time b.
re&ched the cesnefery He 4 near
s|<ht>d. &nd his EIa>ses hs1 BEEN
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