The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-12
HAIRLESS Tells
ABOUT Fighting
IN MINERS / | |; | war l
Many Visits to Firing Line
Related by Physician
During Trial M #
CHECK IN EVlDENG NGE
Mrs. Moneys Name on Back
Of Check Given by pE.
WE. Hairless
CHECK IN EVIDENCE

CHARLES TOWN Iay1 49,;
ECBy the Associated5s Press1 - The
name of Mrs. Fred Mooney.s
the notation Ok. appearedss
among Endorsements on heck:
DR.. w. F. Hairless of Clothier
he was forced to give to union
men. at the time of the armeds:
march into Logan County ltss
appeared in evidence In theG IS
of William Blizzard here today.sssS
The check was presented Sin5sey ~
dence during the testimonygofSDrs ~
Hairless who said he wrote after
being told he would have to,sss
contribute to the 5000 a11otment
of the Clothier local of the mine;
workers union.
J. w. Swanner.&al8me ofssss
that local, was the only manS hes
knew of those who made theSdeS
smand of him, and the checlSsforss
S144 was made payable etogSwanss
ner. His name appeared s thes
Endorsements, followed by theg
COX, Mrs. Fred Mooney. No:
effort was made to #fdentifysit tsss
this time as the signature of the
wife of Fred Mooney. secretary
treasurer of district No. 7sU United
Mine Workers of fAmerica,W WhoS
acts as her husbands secretaysatss
district headQuarters.
Doctor Hairless told flsmanyA
visits to the firing line hill sthsaf
I battle was on and aattendedSsom
of the men wound ed. Ae thessug@
gestion of the 1t1.aers hessaid ;sass
cross was put on the headlights Of
his car to idet fifty 1t ass adoctoEss
machine and prevent interfer
by any OF the forces. HextoldSaofa
seeing the miners: forces being
drilled and named nnmbe ofA
men he saw on the firing lines
Und Hfoss-exam natfon. Df&
Hairless said Swannersdeclaredghsa
was going to- Charleston buy
ammunition. The check$wassmad
good by the United MinesSNYorksrss
after he had stopped apaymenteon
it according to informationthelE
doctor got from the sbanksonSWhict1:
it was drawn.
Blizzard in Charge
That's the man we
FROM said some Of hessarmedA
men around Sharp1 in@pointngs
out Blizzard. according to- thete
timony of C.. Williams chief
clerk of the Boone County Coal
corporations. Blizzard was stand
ing on a fiat car, Whicha fhsa
federal troops had afrfV SspsS
tembe 3, the with ess said.
John Brown on Stand 5s
John Brown appeared asNthes
next state witness. testifying
treason case in the same court
house in which the e9famoutSabolIl
4 zionist of the same nameSWasSc
5victed Of Neasonl lsixty-threesyears
before.
..Fight, guard or de- vasstheS
choice the armed miners gaKeY
Brown, he said when testifyingi in
the trial. Iet.was put ong guard
duty at q bridge near BaIirSWithM
orders to prevent any @excepta
armed miners from going gsintoSf6
mountains on the LogansFside and
later was given other detai1sAoH
guard duty.
Brown, who lived in Blairs
the time of the fighting, to1dgof
union meeting at which y I'm Mo-
rison, local presiden II, b1amsd
marchers back, declared StheEmens
would go on in spite of this. and
called on the local for a11StheS
money in its treasury to- supportl
this cause He also said 9thatshe
was sent to Stringtown,Sa@vi village
near Blair, to warn women and
children about slate duMpg
there which had been gmineds
dynamite as meet
any incursion there by Logan
County forces. sssss
After long argument fl l1edawit1la
the citations, Jud ge5EWoodsSssusa
tanned objections to sBroWnss&
stestifying as to what the REV.
John Wilburn said daboutsfhe9kiIla
ing of Deputy Sheriff John#GoEs
Fired on AutomobiIe
"A new line of &developmentSWasM
brought into the states Evidence
late @yesterda day wh en5 5S.P 1mbrey8
went on the witness stand toEte1E
how about 100 shots were hEedS
into his sautomo bile August I2s&or
nearly two weeks before theac
tua1s marching began IeHhada
young man and two girls thss
car at the time and vas HIS
way$to getSDr@HarlessSof Glothiers
who had been making8a proEesSs
sionalS call, ehes#testified About
thirty men in the road asha1f mile
east of C1othier4beganM drng be-
fore the automobile was Tim
loo feet of them, andswithoutSany
challenge or order toSstops he
said /, and continued TO sh ota1nti
he had driven out OF sight