The Washington times., 1922-09-08
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33 INDICTED IN
/. HERR|N KILLING
Authorities Have Arrested Four
As Participants In
Massacre.
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the jail without a demonstration Of
any kind. They are Phillip Fontan-
eta, q coal miner. who was loung-I 4
ing In the court house square when
the indictment naming him was re-
turned; James Brown. constable ut
the village OF Culp; Charles Rogers
and Leva Mein, both of Herrin.
There was no escape for the ac-
cused men, for the surveillance estab-
lished by the United States Depart
ment Of Justice had thrown an invis-
ible but unbreakable net around the
district. The deputies went about
their work with a calm. businessfiks
attitude that spelled despair Tor
those sought. r-..,
Percy Hall. q coal miner of Her
rim, was arrested by deputy sherlffs
early today. He was taken to Mar
ion and placed in the county jail on
charge OF numbering Howard Hoff-
man, OF Huntington, Ind:
Harry Purdue and Tom Wicks. IN
dicted for the murder Of ], II. Shoe
maker. were arrested here today by
deputy sherfffs. They offered no
resistance. .-.....
Many OF the men sought live in
the city of Herrin, which gave it's
| name to the massacre. Practically
every male adult Of the village Of
Energy, a hamlet two miles south OF
Herrin, was sought. Others wanted
live In Johnston City. and still others
In Franklin county. II made no diff
| ference, howeyer-the long arm OF
the law was reaching out for those
| wanted. ....
, The situation was far different
than II was on the June day when a
bowling, shooting mob Of 5000 arm.
ed men swarmed into the Lester
strip mine. after a flag Of truce
signalled the surrender Of the little
garrison. On that day there was a
parley, with guarantees Of safe con-
duct that went for nothing and
wrote a black page In the history of
the State, when the nineteen were
shot and beaten to death. There
was no parely today. The State of
Illinois was demanding that a num-
Der OF men be called to answer for
the black disgrace Of last June.
The indictments came as q sur.
prise. With the single exception of
Otis Clark. who is already in Jail
charged with the murder Of Claude
! X. Mcdowell, superintendent Of the
] otIip tuiHe, uOt d OfehtH OI SUSPICION
had been directed at any Of those
named.
Most of the men named in the
indictments are members Of the
United Mine Workers Of America.
Bert Grace, named three times, Is
. a mine official In the organization.
James Brown. o .coiored deputy
+, sheriff, was nne OF those indicted.
There were four indictments. The
first" named Hubert Walker and
charged him sEith the murder Of J.
III. Shoemaker, civil engineer, The
second indictment, charged Walker
with the murder for q second time
and also named twenty-six others.
They are John Kelly, Of Neetglear,
said to have been the leader of the
mob; James Norris. alias Dad; Roy
Pennington, Harry Purdue, Charles
Rogers, John Rushing, Dallas Nc
Cree, Otis Maynard. Alvis Stewart.
Joe Murray, Campbell Lively, Leslie
Pharson, Frank Adams, Almos Lol-
less. Floyd Stokes, Geo. Anderson.
Frank McClough, Fred Tevalstead,
Phillip Fontanetta, Tom Wicks,
James Brown. q deputy sheriff. Otis
Clark, already under indictment tor
the killing Of Mcdowell. Lee How.
ard, one Tony. alias John Doe,
Louis Corhett, and Bert Grace.