The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-18
43 Prisoners in Custody.

Welis5urg, W. Va, July lI.--N TN 10
prisoners in custody, three In W heeIihS
hospitals, Is in tho ohio county jail
there, and % IN ja!! hcI". drpu'! ShrF'
IFS, armed WI 2ru ".l"hn Do" waE-
rants charging murder. securing We
country, as iar uS ;t.c pennsylvania
border, and q .arGe foe" Of state p"-
lice and deputies guarding III" STIRRING
miners tent colony at EItf'o"v!I!", ia"
situation In brooke county lat" i"n!In,
was tense.
The Jail here WAS und"r guard o; Ia
deputies. hcadrd hy Sheriff Tom lWTh..
Tho last prisoner nI"uEhi III. Win an
arm IN n Cling. WAS SAID by the Of
f;ccrs who brought Elm here. to he the
man who Killed tn" sheriff. he 4.
vigorously questioned.
out ut the Clifton mine. state tr""r
erS under command ~ capt. Nhi,'
armed with automatic rifles. were ~.
guard and at tho tent colony not Ga
distant The tents contain mostly ~.
women and children, the men having;
fled after the battle Troopers are pre-
pared To arrest every man VINO return
to tho colony.
Any prisoners taken from row on.
q was said would l." taken - Wheel
ing. the TAIL hrr" being crowded.
With Sheriff IuNa!. when hts mo-,
pressed battle against tn" Attacking
forcc and drov" them back from ~"
mine. after the '!ppl" had been fir"'i
and nj least TWO Of The participants
had fallen. was his son Thomas. TIL
after saw his father shot down. ~
body later being found I" contain marks
Of seven bullets. hut continued on win
the Defenders Not ION" ac'crwqrl
<E,,i.. 'I',.- M. ~
was made sheriff "C BROOKS" county in
his fathers place hy a county cour,
order.
Three wounded MN rf tho artackr,;
. tore" wer" in tho ONO Valley G"nor.
, hospital IN WhcH1i"" and i others
captured 10y the deputies in IN" haiti"
were IN th" Obi" count" Jail not fIr
away. twenty-five" prisoners. :ir"e 1T
whom bad been shot. Hcr" confined IN
The WelIshurg Jail. Seen ~ This nun
her had been aiken ~ n" woods around
he Chiffon mine la'n this afternoon b%
etat" policemen who. ( was report Fl
tonight, wcrc continuing tho search.
Ponna Troopers Busy
On III" other side Of the state line
four miles away. troopers Of The Penn
sylvania state Corstahulary wcr" or
! guard, operating IN conjunction with
| the West Virginia forces. They had
been sent down from W. shirC'on coun,
, ~. and il was expected by tho author.
tiles that they would be rriHtorc'h ny
- others under command ;ot Major
! Lynn =. Adams. Of Harrisburg.
! The Pennsylvania au''Tf1;.Cs nj
: Avella. the nearest town in 'that stat:
, 10 The scene OF The fight and tho place
| where the mob gathered before IL be
! gan it's march last night, were arrcstine
! suspected persons and questioning them
. One man who had sought medical heir
at hospital in Washington shortly
after noon was turnd over :" III" dis,
trict attorney and later taken n Avolla
Tom Duval Sheriff
Thomas II. puval who vas IN 'hc
Ugh; with his father hNt escaped nm
hurt. was elected sheriff 10y nc county
court, and among ms G-$; duties ~
ranged with W :. WilEin. urnsr~uting
attorney. for n sNcc!al grand jury II
investigate tho fEh;. He also conferred
with the coroner for Tho inquest and
then fllod charges 81 'n'rr,"r against -
men who. he alleged tool, Na"t In the
. battle. Nearly all Of them. III" author
i,irs aid. were from the Gross Creek So"
,ior inst over the border ~ n"rueNl-
var;a. Prosecuting Attorney Wilkin
reprcscntirg 70 Governor Morgan al
Charleston tonight said the situation