New-York tribune., 1922-12-16
Herrin Witness
Points Out Mob
Leader in Court
Asserts Otis Clark Urged
Armed Followers On to
Cemetery Murders De-
spite Union Miner's Plea
Water Denied to Dying
Newspaper Man Identifies
Bert Grace as One Who
Kept HIM Back with Gun
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nARION, III. Dec. ib.--Ths state
drew les net Of evidence more tightly
about the Eve defendants charged with
murder in the first trial in connection
With the HeYrin massacre Of non.uniOn
miners, when farmef-miner witness.
AZ the resumption Of the trial to-day
testified shat he saw otit CLARK, one
Of the defendants. urging the mob on
% murder as they surged up the road
70 the cemetery.
william r. Goodman, the witness'
told how another man. who the state
win attempt later TO show was . ON
el.i of the mine workers union, begged
me mob not 20 violate the pledge OF
safsty 70 their prisoners.
Clark, he said, then urged the mob 20
kill the captitves.
The STATE holds Clark was the rnob's
fsader and considers this its most i'm
oortant testimony thus far.
Clark had not been q hgurs In the
tsstinony until to-day. Goodman re-
usatsd Ciarks alleged demand 70 kill
only after Judge HHrtwell had sternly
ordered him 10 answer the question Of
Prosecutor Delos Duty.
Nswspapsrmsn Identifies One
Goodman told Of seeing Clark and
others waving pistols and shotguna ..
hey hefded their victims Gown tne
road, and said he heard q miner pieao
for the lives Of the prisoners:
HIf we kin these men II will be the
worst thing that could happen for us
or for union coal miners all over the
country" he said he heard the man
say A.
records Goodman's testimony on the
grounds that he testified that he had
appeared before the grand jury and
that the defense was not notified that
Goodman was TO be q witness until
November II. Judge Hartweh over
ruled the motion.
Goodman denied having told Clark's
parents he knew nothing about CLARK
n this case.
Another setback for the defense was
ihc positive Identification by Donald
n. Ewing, Chicago newspaperman, OF
Bert Grace as the man who, gun IN
hand, stood over the wounded Howard
Hoffman with his revolver and pre-
vented Ewing from giving the man a
drink. The defense tried TO exclude
Ewing as a witness, but failed.
Fred Harrison, twenty hree-year-
old son Of George Harrison, farmer
and banker. substAntiated the story
told by his father late yesterday, In
which the latter described incidents OF
men shot and hanged near the HRrri.
son farm when Grace, armed, is alleged
70 have taken a leading part.
Cross-examinstion BY A. {. Lewis for
the defense. served 70 make Harrison's
Identification Of Grace more positive.
The witness said he pointed Grace out
70 his father on entering the courtroom
Yesterday without knowing he was
defendant.
Henry Graves a pumpman, who owns
a farm near the Herrin power house
woods. where fourteen were shot,
scoredd for the defense when he said
hat he was familiar with nearly all
the miners in the district, but knew
none Of The men whom he saw pur-
suing fugltives.
Harrington Reelected by Miners
Graves saw two men fleeing across
lis field. he said, with bullets kicking
up tAe dust behind them. A wounded
man then came 20 his back door and
later two men who said they were Of
aeers arrived and took him away. The
crowd was armed, he said.
Angus W. Kerr, chief Of defense
counsel, received n wire late to-day
from Frank harrington, president OF
the Illinois Mine Workers, stating that
anal returns showed he had been re-
elected 20 his office by an overwhelm-
ing majority. harrington was opposed
by John Hindmarth on a platform stat.
ing he would use all resources Of the
union 70 defend every miner indicted
in connection with the Herrin mas
sacres,