The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-10
TESTIF||.E.S THAI
COMBS SBOAS'T'EID ]
He KILLED Gore
Murdered Deputy After Help.
less Man Had Been Shot |;
by MarcherS.
LED BY M L M sIsiiI.ER;
Another Witness#T ellis OF See;
ing Three Men Shot possn
by Marchers. A sEs:

s'9 s'';
by Marchers NJ re s!ls
CHARLES TOWN. May 10 By
Tho Associated Press EEdgarkl
Com BIS boasted that he 1ii1edSJo ohnE
Gore few minutes after the EossiE
gan County deputy had been 6hotk
by m enlbers of a marching olumn3s
of miners and others. ValascoaGarsE
penter. who was in E that Acolnmns
testified today il tho trial 1sofSV1siil V'1Isiillis,
liam Blizzard on a chargeSof tIeaSts
son. Combs, who has not been ar
rested was with Rev. j ohnEssSyst
burn. leader OF the column Az fawss
minutes before the shootinE, Carl
penter said. s5.
.s The course Of the trial wa upsetE
by the absence Of Sam #Hulme,a
witness who yesterda was to shayeI
been crosscexamine ed today butsrvsasi
excused SO he might &c to;&s NsWkk
York to meet his future bride$Who3a
was due to arrive SonSa atrans-Atlan-K
tic liner.
Hume Excused.
Sam Hume, one Of sthe8LogansdesE
during the figh ting Fwasaschedulel
to go to theswitness stand today
He testified yesterd dayfas to shisxex3a
periences while aScaptive butt ha8s
not been cfoss-examft1edW hen
court adjourned s
When court opened. Is. ToWn{s
send announced that HulmasS had
been excused to meet ahisssfutnrais
bride in New = York TheSwinessIs
who is an Englishman-and saerYRd
in the World War, $wentst tstoaBnzxardffs
and Mr. Townsend last lEht.seafss
planned he was expected NEED
his future bride, and asked sSt.sAIrt
permission to leave sand d#retI1rns
mission was granted an did
departed last mis- ght State tpr
jneys knew othing OF this ssIlnti
day. they said but off eredSnoaah-f
,lacsipn ads
San Il
"A EedabysaS Infstef
st4SVaIasco Carp ter who #IiYsssofs
Erush Greek, Boone COINS a1s u
said h 6; part ticipated the nnAsEnI33s
because st looked too dangeIuus3
to do anything butt VA
first witness. At BlafTsHh hasshsaT3
the Rev. John 1bur speaki1tzss
from the school house steps de3
clare he was goinng g$to lar sdoyn8hds1
forS the right t.r' He%ordesed tIhents
to lineup and .eremenber#Wss sfTA
no guard house org LIB uusess
Lining upS I'M squads theysEna aEchaIs
ed to the mount ns#rtdgc
wiIburn' SIS commando and dScalnpsf
there the night$of $August3osSS SSSmsh
of the party started to- slaaYe&tha
"a n oun tain when they heard shoot5s
ing the next morning, but SyyereoIs
dered back bya& otherg WhosSdr
guns, rstestifie ss
Sees Three Men Shot
Marching toward Ethes shootins
he con- tinuedl the met hTeesIngn
and halted in such la post tqIstha
Carp could not sect hssIae eta
or leaders Of his party esheardk
One said . amen. .sssss2.vVl b chss itssnsaas
been said was u the Logam pass
word and imme mediateIy 9shoofin
began.
After the firing was 81 oTersSfha
witness went ID to St hespointAols
which the Logan mem had BEEN
standing and found threeSb odie
there, one, he was tol d belize ff1at
\ Of. j ohm GCEe dgarf 5oMbsxs
whom the witness had
the shoe oting at d thess sheadof
scol umn with w burnsAd dec1aTs
shot. Gore, Carpenter testided
Told Story 10 Sherif1
Carpente eE CROSSE examis
nation said he was in ai i1ssinAsI sss
gan ( or s kim on his and asSEs
leased $unde er 81. 0 o. o. bond
had told Sheriff Don e;haffnan ands
deputy Sheriff Keadle sssWha
knew about the eStrouble
Til en- you ID 8snt1 atsyo1 have
Ito he'll ury this ornin
purpose of n getting tssof tIsssss
asked Mr.. Townsend.
s:sY ess sir e; ad dedSt1 ne tnsgsN
addingsthatEhe.to told dSWhatshskn knsp
! Before his time he ssafd ssssl
learned that hist thsr had of
lfered IS So. 200 bal 1sforssh shisLe
direct nat by@r ros
5ecuting AttorneysGh ttnsofI zoga
County ys:broughtSFo on Sarpenss
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