The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-13
STATE TO CLOSE
| CASE|N TREASON
TRIAL |. mex | / ! / week I | ] K
officer in Charge Of Martial
Law Testifiess at Charles
Town Today. 81
FEW SOLDIERS i ( J]sED)z
Miner Tells Of Seeing Bod dysofS
Man Killed T Taken# Out
Following Day
FEW SOLDIERS USED

mand of Captain J. r. @Brockus.%to
assist the sheriff Of Logan Count N
September S27. He also said there
were ninety-nine prisoners lin ID tile
Mingo County jail at the time nd
that about half OF them had BEEN
imprisoned for offenses against
the martial law. including members
Of the United Nine Workers whom
he named. &.
The military forces OF theH state;
on duty August %, 1921 Major9Das
Wis said. comprised 100 men. isSs3
was the time armed men were gath.g;
ering at Marine The fgureS8gtY-
en- did not include State Po1ice.sl
whom the major listed as ctvtla DE-:
ficers under his directto Cross
examination was brief and@devoted%
mainly to bringing out that CoesIs NJ: III
15Oth Infantry was organized Atsaa
Mingo August127 to replace the en-
rolled militia thatawent out f#exs
istence the next day. .8
State to Close Case. sEsSsss
& The state expects to close IT'S
case against William Blizzard one
charge of treason next xtWednasday
or Thursday. A. M. Belcher,sle leadeE
OF the counsel ociated with the
prosecution. announcedainsc scourtsfn-S
day The statement was Made@tIlgss
answer to an inquiry byfsHsEVsH h
Houston. head Of the defenseSIega
array who said they wished
know in order to- besab1e e5tp.npttfs
al
Walter Morris Of 5s Coal Fork III
union miner. said he heard ksthtsssa
killing or "a man named &GWynnSthssi
night after tls dess
her speech The ingamorntng
he saw the body Of Gthissman AIKEN
out. he added. but on #cross-exa amt
nation said he hews8nothingo o.
hoy the man met his death8andS
was not positive who hi u.s.. GrossSs
examinati also oughtgout#t thas
he heard only Of the5intentionSof
organizing mine workersSi Logan
and Mingo counties ndgnothinE
plans by the man at Marmet8tG.ss;
nullify martial la
The state delved again int the
use Of union fund s lin connection
with the march agains IIoganass
County, Walter Hancock 81 DIy
to which he belongedSgaVeS$ 350&f Tor
this purpose
What did you promise She#fetS
out OF jail In Logan Count ith
out bond after you had been charga;
ed with murder?'' he@was asked
and after answering that madsss
no promises he said in ord ertoS
learn why he was released. yous HI
have to go over and gss5 as ksSsD Donss
Chafin..
The state re-examined to@ show
that Hancock took no part II Sst hsss
second march in come ectfons ithSs
which the murder chaTge WeTs9ss
lodged. ffs
TO End Martha u Law. N. sSs3ts
G. w. Akers OF sArdossanSttest is
fled that committee fromS Slosss
cal there settled a bill for for
supplies taken one night, ,dl175ingg:
the march from the store he's
Boone County Coal Co. In CROSS
examination, he said he heard
armed men in ArdossanaSdec1a
they were going to release 8pr1sonEa
ers in Mingo County and doSaWay
with martial law. III
wayne Miller was called b.
the defense and testified sthat!armedsSSss
men who came into ClothierS andS
other places in the Coal tRiVeraVaalsssssS
ley declared they We're comm ng@tpH
protect the people in atssyaaiilkeys; ,saike
from Baldwin thugs and aid SgIns
men, whom they said had aecomsss
In" and killed men on& Beech kGTesksSS
Miller had testified vest ysthatSSs
he ran m otors car ah s. andSk1oESsS
the protection of resSa tss tain
used for the miners forces&to@g ths
er up men on Horse Cree eksSandatheEs
state wanted to know wit hpInss
he had talked last night aboutahllssSs
testimony He said&heH had
with Jim Jeffries, one OF fsfhesmsnsss
sund er Indictment, but notSo fssEl1ds
testimony
More Testinonys sEospeeteei is
Testimony yesterday had SdelsysdssS
into the raising OF fund ossuppoTn
the march OF the miners gandSot
ers which threw the ESoutheTnspart
or the state into fusion Siastafaas1ssss
and culminat ed inS fighting aIpng
q twenty-five mile line Sonsth
erhead between the Coal SRtyers
Guyandotte valleys at the boAd derSSs
OF Logan County and there eWeresdnss
dications that furth her testimonz
along this line would ssbe@o offerss
GANDHI'S SON SENTENCED
ALLAHABAD, India May S:
-(By the Associated resas ssss:
Dewadas Gandhi, son fslAoll
das KY &Gandhi. the non-cosopeEa
tionists leader, has been sentenssds
to ghteen M this tmprdsons
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