Evening star., 1922-08-30
JURY MAY |ND|CT
10OF0R MASSACRE
Witness. After Witness Gives
Evidence of Herrin
Sayings.
VEIL OF SECRECY DRAWN
Federal Officials Aiding Inyestiga.
tion-Killing Of Union Men to
Be Probed as Well.
By the Associated Press.


MARION. H.. August 30.-Marion,
with its quaint old courthouse, to-
pogra phically the center of Will
liamston county, noted for the Her
rim massacre" today formed the CEN
ter of interest of those watching the
progress of the special grand jury
that entered upon the third day OF
the mine war investigation.
With apparently little interest Of
fered from the townspeople. the
grand jurors today continued in the
sweltering little courtroom their
work, which is expected by county
officials to result in the first step
toward bringing to trial those re-
sponsible for the battle and its toll
of nineteen lives.
Witness after witness. among them
men believed to have direct knowl-
edge of the mob leaders. stepped into
the little room to furnish more evil
dence with which court officials ex-
pect to bring about the Indictment Of
hundred or more persons
Draw Ven of Secrecy.
The veil Of secrecy that has been
thrown around the investigation was
drawn tighter yesterday. not even the
names of the witnesses being divulged.
This stringent action followed the
report that one witness had declined
to testify or answer questions put by
the members of the investigating
body. The witness whose name would
not be given out, was turned over 70
the sheriff, but given an opportunity
until today to reconsider.
More than two score OF witnesses
were called during the day. the chiel
witness being Alton 2. Findlay OF Chi-
cago. a timekeeper OF the Soutnern
Illinois Coal Company, the then owner
guarded during his stay in Marion.
Findlay was shot twice during the
massacre that followed the surrender
Of the mine employees. and oniy ms
presence Of mind saved him from ceI
tain death, when the cleanup squad
Of the mob went over the battle
ground and found Findlay apparently
dead.
Second in Line.
Findlay was the second man in line
when the death march" began, ana IL
is understood that he furnished the
grand Jury valuable information as to
the apparent leaders of the attacking
mob
Employees OF an electrical railway
runnins between Herrin and this city
also were among the witnesses. hu-
mors coming from authentic sources
described the testimony OF some wiz
nesses heard during the 2l!erhoon
session as disappointing 10 the oh-
Gals who are conducting the inquiry,
foreotten" facts which the prosecu-
tion had chiefly relied upon as peins
the basis of the inquiry.
These witnesses, 1t was expected,
were to furnish a clue leading TO ths
identity of the leaders OF tho mop
that stormed a hardware store on tne
night preceding the massacre, ana
also were believed to be able to give
direct testimony as to the happenings
on the battle-ground.
Federal Agents Aid.
Attorney General Edward ]. Brun-
dase, who has charge OF the invest-
cation, announced today he would ex-
pedite the investigation, in view OF
the fact that the first two days OF the
inquiry had already produced a large
amount of evidence. Mr.. BrundaSe
is being assisted in the inquiry by Z.
w. Middlekauf. a representative OF
the Department Of Justice, and by
States Attorney Delos Duty. The lat
ter. it was said, had gathered much
evidence before the Investigation was
taken up by the grand jury
Attorney General Brundage ao,
mitted that SIX agents OF the federal
bureau of Investigation had been oS-
signed to assist in the inquiry. He
told an Associated Press correspon-
dent that these men had been IN
Marion since the grand jury began
its investigation, but would not com
nit himself as to the extent or their
participation in this investigation.
WIZ Consider First slayings.
When the grand jury receives its in
structons from Circuit Judge Hart
we'll he intimated the inquiry would
take on two phases-the massacre
of the employees Of the strip mine
and the fatal shooting of three union
miners which took place on the day
before the attack on the strip mine.
From the list Of witnesses called
before the grand jury during the
first two days of its investigation.
attaches of the circuit court are
drawing the conclusion that the
massacre of the strip mine en-
ployes has been taken up first