The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-08
HERRIN Jury
INDICTS 81
FOR RMuRDER
New Prisoners Jailed at
Marion War
rants Out.

Marion, ILL.,, Sept. S.-(By the AS
sociated Press.) The jury this
morning voted to recess until Mon
day, Sept. Is, after adjournment
this afternoon, to allow time for
serving Of the papers for arrests
Of those indicted. More indictments
are expected late this afternoon.
Marion, ILL.,, Sept 8.-(By the As
sociated Press.)-In checking lists
this morning it. is found that 81 in
stead of 3S individuals have been
indicted. Through a clerical error
Charles Rogers was called Clar-
ence Rogers in the Hoffman indict--
ment. Charles Rogers, who is now
in Jail. is charged with the killing
of both Howard Hoffman and John
Shoemaker. No one by the name OF
Clarence Rogers has been indicted
thus far. All other names were
checked and are correct.
Marion, ILL.,, Sept. S.-(By the AS
sociated Press four addi-
tional men in Jail here today,
charged with murder in 3S new
indictments issued by the grand
jury n connection with the inves-
tigatio3 of the Herrin mine mas
sac-e, Sheriff Melvin Thaxton and
his special deputies were out today
searching for the rest Of those in
dicted yesterday in the four true
bills returned in the grand jury's
partial report
With Otis Clark of Gorevfile, the
first man indicted and arrested, the
number of prisoners held in Jail
here stood at five. The four new
prisoners are:
Leva Mann, miner Of Herrin.
Charles Rogers, miner of Herrin.
Philip Fontanetta, miner of Ma
rion.
James Brown, a negro deputy
sheriff of Colp, a small mining set
i tlement northwest of Herrin.
Marion residents were unaware
of the whole issuance of indict-
ments, as only a few were in court
| when the grand jury's report was
read.
The first indictment yesterday
charged six men with the killing of
Howard Hoffman Of Huntington,
! Ind. The six defendants are:
Peter Hitler, Clarence Rogers,
Leva Mann, Joseph Carneghi, Bert
Grace and Percy Hall.
Nine men were named in the Sec
ond bill in connection with the
hanging and shooting of Robert J.
Anderson of Sparta, Mich. This bill
contained two counts, one charg
ing hanging and the other killing
by shooting. The nine men are:
Nava Cannady, Herbert Rushing,
Clyde Lee, James Galligan, Bert
Grace, Dallas McCree, Otis May
nard, William Stanley and Joseph
R. Hodes.
ArS Co.Defendants.
Twenty-seven were made code
PENDANTS in the third bill charging
them with murder in connection
with the death of John Shoemaker,
of Charleston, Ill. These defend
ants are:
John Kelly, a constable of Zeig-
ler; Hubert Walker, James Norris,
Roy Pennington, Harvey Perdue,
Charles Rogers, John Rushing, Dali
las McCree, Otis Maynard, Alvin
Stewart, Joe Murray. Campbell
Lively, Wesley McPharon, Frank
Adams, Alvin Lolless, Floyd Stokes,
George Anderson, Fred McGough,
Fred Travelstead, Philip Pontan-
eta, Tom Weeks, James Brown
NEGRO deputy sheriff., and Consta-
BILE of Colp, Otis Clark, who has
iteen in Jail more than a week; Lee
Howard, Tony -, Louis Corbett
and Bert Grace.
McCree, Maynard, Fontanetta.
Brown and Grace were named in
other true bills
Shoemaker was son Of Mayor
Shoemaker, of Charleston, ILL.,, and
the father of three small children.
He was a brother-in-law of W. ].
Lester, owner of the ill-fated strip
mine, and was acting as assistant
Superintendent at the time of the
massacre.
Hubert Walker, who was also
named in the third bill. is alone
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