The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-31

are these directed to J. c. A Scott, =
Logan deputy:
How much money have You re-
ceived to bring about the conviction
OF Keeney?
2. From what persons have YOU re-
ceived money?
;. What funds have YOU distributed.
and for what purposes during the trial
Of Frank Keeney?
1. How much money will each wit
ness cost. you brought here 20 testify
in the keeney trial?
To Prohibit Activities.
AS further precaution L. c. TOWN.
send OF mo defense counsel. had in
serte' In the petition a request which,
i sarntci, will prohibit these men
from further activity in paying out
money TO witnesses and jurors: Sher.
if W. o. McCaughtry, of Jefferson
county: Sheriff Don Chain. OF Logan
county: W r. Thu-mon and j. w.
Colley. president and secretary OF the
Logan Coal Operators Association,
and Deputies II. E. Keadle and VIII
liam Denen.
To support It's allegation OF the
wholesale use Of money T. {. Town
send made the assertion in the pet1.
ton that s46,630 was paid by the Lo'
gan operators in 1920 20 perfect their
guard system, and that in the first
nine months Of 1921 s6l,517 was ex-
pended by the operators to suppress
and deprive the miners OF their In
alienable right to organize a unoin
and become affiliated with the United
Mine Workers Of America.
Other Grave Charges.
Grave charges that witnesses in the
previous armed march" trials have
been rewarded by reputy sheriff ap,
pointments In Logan county were also
contained in the, plea for the in]uc'
ito.
Townsend followed Van Fleet In
the defense assault on what both
branded the contemplate underwrit-
Ing system" and he scathingly ar
raigned the astounding spectacle OF
a band Of coal operators holding them
selves out as the defenders Of the In
tegrity of West Virginia"
With sarcasm that held a razor-lke
edge he said: Since when. repeat,
since when must this glorious state
of ours bow before the arrogance or
money, the clique Of coal mine own
ers?"
why it's grotesQue," be exclaimed,
Here we have attorneys in the pay
OF the operators, coming into thls
court on an errand Of persecution not
prosecution but persecution OF the
most outrageous sort.
we do not object to West Virginia
prosecuting Frank keeney through
the proper channels. but We Will no.
submit TO this autocratic assumption
Of sovereign authority by a vicious
CLIQUE OF operators" he declared neat
eddy.
Shameful Exhibition, He Says.
why your honor" continued ToWn'
send, How can Frank Keeney OBTAIN
a fair trial. when the jurors and the
witnesses are paid by the men VINO
are trying 10 HuuAu Ht'ii w
DO they think they VIII temper
Justice with gorld?" he asked ana tne
irony of the question was not lost on
the packed court room.
They do not deny, they dare not
deny, their completely in the plot 10
destroy Keeney, and I defy these lay"
yers here who say they are represent
Ing the state to refute my charge that
thew have been retained by the opera
tors. ,,
I'm the twenty years have oeen
,-octicine law | have never witnessed
a more shameful exhibition OF moneE
intoxication, and am satisneu ina
such wanton expenditure on VIII
pesses and jurors would result IN inc
conviction OF any one" he concluueu'