The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-03
INST M an Acquitt led Case
VIII Establish Legal
Precedent.
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TOWN. w Va. may
OF William BlHzari
;3af1d Indge " M. Woods VIII stano
Extraordinarily in legal history u u
ssthe state and nation
fzzard because he has been
&Ehected asf the first Of the oelenu
'FfiaaiI,,Ys II tlae treason trials trans
Afaa1rrEed to the Jefferson county CT
cTHffSs court from Logan county
because he mas oeen
to establish pfeceoehue
I'm his rulings on the 1esaA qus
SttnraN involved here are I 3a!r,
forseyay inch Of the way Is Den-s
ssEs4nl, I,0rnly contested by lawyers
sides.
Rat IL the opinion OF the a1.oa
IN number, lnvoiV So = - -
now In progress mere, ~
ssssSanasa they say, the trial OF BIZ
s aeSs,aagsszd Sseas q precedent in American
HIM Jnlyonce before in the courts
- Tie United States has mar
sshaan8 charged with treason n cor
ssssIIssss5st IAN with 1awIeSsness in an IN
ashdIsHHffal community. That was
kf htrtya years ago, after the famous famous
MHonestead riots in the Carnegle
&aeel mills, and It resulted IN Luz
EaScuuitta1 % Of the accused. 30 tns
SElizzard case, with It's backsIoulu
~ 1;,I5d warfare IN the southern
;ssyNas 4virrinia coal fields, is expect,
800 q become a landmark IN lega
ssad industrial history
sskIudge Woods and his Two pas
y sterfes OF lawyers are faclns anu
oIying brand new problems VI -
1SInenee importance to the people ..
IA ffa@ state and nation. his htde
sSoidconrthpuse in Charles Town, a.
ssEST1aaadY famous as the scene OF tue
4Hal and sentence Of John Brown
sfgOssawatomie, will gain aooftlon-
III %htstorica importance
sssssss'WiI1fam Blizzard, selected py Ia
sAsza,1it ~ in the indictments chat slte
ssSraagon# rs be- tried first and alone.
sisSsa smiling red-faced, smoosn-
sszh aVen man OF % years who does
mot look his age. He might aus.
ss5sSeasf1ys mass forS20. Yet for three
sssy;;sarsassn mast he has served as pres'
Sdant 81 the coal miners union CON
mann snb-district number =: dls-
4, III which union oitlclals
asayS 900 miners are nor1llaliS g
ss sBorn ii west Virginia. Blizzard
t.wentSto work in the mines ne a., ;ns
- 80 mas two children. His wife IS
sshara with him and has repeatedly
sssssssTnre sssed concern over his posi-
IN aESfate at the hands OF q Jury
ssssFyrhi in could be death. according =
SsfhiesWest law. MRS. BIZ. Bl,z-
Il lard us attractive and stun
ssssaattired IN the latest modes. lo,l-S
sFzsad is$the nephew of former Juosg
ssRaase Blizzard of ParkersbuIg any
NTa@has cousin, he says, IN the
zstateA legislature He appea l.ta
saIighIy# pleased over the possesses
;suffhe not oriety he would OBTAIN Dy
;Ebsing chosen as the first 1o0 I 1l.u
s8sisS me 81 bid strict Of which BIZ
. NJ 81 a. nresid ent includes all OF
ERoone county, parts OF tour o1nel
:scounties including Mingo, where
Nj union officers say that tney
shaye recently gained toe-hold ana
a yvvyhserr,a,s human blood has flowed
fsfreeIy the last two years, beginning
sssWif ~ the street battle Of MateWan
SssinsSwfi chSten men lost their llyesl
N: IN few minutes and where hatredS
ssf1ar:ed sup which have resulted IL
HE eaths Of many others since,
the notorious tWo-gun>
&rnen. Sid SI1atfie1d, and his co-part-
5s.rfer Ed Chambers Blizzard $ diS
;1frfct as mattT&of fact coveIs tee
Of y the 1ong-coutinued
sAyTiragein coal fl DIS. Blizzard has
$heano often referred to as the gen
i#araI & of the army Of union miners
Who attempted, in August and Sep
9sf enb erS Of last year, to invade WITH
s#force of arms the non-un3on coal
fIeIdsTofsIogan county
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