Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1922-05-09

court declaring That Sumclent foun-1
dation had not been laid for the
recital as yet.
The theory Of the State is that the
march of armed miners was one un-1
broken march from the time Of the
gathering at Marmet through to the
fighting on the Logan border. The
defense ccontends that the first
march ended when President Keeney
turned the miners back at his speech
at Danville; and then the second
march, a separate and distinct one,
started as q consequence of the
clash between State troopers and
deputy sheriffs at Sharples and the
union miners in which two miners in
were killed and three wounded and
some horses were shot. The State
contends that the Keeney speech was
for public consumption only and
that the miners in reality continued
their march after they had been
publicly advised to turn back.
T. s. More, of Logan County,
formerly Of Blair, on Saturday
morning testified that he had been
ordered and compelled by armed
men. One of the men who was
largely active in directing the forces
at Blair, he said, was Jim Morrison
who has been mentioned in previous
testimony On one of these trips
with his car there were with him
John and Jesse Wilburn, Of Blair,
who went with him to Clothier for
the purpose, he understood, of COM
Wandering train.
Fred Holly, of Leevale, was re-
called Saturday morning to testify
that between $500 and $500 in
money had been appropriated by his
mine local at Leevale for the sup
port of the march and that he per-
sonally had been given SITS.
j. F. Stewart, was also recalled
to testify as to a speech which he
had heard Savoy Holt make on
Lens Creek.
A. H. Sutthin, of Madison, testi-
! fed to having seen men going
through his town on the night after
the Keeney speech, observing train
load pass towards Blair between ten
and eleven o'clock on the night of
August 18th.
Judge Woods Saturday morning
arranged with counsel for both
sides to take up on Tuesday night
arguments for the release of eight
prisoners now in Jail on murder
charges on bail. The prisoners have
been in custody for some months and
the defense declared it was anxious
to have them released as soon as
possible. The State announced that
1t would oppose release of the men.
Floyd Totten, Of Hernshaw, 9
United Mine Worker, testified tt
having heard the Mother" Jone.
speech, that he heard Keeney after
the speech say that the Telegram
which she read was a fake, and that
he remarked, ''boys, you know what
to do" He saw armed men later
going towards Racine.
Court adjourned at noon on Sat
urday until Monday morning.
Captain John Wilson, who was il
command of the first federal troop:
who entered the fighting zone, wa.
the first witness Monday morning il
the trial of Blizzard.
He characterized the fighting as &
comic opera war, with the miner.
going up after breakfast for an houl
or two, coming down for a confal
or some little errand, going up agar
and wasting thousands of rounds Of
ammunition, hitting no one."
! Blizzard, the army officer testified
was highest in authority among the
miners of the men he met at Madi
son, and under cross-examination
added to that statement that with
out him it would have been a tick
lish job" to disarm the miners.
i Captain Wilson said he saw Biz
card standing on a hill directing
about $50 men to turn in their arms
The captain personally received thes,
arms, he said.
He also testified that he was SEN
out in search of Boyden Sparks ant
other newspaper correspondents WHIT
were fired on when they got between
the fighting lines. Miners who served
as guides led him in the wrong direc
ton, he said, and when he returned
he learned that the missing CORES
pondents were safe except for &
scalp wound suffered by Sparks.
Much of Captain Wilson's test
mony, under cross-examination by
both sides, was devoted to what he
learned of the motives of the men.
"They seemed to be obsessed," hi
testified, with the though that
thugs, as they called them, from
Logan were bent on destroying theil
homes and killing their women and
children"
| Asked by Attorney A. NJ. Belcher
for the state, "who spread this pro.
paganda among the Miners" he said
they appeared to get it from their
union. To the next question as to
whether this propaganda" was true
Captain Wilson answered that he
found pamphlets coming from
Charleston containing ga good deal
! that was far from the truth"
I Adjutant General John H. Char
mock on Monday testified he saw
about 1000 men under command OF
Colonel William Eaubanks, who had
charge of the military forces of the
state defending Logan County. Gen.
eral Charnock, himself on the firing
line, bandaged one of the volunteers,
man from Huntington, a man who
was wounded in the head, he testi-
fed, he also told Of supplying mill
tary rifles to the volunteers at Gov
ernor Morgan's direction.
Blizzard said he had just come
from ''the line," at conference in
Madison with Captain John j. Will
son, commander of the first federal
troops that reached the trouble zone,
the army officer testified today. He
found no one of higher authority
over the miners than Blizzard, he
testified.
When the State rests its case,
which will probably be in a few days
now, the defense will move to strike
out all the evidence. If compelled
then to defend the case it is prepar-
ed to call 100 witnesses. There Is
every prospect at this time there
fore that the single trial of Blizzard
alone will last for more than
month from the day it began.
Both sides are already showing