The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-21
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HGHARI1EsSTON, " a., July 81.
WhoIg families were involved in
hssmaTch the MON miners on
sofdngSto Prosecuti Attorney
5JokuEGhaffnsofgLo County, who
sasprsparfngG plans for the contin-
at the celebrat-
sghaTIesTowns courthouse before
|4tndge Woods August He
sltsd the5 case of stheyWilburns as.
IN examp1e The Rev James E.
ilbuEmWas convicted of second
degree murder at the last session
Nspf court there: His son John
ron trial next on a murder
8 ge;sands two5other sons are also
;6eing jail at Charles Town.
All are aHeged;sto have been in
EEhsHEarty Of forty to- fifty armed
union miners which met Deputy
Sherff John Gore and two of his
aidess sand shot all down in cold
bloc a. Gore had mistaken their
party fcrfriend according to Pros
eeatoE Chatin, and called out to
them They demanded the pass
word which vogue among the
union mtners5at that time. Still
mixing they elonged to the has
fgnding the women and children
fLogans Core eplied Amen.
and fell TIL a bull through his
Hear
0neSof his aides George DeMun-
sey didn't die instantly. He had
been shotsthroughAthe neck Ris-
fngstcs his knees he begged the
boysssnots to shoe lin again. For
answer one8put a rifle against his
head and fired. His bead struck
ground andzSr ebounded eight
lin cording to witnesses In
Reverend Mr. VVilburn'sN trial
ItsisforSth these murders. and that of
gaffago..Who was Ew1th5them, that
esJo6n Tf1burn goes on trial Au-
gust
While Judge RID. Bailey in Will
%liamsons Mingo County, recently
snolled cases 1nYolying less than a
EscoEegof persons%inA which officials
sandS members of the United Mine
workers Of Americ ca were defend
ants theseshadsno nothing whatever to
zsdo With the cases to be tried at
gharles own orindictments re-
turneG#inS Logan County. The cases
lSnollieds aroseE out of trouble in Min
go County and had been on the
OFT o years in some IN
stances
The caseHagainst Walter Allen,
Scharged with treason, will be the
next taken up after the Wilburn
case lien, who is an official of
the local union atsDrysBranch, on
gampbell's Creek in Kauawha
the chief aid essi to the general
who the forces of from
1900 ato 70, 900 union miners, VINO
ann unced tn cir intention OF
trough Logan and on to
martial law insti-
t1tedE yGoyernor2M Morgan was to
be@upsetbysforce of arms, accord
ing Prosecutor Chafin: Aliens
meswas mentioned more often
than man in the march
Witnesses who testified at the
trfa1Eof&NYflliams Blizzard. who was
acquitted of treason in connection
theSmarch.s
Allen Savory Holt and Dee
MunseySweres three of the .colonels'
the march, said Prosecutor
;sGhaf i'm w lille others made the
SplansS that stherebels would pursue.
SSthose threesI led the forces up Blair
and in other places where
theSfightingSoccu on the TWEEN
ty:ffye-mile@ front, we will prove.
sEWeswiII show that Allen bought
much Of the ammunition, if not all
gofit, and delivered it, and then led
gan defenders, largely non.union
miner In Logan county who ha
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