The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-28

in the march they were forced 10 take
part or Mere Killed.
one uninu man. Mr.. Erlcner Saln
after refusing TO Join yielded t" threats
and later was sent 10 tcdIr Grove near
Charleston. to get some guns. 'I"'
cling there in an aut"moDlIr' NJ va"
desrs tened by others IN IN" party 10
demand surrender 81 he weapons from
mine superintcndrnt. hut returned 10
The machine, reporting he had not boon
able to get the guns, according to the
s,atcneut He was shot down, the
speaker declared, his body iaken into
,he machine and thrown out nj the door
or an undcrtaker's establishment. Inc
occupan ts or the car calling out: Here s
the body of {: Scab
An aged negro who did not want 10
accompany the marchcrs was TOTO 10
step aside" and as he did so thirteen
shots were fred into his body, the law
yer said.
Kother Jones' TELEGRAM"
He also told Of evidence the state
would offer that Mother" Jones, iden-
tiaed with the organization for years
addressed thesa men. advising them
that their protest was Illegal and urg-
Ing them to return to their homes. She
said she had telegram from the pfesi-
dent. calling on them 70 dispense. but
President Kccney he said the evidence
would show, declared the telegram was
a fake" told the men not to dispense,
and posted guards at the lower
end of the camp with orders to
allow no one to leave. After they had
marched to Racine, in Boone county,
General Randholz was sent by the presi-
dent, and getting in touch with Presi-
den, Kerney aud Secretary Fred
Mooney. demanded that they stop the
march. In the presence OF General
Randhok, they addressed the men at
Danville and ordered them TO return 10
their homes. Mr.. Belcher said
Deception Alleged
This. however. was Only 10 deceive
the army officer. and that night they
commandcercd train OF the Chc1-
peake & Ohio. with which they trans
ported the men 10 Logan county. where
within n day or two 1000 or 5000 had
rea ssenrbed under arms. The president
OF the United States issued his procla-
nation calling on the men to dispense
on August 20. but this was not obcyed.
Mr.. Bclchcr said. He then told Of the
shooting Of John Gore. a Logan county
deputy sheriff. Tor whose death some o.
tho other defendants in the ''marcn'
eases are charged with murder
Killing Of Gore.
IT WIS after the proclamation Of the
president that Gore and others or the
Logan defenders met party OF men,
who asked Who arc you before any
shots had been fred by tie group in
command OF Gore. tie states attorney
declared. The deputy, he said. replied
| with the same question. and once more
it was returned to him. with the com
ment. I'VE asked first" Then he was
asked for the password and the moment
! he said, Amen" the counterSiSn OF the
defending forces he was killed. Mr..
| Belchcr added. One OF the states wit
ncsses to this occurrence. according TO
the lawyer, has disappeared and an
| other was killed by falling under a
! train a few days ago. but others would
testify as TO these facts
Before Mr.. Bclcher began. John T.
! Porterfcld. prosecuting attorney for the
county, explained briefly to the jurors
| about the change Of venue from Logan
| county. and declaring that he had never
! seen the indictments nor any OF tn,
| witnesses and knew nothing o: thu
| guilt or innocence of the defendant. and
asked that they consider the prescott
| ing attorney Of Logan county just as
| though he had been one Of their own
| election.
The Amended Bill.
Tho court activity today WAS niins
tho amended bill Of particulars naming
! defense fund" or which Frank Snyder
was president and Fred Mooney sscr"'
tary-trea surer. and fortyfour locals,
which 1t was alleged furnished funds
! 10 buy ammunition for the march.
( Names Of twenty jurors were drawn
! and questioned Ivy JGdE" J. ~ Woods,
! briefly. as 10 their qualifications None
| claimed 10 be disqualified either by oh
| lection to finding n verdict of guilty OF
| an offcnSe punishable by death, by reia =
| tionship to the defendant. by bias. or by
having formed or expressed an opinion