Evening star., 1922-12-16
.HERRIN N||NEf|GHT
STORY RECOUNTED
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Witnesses Tell of Killings, In
Trial of Five Alleged
SIayers.
DESCRIBE DEATH MARCH
Actual shootings Have Not Been
., Proved Against Ac-
- cused Men.
DESCRIBE DEATH MARCH

MARION, December 16.-Attorneys
for both state and defense in the trial
of five men charged with murder In
connection with the Herrin riot OF
last June today predicted the ena OF
the trial by the middle Of January.
Previous estimate was that the trial
would continue two months.
During the first three days OF the
trial testimony has been given by
more than a score Of states witnesses.
During the Saturday and Sunday re-
cess that was taken last night the
attorneys said they would go over
their list of witnesses in the hope OF
materially. reducing them.
So far the states witnesses have
pointed to four Of the five defendants
as having been seen with guns "
their hands during The riots. out al
have united in the declaration that
they were unable to identity any OF
those as participants In the shootHhs.
May Offer Alibi.
The defense has not made clear Its
case except for the declaration OF! OF a; :
men, that it would prove an alibt Tor
all Of the defendants.
Frank harrington, head OF the '1lli-
nois mine workers. who has been a
spectator at the trial. issued state.
ment saying that the union would
defend every miner indicted IN con-
nection with the riot
The attack on the Herrtn strip
mine. the death march through the
town with the captives and the hunt
ing down Of a few fu6itives was de-
scribed yesterday by witnesses at the
trial Of Ave men held in connection
with the killings.
All but one Of the defendants were
named as having been seen with q
gun during the progress OF the riot
ing. but all the witnesses SO far heard
have declared that they could not
the act of shooting at the victims.
In an argument between opposing
counsel regarding the exclusion OF
a portion of the testimony to which
the defense objected. Judge D. T.
Hartwell. ruling in favor of the
prosecution. said: II want the whole
thing to come out and do not want
to exclude any testimony on q mere
teohnicality."
News Writer On Stand.
Donald NJ. Ewing. a Chicago news
paper man. who wrote the first ac-
count Of the killings for the Asso-
cfated Press. picked out Bert Grace
from among the defendants as q man
who had threatened him with a gun
when he attempted to bring q drink
OF water to two injured men who
were lying on q sun baked road. sur
rounded by a crowd of armed men.
just outside Of Herrin.
The witness said there were six
dead OF wounded men lying in the
road. all OF them bound together by
single rope tied about their necks.
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wounded men and pushed" the wit
ness declared. and quoted the defen-
dant as saying. with a curse:
You'll get no water here"
Another witness, Henry Graves.
mine pump man, said he had seen
group OF armed men chasing two fusi-
lives through the fields near his house.
Il heard the sound Of Shots" he testi-
fed. "and could see the bullets kicking
up the dust behind the fleeing men,
Shortly afterwsrd. he said. a wounded
man had taken refuge on his rear porch.
but two men who said they were "offi-
GERS came and took him away.
Found Four Bodies.
Fred Harrison, a student at the Uni
versity OF Illinois testified that he had
seen Bert Grace near his fathers farm
on the outskirts> of Herrin on the MORN
ing Of the riots.
Young Harrison said tina. he had then
ShhcIi q "Aih " d uCdJpy CluIHp OF
woods where he found four bodies, one
Of them hanging from q tree.
William Goodman, farmer. testified
that he had been near the strip" mine
where the riot started and had seen,
several hundred men coming from ihe
mine with thirty or forty prisoners. He
estimated the crowd about the mire at
1900 persons.
At the close Of the session Yesterday
Judge Hartwell announced an adjourn
ment Of court over Saturday and Sunday.