The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-09

rand jury had TO be in court to
S, and that Howard ShOpe had
already pointed out Grand Jur-
or w. A. Gardner as one who
Favored a man | saw among
the killers" it is understood here,
precipitated Carpenters decision to
end the farce. The mill owners
forces could not have other wit
nesses corroborating Swope.
Judge P. A. McElroy then de-
clared that fourteen of the men
identified during these hearings as
among the murder gang, would be
held to the grand jury for iniict-
ment. The grand jury of CASTOR
County, completely under control of
the mill owners, has already refused
to bring in true hills against nlae CT
them. Those held are:
Horace Wheeler, Jack Carver, w.
M. Borders, Troy Jones, Fred 7.
Morrow, E. F. Haynie, L. M. Sosso-
man, Lowrey Davis, o. II. Lunsford,
Theodore Simms, George Fowler, M.
II. Holbrook, l.. H. Thompson and
Yates Gamble.
All these men are either bosses or
hired gunner of the Loray mill,
against which the strike was de-
clared, in the course of which Ader-
holt's raid took place and the Gas
tonia case arose. They had smashed
union meeting in South Gastonia
September Ia, followed truck load
OF workers from Bessemer City out
onto the highway, blocked and
wrecked the truck by driving a car
in ahead of it, then opened fire into
the textile workers riding on the
truck, and pursued hem with shots
as they fled. The first shot fired
killed Ella May, an active National
Textile Worker Union member of
Bessemer City.
The first nine gangsters identi-
fled at the coroner's inquest were
freed by the grand jury, one mem
Der of which, according to Swope,
was in tn emurder gang.
Fake Investigation.
Mass resen .nent and the desire
to d oa better job of white washing
forced Governor Gardner to order
a re-opening fthe investigation
and he app inted for that purpose
Judge McElroy. Major BulwinkIe.
attorney for the Manv:'e Jenckes
Co. Loray mill, defended those
identified. Solicitor Carpenter, him
self identified as leader of an
other lynching party that flogged
N. 7. W. Organizer Ben Wells, pre-
tended to prosecute. The whole
procedure was obviously a trick to
stifle protest.
In the course Of the investigation,
however, much proof that the mur-
derer is known and that he is an
agent of the Loray mill came out.
Bill Bradley, who was in the truck,
testified that one man in the gang
held up his hand when the shot hit
Ella May and called out; "Hey
there, fellows, that'll do"
j. B. McClendon, another union
list, said that as he and others were
carrying Ella May to nearby
house, member of the murder gang
came up and ordered them to stop.
He explained he was taking the dy-
ing woman to the houes for treat
ment. He was permitted to pro-
ceed whiel others in the group were
held on the roadside. 81 don't want
to kill you," the Loray gunman
said, "but I'll do it if any of you
try to run away"
Hobart White, Is, testified that
he offered to fight one member of
the mob when the truck was held
up, but the man assaulted him with
weapon, breaking his arm.
ones Makes Bull.
Union witnesses were compelled
by Major A. l.. ulwinkle, chief of
the Loray lawyers, to touch each of
the 16 defendants they accuse of
completely in the shooting. This
was after George Lingerfelt, driver
of the union truck, ha dtestified that
he saw one of the gangsters with
gun.
"Who was it?" demanded Bull
winkle. at was the one with the
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