Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-28
.GASTON|A TO OPEN
MILL Staying CASE
Change of Venue Is Sought by
20 Defendants, Ready for
Trial Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GASTON1A. N. c., July 27.-Twenty-
three members of the NATIONAL Textile
Workers Union and afiliafed COM
munistic organizations, accused Of MUIR
der and assault to kill in connection
with the Loray strikers tent colony
shooting on June T. will 60 on trial at
special term OF the CASTOR County
Superior Court here Monday morning
Attorneys for both sides today had
completed their plans and the little
| courtroom, seating not over 200 persons.
had been altered to provide working
places for a score or more of newspaper
correspondents, as we'll as extra court
officials.
The cases grew out of the fatal
wounding of o. r. Aderholt, chief of
police Of Gastonia. and the woundinS
of Tom Gilbert. patrolman, and-A. J..
Roach. a special policeman.
None of the defendants has been
indicted and the first act Of Circuit
Judge M. v. Barnhill Of Rocky Mount
specially assigned to the case by Gov.
o. Max Gardner, will be to charge the
grand jury. The indictments may oe
returned shortly after noon and the
defendants arraigned.
Murder Charges.
Twelve men and three women are
held on charges Of murder. They are
Fred Erwin Beal, Lawrence, Mass
Southern organizer for the National
Textile Workers Union; Vera Buch
New York. union organizer: Sophia Mel
vim. New York. organizer for the Young
Pioneers Of America. a Communicate or
ganization: Amy Schechter, 1nterna-
tional Workers Relief worker Joseph
HoU ~
izer; George Carter, Mizpah, N. j.,
union member and camp guard. and
the following strikers: Louis Mclaughlin
w. M. McGinnis, K. o. ByerS, j.. C.
Heffner Robert Allen, Russell Knight
N. F. Gibson. K. Y. Hendricks and
Delmar Hampton.
Those accused of assault with intent
TO kill are J. r. Pittman. Clarence
Townsend, c. M Lell, Clarence Miller.
r. Litofi. d. E. Mcdonald, Walter Lloyd
and Earl Martin.
Seek Change Of Venue.
Although all preparations were made
for trial of the cases here. defense
counsel today completed preparations
for An effort TO have the cases removed
to another county on change of
venue. Scores Of af1davits alleging
that feeling in Gastonia was such that
a fair trial could not be had. were in
the hands OF defense attorneys. 1t
was planned to make this motion when
the defendants are arraigned.
Judge Barnhill will have before him
three possible courses in connection
with the change of venue motion. He
can grant or refuse the petition or he
can call venire from another county
and still try the case in CASTOR County.
The National Textile workers Union
n,{I taw ~
BeSsemer City, five miles from here,
for tomorrow afternoon. Circulars have
been sent to mills throughout the South
with the request that they name dele
gates to attend.
William z. Foster, who has twice
run for President on the Communist
party ticket. and John Randolph Neal,
Knoxville, Tenn, a defense attorney,
are listed among the speakers. The
eight men accused OF assault. who have
been In Eastern cities helping raise
funds for the defense, returned to
GaStonia today.
Cause Of Shooting.
The shooting which brought about
the charges against the % persons was
a result Of strike OF operatives of
the Loray Mill of the Manville -Jenckes
Co. here
The 156 operatives and their families
were housed in a tent colony main
tanned by the International Workers
Relief. On the night OF June Z. Alder
holt and four policemen went to the
place. presumably to investigate fight
between two strikers. During a scuffie
between George Carter and one of the
policemen. some one fired a shot. Sew
eral other shots followed, and Chief
Aderholt. Patrolmsn Gilbert and Spe-
cial Offlcer Roach fell seriously wound
ed. Aderholt died the next day.