Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1921, Page 5

o z ~ PROSECUTION || oo sk tmso see, | IN MATEWAN CASE efense Attorney Says Law- ers Represent Detectives i at a the Assoclated Press. | making the selling price unusu- ‘l Rather Than State. | WILLIAMSON. W. Va, March 18— aily low. In addressing the jury that will at tefpt to decide the guiit or innocence - of sixteen residents of Muwwan;‘,BLACKHANDER,S, THREAT chiarged with responsibility for the degth of Albert C. Felts, a private de- o A v novsion| AIMED AT WRONG TARGET ; atgerney for the defense, declared that nat one of the lawyers conducting the prosecution can say he “represents” e commonwealth of West Virginia. “It is time that Mingo county houll: and j> Aid of Mayor Sought | TAMPA, Fla., March 18.—Be- mark | cause of fal | by Mayor Charles H. Brown of Tampa. W. Jewett of Pasa-a-grille | re Prof. C. S. Longacre, Seventh-Day Adventist, Erroneously Accused be governed by the taxpaye ngt gy a private detective age cried, and charged that T. I . general manager of theBaldwin-Felts he Detective Agency, and a brother of | penchait i the slain operative, “feeds the attor- reys.”” He added that “eventually the meney comes from the pockets of « Mingo county miners.” “What crime had these men com- mitted to have armed non-ri turned in on them?" < swering his own question b; ling down the power of the coal operators upon them was joining the miners’ union.” Alleges “Traitor” Plans. fes Houston read a letter admitted in | Lo evidence and which it was testified | was taken from the body of Albert C. Felts. It referred to an attemnt | that was to be made to get Sid Hat- ficld, Matewan poliee chief and one of the defendants, into the ageney's employ. “They wanted to make Sid Hatfield & traitor,” shouted the attorney. “They wanted to buy him like they did_isaac Brewer and C. E. Lively. | pressor of t 1f Hatfleld could have been bought he would have been in the place of Livewer and Lively today. But he Idn't be bought and today stands trial for his life. 1 am proud to I now that Matewan elects such un- impeachable men to office. Poor. perhaps. but men who won't sell their manhood.” [ Park. His attitude on the question in- Brewer. an original defendant, tes- ) volved is summarized as follows: tified for the state after the case against him was dismissed. Lively. the state’s “surprise” witness, is a private detective. Charges Offer of $1.000. Continuing his argument. Houston | declared the detective agency “not ! only tried to buy Hatfigld, but of- fered to pay $1,000 for a permit to - i bring & machine wun_ into .\!ltewans NAVAL OFFICER INJURED. | to shoot down upion men.” Referring to the eviction of min- families froth their places of by private detectives on the day of the shooting. during which A. €. Felts and nine other persons were COMMONS VOTES 1921-2 | NAVAL ESTIMATES | No Apprehension That America ‘Would Ever Attack Britain, Says Mr. Asquith, | By $l—mmrr¢-. NDON, March 18.—The house of commons last, night passed the naval gatimates for 1921-32. The estimates amount to £91,136, 2,- gmeunt to | €9 gross and £82, the house of commons authorize, a vote of £2.500,000 for the new ships *aid Lord Lee, the secretary of the admiralty, ail” four would be laid down. ip ‘the next twelve.sionths, but it weuld be impossible" get very | tar forward with them until late in | the fall. and there couldinot be any supplementary estimate: Aircraft, he asserted.: were much more dangerous to the submarines than ta the battleships. For instance, although the allies had five days in which to bomb the German cruiser :{o;-’b;nilw‘lt;n -l-el struck a mine at sallipoii, they on! G y Yy managed to hit The naval debate was continu. by Mr. Asquith, who, declaring. (here was not the faintest apprehension . that the American naval polioy would | ever be directed against England, | ‘e | bones. black hand, bomb, dirk and | . | pistol. to Prof. C. S Longacre, a mem- | e Because the crime they committed | D of Advocating Blue Laws. | i Some one cut in Buffalo who has a| > “blackhand” form of | epistle, b se brain is so feeble | that he writes the wrong thing to the | wrong man, has sent in a letter] adorned with the traditional skull and the executive committee of the' general conference of Sev- - Adventists, headquarters of wny thing about it is, how- t the writer threatens Prof.| becaue of i ned advo-: the Sund ue Jaws."i the latter . including as a cham- iv .ous liberty on Sunday; and has pointed out the dan- gers ahead for lovers of liberty if pro- against the plans of 50 he seems to think s a capitalist and op- workingman, and labors | under several other misapprehensions. Not only is Prof. Longacre threat- {ened with death if he does not cease his activities, but the institutions with which he is connected and his home will be blown up. it is announced. He{ has his office in the administration | building of the denomination in Takoma test be not rai the reformers. ““The laboring man should not be com- | pelied to work seven days a week un-; loss he himself Is willing to work, nor | should any man be compelled to rest on. week unless it 15 his choice.” T ngacre has sent the original letter to the postmaster of Buffalo. Commander Comerford in Auto Struck by Truck. on 18th street, early today. Commander ,Comerford was taken to the Emergency Hospital for treat- ment. He was later transferred to| the Naval Hospital where he was re- | ported in a critical condition. obile operated by Frank Maryland avenue. north- into a horse and carri- | n by Katie Caster. colored, | ge dri a - !aged fifty-three vears, of 74 Fenton place northeast, in front of the Ben- | ning. power plant last night. | Fannie Henderson, colored, of 4571 Fenton street northeast, who was riding in the carriage, was cut about the face and body. Both women wore‘ taken to the Casualty Hospital for treatment. Both the carriage and au- tomobile were slightly damaged. ; WOMAN AND BOARDER ° ; HELD IN HUSBAND’S DEATH i | Doctor Reports Strychnine Found in Dead Man’'s Body at Greensboro, Ga. 1 GREENSBORO, Ga., March 18.—Mrs. | were ordered held without bail at ai commitment hearing here last night in connection with the alleged poison ing of Mrs. Williams' husband. Camp. bell is a section foreman. and was boarder in the Williams' home for two ! argued that America was in such a manding position that both coun- '8 could afford to reduce the am- | possessed over all other nations. and thus take a practical step toward universal disarmament. which was one of the avowed objects of the | covenant of the league of nations. MARRIED MEN ATTEND margin of naval strength they ' aroused the suspicion of neighbors years. { The sudden death of Williams, a THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1921 Will Williams and A. L. Campbeli |} I i i | | prominent farmer. two weeks ago: Arrests of Mrs. Williams, her son Ben- | nie and Campbell followed. The son.{ however. has since been released. i Dr. Edgar Everhardt, Atlanta chem- | ist. reported to Judge Rhodes at the | commitment hearing here that he found a sufficient amount of strych- nine in the viscera of the dead man to | produce death. ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES | cmpre's 75"?..‘";’;’..fia‘r’;f"?fni."ifii'n“;} CAMBRIDGE. England, March 15— | % Willlams 101 the sherift when | | Married men have become aumerqus | e Was arrested that her husband | among the undergraduates of Cam- bridge and Oxford universities since it was m. rels i e Williams' home. brought Camnbell into their home. and_shortly- afterward domestic dis- i _since | corq began. the war. Prior to that time they were | “U{l."chea artracted widespread at- tention throughout this section. and more than a thousand persons attend- | i practically unknown in the student bodies of those universities. Some of them bring their wives and chil- d cd the hearing. n to the university towns to live. )ne of the proctors jere, who was unaware of this unds was %0 astonished recent #aw an undergraduat~ riage containing a bab: PITTSBURGH. Pa. March 15. Gerstam. a traveling representative D for a New York jewelrs firm. was: the child was his robbed of jewelry valued at $44.500 was living in Cam- | last night in a Pittsburgh hotel. iti shing a ¢ that he 4 manded an explanation. The s dent told him and that his w - bridge. Tnquiry has since brougzht out the fact that there are :‘c-\egr«i married men in the Cambridg, yersity. A. by the police. | his room and | NI e 6 R o For Easter { The Stetson Shoe Shop * “LAURETTE" A new arrival and a distinctly dainty one. One-strap Pump, of Light Gray Ooze, with “Tear-Drop™ underlay of black satin; turn soles; baby Louis heels. Priced at $13.50. Our Special Silk Hose, $1.55 Stetson Shoe Shop 1305 F Street RN, ~ A N =" - ROBBED OF $44,800 J’EWELBY.! f . % Commander F. J. Comerford. U. S. killed, Houston argued ‘“that if evic- | N.. of 1808 L street, was internally i tion processes had been obtained in injured in a collision between his ma- 1§ a lawful way there would have been |chine and an auto truck operated by | no trouble l.n JMatewan” last May 19. |Owen M. Cleveland of Barcroft, Va., during his | and they are today. Placing on Sale Some Special Values in Men’s Suits Spring 21 Controlling production as we do— permits us to . control prices— we have —to mark these Suits $37-50 They’re in the Pencil Stripes that have such a prominent place in the fashion for spring. But we’ll show you miore color combinations than you'll be expecting—and the unusual are exceed- ingly efiective, too. There are lots of the wanted Grays—in Her= ringbone and other weaves—and fancy mixtures innumerable. 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