Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1922, Page 46

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1922. ABSOLUTELY FREE |NOJURYINFIVE [ABSOLU !wfiwkm UREKA 1| Mine Massacre Trial Moves - Slowly Six,Months After 5 : VACUUM CLEANER Tragedy. On 3 Days’ Trial — The Ideal Special Dispatch to The Star. MARION, 111, December 8.--For nearly five weeks efforts have been in progress to secure the jury to try Today eight men are permanent fix- tures in the jury box on the right of Circuit Judge D. T. Hartwell. Others who will take their places there are subject to searching inquiry regard- ing their knowledge and opinions of the crime for which forty-eight men are under murder Indictment and three times that number charged with (felonies of a lesser degree. It was on June 22 last, nearly a A suggestion to Husbands. Brothers. Sons—Give her a really useful present this Christmas. The Grand Prize Eurcka. Make up your mind now. Don't wait until the last minute. Here is our wonderful offer: Upon re- quest we will deliver to your door on three days’ free Xmas trial a brand-new 1923 Eureka. Use it without cost and if vou desire to buy you can pay ONLY $5.00 DOWN !{u!l six months ugo, that a mob swept o 3 s through the fields and up the slope of Halnace ini Eaky S Menthily Eayments the drift mine at Herrin, where non- i Etreka af union workers were breaking the _Ti you want to kecp the Eurcka after strike that had lasted since April. this free Xmas trial simply make the Following the initial exchange of small down payment and pay the bal- shots the workers surrendered, only auce in casy monthly payments. eventeen of thelr number % = n outright., while several wothers This Offer Expires Dec. 23 Tw hurt they later died a constantly gro\\'—| the chances of any- & ay The time hanged for the crime dcfaye-act gt < remote. Al there Iimited. Write, call or phone. !have 1 . 00 tal - o the attorney 1 rity ? 1 lisqualified Main 955 . Sieqannes Pay Your Elect-ic Light Bills Here e [Dinied opinifas Gat e wduld 5 Potomac Electric A li Co H ns of tlm; l'gal _d!‘lnke. o cing on April 1, the idleness ppliance Lo. e o P e e riin 607 14th St. iners and their families, the effort jof the owners to break the strike —Branch_Store. Washington Railway and i Electric Buildiog. 14th and C Sts. N.W. jons Hard to Avoeid. jwith imported non-union worker: ’ the 3 mine and the su he ‘murders. all present 2} indellibly impressed. which ! on a talisman who i | i coron, ¥ whic decreed that Ithe owners ne were the| ble, because d non-union labor Of those indicted were admitted to bail | ranging from $1.000 to| reed that I-afl! R on_ the im v of llw| A . i ! for sthe ne v bonds. The murli It is a mark of distinction to be able to Y e o orde T R med/ate continuously satisfy Her Majesty—the [ihciany arier clectiant o o "!‘ American Housewife. In most homes, { Most ANl Express Prejudice. her royal taste is reflected nowhere so |, Pay after day since November | ... much as in the excellence of her coffes. n!l):(;ugrlllm;rr:)::rr:‘ss. ln‘:‘l:\ixls“!p i:';:n'm: ¢ The distinction of having provided {ian r.i’-::.“;’sz‘&’o“f,,. The ax’gflgl:_\'- sv::rl::( fastidious homes with good coffee since i the nature of the trial. and the pros- 1864, belongs to Chase & Sanborn. In e ey ouhe har e im serving. Almost invariably he th ear w t at yeariwe setiout [tojproduce icoffes as. Those who say they have not for those who thoroughly enjoy the best. ) has any opinion which would pre\'enli 0 J ~emin come objects of suspicion Year by year, an increasing number of cs. They are "h“"lm.'"l;" households recognize the unfailing good- s ¥ soon indicate b ness of Seal Brand—as the steadily : 5 gt would like to serve and cha growing volume of sales indicates. zes for cause are upheld by the - itting judge. Seal Brand is always fresh, always Tho eight men choSen to date are | packed in one, three and five pound Oscar Swanner, fiftv, farmer, opposed - 2 s 1o the death penalty unless the cvi- sealed tins. Sold by reliable merchants dence is overwhelmin, James everywhere. | Weaver, fifty-six, farmer. who knows | rothing of mining; Henry Riddle. farmer and former union miner. who | eays his old afMliations would not lirfluence his verdict: William David- #£on, fifty-six, farmer all his life; Sam P - Wadkins, .'. m:r ar;’d'hlormer coal @Im.s‘ e I Sanbor ns nion, but convinced unioniem 18 i not trial here; Hiram McMillan, ! forty-cight, farmer. well acquainted i with Otis Clark, the first man In- jdicted for murder, and told the i defense attorneys he “thought a scab had a right to live”; George Craig. ! farmer and justice of the peace. who ;had one relative killed by violence nd another tried for murder. but vho was sure he could reach an im- partial verdict: George Cox, union miner, not opposed to death penalty and who was certain his verdict would not be affected by his union | amiiation Ex-Sheriff 3 ade Treasurer. Whether it reflection of the sentiment in Williamson county or not it is a fact that at the election on November 7 Melvin Thaxton, who as sheriff, was accused of gross negli- gence in not trying to prevent the massacre. was clected county treas- urer by the largest plurality any candidate ever received in the county. His deputy, S. E. Storme. was elected county clerk by the second highest plurality. while George Calligan, a miner. was chosen sheriff. This in the face of promises by their op- ponents that if elected they would “see that every indicted man was { convicted.” { . The union is backing the accused. | A defense fund has been raised and { the families of the accused are being | cared for while strike benefits are being paid to the men in jail. It s undeniable that the weight of public sentiment in Williamson county fa- vors the accused. Criticism of the mob action frankly is not wise and citizens who might feel disposed to do so very frankly admit they are {afraid to. 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