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Bill MURDER ML DREW BIG CROWDS TODAY Over Storm-Swept Roads Men, - neyed To Marion STATE SCORES HEAVILY feadant. mimlxr of the mob whom hs had setn anriBf a pistol, i K. L. Pool. a rider.t tf Jlerrfn, tesu!Sod he had seen Lv lUnn, an other defendant and I'erc Hall, a resident of Herrin, who U not anions' th defendants In the present case, famous; the ermJ marehera i Pool aald the crowd of marchers ws mad 119 of between two hun jdrad and five hundred persons er.d .rLr.d th nrUontra "tired, dirty. and clad only In shirt and trousers" war driven ahtafl or tne mnatn la tha direction of the cemetery. The witness aald he had seen amocg the spectators who bad watched the procession Robert Her ron, the chief of polica of Herrtn. After the marchers had passed, hs teatiaed he had walked several blocks from Us house and on his return had beard the distant sound of run Brief. BLANE DE VINEY HURT ON RAILWAY YARDS 2otn a w:l as could be expected totUf. Air. DeVlsey Um od Park sTesaa. bear the railroad yard. latrodaees Wttaesacs Who Say They Saw Tbe) Jioa-Cntoa Miners Brine DrlTca Before Mob To Tlteir Death; Identified Sercral of Defendants As Members ASKS $7010,000 Marion. Ilia, Dec J 4 By Tb Associated Press) Over storm swept roads, axis deep with mud In place, men, women and children Journeyed today In automobiles, horse drawn vehicles of ancient vintage and even trucks to in Williamson county courthouse to attend tha third days session of the trial of live man charged with murder la connection wlln the Herrin riot. More than Sot persons crowded into the courtroom yesterday add several hundred were refused admis sion because no standing room was 4efL Among the spectators were scores of women. Following the testimony yesterday if several witnesses who pointed out three of the defendants as men they had seen with weapons In their hands the morning of the tragedy, the state was prepared today to Introduce more evidence designed to show that the twenty non-union victims of the riot had been shot down after they had surrendered under promise of safe conduct out of the county. Ward Brundage, attorney general fit I&lnoia, wbo attended th opening session of the trial Wednesday and was in the courtroom for a few mln utes yesterday, left for Chicago last night He complained of severe pains in his right side and expressed the fear that It might be appendicitis. He said he wished to consult his physician in Chicago. Before a tense audience which packed tha Bomber courtroom to the doors and overflowed into the stair way leading to it and the corridors below, witnesses for the stats pointed out three of the defendants as men they had seen with weapons In their bands the morning of tha tragedy. Six of the bodies, according to the testimonies of J,. Marshall Lenta, a Herrin real estate dealer, and T. X. llonta, his brother, who Is a black smith and member of the Vnited Mine Workers of America, were bound together with a single rope about their necks. Fourteen other dead or injured victims were found Just outside the Herrin city cemetery on the outskirts of the town, they testified. . Mob Was Bulging Marshall Lehtz, the brat ethe - two to take the stand. tesUOedUio seeing a crowd of several hundred men passing before his house in Her rin C4r,y in inc murmug u& jnnm a, the day of the-klllings- He said the crowd was shouting and singing and looked like a mob and that "about six prisoners with bloody heads were being driven ahead." Later, he said, he had gons with his brother thru the woods st the edge of the village. "What did you see In the woods?" he was asked. "Fourteen men who had been shot down and some armed men." He added that he had then gone toward the city cemetery. "What did you find therer asked Xtolos Duty, state's attorney. "1 found six men In the middle of the road tied, together with ropes about their necks. Three of them were still breathing. I think." "Did you see anything else of wounded or dead men?" "Tea, we drove down the road In an automobile and saw four more dead one of them was hanging to a tree." Testimony Corroborated T. Jf. Lents corroborated his " brother's testimony regarding the rison. who hss a farm at Herrtn near ' he scene of the ilaying, told of ste in a group of about twenty-five men with a sin irle prisoner near his farm. 'They started south with the pris oner end shot hlra down when he ran," hs said. - Later the witness testified he saw ... another group of about II armed tnen enter a clump of woods with two prisoners. Then he beard shots, he added. Mr. Harrison pointed out Bert Grace, one of the defendants, as one of the men he had seen with a run in his hand. He also said he had seen Otis Maynard and Dallas Mc Cree, neither of whom is a defendant Maynard. he said, had no gun. McCree, according to the witness, with three other men whom ha was unable to Identify, came up to his barn and told him they wanted to go thru the lot "to head oft some men who had gotten loose." . "What else did he say ?" Harrison was asked. ) "He said: "we ehof two of them before we got here.' 1 Defeudonls Mrntjfled Another witness. Lawrence Bears. Herrin truck ddver, pointed out from the stand Jut CarnaghL a de- BEGIVEJPINS Rep. Newton Would Have U. S. Give That Sum To Aid The Needy In That Country Washington, Dec. li Appropria tion of S7t.00.00 for relieving famine conditions in Germany and Austria was proposed In a resolution introduced yesterday by Representa tive Newton, Republican, of Missouri. The resolution, which declared the people were In despair, provides that tbs fund be expended for pur chase of food supplies In the United States to be distributed by tha Amer ican Red Cross with ths aaiistajics of Red Cross organisations la Ger many and Austria. Introduced in behalf of twenty one members of congress, the reso lution recited that "widespread star vation even now prevails among the seventy million people of Austria and Germany" and that unless re lief is Immediately extended "hun dreds of thousands, if not millions, will die of hunger and cold during the coming winter." Bread riots already have occurred in a number of German cities, the resolution continued, "sixty per cent of tbe children of ths two countries are undernourished, and the death rate from tuberculosis, stomach troubles and other diseases has in creased to an alarming extent." The resolution declared mat me allied reparations commission had estimated t. 000.000 tons of grain would be necessary to prevent star vation in Germany, and that with the low value of tbe mark twice the oresent circulation of paper money in the nation would be required to pay for it In a statement accompanying ths resolution. Representative Newton said that under tbe terms of ths nnr- treaty Germany had been re quired to relinquish milk cows, heif ers, goats ana sneep essential 10 oer food supply, and that In addition ths great bulk of her coal ws be ing taken to France and Belgium, with a consequent shutdown of fac tories. "Ws are a Christian nation, " Mr. Newton said, "and cur religion teaches charity, svsn unto an enemy, aid while Germany and Austria were our enemies, they are now our fallen foe, and I am sure that America Is not willing to see their helpless wom en and children die of cold and starvation" waJe working under aa engine on the local yard. The rssrt thji ' aaolher aaj"-r-e was bcke4 at tit , 1 tha ess -under which be was ly;-r and In some way see of his hands " cut 2 asoat eva wnu tr. iuj uia oaua u newiorcr -Park Blanc PeVlney, a Southern Rail way fireman, met with a serious sc-( tru;Db. 11- as taken to a loci! eldest last night about 11 1) o'clock. ! hospital, where hs Is reported to See "Westover Park" today. For Xmaa grift of aQ kinds. Miller's Sales Store, No. 13 W. Fourth street Municipal Court Alex Hemphill, colored, charged with having whiskey In his posses sion for sale, was lined I7 and the costs In the municipal court this morning. An eight-months' sus-i pended sentence, conditioned upon his good behaviour for twq yaars. ; was also placed over him. Cora Glenn and Eugene Glenn,' colored, charged with having whls-j key for sale, were each fined 7S and ; the costs and given eight-months' j suspended sentences with the usual i conditions. 8. C. Jones, charged with drunk-1 enness. was fined i snd the costs. W. C. Albright was taxed with) the i costs for speeding. ' D. Cermlchael, charged with an! assault on M. ft. Adams, was fined 15' and the cool. I Sis Hunt, alias Eth Parker, col ored, charged with an assault in Doby Erwin, colored, was fined ISO and the costs. In another case the defendant was taxed with the cons and placed on good behavior for two years for assaulting Emma Eggleston, colored John McCuiston, charged with an assault In two cases, was taxed with the costs in each. ' L J Christmas Fbr $1 Buy a v iol carao 24 five eent packs t of Little 8un-Mid Rsisuis s I for a dollar st Cbrittmsi irac Far eat KOdna't tkiclriafi, u4 sir tbcm tm te tsar tattle wiende ee CarWtm i Day THIK OWN ato sicks i te ssst sreeaa. Laadces. Makhfst. Mnl swra. tetkkeed sad OOOD GeVtae (Otoe sow st sar t4 satsasfa an let 1 laecki venenata start I Little Sun-Maids "Curistmas RsisfaiH , Sc Everywbtr HadTeevlrosTedsyr stereV FORD COLLIDED WITH STREET CAR ON SQUARE A Ford automobile, operated by W. M. Bush, of West Second street, collided with a street ear this morn ing near the Intersection of Liberty and Fourth s reets. Mr. Bush wss going north Jn Liberty, while the street car was headed south on the same street. The tramc officer at the Intersec tion of Fourth and Liberty says he did not see the collision, as his bade was turned. However, he says h looked around upon hearing the f rvsh. He says that there were In dications that the Ford's wheels re fused to lesve the ear railing after he driver had gotten over on the irark in passing around a pile of and at the rear of ths United Cigar Company's store. Mr. Bush was . bad iy bruised about the body and it la reported that one tooth was knocked out The Ford was pretty badly damaged. MR. WOOD KILLS LARGE PORKERS. WE1GIU.VG, til LBS. J. M. Wood, who lives a short dis tance weet of the city, near Hanes town, killed two porkers yesterday that weighed ll pounds, there being only one pound difference in the weight of the two. 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Oysters, Extra Se- '7A lect, quart - I Uv Oysters, Standards, Extra Good Round Q A Steak, pound , Olf t FOR THE FRUIT CAKE Raisins, Currants, Citron, Orange Peel, Lem on Peel, Layer Figs, Package Figs, Glace Cherries, Glace Pineapple Hearts, and Fin gers, Crystallized Ginger. We Also Have Gardner's and National - : -Fruit Cakes - FRUITS and NUTS Oranges, Apples, Bananas, Grapes, Large English Walnuts, Brazil Nuts, Mixed Candies ASKETE-RIA 438 Trade Street .for Christmas. Only a few 1 day. left.
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