| Show I fOR F UNG WOMAN I N IN SJ STRIKE Kf RII w i I Win Witnesses ies' ies Tell Tel of Shots I rT 0 Fired Fi at Truck of Union Members ers rs I T 1 GASTONIA A N. N C. C Sept 16 Unit Unit- Uni bd ld Aft Press After r examination of than 30 witnesses in story stor of the killing of Mrs Mr Ella EU May Ella May Wiggins mother mothe of five children Idren during an antiunion demonstration dem near nea here Saturday afternoon af af- had been pieced together aey even iven n men were held under 1000 10 J I bond rond tod today Y charged with the kill kill- ki- ki ing lug 1 si of ot the tho accused orI ot or I I the Manville cotton coton mill mi r tvete e t Identified l b by witnesses as as beI be bo- uS g present hen the shooting oc cc- cc c- c I to toI They were vere turned over oyer sheriff with instruction to hold holdI holdt I tIe wih them m under tinder bond I t k They The were George Georgc Lingerfelt L. L L f man Will wm Lunchford Low Low- Lw cry ery ery D Davis Tl Theodore Slims Sims Troy t Dj j J Jones u s' s fr and F F. F. F C. C Morrow 3 X g to testimony given at all hero yesterday nall day inquest Mr Mr Wiggins and 21 ft 1 others othel's all mill mi workers and union strikers were In an i onen truck tri en route roulo rute to their h homes i s- s sI I In n Bessemer r Ci City ne here here when a a gro group p of dashed l Shed by the tho truck caused caused it to collide l with another car and nd as aR the ca crashed hed he'd a a. a sh shot t w as s fired fI-d. fI W WOMAN MAN SHOT h woman woman crying Oh l lordy rd shot and Idled killed crumpled to the floor foor of the truck At Atthe t the tho m moment ment of or tho cr crash s J.p. J.D. J. J D D. Mc nan testified d I heard I heard the Ute S cuns pop Just as LS c ve c hit ht A car Dulled opposite the truck and went Vent orf rf r by bf I It is is beJe believed ed tho shot that Wiled Mrs Wiggins was was fired tire from r m mil il c. c Mrs Mary Jones jonc the only onry other Woman S in t the H truck t t testified sUc d she na was TV al as standing standing near near Mrs Wiggins Mien len the tho tho shot was wa was fired I rc d. d The Tho Jar of or t sort ot of us all ni tog to- to g f ther ler but I saw a a a. man malt in fit n the field ld and Bul Bullets ts was every which way so 80 I ducked ft fora they eer shot s ot me ma me Mrs drs Jones said 1 Charlie R who whip helped carry earry Hia Wiggins to a nearby arby house said caId Id when Mrs Wiggins hollered ho he Jumped out and i the aid of or Carpenter carr carried e J her r to a n Y house She breathed severn v tines Jmes and it was as 15 Hi oC oC three tHee when aha 11 made the lat lait gasp for Cor I took out ut my natch to see Jeet ho lIe said TO RESUME ES ME J INQUEST QU EST ST A vA large larga man with hair very yer nervous nervous as he told tol of or roe rec I a aman man inan named Jack Carver Car Car- car I ve ver and d Mr Mt Sossoman como come up to that wee were surrounding the thc truck ruck and nd told them all allBright l I Bright boys boj boh dont don't do t shoot cm CD any anymore ny more s toM of ot seeing several severa strangers who fired tired upon the flee flee- strikers as s thc they scrambled across ss the cotton fields f The ki coroners coroner's inquest will bere bere- tr Saturday The men now un under d der r arrest will Mill have hao to await awall the extra regular term terni o of superior court 1 to b bo Investigated by the grand jUt jury Sv does docs not convene un until n Oct Octo October ber 20 0 Inthe meantime a private te investigation ratIon gation will be be- conducted by county officials In n un nn attempt to learn the Jd Identity of ot th the person who fired tired thee the tho specific e shot which h killed Mrs Wig Wig- Court urt- urt Releases Relea s O i Communists ni ts CHARLOTTE N. N C C. Sept Seit 16 As As- Press The Press The charge of son con p piracy y to overthrow the state stata gov government ov preferred last Friday against eight textile union workers s Indr communist was nolle nofle pressed o When h i th they y appeared in city cay record- record f co rt today fo for p preliminary hrin hearing hiang City Solicitor Oliver JUnker when out court eo rt oil convened Oo this morning told City Recorder E E. M. M I. I Curre Currle that thal The warr warrant nt had been withdrawn A. A H. H Justice who whit 1 had been bren retained to in n prosecuting S' S the men tC ie judge that fo for so some o c rCa reason on lef t teJ ad been unable to secure ct evidence e. e ARMS M SEIZED The i men were CV Ct M. M t. t Loll C. C D D' D George GeoFge Saul Paul Taylor Shytle e Dewey U Un John Gibson and 1 Eticy Hitch Ritch t en of ot the he m men n were wera arrested t a h house house- uso here Thursday fright and a a. a quantity of arms nis and ammunition iru seized seize I Tint man Saylor was T taken ta tm into custody the U the time im O ot Of their arrest no noe e was Wl-s. Wl Placed ago 10 In it tho the men Judge Thomas J J. i Shaw In 1 mob b activities t s af at Gin and Jut Charlotte threatened release ell I-ell and nd Salor unless som h rk was made and aid Just jus before etor th hour hom he ho in Me ultimatum um the ho charge conspiracy f. f p cy was waz placed aga against n t. t them SUBTERFUGE H ti ahk tl Flow Flowers nj Oll one one nf of the in In- In terl nal labor labor- defense l tens attorney associate ss ate r m appeared Je e In rs r's court I in lit be be- be half bf the eight men but before beCore I an an an opportunity tp Sp k i ase ase han hal been dismissed a s subterfuge to to hold oId these h a try to keen them fr rn ti- ti the t meeting set for fox South on Fat Flowers Flo said ald afterwards Jn in commenting on e on tl th 1 t W 11 plain t that t. t th harS' harS s l n st k t |
