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Show ISSUE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS Charleston, W. Va . May 15. A writ of habeas corpus was asked for yesterday yes-terday in the circuit court of Kanawha Kana-wha county on behalf of Fritz Merrick, Mer-rick, editor of Justice, a Socialist publication of Pittsburg. Pa. Under orders of Governor Hatfield. Merri k was arrested while editing a Socialist newspaper He was alleged to have printed articles attacking Governor Hatfield and the miliary officers In connection with their attitude in the coal strike district under martial law Merrick who is in Jail here, claims he never was charged with any offense of-fense that no effort has been made to try him and that his imprisonment, therefore is Illegal. Judge Samuel D. Llttlepage ordered !h- attorney general gen-eral of the state to show cause today wh Merr'ck should not be granted n w rlt of habeas corpus oo |