Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-09-08 | Page 2 | Judge Postpones Trials of Coal Mine Battlers

JUDGE POSTPONES TRIALS E OF COAL MINE BATTLERS WlLUAUBi N. w -a S. p, s ()r I motion of the state and over objection B of counsel for the defense, Jojgji M James Damron of th- Mingy count v H circuit court, ordered the trials of 21 H men. Indicted for murder In connn tlon with the killing of ten persons at H Matewan last May continued until Jan 9 uary 19. 1921 Attorneys for the state Informed th V rourt late today that two material wit- I aesse.s were sbsent snd tbst their tee- B Mmony could not be offered by any S ui witness. MUM The two missing witnesses, counsel H for the state announced, were ii W B Anderson and d W Gunnoe AnJer I son la one of the Jlaldwin Felts flat B ttres ho SSeagJSd fr .m Mstowau dur flB mc the battle there He ui In n mmW tlluefleld hospital, the sUteg attornev told the court. They added that i;Uu m noe. principal of the Matewan high H chool. had left that city after he ha 1 B received an anonymous letter threaten B ing his life. n