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Show ALABAMA GUARDSMAN ON TRIAL FOR LYNCHING HAMILTON, Ala.. Jan. 31. Ser-Igeant Ser-Igeant Robert L. Lancastor. one of i nine members of Companj 5f, Alabama Ala-bama national guard, was to ko on trial late today In connection with the Llynchlng of William Halrd. a miner, i for whose death nine guardsmen were indicted- The prosecution decided to iglve the meu separate trials. Citizens of Tuscaloosa, the homo of 'the guardsmen who wore on duty in the miners" strike zone, Uiave raised la defense fund and employed counsel for the accused who are little more than boys. John Northcuti, Baird'a father-in-law, was killed by James .Morns, a guardsman, December 22. Morris was killed shortly afterward. Halrd was sought and surrendered Christmas ! night, lie was taken from Jail at I Jasper January 13 and shed to death by masked men. The guardsmen were implicated In the lynching by a taxi-icab taxi-icab owner. |