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Show PERJURY CHARGED I TO LAWSON JUROR Sensational Development In the Colorado Coal Mine Murder Case Trial At Trinidad Boulder Hearings On. TltlMDAD, Colo Aug 21 drover Hall, a member ot the Jur) which on Ma) 3d convicted John It tawaon, International In-ternational board member of the United Uni-ted Mine Workers of America, of first degree murder todn) was arrested at Itatou, N M on a chargiWof perjur) Halls arrest wns on an Information filed In the district court hero b) At-tome) At-tome) (leneral Prcd Karsur It Is based on an nffldnvlt b) Hall Incorporated Incor-porated In I .aw sons motion for n new trial In which Halt swore that he had been cite ceil b) it couh bailiff to agree to a verdict of guilt) Halls affidavit which the attorne) general t barges was false was used In u motion for n vrlt of supersedeas, grnnted l) the Colorado supreme court this week The motion for a new trial previous!) had leen denied b) Judge (Irnnb) I till) rr. who tried Ijtwson The supremo court, on ths satin da) It grnnted Ijvwsons motion for a writ of supersedeas, barred Judge llllljer from pn siding at future fu-ture trials growing nut of the recent strike of Colorado coal miners, Hall swore that he held out for 11 verdict or acquittal from Saturday night Ma) 1st, until noon on Ma) 3d, and that during that time rrnnk nooden, the bailiff In charge of the Jur), repentedl) told him that his wife wns serlousl) III On Ma) 3d, ho declared (louden Informed him thnt Judge Hlll)cr had ordered that tho Jur be given no food until a er-diet er-diet was returned Then according to the affidavit. Halt agreed to return a verdict, which ho claimed he did not think was Just. Union Miners On Trial. HOUI.DKH, Colo , Aug 83 Ono of tho cases which has nttrnctcd wide nt-tuition nt-tuition In the series of legnl battles which followed the strike of Colorado coal miners In 1913-14 opened toda) In district court here The defendants are B I Do)le, sccretar) and treasurer treas-urer of District It, United Mine Workers of America, W T lllrkc), seeretnr) of the Colorado federation of trftbor nnd John O Connor, Jack Cassld) nnd Joe Potestlo. local mine union leaders In the Northern Colorado Colo-rado coal fields. The) arc charged with the murder or Pit Stancff. n miner killed In n strike bnttl at the Hccla mine April 38 1911 Judge Nell 1 Oraham. In the district dis-trict court here toda) designated September Sep-tember 1st ns the date, for arguments on n motion to separate the murder cases against K I. Do)le, W T 1 lie-key, lie-key, John O Connor, Jack Cnssldy and Joe Potestlo A new date for trial will Jie set after the court rules on the motion mo-tion The cases orlglnall) wero set for trial toda), nnd the five defendants were to be tried together The sever-nnee sever-nnee motion was filed b) counsel for the United Mine Workers of America |