HERRIN MASSACRE
EVIDENCE AT TRIAL. VICTORY FOR Australian sad HA Cable iKnititiflS (Received January 7 ,5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, January 6. At the Herrin massacre trial at MArion, the defence scored a victory when it produced in evidence a letter written by a mine guard long before the massacre, showing that jnacauieguns had been mounted and long distance rifles supplied to the guards, who were anxiously awaiting far a head to appear within three miles for the opportunity to Mow it off. Witnesses who are residents along the street where the mine guards were marched before being killed, declared that they were nnable to recognise any defendant as a member of the mob.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11412, 8 January 1923, Page 8
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113HERRIN MASSACRE New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11412, 8 January 1923, Page 8
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