Trace Yablonski Case Pistol to Tennessee By STEPHEN MORROW CLEVELAND (UPI)—One of the murder weapons used in the killing of Unied Mine Workers official Joseph A. "Jock" Yablonski and two of his family may once have been the property of a Tennessee sheriff. Sheriff Rose Kitts of Campbell County, Tenn., said he sold the weapon, a nickel-plated, pearlhandled Smith & Wesson revolver, to a Dr. Lee J. Seargent of Knoxville in 1952. The pistol was stolen from the doctor within the last year. "I'm not supposed to say anything, but there's a good chance the weapon is the same one," the sheriff said in Jacksboro, county seat of Campbell County. Jacksboro is about five miles from La Follette, Tenn., home of Silius "Sol" Huddleston, father-in-law of Paul Gilly. Gilly is one of three men indicted Thursday in the killing of Yablonski, shot to death with his wife and their daughter in their Clarksville, Pa., home, Dec. 31. The pistol was fished out of the Monongahela River by Navy scuba divers along with an Ml carbine. Both are undergoing tests by the FBI. According to reports from the scene, Yablonski was shot five times with 38 caliber revolver bullets. His wife was shot twice and his daughter twice, also with .38 caliber bullets. Huddleston and two other men from the La Follette area are staying in Cleveland over the weekend, preparatory lo resuming their secret testimony before the grand jury. Huddleston, who served a prison term for robbery between 1946 and 1949, according to Sheriff Kitts, is a former organizer for District 19 of the UMW, which includes Harlan County, Ky., and Tennessee. One of his two companions, registered with him in a triple room at a downtown hotel, is Guy Windle, 36, recording secretary of the local that includes La Follette. The other man jn the party, as yet unidentified, also is reported to be a UMW member from the La Follette area. The group continued to refuse to answer questions. Valley Independent, Monessen, Penn.; January 31, 1970

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