Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-16
THE CONsPIRAOY CASES.

oeared and took his seat on the bench and ,he sheriff opened the court, all parties hav- { ing an interest in the boycott case being in their seats. The jury responded to their nams as called by the clerk, after which MT. the stand and said: I have been in the un business some time, and about April 9th I put in the COURIER 8 three months advertisement about my removal. | MT. Glidden called on me while this adver tisement was running and said he was a walking delegate for the Knights of Labor and wanted me to take the advertisement out and stop my subscription. gave him three days later and wanted me to take out | the advertisement and put in my name. l told him it would do me no good, and asked him what he would do if I did not take it 'Nut. He said, q suppose you will be boy co4ed" He said that the COURIER was boy cottee> and it would hurt me to keep my ad- Vertlse1ne-+ in. I saw him few days later me and asked me to sign it, and then got to sign it said that pfesoised not to adver- Tise in the COURIER after my contract ex-
 Mr and signed It only to get rid of ls hnign1s 15. CT Laosr glsasy anything about the nesss W1tness-ldont remel a little busi- l MT Fla5tLHoW many times ~> Mr. IT four times.
 Thomas h1That's all.
 ness: He said-tahel was the next wit
 Haven shore and haveotel k>sper at West
 about nine years. I have dp h business
 COURIER off and on for many yesd in the
 member Glidden coming into my place ,, re-
 June asking me about my advertising in |
 he was. He asked me how dared advertise
 Tn the boycotted sheet. I asked him how he
 knew was advertising in the COURIER, and ! sad wasn't He pulled out paper and
 showed me my advertisement and said it
 would only injure my business to advertise
 In the COURIER as it was boycotted sheet.
 l saw him again and he said was still
 advertising and that I was on
 the list to be boycotted, and he
 could have it taken off by my taking my
 advertisement out of the COURIER. The
 next interview had with him was in my | place on Grown street, and was about this
 way: He said, l haven't boycotted you, nor ' don't intend to.
 MT. Alling-How long after did you get
 this carda Ans.-About day or two after
 the interview with Glidden.
 Mr Platt objected, but question was al lowed.
 MT. Alling-Who gave you this card!
 Witness-I told the man who gave me the card that would not tell
 MT. Alling-I offer the card
 MT. Platt-We object
 MT. Alling-We don't care to press the question of who gave it to the witness. The ! obJect of this card was too show Twitchell | and these other merchants, all of whom as we shall show were advertisers in the JOUR- I NAL AND COURIER, that the only difficulty in the case was because they advertised in the JOURNAL AND COURIER, and that this card was threat to injure these people if I they continued to advertise in the JOURNAL AND COURIER. We certainly think this act 1 on its face, with nothing more, connects it. | self with this conspiracy. Here is a conspi- racy to break up the business of the COURIER, l which Glidden and his associates are trying actively to accomplish, by endeavoring | to get people to take their advertisements out. This card is in itself a conspiracy, and if man is found distributing this card then he IS according to law conspirator It is simply question of evidence to go to the jury, and this on it's face is an act of con spiracy and in the case of Twitchell it was successful. It is equivalent to letter writ ten and signed by conspirators. Suppose a letter was sent to MT. Twitchell in GIidden's handwriting and signed by him, would it not show 1t was a conspiracya Organized labor is the name Glidden does his business under We submit, your honor, that the State is not forced to call from the witness the name of
 
 try to show that the only objection made by organized labor, 80 called against these mer- chants was ill reference to their advertisements ill the JOURNAL AND COURIER. This is the boycott circular, and means let every person connected with organized labor be urged not to trade with these who advertise in the JOURNAL AHn COURIER. So. the conspir- ators hoped to rum Sl@s AT AMI Cor BIER. This is the I'd of inc order, handed to the nl :, say that he
 
 was boycotted, or In dangss being boycott ted. shall show that this rd iutimidated the witness to withdraw his advertisement from the JOURNAL AND COURIER against his ><ill. And I ask that this card be admitted as }ence of the conspiracy. 'uoge Goddard then said, with more than | that boycotting Saan. s,,tdie IT | assume illegality, all who mas distriBo ta o;so1,,ous do not necessarily parIss-a le ;nn..si;a-- This boycotting seems to emE..aa S any. ot NActs disconnected from the offlssSS S series may be1egal, and some may be ilIepa19 19ome is not necessarily illegal to boycott a pss 1t son, that is to cease relations with him but the manner in which said boycott is carried out decides whether it is legal or not. ! To say that any one person>is responsible for the illegal acts of another acting entirely in dependent of him, except so far as to gain the same ends, is proposition cannot en- certain. I exclude the evidence for the p.es- ent. The State noted an exception.
 MT. Alung now aSkoQ witness WlO gave E him the card Witness said he was bound I in honor not to divulge to him who it was. Wit ' ness thought a Knights of Labor man. He | ment no harm by the act and wit | ness thought he should be ! shielded. MT. filling pressed the ! questions and requested the court to order the name given. The court said if, justice re- quired it he must order il, but first the coun- sel had better consult together about it.
 A question by MT. Alling asking witness what happened to his business July 4th ! was objected to by Platt, and dropped by the court.
 MT. filling to witness-Did you take out your advertisement from the CoURIERa Wit ness said he did.
 To question by MT. filling, how long since did Glidden tell you you were boycott ted, was objected to by Platt and Mir. filling | did not press the question.
 Cross-examined by Platt, witness said he had not advertised before Glidden came, and | took the advertisement cut about two weeks after he came. It remained in until July g. | Platt-When you saw the advertisement | in the COURIER before you ordered it there ! did you make any effort to take it out7 had some talk with Mir Conk- lin and he used some arguments, and let it | remain there for the time. MT. Platt-Did , Mir. Conklin say it would injure you more to take it out than havsit inl MT. Alling-I1 object. Question was allowed. MT. Platt- Dld they say at the COURIER office that they would publish your name if you took your advertisement outf MT. Alling-I object I Question allowed. Witness-They did not. MT. Platt-What words did they uses Wit aess-That it wnr.la iuJure me more if It .ook it odt. MT. Platt-Did they say that l { ,hey would have to let people know the req ( 'on you took it out if you dida MT. Platt-l { Then the COURIER gave you the idea that to | ;ake your advertisement out would injurs 7our business. Judge Stoddard- Witness, you need not answer that question. Ii Isaac Mailhonse, who keeps a printing office at 736 Chapel street, testified next MT. filling, handing witness one of the boycott 1 , circulars, asked witness if his job office printed that circular. Witness-I refuse to 'nswer that question. Witness refused to nswer on the ground that it might criminate f limself. tt MT. AHing-Have you testified in other ourts that you did print the circular and | |, ere testify that you didn't. Witness-I re- use to answer the question. Judge Stoddard-I think while the wit ess refuses to answer the questions on the D round that he may criminate himself, I ,ill not order him to do so. c MT: Allng-Did you not testify that ydu rinted 40, 900 of these circulars. Witness D iudoe iusf said T mad y,hf