Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-05-05
TRIAL OF THE LEADERS CONTINUES.
Senator Allen and Representative LATE
Pence Appear In Police Court In Behalf
OF the Commonwea1ers-Ke Thinks of
Floating His Army Down the River.


WASHINGTON, May 5-Another oppor-
tunity was afforded the commonwea1 lead
ers to exploit themselves before the public
In the police court proceedings against the
leaders. Marshal Carl Browne took ad-
vantage of the occasion to swagger about
in his buckskin apparel and once put in a
word of comment regarding the proceed
ings.
Judge Miller, who is hard headed mag
istrate, exhibits q tendency to treat the
titled commonwealers like other defend
ants and threatened to have the marshal
consigned to the dock.
There was an audience gathered which
filled the courtroom and included most of
the Populist leaders as we'll as other mem
bers of congress. Senator Allen, while dis
claiming sympathy with what he called
the visionary ideas of Coxey, made strong
plea for the constitutional rights of citi-
zens to peaceably assemble and petition
congress. Judge Miller refused a separate
trial for Coxey, so the three defendants
are in one boat.
They were represented by three attor-
neys-Representative LATE Pence of Colo
RADIO, ex-Assistant District Attorney A. A.
Lipscomb of Washington and young and
inexperienced lawyer named Lyman. The
proceedings are pervaded with good nature
and informality. Once Representative Van
Voorhis of New York INTERCEPTED speech,
although he had no particular connection
with the case and it was difficult to tell
who were the actual participants.
The Detective In the Ranks.
The first witness for the government
was Detective Horne of Washington, who
had travelled with the army for several
days as an enlisted ''wealer." He told how
Coxey enlisted him in Commune A as No.
Is. Under cross examination by Repre-
sentative Pence the detective detailed his
orders and said that none of the men was
armed and that he had never heard Coxey
or his men threaten any resort to violence,
He had represented on joining that he was
an unemployed laboring man. Some of
the men had got drunk, but he had heard
General Coxey say that he would dismiss
any men caught drunk or begging. Coxey
had represented that he would make a
speech on the capitol steps, but never had
intimated that he knew it to be unlawful.
Sergeant Slattery of the police force,
who had led the parade, told how Browne
and Coxey had made their break into the
capitol grounds, but said that none of the
Coxey men followed them, though a crowd
of citizens rushed after Browne over the
turf. Mr.. Pence questioned the officer as
to how many citizens had been arrested
for rushing on the grass. The answer was,
'None" Sergeant Slattery graphically
reproduced the speech made by Marshal
Browne at Brightwood.
SIT was glorious marnin," he said, with
rich brogue. 1.-The rays of the sun were
shinin on 'em, an millions was a-watchin
'em. He wanted no guns or bombs, but
the lawmakers to be the awbreakers."
Major Moore, the chief of police, repeat
ed the conversation with Coxey on April
80, when the general asserted his intention
of carrying out the programme of speak
ing from the capitol steps Mr.. Lipscomb
endeavored to show by the major that the
capitol grounds had often been used for
purposes such as Mr.. Coxey endeavored to
carry out, but was overruled. The trial
was continued today.