The record-union., 1894-08-11

II knox had nothing to do with Wor-
den, why does Worden always report to
Knox upon the return from his desperate
excursions, and why does Knox always
pay Worden's bills Incurred upon such
unholy errands?
''W orden registers at q Gait hotel un-
der an assumed name; Knox also signs a
hctItlous name to conceal his identity
when he writes cowardly letters TO the
wives Of the two yardmasters, seeking TO
strike helpless women, and thus compel
their husbands to go out.
"In certain of his kilograms Knox ack-
nowledges his completely with the un-
lawful acts of the mob. In one he says:
We cut the Pullmans off, To McClntie
at Red Bluff he telegraphs: Hold No, 2,
by all mean,' directing force, murderous
force, II necessary, to accomplish the
purpose.
SIGNIFICANT CIRCUMSTANCE.
Another significant circumstance is
the statement made by Mullin that if he
knew that his friend Sweeney was going
out on No. 20 he would have gone down
and broken through the lines and pulled
him off the engine, because he knew that
that train would never reach it's destina-
ton. Ii they knew that Sweeney was in
danger of being killed they knew that
Samuel Clark was TO be killed on the day
before.
Then the other threat was spoken of:
IF you persist in going out you will be
brought home dead, and if you do escape
alive you will find your homes in ashes
and your wives and children homeless"
The position of Knox as the leader of a
gang of depredators was next consid-
cred. He was at the head of the crowd
that uncoupled the cars on the 2Sth.
Mullin led the crowd at another time,
and Worden was off on other unlawful
expeditions and reported regularly at the
headquarters of the committee. Strikers
took forcIble possession of the cars with
armed men, and even stole the freight
from those cars. Knox admits that he is
at the head of the men who are stealing
the cars and this freight, and that he is
the one whose order has to be obtained
before nybody can take the freight out
of the cars. Men walk along with the
butts of rifles concealed under their
coats so that the owners of the property
they were pretending to guard would not
see it. That was rather the act of burg
lar and thief.
knox .. KS bill for l ,050 rounds of
ammunition, which he orders sent to the
Front street headquarters of the Ameri-
can Railway Union, thus distinctly ac-
knowledging his authority over those
headquarters. This ammunition was not
ordered for the protection of property,
the Bersaglieri Guard armorv. They
were intended rather to slaughter -
cattle that were expected from the Pl =
sidio, at San Francisco"
ARMED MEN FROM REDD- G.
Read testimony, as to his arrival with
body of armed men from Redding on
the Dunsmuir train with the armed men,
was commented upon. He was given
rifle at the American Railway Union
headquarters and was ordered to proceed
toward the trestle where the accident oc-
CURED. He was met at midnight under
the cover of darkness by gang sfar,led
men, who demanded the password. Lat
password was 'Debs" at the outset,
while the American Railway Union were
acting under the Debs orders to simply
strike, but when those who were leading
the union joined together in an unlawful
conspircy that password was changed to
Life" The military had been called
out, and now what they want is life"
We will take life and we will make life
our password.
What Worden meant by seattle" in his
telephone message to Knox may be sur
missed from Worden's statement to wit
ness that in few days something would
happen that would startle the State.
That was the plot, the killing Of the mill
tary that were expected up the river
Here the noon recess was taken.
Afternoon Session.
At 1:30 P. NJ. Mr.. Cook resumed his
speech. He read copiously the law re-
lating to conspiracy, and argued that
there was no escape for the Mediation
Committee from its application to the
circumstances of this case. Counsel went
into the law and the decisions of the
courts against boycotting, and from this
argued that the Knox conspiracy at the
outset undertook the accomplishment of
an unlawful purpose. and that it was not
the sinless and benehcent organization
that the defense would have the court be-
lieve.
BOLD ASSERTION OF MEASUREMENTS.
In closing, Mr.. Cook paid his respects
to counsel for the defense. He character
lied Mr.. Gaddis' argument as the bold
assertion of misstatements-the mere
street talk of sympathisers Of the prison
erS.
Mr.. Cook declared that neither Hart
nor Gaddis had yet dared to get dow n to
the facts, and from the facts argue this
case. The defense had acted as though
they could cough down and laugh down
this most damnable charge.
Mr.. Cook, in reply to Gaddis' assertion
that most of the witnesses for the prose-
cution had voluntarily come into court
without process, declared that not a wit
ness had been put upon the stand that
had not been duly subpenaed.
The protestations of innocence made
by Knox and the others is no defense;
the burglar does not publicly declare his
intentions to steal. General Hart builds
a cardhouse for the prosecution, and then
proceeds to knock it to pieces. He tells
the court that our position is like this:
A number of persons conspire together
\
one of the conspiratorS 60 off and COM
nit murder. then all are guilty of MUIR
der. That is not a parallel case. What
we assert is that should he who commits
the murder do it in attempting the con-
summation Of the original conspiracy,
then all are responsible for the higher
crime.
BANDED TOGETHER FOR UNLAWFUL
PURPOSES.
1--WE claim that Knox and his confed-
crates were banded together for the un-
lawful purpose of preventing the wheels
to turn on the Southern Pacific system;
| that III pursuance of this object trespass
was committed. property rights violated,
lives threatened and finally train de-
rallied and a murder committed.
1.-THE testimony had woven a network
| of circumstances around the defendants,
and they were all involved indiscrimi-
nately in its meshes.'
Mr.. Cook paid Debs tribute in the
course of his speech. He read from the
declaration of Debs, counseling Ameri-
can Railway Union members to commit
no overt acts. There were unlawful pur-
poses beyond the declared designs of the
order, which had been pursued by the
defendants. Therefore the cry that this
prosecution seeks to fasten the guilt of
these defendants upon the American Rail-
way Union as an organization is Siu1Dlv
a scarecrow of the Imagination of coun-
sci, held up to confuse the attention of the
Court.
Mr.. Cook concluded at 4:I5 p. NJ. hav-