The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-12
DEBS CASE is WARMING UP
LAWYER ERWIN DENOUNCES THE
GOVERNMENTS ATTORNEYS.
Judge Woods Surprised at the Az
front and Responds from the Bench
Reading of the kilograms I'm Court
News of the Strike.


sci Edwin Walker for the government,
announced fling of a supplemental bill
of information. which was read by ex-
District Attorney Milchrst. Attorney
Gregory. for the defense. moved for a
trial by jury. which was temporarily
overruled by Judge Woods After the
sealing of the answer by the defendants
to the supplemental bill the taking of
testimony was begun.
E. A. Milford. jr., Western Union tele-
graph company manager. was called and
produced a collection of over nine thou
sand kilograms bearing on the strike.
The defense bitterly objected to the adj
mittance of the kilograms but Judge
( Woods finally admitted them. Dozens
were read. and when the famous Save
your money and buy a gum message
was reached it was found that it also
( contained the words, Tell Effie l am
/ we'll" showing it 10 be a private tele-
/ gram. Attorney Gregory took occasion
/ to denounce the prosecution for giving
/ the incomplete message for publication.
Judge Woods said that ne did not con-
slider that the alleged garbling of the
dispatch amounted TO much. when 1
read that telegram in the papers, said
( the court. 81 did not attach much inn
portance to it, as 1T did not appear par
, ticularly incenG!ary."
4 It was shown that Debs had nothing to
/ do with the sending of the ''buy-a-gun''
/ dispatch ana that it was sent by a subor-
! dinate. After the reading Of other tele-
i grams Mr.. Milford was temporarily eX-
! cused and John Brennock. a city contrac-
; tor, took the stand. During his hearing
! President Debs entered the court ROOM
! He was pale from mis- recent illness and
| seemed scarcely able to stand as he
| walked slowly to his seat. Mr.. Debs had
! not expected u be present at tOday's pro-
! ceedlngs and left his bed against his ply
| sician's order.
Mr.. Brennock related how the Pan-Han-
/ de railroad was unable TO move several
| cars of dead animals on account Of the
! strike, when witness called on the mayor
! who sent a man with him 10 see Debs. who
] gave him a note TO the Panhandle road
! to the effect that should the Panhandle
] people move the dead animal cars they
! would not be interfered with.
The Panhandle people paid no at
tention to this" said the witness After
waiting some days he finally had the cars
moved with the assistance Of the police.
/ Recess until > o'clock.
When court recOnvened this afternoon
Mr.. Milford resumed the witness stand
and continued TO read kilograms. 1t was
found that the original kilograms IN
most cases were In typewriting, with the
name of Mr.. Debs printed on it. Part
of them were written in a rather school
boyish hand which the witness was sure
could not be Mr.. Debs's. He said he
knew Mr.. Debs's handwriting and out
of more than one hundred kilograms eX-
amined he picked out two during the dag
which Mr.. Milford said belonged TO Mr..
Debs. Mr.. Erwin brought out the testi-
mony that a person who held a frank
like Mr.. Debs was only compelled to
present the signature the first time, when
it was registered. and the telegram re-
ceivers after that sent all the messages
brought to them signed by that name
without knowing who wrote them. one
of the dispatches, said to be in Mr..
Debs's Handwriting. was as follows:
ITO Lee Metz. Nation, IL:
Tie up Big Four. Tied up at Cairo
and Cincinnati. Other points will be
tied up today. We are gaining ground
| and success certain. E. Y. DEBS.'
At o'clock court adjourned until to
morrow morning when Mr.. milford will
! continue his testimony.
CHICAGO. Sept 6.-The trial of Presl-
| dent Debs and other A. r. L. officials
was resumed today with f. NJ. Milford,
! jr Of the Western Union telegraph COM
pany on the stand. Mr. MuifOrd read q
large number of messages sent and re-
| ceived by the A. r. U. people during the
strike They were principally of routine
nature, giving instructions, urging the
men to stand pat and asserting that
the general managers were beaten. One
of the kilograms received especial atten-
ton from the government attorneys. 1t
was addressed to c. B. Herman of Den
yer, instructing him 10 pay no atten-
ton to court injunction"
Mr.. Milford made an attempt to
identify Debs's signature, but his effort
was not very satisfactory. Much time
was taken by the government in deVel-
Oping the Western Unions system OF de-
livery and showing that the kilograms
! received here reached the A R. U. Off
Gals.
Attorney Gregory. for the defense,
raised the point that the power Of the
court was restricted to the district IL
which it was sitting and therefore il
could not punish Debs because some
thing violative of the injunction had
| been committed by some other man in
Il don't know about that replied
Judge Woods II rather think that if
man advises a crime in New York and
it is committed in Indiana he may be
punished in either district"
The value of the kilograms sent out
about the time the boycott began was,
Mr. Miller contended, that they proved
that the employees Of the Santa Fe sys-
tenn Quit work on Debs's orders as eX-
pressed in the messages. Mr.. Mulford's
testimony was continued at the after
noon session.
CHICAGO, Sept THE examination
of railway strikers was begun today in
the trial or the American railway ullloll
officials. Switchman Krieger of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul testified that
Con McAuliffe, head of the Milwaukee
A r. u had come to him with a re-
quest from Debs that all the Milwaukee
railway men strike.
''McAuliffe said that Debs was sure
we would win the witness said, land
urged us TO go out l replied that if we
could be assured that our places would
be secure if the strike should be lost
that the men would strike. Not many
Of them went out, however"
William L Henry of Kankakee, a
switchman in the employ of the Illinois,
Indiana & Iowa railroad, was the next
witness, and one of the most important
offered by the government because he
had personally received telegram or
dering him to call out the men. Mr.. r.
win objected to the testimony because it
concerned a road not included in the in
junction but the court decided TO admit
the evidence as possibly throwing light
on the intentions of the accused. Reply
ing to Mr.. Walker, the witness pro-
duced several kilograms he received at
Kankakee signed E. V. Debs. Ali Of
these ne read The first was received by
witness on July l and read: Adopt
measures to get Big Four out. Promise
protection to all. whether members or
not Appoint good committee and wire
name of chairman"
AT that time witness was member of
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