Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-22

that of Merna and Morrissette There fore, he saw no reason why his evi- dence should not be believed. Further more, there is the evidence of the seven boys, and here Mir Root said there was a noticeable nobility in the conduct of the boys on the stand. The boys stood nobly by the strikers he said. There was nothing bad about them. They were merely like poor old dog Tray; they got into bad company. MT Root laid great stress on the swearing of the boys at Hnrlburt's shop and sub- sequently In the pool room were told to keep their traps shut.' And they did keep their traps shut Had the boys cared to lie out of it they could have done so, but they did not care to get out of it that way, and in the course of events they finally decided to tell the truth, and they told 1t.
 Nine people have testified that Vandemark committed perjury and only two on the other side. MT and Mrs Payne, with Vandemark himself, who say he did not; that he was not at the assault. These nine people cannot be mistaken, but it is easy to see how the Paynes could be-"
 MT Root believed Vandemark was the leader of the crowd. His knowl- edge of the ground in the vicinity of the switch fitted him for 1t, he having lived there some time. The evidence of Mrs Murnane amounted to nothing, for the accused left her house before the assault took place.
 Concluding, MT Root said labor has the right to organize, but only for law full purposes. No sane man would say the men have no legal right to con- bine to raise wages, but they have no right to combine for illegal purposes. Labor and unionism have nothing to do with this case. Civil government must be upheld.
 Another principle involved in the case, he said, was the preservation of truth. Here he launched back into the days of Moses and told Of the conl- mandments and the stone tablets. "Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh bor," and concluded.
 MT Kennedy followed:
 "You are called upon today by the state to convict Willis Vandemark of perjury. A serious charge and a ter rible demand, tainted with every ele- ment of revenge. Gan the testimony Of six angry boy convicts, one i'm peached witness and one self-contra- dicted, confused, biased, prejudiced and unreliable witness sweep away with one turn of the machinery of jus tice the substantial, positive, unshaken and reliable evidence of Derrick De Voc, Mrs Della De Voc, Alphonse Gauthier, Robert c. Rowe, c. c. Smith, Josephine Ia Rose, Adelia Marsh. David c. Marsh, Ellen Mur- nan, Myron Payne. Mary Payne, Fred erick Seymour, Willis Vandemark and Joseph L. Kilbride, showing and point ing to truth? -.
 ''No, the very foundation has been taken from the states case and 1t has fallen, and the law won't permit, and a jury of God-fearing men will never believe boys In attempting to swear away the liberty if Willis Vandemark for the purposes proclaimed here of getting even or making him suffer for their daring wickedness, foolishness and folly.
 "I have always understood 1t took more than one witness to convict a man of perjury. A probable, 3 cred itable witness is not enough; but it must be 8 strong and clear evidence