The San Francisco call., 1907-06-20
Johann Most's Letters
to Spies Read in Court
Evidence in Anarchist S Case
Cited in Legal Argu-
ment at Boise

Senator Berah began the day's nro-
ceedings In the Haywood trial by Of
lering In evidence certain articles in
various numbers of the miners rnaza
zine To the introduction of each ex
hiolt the defense made general obfec-
ton and stated that it would present
specific objections to each The gen
eral objection was that the evidence
lailed to connect the defendant with
the murder of Steunenberg. The
naming and describing of the articles
IN the magazine took nearly half an
hour- The articles themselves will he
read 10 the jury later If the court ad-
mits them as evidence
E. +. Richardson who nreSan+.d .ho
ment for the defense, quoted from the -sre-I
oI tne case Of 'Spies versus the People', and
the ruling of the Illinois courts as ~ tho "a
mission Of newspaper articles As 10 10 .ne aa.
me miners magazine he said. the srtic,e.
olo not compare in tone with the yIoIenca .
me srtleles IN the Spies case Richardson read
- -. ien9tn from the evidence in that case IN
cluding the letters from Herr Most 10 Spies
% ana other violent matter published at the time.
throughout these letters and other matter forre
dynamite murder and wholesale revolution vre-e
eounseted. HE attorney pointed out that these
letters were printed IN anarchist nevsna1a-s
published by the defendants in the lannon's ar
srchlst trlals that resulted in conviction and
lutionary writings in the SOS created se3-
satlon he gave declamatory emphasis 70 IN,
fearful advice looking to the wholesale destruc-
tlon OF All who stood on the side Of law and
order 1t was page from the criminal bistos-T
OF this country unread BY majority Of th,,se
present In the courtroom and the extremity af
the language used by Johann Most in writiny
to Spies and by the defendants themselves in
their editorials astounded the audience Ths
aFoWed purpose Of Richardson's exhaustive o,Io-
taiiol from the newspaper publications IN the
anarchist case was 10 show the tameIy abusive
character Of the evidence offered by the State
IN the miners magazine
Continuing his argument. Richardson said tn
N none OF the articles in the miners msya-
zine was there direct or implied connection viii,
the murder Of Governor Sfeunenberg He al
mitted Haywood's prejudice against Steun m
declared that items OF thousands and hundreds
OF thousands Of people in this country c5n-
demned or approved the course adopted bv
Steunenberg and that those who condemned
should not be held responsible for the COVER
nor's murder"
MINERS CALLED TO ARMS
Senator Borah argued for the state that the
magazines should be admitted because they
showed the enmity OF organization of which
the defendant Haywood and the other de-
fendants were the officers. Without quoting .he
articles the attorney asserted that these ..r-
tlcies advocate force and that they advssI
the members of the organization to arm them
selves with rifles.
Judge Wood asked for schedule of TIE cx-
hibits and said that he would take the question
Of the admissibility of the evidence under al
visesnent aud would. if possible render de-
cisiOD at O'Clock.
Court adjourned at II O'Clock. Judge Wood
said that unless the state had more witnesses
he would not continue the until he had
reacked decision the very important mat
ter presented. Senator Borah said that the re-
mafning evidence depended largely on the sd-
mission OF the magazine articles This necessi-
tafed the carly adjournment
When the trial WAS resumed at = O'Clock
Judge Wood announced that he was not ready