The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-07-22


ing of March 3. was taken up and
this consumed considerable time.
The defense asked that a resolution
of the union as shown on the minute
! book. to make an assessment for the
aiding of the prosecution of Wells.
should he admitted. Freeland. when
on the witness stand, denied that such
action was taken by the union, and
was upon his testimony. that the
court announced that the resolution
could be admitted as evidence.
An entry showing a resolution to
pay prosecuting attorney a fee and
another continuing the Wells building
as an unfair job" and that all efforts
should be made TO keep union men off
the job. was rendered by the defense
as evidence. This was objected to by
The prosecution and ruled out by the
court
An entry showing that the pickets
on the Wells building were paid. was
admitted as evidence by the court,
the objection of the prosecution being
over-ruled.
The defense rendered an entry show
ing that two non-dnion men were at
work on Irwin's jobs. was not admit
ted. the defense objecting and the
court sustaining the objection.
An entry showing a report that all
was 20. X" on the Irwin jobs. was
ruled ont upon the objection of the
prosecution.
An entry that any union man work
ing on the Wells job should be fined
s25 and suspended until the fine was
paid. and that any non-Gnion man on
the JOB should be given the same af
ter he had been notified, was denied
admittance by the court.
An entry showing an assessment
to pay the burial expenses of Shirley
was admitted over the objections of
the prosecution.
An entry containing a report tina
the prosecution Of Wells was not being
made as vigorously as 1t should be
and that the prosecution committee of
the union could not prevent if. was de-
MED admittance. being objected tol
by the prosecution.
copy of a warrant showing pay-
ment of $500 TO ]. c. Gilbert, of
which $500 was per capita tax, s.
for buttons and $40 for the prosecution
committee, was denied ad-ni;tance by
the court
warrant showing payment to J.
c. Gilbert of $19.75. of which amount
$1,000 was for picket hire and 1915
for fund expenses. was admitted over
the objection of the prosecution.
The Record understands that the
money assessed for the prosecution
committee has never been used and Is
still in the treasury.
posed of. the jury was brought in and
the court explained to the jury that
the minutes of the union would be
read to them as evidence. and then
smother controversy ensued as to the
presence OF the last witness on the
witness stand. the same being A.
Wise. an officer of the union. The de-
Tense objected to the reading of the
minutes in the presence of the wit
ness and as neither side had anything
to ask the witness he was withdrawn
the minutes were then read TO the
jury.
BY this time II was eleven O'Clock,
and the FIRST witness of the morning
was brought to the stand
The witness, John Boyer. a negro,
janitor for the Wells buildings, t,.sti-
fed upon direct examination that he
knew Ollie Shirley. He saw him The
day before he was killed anl also saw
che body. The day before the killing
he met Shirley near ..skin's store.
where. k~. the wsrdsss. Was taking
g.. some negroes xh,n n. WAS try
iar - hire to wok on the Wells
building. Shirley asked Boyer. what
are v.,n hiring fhoSa ruaan for9" and
the witness replied~th he was hir-
ing thesn for Mr.. Wells. He was asked
by Shirley II they were to work on
the Wells building and he said that
they were. Shirley then said, they
could not work on the, Wells build
ing. II they did someone would go to
hell over it,"
Boyer Testified that he saw Wells that
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