The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-17
COP HAS LACK OF MEMORY OF
 STRIKE TRIAL

Salem Courtl1ouee.Oct. 17.-E'urtner examination of witnesses for the gov ernnent. with the expectation of a warm fight by counsel for the de- fense to throw out testimony by news papermen, was slated in the second days actual trial of Ettor. Giovanniti and Caruso when the Essex county court re-opened at 9:S0, this morning. of the I. W. w. leaders. held so long in prison, filed into the jurybox at S:2S and several minutes later court was called.
 Attorneys Moore, Peters, Mahoney and Sisk. counsel for the defense. de- clared shortly before court opened, today, that they would again file ex- captions to testimony by witness provided District Attorney Attwin at tempts to bring out evidence that the defendants made inflan1matory speech nie Lopizzo during last winters Law renee strike.
 District Attorney Attwill today pro- ceeded with the work of sxamlnins tory speeches by ttor and Giovanniti.
 Mrs. Caruso, sad-eyed, almost shabbily dressed little woman. occu- pied the seat just outside the mesh of the prisoners cage. She conversed with her husband but seldom.
 A larger crowd was present, today, of the trial, many of them being of the same nationality as the encaged prisoners.
 Michael A. Barry, a Lawrence po- by the government. He related an alleged conversation between himself, Giovanniti and other policemen in a Lawrence drug store, shortly after the first rioting in the strike city" He testified that Giovanniti told Gallagh- CT, the other officer, that the "scabs''
 After District Attorney Attwi11 con- cluded his examination of the wit nesses, Attorney Peters took up the croSS-eXaninatton.
 Under a veritabIe machine gun grilling. the witness was disconcerted, sullen and defiant The attorney drew the first laugh from the trial after the witness testified to meeting Gall lagher in the particular drugstore "to get his customary drink of soda every
 The defense attorney inquired, eff he was sure that soda was all he got.'' Even the deamy-eyed Giovanniti smiled at this sally.
 Attorney Peters scored a. distinct point when Barry admitted having been brushed up'' since his testi- It was evident during the exami- nation that the defense has begun the real fight to save the I. w. w. lead CTS. The witness lack of a memory jury.
 The second witness to take the stand was James P. Gallagher, the l Lawrence police officer mentioned in Barry's testimony. He was called al Il o'clock, Barry being on the stand for over an hour.
 was very brief, lasting but six min l utes. Gallagher'n testimony corro- l borated that of Barry. When under l Attorney Peters cross-exam ton 1 the witness became facetious and on l several occasions there was a, litter l in the courtroom, Judge Quinn threat ening to remove the next offender 1 Under a fire of questions, Gallagh- l CT admitted that he had heard thai l he was appointed to the Lawrence police force through the influence o1 1 the American Woolen Company of 1 ficials for whom he worked at the 1 time of his appointment.
 l Gallagher declared that state 1 police officer conVersed with him ir | the witness box while Barry was l testifying. He said he thought the | district attorney was hurrying things