Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-01-15

orders of District Attorney Stanwood
these defendants have not been allow.
ed to consult with witnesses. We were
not allowed to take a shorthand re-
porter into the cells while interviewing
the accused men and have thus been
greatly embarrassed preparing our de-
Tense. 1 also wish to state, while we
are talking about contempt of court,
that published reports alleging that we
are preparing to flood this town with
lawless men were not only pretended to
hurt the defense, but, I submit, were
in contempt of court.
Following is District Attorneys Stan
woods statement:
''I have shown counsel for defense
every courtesy compatible with my
duty. Edward Malouf, one of the ac-
cused men, is permitted to see his wife
every few days. Suhr, also has seen
his wife at least once. Bagan was per-
mitted on one occasion to interview a
member of labor union.'
One Not Against Them.
''Here is one creature that ain It
prejudiced against u.s." said Harry Ba-
gan, one of the four men being tried
here on the charge of killing former
District Attorney E. T. Manwall dur
ing the Wheatland hopfield riot last
summer.
He reached down and petted little
black spaniel that had found its way
into the austere court room and stood
playfully nosing his hand.
''LoOk at that tail wag," he chuck
led. "No bias there"
Irrespective of his years Bagan is a
mere boy-a lanky white faced boy,
slow of thought and slow of speech. His
first smile in the court room came as
recognition of the spaniel's s greeting.
Beck Also Mere Lad.
William Beck, another of the ac-
cused, who sits close beside Bagan,
also is mere lad. Neither of them
seems as yet to realize the sinister fact
that they are on trial for their lives.
Herman Suhr, the man who tried to
commit suicide in the Alamade county
jail after several days of enforced
sleeplessness and alleged torture by
Burns men when they rung from him
an alleged confession, subsequently re-
pudiated, that he had shot into the
crowd during the clash of officers and
hoppickers on the burst ranch--Suhr
sits little apart with face Of stone.
He seems like man who has fought
and suffered to the point where reason
is tottering.
"Blackie" Is Watchful.
"Blackie" Ford on the contrary is
keenly alert, alive to every situation
in the court room, studying the faces
of prospective jurymen and offering
suggestions to counsel from time to
time. He is the final arbiter in the
defense camps to whether or not the
talesman shall be challenged.
Court procedure is bit too com
plicated for Bagan's understanding.
He Likes Animals
"I understand dogs alright" " he
said during a recess. "I love all ami
mals-horses, dogs. We got couple
of cats down in the jail-'Teddy' anC
'Snookums they help to pass thu
time. So you see we amt entirely
without friends. After all, I guess an
imals are the best friends anyway
They stick to you"
"And, say" he said, "I amt no I
W. w. They have been Jumping u
all together as I. W. W. without tax
ing the trouble to find out what w
are. I'm member of the plasterer
union in Oakland.
The surmounting bias against th
hoppickers, due largely to more or les
intimate acquaintanceship with tn
late District Attorney Maxwell, ha
greatly retarded the selection of jurors