The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-30
MISS N TRIAL IS
TEST OF POLICE POWER
Paterson Chief Admits He Or
dered I. w. w. AgitatOr to
Leave Before She Spoke.
FEARED INC1TING OF RIOT

SUI > iIIGtIlOu VI uCniiu8 WIN
deemed undesirable by It's constituted
authorities appeared to be the over
shadowing issue at the second trial OF
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. III 1. w. w.
agitator, which began hero to-day be-
fore Judge Klenert and a jury in the
Court Of Quarter Sessions.
Miss Flynn Ia on trial on charges Of
making remarks At a meeting Of silk
strikers In Turn Hall on February 25.
1913, which melted the strikers to acts
Of violence. The first jury which heard
her case disagreed.
From the testimony brought out from
the police witnesses 1t appeared that
Miss Flynn. who calls herself n ma
terialistic Socialist. a the option OF
leaving Paterson within twcnty-foIr
hours or being arrested. II was the
testimony concerning the exercise OF
this power of expulsion by Paterson's
chief of police which seemed to excite
the greatest interest among Miss Flynn'e
friends in the court room. Included
among these were Rose Pastor Stokes.
Leonard Abbott. Ida Proper. Helen Ma
rot, secretary OF the Women's Trade
League Mrs. Allen Dawson. Joseph j.
Ettor, Adolph Lessig. national secre-
tary Of the l. W. W., n DIR. Marie
E.Qui. the latter coming all the way
from Portland, Orc. to see, ~ she
explained. that the defendant got a fair
deal.
Few I. W. Wa There.
Paterson was somewhat disappointed
in the attendance Of notables at the
trial and also because for some rea-
son few of Miss Flynn's l. W. W. as
sociates turned up. 1t had been ex-
| pected that the I. W. w. would appear
In large numbers. wearing red badges.
Extra guards had been installed In ire
court room and the corridors. But the
I. W. ". seemed TO have given Pater-
son a wide berth to-day. Possibly they
thought Miss Flynn could get along
better without a demonstration.
Miss Flynn. wearing a black skirt
and white silk shirtwaist and with her
let black hair severely parted In the
middle. sat just behind her chief coun-
sci, Alexander Simpson of Jersey city.
Besides Mr.. Simpson. Miss Flynn Is
being defended by Henry Marelli and
Gustav A. Henziker. They have been
retained by the defence committee. which
has raised $1,000 for counsel fees and
other expenses. Bourke Cochran sent
a telegram from Chicago asking that
the trial be adjourned until Thursday
to allow him to take part In the de-
fence. hut Judge Klenert ordered the
trial to proceed.
Hudson County J~srysaen.
As In the former trial. Miss Flynn's
case IL being heard by a jury OF Hudson
county men. This was secured by the
defence because Of the feeling In Pater-
son and Passaic county against the
l. W. W.
The case against Miss Flynn il based
almost entirely upon the police officers
present when she made her speech. The
part Of her alleged speech which led to
her arrest was recited from memory by
Captain Of Detectives Tracey rs fol-
lows:
I want you people to understand
tina this strike must not he a failure.
understand hat some of the silk
workers refuse to Join you. Now |
want you to go In a body through the
streets TO each of these silk mills. re-
quest them TO leave their places of
employment, and II they do not come
out with you | want you people to
go nto the mills. club them out and
do his II II takes extreme force.
A half dozen detectives recit.d parts
OF this. but capt. Tracey appeared 10
be the only one whose had re-
tanned every word in the two years and
more that had passed. He said he had
written IL down soon after the meeting
Lawyer simpson for Miss Flynn tried
In vain to test his memory on a selec-
ton OF similar length taken AT random
from a book. The court would not
allow II.
Patterson Methods shown.
II was when Chief of Police Bimson
WAS called that the Paterson methoU
of getting rid of the |. W. W. was
brought before the jury. Chief Bimsor
followed William Serviuo. u former de-
tective. who arrested Miss Flynn. Ser.
vino testified thai. he had gone to the
meeting under orders from his captain