Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-05-25
WITNESSES TELL HOW STRIKER
WAS SHOT WHILE TRYING TO
ESCAPE FROM THE DEPUTIES
Murder Trial Of Roosevelt Strike Deputies Continues With Same
Speed That Marked Opening Yesterday Many Witnesses
Qizzed This Morning State May be Able to Rest Tomor
row and Allow Defense TO Present Its Side.

were right at each other after the
first shots were fred"
On cross-examination the defense
tried to prove that 1t was impossible
to distinguish the strikers from the
deputies, as they had done in all
previous witnesses. The witness fall
ed to serve the defense in this in
stance and declared that he could
readily distinguish the deputies from
the strikers.
William Valentine, of Elizabeth,
was also on the train. He said that
he saw shooting as the train pulled
into the station at the plant Of the
Williams & Clark works. He was
surprised that the deputies were
shooting with real bullets, as at first
from the promiscuous shooting he
though that they must have been
using blank cartridges. On cross
examination he said that the depu-
ties and strikers looked alike to him.
He said that he only actually saw
one man shoot, and said that he was
following two other men and shot at
them twice. The other two were
running away.
Robert Palm, a mechanical engi-
neer, employed at Chrome In Roose-
welt, was on the train He was on
the third car of the train. He saw
a dozen men run from the plant and
shoot, and saw the strikers running
away. He did not notice crowd of
strikers He saw the deputies cross
the tracks, and saw no strikers with
guns.
Andrew Gossens, Of Roosevelt,
testified that he was shot during the
fray. The defense tried to bring out
the fact that he has suit pending
against the American Agricultural
Company for damages. The questions
to bring out this, however, were
oyerruled by Justice Bergen
Nathan Jaeobowitz, of Roosevelt,
who represented himself to be a
newspaper correspondent. testified
that he was on the back porch of his
home about 900 feet from the scene
of the shooting when the train pulled
into the Williams & Clark plant IAN
Eary '19. He said that though he
scented" trouble in the air he walt
ed until he had finished his break
fast before going to investigate, and
that when he got there the shooting
was over.
Thomas Rab, one of the strikers,
stated that he had been shot in the
stern" while running away from the
deputies" He said that he could
not tell from where the bullets came,
but they were raining around him as
IL they were hailstones. On ques-
ton by Mr.. Stricken, he agreed that
it seemed as If the bullets came from
heaven. He said that he was the
man whom witnesses had testified
had fallen into pool along the
tracks. He said that he had fallen
into the puddle while running away
after having been shot.
He said that he did not see
any strikers get on the train and did
not see a crowd of them around with
clubs or other weapons. He said
that as the train drew up to the sta
tion he saw the deputies" come
from the plant with revolvers and
guns. They fired in the air at first,
he said. He told of the bullet he
received only entering the flesh, and
how Tall Joe," fellow striker,
had taken 1t away from him.
Stephen Bakac, of Roosevelt, at
first said he was at home at 8
o'clock on January 19, and then he
said that he was with the strikers at
the Williams & Clark plant He was
formerly employed at the Williams
& Clark plant, and at the time of the
strike was employed at the Liebig
Works. He said that the workers at
the Liebig Works had been driven
from the plant by strikers. He said
Williams & Clark plant. He said
shortly after O'Clock on January 19
he saw twelve or fourteen men run
from the Williams & Clark plant
and saw them shooting several steps
from the train. He said they shot
into the people crowding about the
station. He ran when the shooting
began and was shot in the foot. The
bullet ploughed through his instep
and lodged in his big toe. The bullet
day in an envelope. He said that he
and others were at the station to
see if any strike breakers were on
the train.
George Bodner, of Roosevelt, was
at the plant, he testified, and saw
the gates of the plant open and the
deputies" run out He began to
run and was shot in the left arm just
above the wrist He saw another
man who had been shot down and
who fell beside him. On cross-ex-
animation by Mr.. Stricken he said
that he had been told that strike
breakers would come on the train
and that he and others had come to
the station to prevent them entering
the plant. When asked what the
strikers would have done IL strike
breakers had tried to enter the plant
be said, Eve would get at them to
keep them from going to work. "
When pressed further as to the ex-