The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-30

TO see Miss Flynn out of town or lock
her up
Chief Bimson. his sleeves decorated
with service stripes due to his forty-three
years on the force. told of u he had
gone to the platfo- and asked Miss
Flynn what her business was there. Her
reply was that she was there to speak
to working people. II said. '11l give
you tw~enty-four hours to leave town."
the chief testified.
Mr.. Simpson wanted to know If he had
assumed Miss Flynn had violated the
law when he gave this order and chief
Bimson replied that he had.
Then Is II your custom here 10 order
law breakers to run away inquired
Miss Flynn's counsel.
mo. sir"
"You haven't the right TO order people
out Of town II you don't like them, have
you%'
81 assumed that right"
"That L. queried Mr.. Simpson. "rf
you didn't like my necktie you could
order me out of town" The front row
filled with the severely dressed women
friends of Miss Flynn and Leonard Alb
bolt. smiled approval Of this question.
81 ordered her out" the chief ex-
planned, "becausc ! had known before the
meeting of her attitude toward strikes
ana agltatIOis.
Would Exile Educators.
III any one comes to Paterson Went
VI Mr.. simpson. land tries ~ educate.
instruct and enlighten the workers you
would term them undesirable and order
them out Of town In twenty-four hours
Yes. OH my own responsibility re-
piled the chief.
Mr.. simpson swung quickly 20 the in-
,ilAnt ~ Snnfn,nhar q lost uElan Mice
Flynn, then awaiting trial. had again
come I'm contact with the expulsion de-
cree. He wanted to know IL on that
occasion. when Miss Flynn insisted that
she had the constitutional right 10 speak
I'm Paterson. the chief had not replied.
you may have the right, bur w have
the power
The guardian Of Paterson's morals
leaned far forward In his chair 70 an
| swer this question and looked straight
at the Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Defence
! Committee and Leonard Abbott rs he
did So.
81 want the whole United States 20
know he said. that I never said that.
They have quoted me ~ saying those
words hut I never said them"
A dozen or more policemen testified
AZ to what had happened after Miss
Flynn.s alleged u%tterances and Of follow
| ing the StFlke'S from tne ndu 10 lNt
! Miesch mill. Mos, Of them described
the crowd as a ''howling mob" number
ing several hundred. Al the mill. accord
ing to most Of this testimony, some
of them knocked m the doors and
windows.
A surprise was caused. however. when
Prosecutor Michael unn asked Gustav
Schcllen. owner Of The plant, what mad
HAPPENED. Though a witness FOR tho
prosecution, he said that h" had heard
only "A slight knocking on the door and
looking out had seen nobody. Joseph \.
Taylor. who was foreman of the min,
said he had not seen more than NIT
or seventy-iive persons. VINO quickly DIS
persed when the pole" appeared.
The defence seemed pleased with this
testimony. 1t will he the contention
when Miss Flynn has her innings that
she never said what the police ascrihe
to her.
: when court adjourned to-day tn,
prosecution had six more witnesses to
call. The defence expects 10 call Il
score of Witnesses, including Miss Flynn
herself, who will he the last to testify.
The trial will go on Tomorrow at lC
o'clock and probably will go 10 the
jury in the afternoon.