The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-12-28
ACCUSED MEN -
UP FOR HEARING
"a Charged With Murder; 1893
Witnesses TO Take
Stand

tragedy, We're arraigned before Judge
Ralph c. Bell Dec, 90 by Prosecuting
Attorney o. 7. Webb ON new iefoima-
lions filed by him in the superior
court. On request of the |. W, ". at
torney, Fred Moore, Judge Eell cx-
tended the time for pleading until
Tuesday morning, Dec. 80. Moore
asked that his clients be given until
January Is to declare their guilt or
innocence, but Prosecuting Attorney
Webb objected to any extension Of
time, and the court held that so long
an extension was unreasonable.
The prisoners were brought from
the Jail to the court housc in three
divisions, 10 in The first lot 81 in The
second and S2 in the third. 4 heavily
armed guard of deputy shorffs ac-
companied the accused men. I'd Roth,
one Of the prisoners nriaiTged, is in
the hospital, but 73 Or tie men were
present. Only few spectators were
present to see the prisoners march
over to the courthouse, the first time
they have left the jail since their in
generation several Weclys no. "''
New lnformUtivn o.. .ra'
Webb secured an order a.o.} Judge
Bell, allowing him to file the Aew IN
formation, and quashing the ca one
/ filed by Webb November 10. The pew
information names 1913 Witueaac.', ana
unlike the first one does NO. barge
the prisoners with killing Cha les O..
Curtiss, but only jefferson Beard.
The new information, also is III Tie
John Doe" form, and charges the de-
PENDANTS with aiding and ab2Et,ng."
The long information charging first
degree murder with the list cf 1913
witnesses was read by Webb 10 the
court when each Of the thee lots Of
prisoners was brought cyec from The
jail, and the proceedings occupied the
entire forenoon after 10 o'clock. Each
prisoner, as his name was called
stood up in his place, end remained
standing, while the charge was read.
Several of the men, when called by the
name listed on the information, and
asked II it were their true name, gave
other names which they said were
their true ones. Many made facetious
replies.
Following the reading Of the infor
nation for each of the three lots of
prisoners. each of the 70 I. w. w. was
given copy of the information by
! Webb.
] The p: oners were represented by
tIe5 Moe, George Vanderveer and
Z. c. Daley, and the prosecution by
/ '> !, t.-4ord Newton and II. D..
I lcci2y. Lloyd Black, the newly
c-2cted p ecutor, to whom the duty
/ Ct pro -lc1ting the cases will fall, if
= change Of venue is not asked, and
/ E.anted, vas an interested spectator.
Moore and Vanderveer in asking for
IN extension Of the time for the
poaan&, said they wished more time
20 examine The prisoners and work on
The case. Moore said that the defense
would prob2bly have even more wit
nesses than The prosecution, end Ihat
ne had not been able up to the present
time to interview all Of the "A r7co
! chargc3 with murder.
The following are the names Of tho
defendants IS listed in tfc three IN
formations filed in superior cou, :.
and read at the arraisnmcnt:
First Group
f. o. Watson, John BLACK, Frank
Stewart, Charles Adams, Harston
Peters, Thomas r. Tracy. alias George
Martin; Harry Feinberr, John Gowns,
Harold Miller, Ed Roth and '-homas
Tracy.
Second Group
| James Kelly, Ed Truitt, 1ac'- at
terson, John Ross, John Nu~ent. Vie
tor Johnson, Pat Lyons, william aw-
son, Jim Powers, Ben Logg, Fal o.
borne, E. j. Shapero, Clarence Cy-
phert, Lawrence Manning, CEarles
Black, Jim Mack, e. f. Hollng worth,
Mike j. Reilly, Roy Davis, Gal New
man, James Manning, William Shea,
Pete Breed, Tom Savage, Franz: Boyd,
Fred Cryster, Ed Miller; Jot5 ".
Bowdoin, D. Stevens, Lewis Morgan,
and j. H. Beyth.
Third Group
H, Sackol, w. II. Brown lanes
Bates, E. NJ Beck, Oscar johnson, II.
T. Cheethan, William Davis, Theodore
Lauer, H. Shebeck, Charles Hayward,
William Winn, j. E. Boulahn, Robert
Leonard, William Mitchell, George
Murphy, c., d. MacLennan, John Raw
lings, j. F, Billings, Charles Il. Cody,
Harvey Huber, Charles Berg, Jack
Leonard, Charles Hawkins, j. A. KEEL
ley, William Coffin, Charles Austin,
Alfred Howard, Adolph Ersson, Ma
lachi O'Neill, A. B. Winborne, AxcI
Douney and Albert Smeve
Many Seem Indifferent
| The prisoners displayed little feel
! ing. most of them anDcarinu indiFfar-