The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-10

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citizen or public official has any
right to deny, abridge, or in any
manner interfere with the full and
free enjoyment of those privileges,
and any person who attempts to do
so is himself guilty of an unlawful
act.
There are two facts necessary to
convict this defendant: () That
some person on the boat unlawfully
killed jefferson Beard. (2) That this
defendant aided, melted or encour-
aged such shooting. If you are sat
isfied beyond reasonable doubt of
these two facts, then you must con-
Wet, no matter what may be your be-
lief concerning any other question in
dispute in this case; if you have a
reasonable doubt as to either of these
two facts, then you must acquit."
Black Appeals to Prejudice
Prosecuting Attorney Lloyd L.
Black in his opening argument be-
fore the jury charged the |. w. w.
with being conspirators which result
ed in the shooting of jefferson
Beard He pleaded though the sher-
if of Snohomish county might have
made mistakes and committed acts
in violation of the law, it was done
because the |. w. w. threatened to
overpower the county authorities and
bankrupt the county by demanding
jury trials for each man that had
been arrested. He appealed to the
jury for a conviction of first degree
murder.
1t was the rebuttal argument of
Attorney George Vanderveer that
found the admiration of the audi
ence. After giving a general survey
of the entire case and disproving the
slightest possibility of conspiracy,
he laid great emphasis upon the
question as to who was the aggres-
sor in the shooting on November 5.
He stated that the very fact that the
Commercial club had deputized over
$50 deputy sheriffs, and had furnish
ed them with guns and clubs, and had
taken down rifles to the City dock
prior to the landing of the "Verona"
was evidence that it was the Com
mercial club that precipitated the
shooting.
Vanderveer continues: at was the
9Th of March, now nine weeks ago,
his honor called this case from the
bench State versus Thomas H. Ira
Cyl and my friend Mr.. Cooley rose
from his chair and said Your hon
or, the state is ready / say to you,
Mr.. Cooley, you slandered the fair
name of your state. 1t is not
the state of Washington versus
Thomas H. Tracy at all. Even the
title of the case is mistake. 1t
is the case of the Commercial club
of Everett, the mill owners of Ev-
erett, against labor. 1t is an attempt
to drive and keep labor out of Ev-
erett; to keep labor out of its rights
in Everett, | mean. The same people
who took possession of the machin-
cry of the law back in Everett, who
took possession of the sheriff and
furnished him with guns and clubs
and murderous things and instructed
him how to act, the same people who
employed detectives, if you please,
to set fires in order to manufacture
evidence and public sentiment against
these boys; those same people are
today prosecuting this case.
There Is Conspiracy
There is a conspiracy in this case,
yes, but not the one the state would
have you believe. A conspiracy sup
ported by evidence. A conspiracy of
men in the Commercial club to take
over-as has been done before, as
related in the Industrial Relations
report-to take over the machinery
of law, to bring IL to their aid, and
by it club the workers out of thei,
rights.
Ladies and gentlemen Of the jury
there Is struggled struggle be,
tween capital and !ahor-a struggle
between the Commercial! club and the
1. W. W. which is just one phase ol
, the bigger one. That struggle is go
ing on in spite of Cooley, in spite q
Arthur l.. Veitch, 0f the Merchant
and Manufactuters' association, IL
spite of WcLaren, in spite Of McRae
and in spite of the Commercial club
The struggle is going on because i
us founded upon a principle so big
$50 wholesome, so decent and 80 right