The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-30
SPOKANE FIGHT
WITH SPEAKERS
ON STREET TOLD

Rapid progress was made
Thursday afternoon toward the
close OF the prosecutions part
OF the I. w. w. trial In which
Thomas ~. Tracy 10 the first OF
~ men 10 face the charge OF
numbering a citizen deputy, JEFF
fcrson Beard. at Everett on
Nov. 5.
Four witnesses were called
during the afternoon.
II is now certain the states
case will elose this week, which
10 the fourth week OF the trial.
Attorneys for tho defense say
they Will need at least az long
a time. With rebuttal testimony
and closing arguments, there
fore. the end OF the trial ls not
predicted before the frat or
second week In May.
Leo Wagner. Of Seattle. was the
first man called Thursday after.
noon. lie gave his occupation as
making skirt hangers" lie lived
at Monroe at tho time OF the
shooting. and tried 10 get passage
on that boat north from Seattle. on
Nov. 8. not knowing OF the |. W. W.
expedition. Unable TO get on II. he
went on the CaliHta, which turned
back on meeting the returning
Verona and learning OF It's recep-
ton.
Says They Were Armed
lilo testified that u man on the
Seattle dock told him III they did
not get FREQ speech In Everett they
would have little trouble that
day" and that another had said.
THE boys were pretty we'll armed ="
Deputy Sheriff William Bridge,
Of Everett, said he saw man
shooting from a cabin window.
ITO the best OF my knowledge IL
was this defendant" he said, nod.
ding toward Tracy.
Walter II. Smith. a citizen dep
uty. was called. lilo placed the first
shot as coming from an open win.
dow. directly behind tho door. He
said he saw the man. who fired
three shots.
DO you see the man I'm the court.
ROOM" Prosecutor Lloyd Black
asked
4 believe that Is the man. right
over there" he answered
Tracy Stands Up
Tracy. who has never shown any
emotion when any witness pointed
him out. rose without being told 10
do SO. as II 10 mako sure OF being
seen.
All three witnesses were so bel
ligerently croas-examined by George
=. Nanderveer. that NJ times all the
states attorneys were protesting at
once.
8 4 Mann. former jnsticc OF the
peace and police Judge at Spokane.
was called 10 tell OF the murder OF
Chief OF Police John T. Sullivan.
OF that city. January 8. 1911. and
of troubles during n free speech
campaign.
Sullivan. Attorney A. l.. veitch
explained TO tho court. when Van
derveer objected. was the chief OF
police referred TO by !. w. Wa.
who told Everett officials that 'it
had cost Spokane 100000. and it's
chief 81 police" 10 get rid OF them.
Nanderveor later withdrew HIS OBJ
lection. saying he thought tho mat.
ter had been so impressed on the
minds OF the jury by frequent ref.
erences To II. that Il would be a
good plan 10 have proof presente cd.
Did Not XIII Sullivan
we arc prepared 10 prove posi-.
lively that the I. ". VS. did not
AIN Sullivan" he said.
Mann said he saw the chief Just
after he had been shot. In his own
home. The bullet had come thru a
window. and gone thru the back
OF rocking chair in which the
chief sat.
Had 372 In Jail at Once
During the free speech troubles
In spokane. In 1909. Judge Mann
said. he often saw James Thomp
son. l. w ". organizer. who was
under arrest there several times
Thompson name has come prom
inently into the testimony as 10 the
trouble at Everett. as having con
Quoted street meetings at the dis
puted corner OF Hewitt and Wet
more. and been arrested as a result
Il remember sentencing rs men
at one session Of court" Mann re
called. and | think on one occasion