The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-22

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animation. when Nanderyc"r. ns
Implication. called HAYES n COW
ard. state Attorney Cooley inter
ruptcd to protest
THE men we're asked AZ the
boat. what they we're coming e.
| Everett for. llawea testified
Some said they were coming a.
raise he'll and some said they were
coming 10 burn the town
He could only remember the
names Of Jack Robinson. Sheriff
McRae. Billy Rooth. X Paysani
aud a man named Shields. auoue
the party Of deputies.
Says Wasn't Gauntlet
The [ W VS. we're released
one az tmc7" asked vanderveer
Three or four at time
And made To go down this
gauntlet of men7'
II wouldn't call u gauntlet
They we're made 90 go between
the lines OF deputies"
Il wouldn't say they were made
70 go They aid 40 down the lins
but there were not two regular
rows.
did they go down the line IRON
choiceg
= can't answer that question
Where were YOU
II was back AZ the automobile
HAYES aid he had n billy. but
kept Il 10 his pocket. and that the
others also had them.
What happened 90 the men who
vent down the llnc?" inquired Van
dcryecr.
Some OF them. presume. wert
taken a swat at
7 The witness insisted, however
that he saw no blood and heard 1r
cries more than usual and nc
screams 'or mercy. such rs hal
been reported
DID YOU swing az anybody p
lo was asked
No"
How di1 that happen
Well. don't know why
I didn't"
One Of the men HAYES had IN
charge Jumped from the nutomo
bile and tried To- escape. and
Halves ran after him and brought
him back. he said
You wanted him Ia run IA,
gauntlet too. did YOU"
No don't care about thnl
word 'gauntlet We started q,
men for Seattle. and We had beer
doing the same thing for ~,
s. eeks"
IN YOU blame that man for try
4 INK 10 get away. IN the light o
what was happening
A Big Baby"
I thought he was pret', hi'
brhy"
d" How much do you Weigh" Do
/ manded Vanderveer.
About 200 pounds. | guess" an
avered HIawea.
DO YOU know these two hoys7'
IA this question was asked. tive
underslzed young men w.r.
brought suddenly into the court
room.
Does either ~ them look lfk,
the man you thought was a pretu
biz baby"
u don't recognize them. sal,
! Halves
Stand here beside them" order
ed the attorney, Who is IN,
coward?"
He didn't use tho word COW
ard. Interrupted States A,torna,
Cooley hotly. a. Halves looked an
grily at vandcrvcer.
And this kind OF thing had beer
going on for weeks - vanderveei
returned - the attack
7 never saw anybody touched
before thar night" HAYES declar
ed. but we had been deportins
them for sis weeks
Urged 70 Break Jail
Halves said he had heard intlam
matoTy speeches on tho streets
on Aug. %. he said. James Thomp
son. speaking at the corner oi
Hewitt ave. and Wetmoer. had
Urged his audience TO 40 az and
yet Rowan and Peck out Of Jail
and had said labor unions wore a
bunch Of tame fellows and never
would get anywhere. and advocat
cd direct action"
Tie said II they had some real
labor agltators To get after Col
Hartley" said Halves. they would
make Il 80 hot for him he wou'dn't
stay around
The witness said that from ar.
ticles he read TO the effect that
1000 Industrial Workers were to
made Everett November 3. he be.
lieved the city was in danger lie
went 10 meet the Verona when the
fire whistle blew on Nov. 3.
Expected Fist Fight
lie said the deputies expected n
fist fight. but did not expect shoot.
ing
Garland Green and ]. Il. Sticks
police officers. told OF threats
made by the men deported on the
boat Aug. 30 Sticks also told OF
meeting crowd marching along
tho street from one OF their meet.
irgs. armed with what looked Hike
rubber hose or gas pipe.
Refused TO Leave Jail
Sergeant VI. j Fox said he ar
rested James Rowan. James Thomp.
son and a number OF others on
Aug. 20. for speaking at Hewitt
and Wetmcre. and that when they
were released they at first refused
10 come out OF Jail He also re-
peated threats made when they
were deported.
on Nov 3. he said. he had n
hurry.up telephone call from Lieut..
Hedges at Seattle. saying that "a
dozen" we're on their way t. Fy-
erett. TO waylay some doctor there.
To Vanderveer's question wheth-
or the refusal OF the I. W. W. 10
come out OF Jail was not because