The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04
TRACY CASE GOES
TO JURY At NOON
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proceedings.
A, least som. OF the remaining
~ defendants will be tried. even
tho Tracy should bc acquitted. II
was said AT IN. office OF Prosecutor
Black this morning.
Criminal Instinct
There In n class Of people all
over this country who are born
with the criminal instinct" said
Cooley
Il don't sAy man IL necessarily
an instructive criminal because he
belongs 10 the I. ". W. but do
say that an instructive criminal has
every induc-mcn, Ia Join tho l.
". W. because he can 10 out. and
under ia cover do all sorts OF
things. aud n hs 10 caught. he IL
member OF an organization whose
watehword Ia An injury to on. Is
an injury 60 all
Can Get Assistance
"fIe has only To raise tn. cry. "A
fellow worker In dih,rcsa.' and
hundreds Of his fellows will pour in
and help him. ~. viii be defended
by the ablest talent that can be Sc
cured. and II hs In convicted. he Is
q martyr. and his ashes are pre-
served In the precious archives OF
his organization.
"rhia IL a matter TO be taken into
consideration in connection with
~hat happened AZ Everett on No
yember g.
Ono OF coolcy's attacks on sp~-
eirc points IN tho defense t.sti.
mony drew q sarcastic interruption
from George y. yAnd.ryeer. ono OF
| Traey's attorneys.
The defense put witness after
witness on the ntand 20 testify that
the frs, shots cam. from the boat:
but they never put ons. out OF all
the crowd on tho boat who could
testify that anybody vas struck by
those first shots" Cooley asserted.
vsnderver interrupts
"oh. Mr. Cooley. don't let the
facts hamper your Imagination too
much" intcrj.cted vandcrveer.
III the record doean't bear me
out. tho Jury will know H." retorted
Cooley.
"Jeffcrson Beard was standing
with his hands in his pockets when
tho fatal shot struck him" Cooley
went on. Boards oycrcoat and
vest prove where the fret shots
came from"
Boards two sons. Lester and
Chester. were sitting on the attor.
neys' benches during the argument.
Cooley argued that II made no
difference In Tracy's guilt. whetb.
er he fired tho shot that Killed
Bcard or not. II he was a member
OF conspiracy TO violate an ordi.
rance and Beard was killed an a
result OF that conspiracy: hut he
insisted that the Identification OF
Tracy had been sufficient
1T wasn't Thomas Tracy. in his
Sunday countenance. gazing plso-
Idly out OF n mild blue eye. whom
Johnny Hogan saw" Cooley thun.
dered. 1T was Thomas Tracy,
alias George Martin. with his
brows drawn down in n scowl OF
hatred, gazing at him over the nun
gle Of n gun: and a man doesn't
forget that kind OF a countenance.
Cooley closed just before noon.
Attorneys for the defense predict
quick verdict.
"Tracy1l have another boarding
house Friday night" said George
+. Vanderveer.
Cooley began to speak at 2 %
p. m. Thursday, lie said the con
troyeray involved was between PEG
pie who Lad their homes. families
interests and futures In Everett
and an invading horde who neither
had nor wanted any part in the
community. but were determined "a
show merely that they could speak
where they pleased. when they
pleased and what they pleased"
Admits illegal Action
II grant you that the citizens OF
Everett did things that were H.
legal" he said. But here was a
crowd coming into the city that
said, Your laws are nothing to va,
Oll' lllAi' ilhf w AAAt tpHFA
tuition Is II any wonder the citi.
zens said. Well. II you don't care
for law. we'll meet you on your
own ground. We are not going 10
be hammered into bankruptcy by
the cnornity OF your numbers. We
are going to keep YOU away from
here"
Wants No Compromise
Tracy's attorney. Fred II. Moore.
who finished for the defense early
Thursday afternoon. referred Hcath
ingly 20 statement made by Pros
ecutor Lloyd Black the day before.
that Snohomish county would be
unable to prosecute all the defend
ants in tho T. w. w. case. Never
have heard I'm court room such
plea Of bankruptcy in govern
ment," Moore declared.
"Your verdict Will mean that you
do or do not give your Endorsement
TO official lawlessness. and TO prl
vate business controlling public az
fairs. Tom Tracy is not criminal