The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-08
"TnAME-U.' TRIED
ONP PRISONERS
Evidence AGAINST Workers Can
Only he Attained by Bribing
Their Fellow Men
(By G. T.. Payne)

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that the prosecution is trying to use
in the case of The State of Washing
ton VS.. Thomas II. Tracy, should
acquaint himself with the methods
that the officials are using in trying
to secure what they are pleased to
call evidence"
The latest exhibition of their meth
DDS was made ON Monday last, and
was well calculated to trap innocent
men into making some statement chat
could be twisted by the employees of
The Lumber Trust into testimony
against the defense
The man who set the trap called
himself Minor Blythe, an attorney
from Los Angeles, and he tried to
catch Harvey Hubler, a lad of twenty
one years Of age. 1t seems that he
expected to work on Huhier because
Of his youth and possible lack of ex-
perience, but The vicious surroundings
Of the Jail atmosphere for the past
four months has taught caution to
all, and the Blythe gentleman obtain
ed no results for his labor
Blythe tried to work his game by
having Huber called out "to see
lawyer" but Huber refused to go
unless the Jail committee could 20
with him, This was allowed, and the
lawyer" told Huber that he had let
tiers from Hublei's father authoriz-
ing him to represent Huber, and
further that he could get Huber
out of the Jail before night, if you
want to go"
Blythe had some letters that he
said were from Hubler's father, but
Huber refused to look at them, and
the "laWyor' refused to read them
to Huber while the Jail committee
was present. The result Of this in
terview was that all the inmates of
the Jail knew at once just the game
that the prosecution was trying to
play with Huber, and he was re
turned to the tank" with the Jail
committee.
This occurred in the forenoon, but
shortly after two o'clock in the af-
ternoon Huber and one of the men
named Mitchell were in the corridor
just outside the tank, when one of the
deputies stepped to the door of the
-ank ami closed and locked the door,
with Huber and Mitchell on the out
side. Then four or five deputies took
the two men by force to the women's
detention room on an upper floor,
but Mitchell was soon returned to the
tank, leaving Huber alone with a
deputy.
After Mitchell was taken away.
attorney" Blythe came into the room,
and again told Hubler that he could
get him out Of jail before night if
he wanted to go. Also he offered to
let Huber read the letters that he
called his authority, but Huber re
fused, and Blythe read them himself,
Blythe asked Huber if he intended to
testify for the state, and tried to
draw him into conversation, but Hub
Ter merely told him that the |. w. w.
has attorneys employed to defend
him, and refused to talk further with
the self-styled "lawyer." Shortly af-
ter, Blythe said, "well, don't say any,
thing about this interview" and went
away, and soon after that Huber
was returned to the tank where the
other men are confined.
When the men in the tank found
that Huber was being taken out of
their presence by force, they began
protest by building battleship."
But since the last battleship was
ouiIt IN January hose has been in
stalled in the Jail, and this was at
once set into play on the men in the
| tank, and all were driven into the
cells, where they were locked in bv
the deputies.
Members Of the |. w. and an at
torney of Everett tried to gain ac-
cess to the jail to find out what the
trouble was, but the Jail authorities
nad guard on the walk in front Of
Ihe jail, and this guard very emphat-
lcaIIy said that eve don't want anv
one around here now" In q fa,y NH,
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