The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-29
BY Charles Ashleigh

the first of "A 4orkingmen charge,
with the killing II Deputy jeff Bear'
on the Waterfront of Everett, Wash.
ON Bloody Sunday, November 5. Thos,
"a men are tried for the killing of on,
deputy. Nobody, however, is being
tried for the death of five working
men on that red day. The trial O
Tracy, is, in reality, the trial of Labor
One of the star witnesses for tn,
prosecution was Mayor d. D. Merrill
of Everett. He didn't turn out quite
such a star rs they thought he would
| Under the rigid cross-examination OF
Attorneys Fred Moore and George
Nanderveer for the defense, Merrill
showed that he was either rotter
mayor and a very prevaricating wit.
ness. a dramatic moment in court
was when he was confronted with
Louis Scarotf, a boy who has sworn
that the mayor beat him up brutally
in bedroom in the city jail and that
his fingers We're placed, one by one
under the leg of bed upon which the
mayor and two other men then sat
Even the capitalist press of Seattle
remarked that the mayors face whit
ened and his voice thickened when
faced with the victim of his beastlike
brutality.
Sordid Story of Beverly Park
On October 80, Al men, going from
Seattle to Everett to hold a meeting,
were met at the Everett dock, loaded
into automobiles and taken to Beverly
park, a lonely spot on the outskirts
of Everett. There they were severely
beaten up and made to run the gaunt-
let. The story of Beverly Park is
gradually emerging under the insist
ent pressure of the defense's cross
examination. ore Ifasves, who keeps
scab stationery and printing estab-
lishment in Everett, admitted that he
was one Of the guards on that oc-
casion. He also was forced to admit
that the deputies were strung out on
either side of the road and that the
workingmen were made to proceed on
foot towards Seattle, WHICH MEANS
THEY HAD TO PASS BETWEEN
THE TWO LINES. This is virtually
admitting the gauntlet He stated
that some of the men got a swat or
two," which is the most definite ad-
mission of violence so far. Halves
stated that he ran after one man who
tried to get away off the road into the
woods. When asked why he did that
he said the man was a "big baby"
HAYES himself stands about six foot
two inches and says he weighs 260
pounds. At this moment Fred Moore
brought in two lads who were among
the Beverly victims.
"Stand up" commanded Attorney
Vanderveer, and the hulking fellow
stood up. Then the two boys were
placed next to him, reaching about to
his armpits.
care these the big babies you talked
about?" Numbered Vanderveer.
Engineer States Men Begged Him to
Back Out
Ernest Shellgren, engineer on the
verona" a witness for the state, did
not do much good for the prosecu-
ton. He said he only saw two guns
on the boat, and only saw one OF
these in use. He also mentioned the
terrific hail of bullets which came
from the deputies on the dock. The
cross-eXamination brought from hin
the admission that, when the shooting
started, crowd Of men rushed down
to the engine room and said to him
For Gods sake, go up and tell then
on the dock to stop shooting"
The second gun he saw was useC
on him. He stated that a man came
to him, held the gun in his face anC
commanded him to reverse the engine!
and back his ship out of the deatE
trap, Altogether, Shellgren's test
mony was far more favorable to the
defense than to the prosecution. He
was also unable to locate the place
from where the first shot came; anC
it is upon the contention that fire wa