The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
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One of the boys estimated that there
were about 500 shells ON the dock
when he got there. A great many of
the shells were sold Ivy the children
before they got to the courthouse. One
of the boys found an army clip used
to hold rifle cartridges. The boys tes-
titled that several boards ON the west
warehouse had been broken down and
that there were many splintcrs on the
outside of the boards indicating that
the deputies shot through the boards
with high power bullets The children
stated that they had found the shells
behind potato sacks and other objects.
Also that they saw number of cart
ridge boxes. About 25 per cent of the
shells brought in by the kids were
shotgun and rifle shells. The chill
dren's testimony corroboratcd former
witnesses who claimed that the dep
utics shot from inside the warehouse.
An expert was later called to identify
the shells. He stated that some of the
shotgun shells were used for big game
Others he identified as revolver, shot
gun and high power rifle shells.
Miss Nellie Goldthorpe, who has
been employed as "A waitress at the
Commercial Club for the last four
years, testified that she saw shotguns
and rifles at the Commercial Club
prior to the shooting These were piled
up in the rooms of the club. Also she
identified a slung billy filled with lead
which was secured by the defense as
the prototype of number she had
seen on the secretary's desk and on
the tables of the club. She also
brought shotgun shells with her, tell
ing that she had found them at the
Commercial Club and that she had
given them to her mother Her
mother, when she was called to the
stand, corroborated her daughters
testimony regarding the shells.
How Defendants Were Selected
Chief of Police Charles L. Becking-
ham revealed how the "a men who
are charged with murder were selected
out of a group of about 275 at the
city Jail. On the night after the l. w.
WIS were arrested Ahern, head of the
local Pinkerton agency, came up and
asked for the release of two men,
Smith and Reese, who had been among
the group of men, claiming that they
were in his employ. These released
Pinkertons a few days later were
brought to the Jail and placed in a
dark cell for the purpose of identi-
flying the men that were supposed to
have been the conspirators. The |. w.
WIS were made to parade before the
cell and upon the protrusion of the
Pinkerton's finger out of hole a man
would be selected by the state This
process lasted until "a men were
chosen prior to the entire groups re-
turn to Everett. The testimony of the
chief was considered important by
the defense inasmuch as it unveils
the arbitrary methods by which the
men were selected, also that there
were two Pinkertons aboard the Yer
ona who were in the employ of the
Everett Commercial Club.
A former citizen deputy, James
Schofield, helped to disclose the con-
spiracy Matched by the mill owners
through the Commercial Club to estab-
lish the open shop and to suppress
free speech in Everett, in the course
of his testimony for the defense. He
stated that he became a deputy at
the time he was working for the Clark
Nickerson mill at the suggestion of
his foreman. He heard his employer,
Governor Clough, say that he would
fire any union man or /. w. w. sym
pathizer. After he was sworn in as
deputy he was given a gun by his
employer The witness said that he
was present at a meeting when a
member of the San Francisco Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
addressed them upon the open shop
and commended the deputies for the
good work they were doing. When the
witness was asked what the speaker
meant by good work, he replied chat
the speaker seemed to have known
what had been going on in Everett"
The gentleman also spoke upon the
San Francisco situation and told how
the employers Of that city were sue
cessful along familiar lines of estab-
fishing the open shop. Governor
Clough also spoke on that night upon
the open shop and the local situation.
ClOugh COntradicted
Schofeld contradicted his former
employer, who had previously testified
that he had not offered any money to
him after he got beaten up on the
night of October 80 al the Everett
city dock by Joe Irving, II fellow dep
uty who was so drunk that night that
he mistook Schofeld for an !. W. w
The witness stated that his hospital
bills, his wages while he was LAYING
off and lump sum of SIS We're paid