Arizona republican., 1918-10-17
GOVERNOR HUNT HAS
 ANOTHER LENGTHY
 ORDEAL 0N STAND

Governor George w. P. Hunt, who procured 1000 copies of the I. w. w. pamphlet Is Freedom Dead" in which his picture appeared with Grover Perry and Charles Mckinnon now serving terms at Leavenworth penitentary, burnt all but a copy or two of the pub lication. according to his testimony yesterday in the trial of Fred $. Breen, editor of the CUonino Sun, charged with criminal libel. The complaining witness. the states chief executive, de- clared that his only purpose in burning | the I. W. w., pamphlet was because | his picture got in and he did not want it distributed by himself or any, one else.'
 Why did you burn up the copies 2" asked Judge Campbell in cross -eXami- nation on rebuttal.
 | Because it was not a good likeness, and l am vain of my beauty" replied l Governor Hunt.
 He was severely reminded by counsel 1 for the defense that he was a witness under oath and the questions relative to his disposition of the pamphlets of the organization he did not know was or was not disloyal were resumed. The witness testified that he did not ap- | prove of the literature although he | stated that he had not read the articles contained in the l. W. w. pamphlet. Then why burn up the copies?" again inquired Judge Campbell.
 My general impression was that it was against the government. and I de- stroyed them. I didn't approve of the I en- he repeated.
 Governor Hunt then volunteered a statement to the effect that the Tue son Citizen featured him with his arms around poor working men and l. w. Ws
 The general trend of examination by Judge Campbell yesterday was in- tended to show the governors associ- ation with I. w. W. leaders, just as or the first day of the trial. Governor
 Hunt had declared his loyalty to the government and the president, and tho defense drew from the witness his re-
 lations with men, many of whom have
 since been convicted and are serving
 terms in federal prisons.
 The court excluded considerable doc umentary evidence which was read in to the record as a part of the case
 Featuring the evidence which did no go to the jury but which'is a part O
 the record is the letter written by Gov.
 ernor Hunt to Mike Sullivan. a notor ious I. w. w. worker who was anon. t the men deported from Bisbee and ha since been arrested by the federal au } thorities under the espionage act Tn el letter reads:
 l Executive Office
 State House
 P Phoenix, Arizona
 Geo. w. P. Hunt 0 Seal of State Louis w. Lowentha 7 of Arizona Secretary ' August 16. 1918. . My dear Mike:
 1 was very glad to get your letter c
 August 3rd and sorry that you canno return to Arizona this fall and plan t y take part in the campaign. It is goin 3 to be very warm here in that particula and yesterday MT. w. A. Moeur with t drew from the gubernatorial rae, e leaving Fred Colter. Sidney Osborn a Fred Sutter and Lamar Cobb. e course, living in Bisbee and being de
 ported from that camp. you can realiz 5, how you would feel with Sutter, tn n abject tool of the corporations and wh, y I understand. took part in the deporta e tions, in the governors chair. He no' e has the nerve and audacity to com 2 forward and ask the suffrage of tn e people of Arizona. Every time I thin Il of it I get all "het up" and then I thin y MT. Osborn is net much better, becaus 1t short time ago. when I was in Call l. fornia. my chauffeur was driving hil Is around and he remarked to anotht g man who was in the car that Moone
 ought to hang, and he also does not be
 lieve in experimenting; in fact, I thin Is that he is just as subservient a tool {
 Sutter and I believe the man wi