The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-15
JURY CONSIDERS WALDRON CASE
Continued from Page l.

quired to kill men, Mr.. Billiard in
qulred: ''Can YOU think of anything
that could be more successful in keep
ing young men from going into the
army than the circulation of such a
pamphlet! And Waldron s only de
Tense is that he read the pamphlet hast
lly and did not know those statements
were III il. What effronteryi Does he /
think YOU are punk. gentlemen? Does |
he think you don t know anything?
Referring to page 30 of the pamphlet, |
where it said, ''Under no circumstances
can | undertake any service that has |
for It's purpose the prosecution of the |
war, Mr.. Billiard asserted that that
meant that prayer for the soldiers in !
the trenches is wrong, and that the
knitting that is being done everywhere
is wrong. Propaganda says so.
Attorney Mel d. Clawson, associate
OF Attorney Robert c. Bacon, Wal
dron S counsel, took half an hour in max
ing the opening argument for the re-
spondent, which was his first argument
| He said that every man had right to
worship God in his own way and that
no matter what strange beliefs Mr.
| Waldron might have they must not be
considered. The district attorney, Mr.
CIawson said, had undertaken all
] through the trial to burlesque the
| Pentecostal services for the purpose Of
prejudicing the minds of the jury. The
only remark charged against Waldron
| he said, that was not made in public
was one to which Paul Braden testified
Waldron made in his home when Bra
| den was present rs dinner guest. The
\ a,Iy 4
only other person present was Mrs
Waldron, who was not allowed to testi-
| fy. It was natural, he said for the
pastor TO tell him, a young man who
was worrying, not to fear the draft as
not all would have to 60. Austin Burr,
he said, reversed himself by testifyine
that a statement was made in the Bible
class and afterwards stating that il
was made at Pentecostal meeting. and
Lowell Hemingway deliberately tried
to deceive the jury by making them
think Waldron made an unpatriotic re-
mark.
Attorney Robert C. Bacon made the
principal argument for the defense. fol
lowing an argument bv his associate.
Mr.. Bacon stated that Waldron was
claimed by the government to be very
men. He pointed out that influence
was Judged by the effect produced and
showed that out Of Waldron 5 class two
young men were in the service, another
enlisted but was injured, another was
IN the Navy yard at Portsmouth. anoth-
er was IN munitions factory and all
the rest had registered. "Have we n
Bible class in Vermont that can make
n better No.
Bacon inquired
Waldron 5 counsel argued that when
Lowell Hemingway testified for tbe
government that he heard Waldron
say, To hell with patriotism, = with
out stating that it was said in criti
clsm OF the kaiser s brand of patriot
ism until the fact was brought out on
cross examination, Hemingway showed
that he was not honest and that his
testimony should be discredited.
As to the testimony of Austin Burr
that the pastor told him that Young
man should suffer punishment rather
than fight, Mr. Bacon referred TO a
defense witness who said she was at
the meeting at Waldron s house when
Burr came and went away at 10 o clock
and that Burr had not "come under
the power when she left. although
Burr said the pastor made the alleged
remark two hours before he "came
under the power, which would bring
1t later than s clock. Still witnesses
said nothing Of the kind was said dur
ing the meeting Would it have been
possible for Waldron to have taken
him behind door and whispered in
his ear What kind of camoufage is
that?' Mr. Bacon asked.
Referring to the pamphlet, THE
Word of the Cross Mr.. Bacon said
1t was advertised as a reputable mara-
zine admitted to the United States mails
and the characters therein represented
the twelve APOSTLES and when read in
that light there was nothing unpatri-
otto about it. Mr.. Bacon had half an
hour left when he finished.
, In his closing argument the district
attorney took up the testimony of the
government witnesses and asserted that
! according to Waldron 5 testimony not
| single one of them told the truth
Witnesses for the defense said that
Naldron never brought up the subject
; of the war in his Bible class, and vet
: Waldron himself testified that he did, =
/ Mr.. Billiard exclaimed.
, Mr.. Bullard characterized as prepos-
ferrous the testimony that the 25 or
: more persons at the Pentecostal meet
/ ing at Waldron S did not leave the
l room at any time from p. IN. to l
: a. M, mot even to answer any call =
} lie put the testimony of Sherman
hvarts against that of Waldron and
SAID: = GU have the power, gentleman,
TO eall Evarts liar. Either he made
: a wllful misstatement or Waldroa
| did -
Mr.. Billiard used practically all his
time, and at his conclusion the court
announced a recess to clock this
morning.