The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-10-18
LETTER NUMBER ONE
HERE IS YOUR EVIDENCE
"424 So. Wabash st.
"Ahe,deen. 6 Oak

"424 So. Wabash St.
aberdeen, S. Oak.
"Sept. twenty-third, 1915.
wv. D. Haywood,
"Secy.-Treas. l. w. W..
Chicago, Ill.
"Fcllow worker. ".
Received yours Of the twenty first and contents
noted.
I'm regards big fees
will state that think we can raise the some in the
fields at this time as all the sentiment is against this
stick up game Of the brakeman.
afeel sure that we will get it, as the membership all
through the middle west realise we are going to make
a fight that will establish a precedent, for this is the
first case that has come up where a man has tried to
defend himself against the brakeman and the hold up
guys that infest the harvest fields. on account of this
men will donate liberley for the defence
What we are trying to get in to the heads Of the
members is that they must not get in any, kind Of a
row here at the present time, either with the officials
or the farmers as the jury will be mostl farmers. at
this writing we stand pretty good and must keep that
aBil!, note what is going to happen to Hill, and
that shaoul be a lesson to the membership to not be
workers. if at the start Of that case every one on the
ground would of got busy and hired the best atty and
paid him his. price feel sure that Joe would of been
free now.
this case, we will try the case purley on its merits and
wont stand for the Org to be put on mt trial al, for or, if We Y, : do
ANp ! viz TAE 6 CASE OUT Of cogRT ANb g 70
COURT MERELY TO MAKE IT LOOK DIGNIFIED
TRIP sHh NTH M ware ! Nh \ WE SG1 WILL M MARE H ALL Il
JoURIoRs ON H WAY. DO YOU GET NE.
"The Socialists here have raised one hundred so far.
that is fine and think if you wriet to Ware occosa-
maly he will do more. We are stopping at his house,
that is Riley and me room there.
"Say put your name on the defence cOmltte fer j
know that it will have some effect and dident think
you ~ would 1 HAY have oa any y.c objections tSs in inf fact Ct in put aw all the he
them as there Is, nothing els to 40 SO ! am dong the
comes butting in on this case and starts to knock we
will sure hand them a package. ,,;., ~ = ,s
pocket the other day and we told him before it hap,
pened d,,' not to . carry a. y.h it in this his town town ul he insisted and ed and md
card and told him to deny that he was a member. we
will try and get him off With !, a light sentence mt sse;l but we
Hoping you agree with the policy outlined.
II remains yous to the finish.
III. A. Law
"P $. ENCLOSED find = list Of the jury as empanelssd
for this term Of court, some OF them are all .. 4.
James msI Risy.
The above forms the introduction to the Ware let
ters to which, reference has been made BY the Daily
News. It t is the first !, of Of . 4 series passing dng. between 1a ADsrs'
and big 'Bil' Haywood. while sBig Bin" and Charles
2. Ware, Townley Nonpartisan candidate for state
e pig Bil!s: a5eliaars gang from going to prison
VIII THE FARMERS OF BROWN COUNTY, AND
SOUTH DAKOTA FALL FOX MEN GUILTY. OF
!, UGH ACTIONS N CHOOSE THEM TO STATE
N COUNT OFFICES? :.
<Note-Who is. this man James Riley? Do you re-
member the fellow who was 50 conspicuous at the Dan
Passage murder trial and sat with our little 'hister'
inside the rail during that trial with counsel for the
defense, and who it was reported at the time was q
pal and fellow worker with the notorious Little, who
was hanged at Butte, Montana. He was sentenced to 9
term in the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls at the
November, 1917, term Of. the circuit court OF Day coun-
ty, and is now in that institution. Just keep this In
mind for these letters will connect him closely with
Charles r. Ware, the Noppartisan LeaEqe:. To.nley
hand-picked candidate for state treasurer Of South Da-
LETTER NUMBER TWO
BIG Bills APPROVAL OF WORK OF
WARE AND Law
aMr. J. Is. Law, *September
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-.Fsllow- Worker: IL
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