Bisbee daily review., 1918-09-14
JEROME PAPER GIVES ACCOUNT OF ARREST
 OF W. N. JOHNSON
MAN WHO WAS GIVEN COAT OF TAR AND FEATHERS HERE HAS PRISON RECORD AND DIsHoN- oRA8LE scHARGE FROM ARMY

On account of the local interest that
 was aroused over the arrest of Walter l N. Johnson in Jerome on Monday last,
 The Review prints the following arti- | cle taken from the Verde Copper News
 of that date:
 With 3O,OOO handbills calling for a | general strike of two weeks duration, beginning Sept. 10, to force the re-
 lease of Thomas J. Mooney, William l b. Haywood and the other l. w. w. conspirators convicted at Chicago,
 Waller N. Johnson, the l. w. w. who was taTTed and feathered at Bisbee the night the same treatment was accord ed William Waldroop in Jerome, was arrested here last night.
 "The handbills, half in English and half in Spanish, were printed at Phoe- nix, and Johnson came to Jerome di- rectly from that place. He was ar rested immediately after his arrival.
 "One suitcase was filled with the handbills. Johnson also had a grip containing I. w. w. sabotage stick CTS, song books and fifteen or twenty other pamphlets, all of a most vio- lent and seditious character.
 But for the capture of Johnson, the handbills would have been secret ly distributed last night. How far the strike movement would have gone is uncertain. It is believed that all the I. ". w. in the Verde district would have responded.
 That the handbills were to be printed came to the knowledge of Deputy U. S. Marshal Harry Carlson Gn To tt~irn formation to Phoenix and an investi- ! gation was set on foot there. It was discovered that the printing had actu- | ally been accomplished at one of the l Phoenix printeries and that Johnson | had started for Jerome with a supply | for this district.
 Yesterday afternoon a perfect net | work was arranged to insure that | Johnson would not slip into Jerome | undetected. Whether he would come | all the way by train or would get off | the train at Prescott and finish by | auto stage was unknown, therefore | Sheriff A. O. McDermid and John | Munds watched all stages arriving at | Cottonwood Deputy Sheriffs Frank | Bartlett and Jack Allen were on | guard at Clarkdale Carlson himself ! was at the United Verde & Pacific | station in Jerome while Marshal J. G. ! Crowley and Denutv Sheriff Fred | Hawkins observed the buses at the ConnOr hotel
 Garrison began search of the ex- press car immediately upon the ar rival of the train for he thought that Johnson would probably bring his strike literature in by express. He ! noticed a young man with a heavy | suitcase and grip trembling violently, hut decided that he was probably a booze importer and let him go for the more important business he had in hand
 ''The search of the express car was without result, but upon the arrival of the buses Crowley noticed the same trembling young man and i'm mediately took him in tow. He held him until CalsOn came down the hill, when the prisoners baggage was examined and it was discovered that he was indeed Walter N. Johnson, the I. w. w. agitator sent here to tie up the mines and smelters of the Verde district in a general strike.
 Johnson refused to talk at the time but it is understood that th;s mornIhs he made important admissions wnicn the officers are withholding until they receive instructions from the United States attorneys office in Phoenix.
 Among Johnson's papers was a dis honorable discharge from the army, and a record showing that he had served a year in the military prison at Alcatraz island, in San Franciscr bay. His term expired in 1909. This record also shows that he is a little over 32 years old.
 ''The technical charge on which Johnson is held is violation of the espionage act Under the circum- stances it is extremely unlikely that he can escape conviction and a peni- tentiary sentence of at least ten years"