The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-08
KR|EGER'SFhTE
TO JURY TODAY
States Attorneys Begin
Arguments in Trials
Close.
! ATTACK DEFENSE AI|B|
Special Attorney Owen in
Long Address Flags
|. W. w. Doctrines.
CHARGES CRIME TO kRIEGER
Alleges Defendant Believes
in Reign of Force; Final
Pleas Come Saturday.
ATTACK DEFENSE AlIBI
SfuARGeS CRIME TO KRIEGER

shall men Inspired by the beliefs
Of the W W, organization 20 un-
punished when th& act uDder the
IDEAS put forth by the writers and
organizers Of this movement" were
the closing words OF the argument of
Attorney l.. c. owen, special prose
cutor. VINO last night In district
court opened the states arguments In
the case OF the state of Oklahoma
against Charles krieger. charged
with conspiracy to dynamite the
home Of J. y. Pew In this city on the
night Of October 20. 1917.
"Krieger had the capacity to com
!. nit such dastardly deed, and as
only few men In this United States
have" owen declared. THE men
whom he employed. John Hall. Hu-
ber, vowells and Frank Benson, low
down In the scale OF humanity. might
have committed the crime. but they
we're not men who would have origi-
mated the crime. They were crimi'
mails 10 whom pay meant all; to
kritger, not pay, but the carrying
out Of the ideas and teachings OF the
l. W. W. were OF greatest import
ance and /, is this defendant who
\ on the days previous to the destruc-
y hon OF ~ Pew's homo. wherein the
life and health OF Pew himself, his
wife and two children were endan-
gered conspired with John Hall for
the commission OF the crime which
was later consummated. Only the
mind Of a man deranged by I. w. W.
teachings could conceive this crime
and cause II 20 be carried out. said
owen.
There wasn't any money or val
uables out at the Pew home to tempt
Hail. Vowells and Benson 10 place
and explode the dynamite under the
home. These men were influenced
by another mind who In Its error be-
lleved there was something TO be
gained by placing In jeopardy the
life Of Pew and his family. and that
mind was krieger's."
a. ". ", Il Anary'histic."
The testimony, oral and read by
counsel. lows the y w. W's against
) our form OF government. They have
no sympathy for us; they are op-
posed 20 any form of capitalism, and
they believe any taxpayer n capital
isL when Krieger on the witness
stand denied he believed In the doc
trines OF the organization of which
he was a member. he was himself at
that tiVe. applying the doctrines OF
the order by denying his affiliation
with IT, DO YOU suppose Sorrels and
Jenkins, / W ". organizers. would
have secured this United States In an
. effort to locate every member OF the
order who could In any way. with
truthful or false statements assist In
the defense ~ krleger, II the de-
PENDANT was not a member of the
organization and die not believe all
me radical propaganda advocated by
them. krieger subscribed to the
doctrines OF William Haywood. who
said on one occasion that 4 wouldn' I
be In the organization II didn't
mink that general strike would
lead to revolution In this country.
~ krleger did not support without
reservation every tenent OF the or
sanizauon, do you believe that the
J. w W. defense fund collected from
members all over the country, would
he literally contributed TO his de-
fensep
The question OF right or wrong.
ny the statements OF their writer's
ana their constitution. does not enter
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