Arizona republican., 1919-07-15
DEPORT|NG CASE W|TNESSESADNIT
 WOBBLY SUPPORT.
Preliminary il e airing of Harry Walters Continued Examination of H. E. Wooten Will Be Taken Up This Morning Before Judge Jacks

DOUGLAS. July 14.-After almost the entire day had been occupied in hearing testimony of witnesses in the preliminary hearing of Harry Walters of Bisbee on the charge of-kidnappln2- preferred in connection with the depOr- tdtion of more than HOO alleged l. W. W. and their alleged sympathizers, the case was continued by Judge w. C. Jacks until Wednesday, on request Of Robert N. French, county attorney. At that time, MT. French said, he would have several additional witnesses here to testify. The case of Harry E. Woo tan of Bisbee. similarly charged, will be taken up Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock for preliminary hearing before Judge Jacks.
 A sensation was caused bv Fred W. Brown, the first witness for the prose cution, when, under cross examination hy w. H. Burgess of Fl Paso of de- fendants counsel he said he had been a witness for the defense in the trial of Big Bill" Haywood and other l. w. W. leaders in Chicago. Brown denied being an l. W. W. himself, however, or ever having been one.
 Imagines He Was Forced
 Brown in his direct testimony, said he had resided in Bisbee a year and five days prior to the deportation, and he had been among the men round up" in Bisbee on the morning of July r. 1917. In reply to question as to whether he had been forcibly taken, he said: T imagine I was. I had to go'
 He said he had been approached by Charles Bear and by him taken to H. E. Wooten's store. Bear asked Wooten if be was the man, and upon receiving an affirmative answer, Brown was taken to the Warren ball park. he said, and there held with others until they were placed on a train and sent first to Columbus, N. M., under guard and later to Hermanas, where they wer. left by the Bisbee men who had guard ed them that far
 Brown, in detailing his career in Bis bee, said he had worked as a clerk in two cigar stands. Later he worked on the Square Dealy a labor paper published in Bisbee. In June 1917, he became an organizer for the American Federation Of Labor Later although he held no card in either union. but had card in the Retail Clerks union, he said he had been appointed secre- tary- treasurer of the Painters and Carpenters union and a member ot their grievance committed
 Collected Evidence for Gompers
 Witness said he had remained in Co., lumbus at the camp established by the United States army for the Bisbee de- portees, from July to October because he had no means to leave. He said he had charge of mail distribution. Brown said he had not been kept in camp but lived there" He said he had advised others not to leave but 10 stick. together In the stockade at Columbus. Brown alleged the food had leen insufficient and he and others had complained to the army officers out of the total of more than HOO al- legged to have been deported from Bis bee. Brown said between 30 and 40 re- mained until october 19 when the refugee camp was broken up by the army. Leaving the camp. Brown said he had gone 10 work for the American Federation of Labor under orders from Samuel Gompers. securing data on the alleged deportations.
 After being in Bisbee two days he had been arrested on a charge of vag- rancy, but was released on posting oi a bond for $50. Later the charg, against him was dropped
 Some time later he went to Chicago to testify for the defense in the tria of Haywood and others and then re turned to Bisbee, where he has sine, been.
 Burt Perry who testified that h, was a pipe filter in the employ of tn, Phelps Dodge Corporation, Coppe Queen branch at Bisbee, the next wit ness. said he saw Walters. the defen dant, carrying a gun, at Warren, on tn day of the deportations.
 Another Haywood Witness
 Witness declared he never had beel a member of the I. w. w. but admitte, having been a witness for the defens of Haywood and other I. W. W.'s a the Chicago trial
 On re-cross- examination by w. G Gilmore of defendants counsel, Perr admitted that he had joined the l. W W. in May of this year, but said he ha remained a member but one month that he had dropped the organization becausehe intended to quit mining. H said he understood a majority of tn miners in Globe and many other min ing camps of the state were jonin inc l. w. W. organization.
 Judge J. l.. Winters of Lowell. tes tified having held an inquest over tn I bodies of two men killed during tn deportation. one a member of the sher frs posse, the other d man the poss was attempting to capture. Mrs. Stodgill of Bisbee testified in connec ton with the inquest. Dan McGive who said he had been deported, wa the next witness, but nothing new wa