Bisbee daily review., 1920-04-01
Special to the Review)

TOMBSTONE, March 31.-Tes-
 timony as to threats, intimida-
 ton, insults to women and defa-
 nation of the American flag
 during the |. w. w. strike at Bis bee was given today by witness
 es for the defense in the Woot-
 ton trial, first of the cases grow
 ing out of the Bisbee deporta-
 tion to be called for trial before
 Judge Sam L. Pattee.
 As far as the spectators were con- cerned, today's session showed a ten afternoon, when the state completed it's crOss-examination of Capt. Harry c. Wheeler, sheriff of Cochise county at the time of the deportation and considered the star witness for the defense. From that time on, how ever, the testimony held much of in- terest.
 Threaten Women
 Ned White, veteran miner of the Warren district, was the second wit ness called by the defense. During the greater part of Whites testimony, women were directed by the court to leave the court room. Much of Whites testimony, concerning re- marks which he said were made by pickets of the l. w. w during the strike and regarding the fate that was awaiting the wives of miners who continued to work, was so frank as to be unprintable.
 Wheeler Unshaken
 During his further cross examina- tion, Captain Wheeler continued to block the attempts of the states at torneys to break down or alter the testimony which he had given during the last two days concerning condi- tions at Bisbee, which, he testified, made him believe that the deporta- tion was the only step that could have been taken to prevent blood shed in Bisbee His loyalty to his country, Wheeler reiterated, and his desire to prevent loss of life in the Warren district, were the motives that caused him to arrest and send to Columbus, N M., July 12, 1917. more than HOO men whom he declar- ed were parties to the l. w. w. trou- ble at Bisbee. During cross-examina- ton County Attorney French said:
 Now just lay aside your loyalty for a minute"
 "That is something never
 do," Wheeler fIared back.
 Although figures gathered by fed eral commission purporting to show that the majority of the men deported were not members of the l. w. w. were used in questions put to him by County Attorney French, Wheeler re- fused to change his belief that the greater number of the men who went on strike at Bisbee were either mem- bers or sympathizers of the organiza- tion
 Asked what he meant by 'an I. w. w. sympathizer" Wheeler replied:
 "An |. W. w. sympathizer is
 man who believes in the |. w.
 w. but has not the courage to
 join it."
 The state continued its cross eX- animation of Wheeler this morning with an attempt to draw from the witness an admission that conditions at Bisbee had gradually been growing better from the time the strike was called by the I. w. w. until the de- portation. Copies of the Bisbee Daily Review were produced by the County Attorney and shown to the witness. Wheeler was asked if he had not read articles in them in which an optimistic view was taken of the strike Wheel CT said that during the strike he did not always have time to read the papers. He got his information con- corning conditions by personal inves- tigation. he said, and he considered that he was better informed as to the real situation than newspaper men. At no time, said the witness. was he | influenced by newspaper articles.
 Wasn't the anti-strike sentiment increasing all the time after thel strike was called?" He was asked by MT. French.
 "Yes, as far as the loyal citi-
 gems were concerned" Wheeler
 replied, "but among the people who were backing the strike the