The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-03-15
NO NECESSITY TO
DEPORT STRIKERS
County Attorney So Ar
CUES In Trial of Harry
+. Wootton

. TOMBSTONE. Ariz. March i5.-
There WIS no necessity for the de-
purtntion Of l1NG striking copper
miners ana their sympathizors from
liishcc. Arizona. 20 columbus \. NJ.
July - 1911. according 90 AN aruu-
mont hy county Attorney Robert
French. made during the trial of
Harry g. Woutton Bisbcc hardware
dealer. charged with kidnapping m
connection with the alleged deporta-
uuuA'
Mr. French cited numerous uuthori-
ties that he cuntrndsd supported his
view that the laws 81 necessity and OF
self defense did not apply The coun-
T ~ attorney Insisted that sheriff
Harry e. Wheeler should have takcn
[ his prisoners to e magistrate instead
. OF dyportiug them. aud that any one
acting under Whceler's orders was
, equally guilty Of an unlawful act tn
I connection with the affair
Prosecutors speech
because the i.l66 striking copper
. miners and symrathizers were al
ready nj the mercy Of the men who
later shipped them out uf the state,
B the law OF necessity cannot be in
I yoked TO Justify the Bisbec dcporla-
lions of July ~. 1917 according to "a
statement made by 4, a. NorclcN
. FNNNNNI nIhNNt AAnNH nero NNMMNH
Mr. Worclrys speech was made In
} reply 10 claim made LN The attur-
ir,- for tho defense that the dopor-
tufious were Justified pn the ground
Of sylt defense Nnry the men de-
b ported according tu M'uttuu.s law
yprs. veto about Co help overthrow
th, government and destroy the COM
mumfy uf Gishrr.
Mr Nor.lry uid iu pprt
"As tho Durp now stands hN the
aNnwuis uf ruuu-1 TOR the defense.
IA, defendant ruuf,s-rs that DE- rums
mIttpd the UN'rn-D charged. ana me-
socks 10 avoid punishment un the
grounds uf necessity aud under the
law or srl' defense. 60 turu uNuWnl,
the defcnss attorneys admit that the
courts of the uud, both stat" ana
/ federal. were fuuctloniug and wore
not Interrupted Tor any reason. They
admit that the court must take lu-
/ diclhl knowledge of tho fact tl.ut the
/ government OF the United states is
amply nhlc to cope with and tu CON
z fine those Who nu0ud against lts laws
They further admit that tho court
must take Judicial know. .cdgr ui the
fact that in tho federal district ot
Arizona There was tinted states
marshal and deputies; that thvrr was
q Governor. and that the governor
aud the shorlm uf the county might
summon ana Cnll tu their aid every
male citizen 10 preserve law ana orr
der They further admit by that the
dcpurtofs had arrested more than
100 mon who they claimed we're or
rHniEDd into % CuurpunrA To- over
throw the government blow up BIS
bor and create havoc and disaster,
Thcy admit TINT the dcporters had all
OF them arrested ana Imprisoned in
IL park at Lowell uuarnud ana sur
rounded hy something IKE eighteen
/ hundred mon with guns and clubs'
that thuN did not attempt to take
them before amy tribunal there To hr
. dealt with according 60 law; thhl
the, nlrd mo- charges against lh"m
although rhry accused thcm oi me
gruN,si uupusr known TO our law, the
ofpnsa Of disloNuliv ana treason
when th,-, men were helpless. sur
rounded hy superior armed force
tho dppurlrr- then committed the act
We complain off, and loaded them in'
boN cars aud -hluuOd them uvHN nu
another state. uul lcu them nu ih.
desert. nui lnovi"g what might ,"
their fate. When uSkrN uN tu'N dN
not take thc-. men l"ior" l'E"
tribunal aud have them punished Hr
cordIug 10 tw tbolr plDt is u Na'
more convenient 90 treat them ''
they did
Not Ioyn;'-
and strange Is 20 WIN s"oW ih''
ala this byrHusr nt their oAuliN %
tho government ard boyauf" OF th'u
patriotic drty iu time nf war We
contend this is most rNtrlNHEtn
uiecc Of LOYALTY ON inu part of me
accused For having arrested mor'
+ than eleven hundred traitors u- tho'
would have us believe who were bon
. op tho destruction oi tho government