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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03

selfish, ignorant, tyrannical bent, and
from recent actions is determined to
keep UP his uncouth performances to
the hour of his retirement from offic-
ial life.
Meeting a veritable wall of unsym-
pathetic voters when demanding to be
placed in the United States Senate,
the governor, since his rebuke at the
polls, has apparently suIked and stud
led what measure of revenge he might
use against the pepole of the state.
With arbitrary and autocratic remov-
ais, here and there, violating the prin-
ciple of American freedom by hiding
his spleen behind legal verbiage, he
has dismissed officials of this and
that county, without allowing the
men, who had been chosen by their
fellow-citizens, TO make defense. The
charges have usually been in ster-
leotyped words, and the public is de-
MED knowledge of specific charges, if
any, As such removals have, in the
past, been repeatedly reversed by the
courts or the legislature, and the peo-
pie of the state forced to pay two of
fcials for the work done by one, this
mode of procedure would never have
been continued by any one except q
Idemagogue.
The most recent and apparently
most high-handed act yet perpetratet
tby the official who disgraces the gov.
ernor's chair in Florida is the remov.
al of school officials in Polk county
From the first "note" emanating from
the executive mansion to the lates
order or proclamation it has been ap
parent that whatever other disquali
fcation Sidney j. Cats had for thu
Office held, that of ignorance predom
, mated. Now it appears that he is at
tempting to direct and manage TIT
! school affairs of the state-to wha
interests it may well be asked?
There is a remedy for the unfortu
: mate condition into which mistaken
patriots plunged the state three year
and more ago. Is it worth while t.
. let this autocrat plunge about yet ;
while longer-or has the limit beef
reached by most patient people?
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03
A BROAD HINT

In very plainspOken editorial in
its issue of the End, the Times Union
hints that Cats may be impeached
before his few remaining months of
office can be served.
When the Impeachment of Cats
was mentioned a few weeks ago, the
Star said "let him alone" 1t made
that remark, however, in the belief
that the governor would not do any
worse in the next six months than in
any six preceding months of his adj
ministration. Since then he has been
guilty of several absurd and tyrannic-
al acts-the most harmful Of which
probably is the suspension of several
officers without any reason.
The Star is not certain that it would
be best to impeach the governor even
now, but it is certainly in his power
to do the state a great deal of harm
and leave it in mess when his term
expires. The trouble is that the mell
that drew up the constitution of Flor
ida did not contemplate the POSSIBLE
| ity of the people electing such man
as Cats governor and it is not like
ly they ever viii do such a thing
again.
The Times Union saws:
| There is Remedy
When the democrats of Florida ex.
lpressed in an overwhelming vote
their desire to terminate the politica
career of Sidney J. Cats at the con
Iclusion of his term as governor it wa:
hoped by all and thought by som.
that the more or less recent arriva
from Alabama would make his ext
as gracefully and quietly as possible
Throughout the time in which Mr.
tCatts has occupied the office of chic
Iexecutive his performances hav,
lastonished, amazed and Disguised tn,
Intelligent people of the state In tn,
History of the commonwealth it i
safe to say no man ever more con
sistently Numbered, abused privileges
betrayed personal and political friend
or gave the nation greater opportu
Unity for criticising Florida. Withou
the redeeming trait of the pictures
Ique Sidney j. Cats has followed hi
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03

We regret to see some papers and
some people advocate bringing Chi
nese to the United States and to Flor
ida to do the work that negroes and
lazy white men don't do. 1t would
be case of using expediency to over
throw principle. 1t would be like
trying to save a man from moderate
malarial attack by inoculating him
with leprosy. Our alarmists may be
certain of one thing, and that is our
lazyfolk are going to work, for soon it
will be work or starve. But if we i'm
port orientals our lazy people will re-
main lazy and become more lazy and
we will have more trouble than we
have ever had.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03
HUNTER THE CHAMPION
SEA-LION HUNTER

Astoria, Ore, Sept. 3.-William NJ.
Hunter, known here as liking" of sea
lion hunters, recently collected $3.50
bounty from the state for 352 sea-
lion scalps, paid at the rate of $3.50
each. Bounty is paid on the sea-
lions because they are considered the
Pacific coast salmon's worst enemy.
They gather off the mouth of the
Columbia river here to prey on fish
bound upstream. Sea-lion hunting is
dangerous. Hunter says, and he tells
of narrow escapes from angry bulls.
Seals, he asserts, are not as awkward
as they appear but can travel fast.
Recently one chased him over the
rocks but was killed by Hunters
companion before it reached him.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03

just as soon as he receives mstruc-
tions, but nothing of the sort has
come to him yet This matter is all
muddled up, and if the Tennessee
supreme court should rule that ratifi-
cation has not been made by the
Legislature, the women would be
right where they were before. How
ever, there is no harm in the women
learning how to register and vote.
An article elsewhere in the Star to-
day will give them valuable instruc-
tinn
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03

In case Cats removes Chairman
Rogers of the board of county COM
missioners, we think it would be very
unwise for any democrat who expects
to have political future, to accept an
appointment to the vacant place.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03

Doesn't it look suspicious that the
Senate probing committee demands
that Cox comes before it with proof
of his charges of large sums of mon
ey raised for the republican cam
paign, and then adjourns as soon as
Cox starts toward them a man who
he says has the proofs.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03

his vallyble journal, he is liable to
have the editor of this rag killed or
at least beat up. The only reason
why we have not suffered before is
because of the prevailing opinion in
.Ocala that nobody outside the town
reads the Star.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03

The registration officers of some
states and two or three Florida coun-
ties have begun registering women
voters. Supervisor Barco of this
county says he will register them
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

The Oca1a High School will open
the fall session on Sept. 18th. The
new list of books adopted a year ago
for use throughout the state will be
required this year
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03

Attention of delinquent pupils is
called to the entrance examinations
to be held next week beginning Tues
day and closing Friday. The SEIZED
ule viii be announced later.
P. II. Hensley, Principal.
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We would like to warn Thorn of
the Palm Beach Post that if he goes
on reprinting the Stars mistakes in
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03

think there is little reason to doubt
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Don't fail to visit. the Guarantee
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thing we sell is guaranteed. We're
fighting for -QUALITY-not prices. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-09-03

Sugared pecans in one-pound boxes.
They're delicious. Court Pharmacy. If
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
The state rested its case on Marc


The state rested its case on March
l1th.
In opening its side OF the litlga-
ton, the defense announced that its
case was based upon the application
of the laws of self defense and ne
oessiiy TO the situation at Bisbee AT
The time of the deportation. In the
absence OF the jury, the. points were
vigorously argued for several days
The defense made lengthy ayowals
that il would show that the strike
at Bisbee was called as a par; OF
nationwide -anti-governmen; consGir-
acy fostered by the ]. W. w, aud
that the deportation was necessary
TO proven; serious loss Of life ami
prc perry in the Warren District.
The state fought hard TO keep any
reference 20 the !. W. ". from get
ting TO the jury. After considerable
discussion and the citation of almost
innumerable authorities By both sides
Judge Pattee took the matter under
consideration. On March 23ih he
handed down his ruling denying the
right OF the defense 10 use The law
of self defense in its case but allow
ing the Introduction of testimony and
evidence which might show that the
deportation came within the law of
necessity.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
THE JURY is HAPPY


tCcntiuued from, Pagv ODe)
ion room and dormi.ary for al
throughout the hearing OF the case
In the daytime the twelve mer slt
in the jury box in the room, in the
tate afternoons. and evenings they
snapped stories and argued politics
in it and. al night, they pulled cut
their cots. made up their hunks army
fashion and slept in it.
To the spectators who daily crowd
ed the courtroom. there was one IL
cure among the twelve good men ard
true whom, a particular impression
J. o. Calhoun. OF Douglas. An el-
derry man, in fact. the Oldest on the
jury. ne attracted attention at the
opening OF the trial because it was
the general opinion that ne did no:
appear able to withstand the orde ais
of the long session. But every day,
as the jury walked to its place. Mr
Calhoun was always on hand. walk
ing as enerye,icaliy as some of the
most youthful members. Not once
during the trial did his face ever
show the slightest sign of WEAKNESS
or worry.
Every member of the jury vill
swear by him. He is an intensely
religious man. Several days after he
a;i: the other eleven men were
sworn in the question Of anus
during the evenings and recesses
arose. The movies became popular.
Although movies are not his idea Of
the highest form Of recreating Mr.
Calhoun raised no objection. Some OF
the jurors developed into verita' e
movie fans and insisted on going 10
he theater almost every night.
Now listen here boys" said thc
Douglas juror I'm perfectly wiling
to agree to anything you want to do
wheb we're not in court. Ill play
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
THE WooTroN TRIAL

CONTINUED from Page One)
OF CORTLAND, were passed as jurors,
and preparations were started for
the introduction of testimony
The hoodoo that had lowered over
the jury. however, had not yet left
On the following day, March End. c.
F. Burnett OF Webb, told the cour;
and counse! that he had found that
he had an opinion regarding the de-
portation and did not feel that hs
could be fairness to the defendant
serve on the jury. He was excused
and a seventh panel was ordered
drawn. The next day Burnett ended
his life.
When the seventh jury panel re-
ported on March 4th. sickness again
stepped in and s. NJ Bull, of Lusk,
was excused from the box, leaving
the tentative jury shy two members
One, Jesse Amalong, OF FL Dorado.
was selected the same day and the
hast talesman. John n. Sabin, of
Fairhank was passed the following
day
Attorneys for the state and defense
turned in their list of II peremptory
challenges on the morning of March
10th, and the actual trial Of wootton
was started Immediately after.
The state called and had sworn in
80 witnesses upon opening its pre-
sentation of testimony Only four Of
these were called when the state Of
fered Its case. the principal testi-
mony being given by Fred w. Brown.
whom wotton was specifically charg-
ed with having kidnapped. Brown has
been working in the county attorneys
office for a year as deputy sheriff,
confirming his work to securing wit
nesses and evidence for the prosecu-
tion Of the cases.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
JURY DECIDES THAT
WooTToN NOT GUILTY

f,,ontinued from Page one.
the spectators, he stated
The verdict was then read by cIers;
J. E. James ard recorded and the
court entered an order Diminishing the
defendant Wootton.
Although not entirely a surprise,
the verdict was a bitter disappoint.
.aent to County Attorney French, who
had been working ON the prosecution
Of the case for more than a year
Scores Of defendants, however, con.
graduated Mr.. French for tine cour.
icons and square manner in which
he had conducted the deportation
trial.
"All that i can say is that did my
best" Mr.. French said. Il have not
entertained any personal animosity
against Wootfon or against any of the
other defendants, but as county attor.
ney, considered It my duty to pros
ecute wootton to the best Of my abiI.
iy. ! put forth the best that was in
me to convict him. ! lost the case
and I'm disappointed. but I'm glad o;
just one thing-thst between counsel
for the defense and myself there has
never been any bitterness. Mr.. Bur
ges and Mr.. Curiey and Mr.. Gilmore
are three lawyers whom I'm glad
have had the opportunity Of oDpos-
ing and am slad Of that. II I has to
lose the case. that It should be won
By gentlensn Of their type"
The county attorney sdded hat the
verdict in TIE wootton case win In
DO wise change o. alter his plans for
he trial Of the blanket eass which
has bses set 70 bsgfn in yuss. The
verdict YIN not sasct The triai a he
blanket csc according TO Nr. TrsneA.
,Gr. Durss v.s slsssl over he spt-
soas - u case.
~ hsvs bsss eoaadsnt IN aIeug|
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02

Was formerly q printer and has
worked on many of the newspapers
in this state.
JOHN A. JONES: Home near
Sunnyside. west of Huachuca noun
tains. Cat:leman. Age about "a. Re-
cent arrival from New Mexico. serv-
ed in army during the war.
HENRY RICHARDS: Home be-
tween Hereford and Buena. Poultry
raiser. Age a. Formerly a dairy
man in Oregon Came to Arizona for
health.
JESSE A. ANALONG: Lives a.
Fl Doado- Age g. Cat;leman. Mar
ried and has two children. Born and
raised in Arisona-
BYRON X. RIGGS: Home at Eldor-
ado where he md brother are promL
nent cattlenen. Married and has
four ehildrsu. Has been In cattle
business for many ye.rs n this psrt
o: country.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02

driven rom the district. BIZ. At what
cost.
Which laws did invoke? The law
C self defense necessity, applied
then and does stu apply = thc des-
truc,ioD o. property 10 save proper
ty, 10 the setting fire Of IraiIie OF
forest to save life, TO tbe taking OF
one lie 70 rrese:ye another TheK,
is il illogical to have Applied ths law
wherein TIE lives OF many a. vel al
the welfare Of the county itself 10
time OF wa-, was iuvolved2
The /. " " designated al VIII,
participated against them - "gun-
thugs. company men" and hire.
iings;" they claim that ne iepcYta-
ton was enacted IN company inter.
este, etc. IN answer. ~ tatt stands
forth that 1893 loyal me1. among
them 400 anion men. al members Of
my posse, kept tbs secret q the de-
po-;ation from the I ~ - al the
night OF July II, 1917. No leak dur
ing l. hours Of secre; Possessed by
1000 men' Such loyalty 10 any Civ
en- cause can only indicate that the
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02
Wheeler AGAIN TAXES BLAME


Following the verde, in the Wo;-
ton trial, Harry c. Wheeler. sheriff
al the time of the depor;a.ions. is
sued the following statement again
assuming respon s.biliiy Tor the d..
portations:
Il am frequently asked my preser.
ideas. thoughts and sentiments cont
corning my action in having ordered
the deportation az the J. W ". from
Bisbee on July y, 1917 Do ever
regret my actions? Do still De.
lieve the deportation TO have been
necessary? Which Law did | invoke.
if any? Was me deportation my only
course?
These are questions often asked o.
me by friend and foe alike n an
swer to the first question. can
;ruthfuily say l regretted them. and
regret now, that necessity made the
deportation the only possible solu-
ton OF danger. national and local.
TOO great 10 ne faced without state
or federal aid. And had appealed to
both Of these sources OF authority
prior 10 the deportation without re-
ceiving any tangible, or effective res.
ponse.
Il regret the necessity do not
regret the action taken.
Was it my only course, No. There
was enc other course: To have
awaited the inevitable conflic. OF
thousands Of armed men in those
narrow. winding streets OF Bisbee-
one side urged on by love OF home,
family and country, determined TO
preserve and protect az all costs
such holy heritages: the ather side
equilly urged, by hatred OF such her
itases. TO destroy and annihila:e.
This was my only remaining alter
native: the result would have been
the same in the end. The loyal ele-
ment Of the district would have pre-
vailed. the " W With -, va.
preponderance OF ignoran. foreign
ers, would have been destroyed and
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02


listen TO your stories and arguments
aud 60 10 the movies with you SIX
nights a week. But on the seventh
night Sunday you've got TO agree 70
do whatever | want TO do"
Tie jurymen agreed. Sunday nigh,
came and they started out with Mr..
Calhoun After a few minutes walk
they found themselves following him
down the aisle OF the Congregational
started. their guide stepped to hi.
feet. drew a pencil from his pocket
and. using il as a baton, lead the
jury in singing. To some of the jur-
nrs who have spen; the greater part
Of their lives out on the cattle ranges
far from any temple or church, this
was rather a novelty.
AS one juror said to a friend. after
the jury was discharged: "Dyuh
know. that sure was an awful shock
to an old eow-hand like me. but |
s.ach to it. Daw-gone me. if l don t
believe I've got the habit for good
now And / sort OF like it too
There is probably not a member Of
the jury who exactly regrets having
served in the Wooton case, but IL is
doubtful IL one of them would care
to go through with II again. Lasting
friendships were formed among some
of them. old friendships were renew
Cd between others and there were
many little incidents that helped to
divert their minds from thinking and
worrying about how things were CO.
ing at home Blu; no jury in the
southwest has ever gone through with
such a long. tedious case and il is
rot to be wondered at that all heaved
a big sigh of relief and almost start.
I'd running for home as soon as they
were discharged by the court.
Here are the twelve men who COM
prisec the jury in the Wooton case,
with brief Who's Who OF each:
J. o. CALHOUN: Home in Doug
las Age abou. 81 Married and
has two children in Douglas Served
txo years ago as inspector Of street
pa' ing in Douglas. Served with the
Union forces in the Civil war.
AMOS GRETTON: Home near
Douglas. Age past so. Sac filler
and tinker. Not Married. A resi-
dent Of and near Douglas for two
years.
ANDREW MORTENsoN: Home
between McNeal and Whitewater.
Age about 80. Dry farmer. Spent
great deal OF life with Mormon colo
ny at Colonia Morales, Mexico. but
left there in 1911 on account Of revo-
luton. Married and has two child
rem.
FRANK BROWN: Home in WILL
cox Abe about IS. Janitor for two
banks in Wilcox. Came from Cana
dian border to Arizona about two
years ago.
JESSE e. CURTIS Home three
miles from Bowie Age rs. Served
with National Army during war with
Germany. Cattleman and raucher.
CLIFFORD R. wEEsE. Home be-
tween Cochise and Pearce. Served
At Camp Funston in war until re-
jected for service on account Of
throat trouble. Rancher.
LEE HOLLAND: Home II miles |
east Of Douglas in locality known as |
Flats. Resident Of Arisoua
for ten years. Age about ls.- Ranch
e. asd ssockman. !
". l. PArTEsoN: Home three
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02


tbs; i, would eri this Nay" b. san
las, night Mr. French has made as
hsA: every inch OF the way. but he
has always foug, in sirsigh;for-
ward. conscientious manner, and it
has been pleasure for us to cross
legal swords with a man whom We
have always known would fight rs
suriously. bu; fairly. every minute
Wootton was the :easi excited man
in the cour; room when the verdict
came in.
I've always Eel, 1t was impossible
for me 10 be found guilty" he sail.
because I've always known that
did right on July IL. 1917. and thai.
when all the evidence for both sides
was in no jury in the world could
have found me guilty I'm glad its
over with though. Now I'm going
back 10 Bisbee 10 my family and
try and forget that I've ben facing
felony charge for almost a year"
This afternoon County Attorney
French issued the following state
ment:
'lnasmuch as the jury has express
ed itself with the universal opinion
that the sole question which entered
into their verdict was the question
as - whether Fred Brown was de-
ported deciding tina: the evidence
tended to show reasonable doubt
in favor OF the defendant and that
they believed Brown had a chance to
get ont of line a: Warren. | believe
the principles OF the deportation have
not been settled and | will proceed
with the blanket cases as heretofore
planned. The jury did not even con-
slider the question Of necessity as
raised by the defense, understand.
This is the only question that can
be raised in the blanket cases and
these things being true / expect to
proceed with the blanket trial since
the verdict on the Wootton case can
have not bearing on il. However, the
Woot;on case was worth it's cost TO
the county. 1t has settled the points
of law and rules OF evidence all of
which will be a precedent and II vii.
shorten the trial of the blanket case
by more than half. do not expect
it TO last much over a month, be-
cause there will not be any law
points 10 settle. The defendants
have elected to be tried all together
30 the next trial will settle the 10
sue and 1t will not cost one half az
much as the wootton case"
Today one Of the jurors, who ask.
ed that his name be not quoted said:
Il do not suppose that our verdict
will meet with any disapproval about
the county as we did what we
thought was our duty. We must all
have been Of the same frame Of mind
for ON the first ballot taken, we
agreed that the defendant was NOT
guilty. We had been absorbing the
evidence from day to day and the
issues were so clear to Us that It
did not take rs long to decide.
There we're no arguments among us
and We Just simply cast our ballot
according to our dictates. We have
no apologies to offer. believing that
We did under the circumstances aa1
the Law and evidence just what any
other Il men vosId have done. We
recognised hat TIE ease was fought |,
square and fair an the way tArosgh |
md he isssss were clear"
NJ Coww.,~. I