The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-10-22
THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE
WIN. STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR

(10) Some five minutes after the
departure of Jewell (Jewett) Chris
ten and Cockrill, the Marshal ap-
peared and opening the Jail door
ordered me to come with him ito
appear before a magistrate" ac-
cumpanied him down the street which
was very dark in the direction of
the Court House. On the way, he
(the MarshaD said to me: "It's
awfully dark around here" I'M
mediately thereupon / noticed body
of men about 20 in number under
row of shade trees. These men
jumped out towards me, making ex-
Carnations, amongst these being:
Get the son of a bitch"-"Get the
Marshal too, and take his man from
aim" and similar exclamations.
1D Three men seized me, as
follows: One man held a bandage
round my eyes and two others held
each one of my arms. They took
ne a short distance, when the band
age was removed and gunny sack
substituted therefor, said gunny sack
being tied around my neck with a
heavy rope. During this time |
heard remarks as follows: "Have
you got the rope" and Eyes, it's in
she car"
(12) | was assisted into an auto
mobile, one man sitting on each side
of me, holding my arms, there being
shree of us in the tonneau and
.wo in front, including the driver,
naking five in all in the car in
which | was kidnapped.
Q3) There were three (3) other
automobiles in the gang, making in
all, four automobiles engaged in the
crime.
(14) All four cars proceeded to
The foot of the hill below the Gram
mar school, until we reached the
bridge spanning the Susan river,
which bridge we did not cross. Be-
sides the bridge, all four machines
stopped and the men got out, ex-
:epting those guarding and detain-
.ng me. A discussion took place,
he tenor of which / could not make
out, the men speaking in lowered
voices.
(15) The discussion over, all re-
turned to their respective automo-
biles. One man in particular, WHOM
[ CAN POSITIVELY IDENTIFY,
climbed into a machine along side
The one l occupied. Two machines
started back to town, leaving two
ars, including the one in which |
was detained, standing there.
(16) These two machines, the one
[ occupied and the one occupied by
The man whom l can identify, started
at high speed towards the open
country. l was in the second ma
chine, the leading car being occupied
oy the man l can identify and whom,
from his actions and demeanor, was
a ringleader in the illegal action
herein set forth. We proceeded a
considerable distance, and as l had no
nat and was wearing a very thin
coat, the discomfort of the wind and
rain was intensified by the speed of
the machines.
(17) Finally, both cars stopped
and all occupants, including myself,
got out, excepting only the man
in the front car, whom l can identify,
This man staying in the car. One of
the men took the gunny sack from
my head and by this time all the
car lights had been extinguished.
(18) At this time, one of the men
spoke, saying: eve don't want any
thing here like they had in Washing
ton," making no explanation of his
remark. He then resumed as fol-
lows: "There's the road-beat it to-
wards those lights las he spoke he
indicated a group of what appeared
tD h. Er1n+ hn
and don't ever come back; if you do
come back, we've got a rope right
here to hang you with"
19) l started down the road in
the direction indicated by the spokes-
man of the kidnappers and walked
about 80 minutes, as near as can
estimate. l suddenly noticed a car
approaching from the right, and
about a mile distant. At the same
time, l noticed another car ap-
preaching from the left about mile
distant. Both cars carried big search
lights; the car to my right having
an exceptionally powerful light. Both
of these search lights were being
manipulated so as to sweep the en-
tire countryside.
(20) l apprehended, Immediately,
that "man-hunt" was in progress
with myself as the intended victim.
| thereupon climbed through a barbed
wire fence on my right, tearing my
clothing, and lacerating my hands,
legs and face. 1t was cloudy wealth
er, and drizzling rain was falling;
the consequent darkness enabled me
to travel some distance before the
search lights played in the vicinity
in which l hid.
(21) A deliberate search was in
stituted, at least ten men taking
part therein. Each man had a pock-
ct, or similar, flashlight; and sys-
tenn of signalling by whistles, low
and short, to communicate with each
other. They formed Gordon and
acting in concert with a preconceived
plan, all lights would flash on at
once, indicating to the man-hunters
the location and distance of all the
gang. At one time, the searchers
passed within 20 feet of where l was
hiding, curled around sage bush.
This search continued almost until
daybreak.
(22) At 6:30 a. m., Tuesday, Oc-
tober IL, 1920, time being taken from
my watch, feeling that daybreak
had ended the search emerged from
hiding and started towards the rail-
road tracks in the direction of
station which l afterwards discovered
to be Welden, California. | noticed
large body of men waiting at the
depot and fearing that these men
might be part of the gang who had
Kidnapped me. retraced my steps
in the direction from which had
come.
(23) After walking about a mile,
I caua to what iS known ac "Small