Tombstone epitaph., 1920-04-11
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six men. all armed. who said they
had escaped from Sheriff Wheeler
during the deportation. and they were
hiding out until such time as they
could return to Bisbee, where they
were going TO plant dynamite. The
court sustained the objection of the
state on the grounds that the act
sought TO be proven was subsequent
TO the deportation.
c. J. Kimbrough then took the
stand and testified along the lines
as other witnesses for the defense
lie told of threats made by three
men. One named Stanley, he said
had told him if he did not get his
brother working in Lowell to quit
work something was going to happen
to him, and if he himself did not quit
he would wake up to find his pro-
perty burned and he and his family
would have to walk out OF town bare
Footed. Another man, named Henry
Ivens, he testified, told him the pur-
pose OF the l. W. ". was to tie up
the draft CALL while another named
Curtis told him he would soon be
afraid TO travel the trail coming
home from work" He took these ~
be threats, he said, and secured per-
mission from Sheriff Wheeler to car
ry a gun and sent his family to Tex
as. On cross-examination he said he
was afraid for his family since sew
eral shots had been fired through a
neighbours house short time before.
He admitted he was not harmed, how
ever, nor did he see any property
destroyed. Pickets told him. though.
that he had only a few more days
to work, he replied in answer to a
question from the county attorney as
to conditions
At this juncture F. Z. Curley. assis-
tant defense attorney announced
that the list OF witnesses they hal
here for the purpose OF filling in the
space during the time the opinion
was being prepared were exhausted
and the court adjourned until Mon
day morning at $50, announcing that
he had inteded to hold court tomor-
row. but conditions at his own court
in Tucson were such that he could
not postpone them, and Judge Lock
wood. who was holding court in
Prescott would be unable 10 attend
to the Tucson court
The morning session was a brief
one with only one witness on the
stand. who was on cross-examinatiol
by the state. when the noon hour ar
rived
When court convened at 10 o'clock
Judge Pattee announced that he
would require a little more time in
which TO complete his decision en- the
issue that arose yesterday as to the
-admissibi!i;y of l. W W. evidence.
and adjournment was taken TO IL
O'Clock.
At II O'Clock F. \. Mckinney. man
ager Of the Bisbee Ore Job depart
ment took the stand and testified TO
conditions as he found them while On
duty as reporter for the Ore dur
ing the strike in 1917.
He testified that his work as re-
porter took him all over the district
and he attended all the meetings al
the City Park which in |. w. W.
speakers remarking that they would
first get Sc and hours, then IS and
c hours. then $40 and hours, then
take the mines, which corroberated
testimony given by other witnesses.
One speaker, he said, displayed a
red /. W. W. card and told his hear
ers that this was better than any
Liberty Bond and that the war was
a Wall Street war and they wanted
the workingman to pay for H.
Calling at the l. W. W. hall, he
said in order to get information as
to the number of men out on strike.
he said he met a man named Tame
hill, who told him that many of the
Western Federation men were join.
ing their ranks every day.
On cross-examination. County Al
torney French questioned him closely
as TO what conditions were in the
district and how many men we're go