Tombstone epitaph., 1920-04-25

miners went out showed that the de-
mands were just and he would moi
stay in the way OF the workingmen.
He referred TO Miles Merrill and
Basset Watkins as outlaws and gun
thugs and said he considered condi
tions in Bisbee worse than Russia
He explained his views OF the de-
mands and admitted that he had as
sisted Mr.. French in the preliminary
cases at Douglas.
Miss Loretta McQuillan was mex.
and testified how a gang OF men
came 10 their house early the morn
ing of the 18th and took her father
to Warren leaving herself and sister
alone. She said she worked at the
Copper Queen store and saw the
picket lines every day and noticed
no violence
Mrs. A. l.. McCay SAID she fire.
quently passed the picket lines but
heard no threats or saw no violence
She testified how she saw armed men
:ake men from their homes and that
her husband was deported also.
Capt. Harry C. Wheeler was callei
by the state and asked about con
versations alleged TO have beer held
with +. T. Mccoy. He said they
talked about his getting a commits
sion in the army over which the
Warren Trades Assembly had enter
ed protest, but denied having said he
thought the protest was unjust and
did not try TO justify the deporta-
tion. He said in answes to the ques-
tion whether he had not. said it was
"a question OF loyalty that it had al
ways been that with him but did no.
remember OF telling Mccoy that each
man would be given a fair trial or
that he would not repeat that days
work for sl,000.000 He said he
would not do thing like that for
million but told Mccoy about hav-
ing a note in the Bank OF Bisbee, his
wife being sick at the time He said
he did not remember Of intimating
that the deportation was done for
the purpose OF protecting life and
property.
Miles Merrill, head OF the Loyalty
League in Bisbee at the time was
called by the state and sfter Mr..
French had questioned him as -
statements alleged 10 have been made
to. Mccoy his testimony was stricken
out on motion OF the county attor-
ney, after MIR. Burgess, chief for the
defense had objected to the line o.
questioning since the witness was on.
on the stand for the prupose OF i'm
parchment. He denied that he hal
told Mccoy that they had at first
considered building a stockade and
holding the strikers for trial. bur
that proved to be impracticable. A.
so that in discussion as to whether
it was criminal to be an /. W. ".
the courts had held il was so, which
justified the deportation.
Nesto Sjofield OF Superior, Ari-
zona told how ne was taken from
his home and his wife knocked town
two times by the armed men. He
also told of having heard and saw
the shooting, which occurred that
day when the man named Drew and
the guard McRae were killed. He
had lain off because his baby was
sick and appealing to DIR. Bledsoe
when he was loaded into the car, he
had told him there was no excuse
but get in that car" Cross exam
ination brought out that he stayed
in Columbus nine weeks and has a
damage suit of $4,000 against the
companies as the result Of the de-
portation He didn't go back to Bis
bee because he was afraid he SAID
Nick Delaney of Tucson, described
how he was taken from a restaurant
while eating breakfast and taken TO
Warren and deported and after stay
ing at Columbus a while he return
ed 10 Bisbee and was taken before
The kangaroo court" and told to
get out Of town, which he did. On
cross-examination he salt he didn't
vote for the strike and didn't know
who called It, but when the mer
went out he went too. He had made
no demands on the company. he