Tombstone epitaph., 1920-03-21

shipped them away into another state and left them on the desert, not knowing what might be their fate and when asked why they did not ;ake these men before a legal tribu- nal and have them punished accord ing to law. their plea is. it was more convenient 10 treat them as they d'd. And. strange as il may seem. they did this because their loyalty to tha Government and because of their pa triotic duty in time Of war
 We contend this is a most extra vagsnt piece of loyalty on the pat of the accused. for having arrested more than eleven hundred traito- :. as they would have US believe who were bent on the destruction of the Government. they did not held the n and turn them over 10 the Federal authorities for punishment. but ship per them about two hundred miles away into another state and then turned them loose embittered and embruted by the cruel treatment, .o carry out their intention in some other part of the community where their Intention migA, be more disas- ;e.oU- then al E!sbea
 Tt seems to us the duty of the off. cers if their action was in good fsi Il would be 10 confine them and impris- on them and have them punished ac- cording to law and see 10 il that they would not commit the despar ation they were accused of in Bis bee. When officers do such things as this We think they are not acting n good faith. and if their statement De true. they become particeps crim- nu. and are in the eyes Of the law more wretched and deeper in crime than the men they kidnapped and ieported l. is charged here that they did il under the law of neces- zi,y ard seIfdefense"
 MT Worsley here reci,ed the law lf self-defense
 They do no, pretend 10 say. only that they believed that the Govern men was going to be overthrown. Therefore. they, the defendants, be- came the lawmakers; they invaded the sancti,y Of the home and took from their beds over eleven hundred men torn from their wives and chil- irea. under armed guards. at the mouths of Winchesters, marchei them into park, and then deported them and forbade them to return.
 But they tell Us that this was nee essary. because we were at war and the Government needed copper. and these men were on a strike I, has never yet been a violation Of law in this country for men to go on strik either in time of war or peace, and they say that because these men struck during the sar, they are dis loyal and they are traitors because they sought to delay the production Of copper Yet more than four hun dred Of these men were registered for the draft, and over three hundred of them served in the army after be- ing derorted and gave the last full measure Of service 10 their country's cause on the battle fields Of France. They accused these men of being '.
  ". Ws; they say that l. W. Ws be- lieye n direct action. and yet these traitors did the very thing they ac- cuse the I. ". Ws of advocating. and TOW they seek 10 defend by Nork'ug upon the prejudice of the court and jury when they themselves are rhlty of carrying into execution the r-ry idea tht they accuse the I. W. N.s of teaching. That one di visio, of society can proclaim against anoth.r that it is in fear. and be- cause of this imaginary fear may take the law in its own hands and admin ister punishment 10 the other div sion of society. tFen we are at the mercy of every whim.
 "The question here is, shall the de- now, after the confession Of their own counsel of their guilt of tear:Lg husbands from families of