The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-26

EHHsut on fnottou Tor tHankr
Of venue.
That the IeEionito~ first Mt
tackled III. I W. w. hall won't
even bs disputed b~for. We finish
this trial" he declared.
Prom the prosecutions own wit |
ncsara wr win prove that tho attack
was made before even q shot was
fired.
IL there II any element 81 doubt
that a fair trial cannot he given the
defendants In Craya Harbor county.
u must b. resolved In our favor.
Nsnderyeer shouted
several times. when their attorney
made telling points. a Ticker Of
amused satisfaction passed over the
larea % somr % the defendants
Elmer y Smith. Ccnifpiia aitor'
ncy. vat al tho defense counsel table
during the morning session.
, An attempt by Nandarvcor Go In
rroduce Newspaper articles and cdi'
torials printed tn Grays IiArbor
newspapers during November and
December as n basis for a chanr~ of
venue uct defeat when the trial be-
ran before Superior Judge John II.
Wilson. % Olympia.
Judge Wilson ruled tina, only new
matter. arlAing since his previous
ruling. denying a change % venue.
could d. considered at this time.
Tho accused men were freshly
shaved when brought into court to
day. For the most part. their faces
wefc -rprcsasonieas ms they each in
turn signed an affidavit previously
prepared by Attorney yanderyccr.
Elaborate precautions wcre taken
BY authorities 90 prevent any trouble
during the triad. Twcnyfcur dep
uty sheriffa are constantly patrol
linz the streets. Sheriff Joff BarfeIl
announced he had deputiscd 100
members OF tho American Legion Mt
c.ntrziin. 200 at Houuiarn and TOO
at Eima. who will be called II trou-
bio arlara-
Hundreds cs witnesses who will be
called during the trial viii b. fed in
huge dining room in tho city hall
Tho accused men are charged with
the murder ~ Warren Grimm. FOR.
mcr lieutenant in the Siberian expo
dluonary forces and Ceniratta attor.
nsy Three other former soldiers
w.r. killed at tho same umc--Dale
Hubbard. Arthur Macelfrcsh and
Zen caaagranda.
-Four Of the prironcrs-Lorcn Rob
ertn ~. Hoy nccker. 20; Britt
aa.4sh - - .fsls.. ras..a. "a
ar. alleged to have made statements
to tho officials. contrasting their part
IN the plot Co siay tho cx-soldlcrs
and duplicating tho seven ether dc.
Bert Bland. 20. John
Lamb. 80. James Mcinsrpey. ~. Eu.
gene barnett, IS o. G. Bland, So:
Bert Faulkner. p. and Elmer 8.
smith. 81.
Two Others. ole Hansen and John
Doe Davis. no, yet apprehendod. are
named In the Indictment
since being brought To the Crays
iiarbor Sail. Loren Roberts has been
confined apart from the othots. in
order that thsy might not intlmidato
him. according 20 sheriff jeff Bar.
tell
All Of the defendants pleaded not
guilty when arraisn.d before Judge
Wilson. on December 81. A previous
motion. asking for o separate trial
for Roberts. on the ground that he
was insane when he Ia alleged 90
have confessed. was denied by Judge
Wilson.
Wesley Everest, alleged leader Of
the I. W. W. was taken from the
Centralls Jail the night following the
shooting and hanged by persons un.
known" tho coroner's verdict said
The prosecution will attempt TO
prove that the attack on tho Legion
members was premedltated. that %
was planned several weeks before
the staying. that the I. W. w. Nom
bcrs had stationed themselves in
their headquarters. and in n building
opposite the line 81 march, awaiting
prearranged signal, and that the
parading I.eEioncrs were unarmed.
according 60 statement made by
Prosecutor Abel yesterday.
Attorney Vandcrveer viii ad-
vance tho defense that the accused
men fired only in aelfdefense, he
said yesterday. lie Will prove, he
said. that the American Legion men
made n rush toward the I. w. W.
headquarters, and tho !. w. W. be.
gan shooting only 20 protect their
lives and property.
Several hundred witnesses have
been aupbocnaed for the prosecution.
and the defense viii call at least a
hundred. II IL said.
c. ID. Cunningham. OF Centralia,
will direct the prosecution. Assist.
Ing him are w. II. Abel, Frank l..
Christensen, assistant attorney gen
eral. and Herman Allen. prosecuting
attorney OF Lewis county.
Associated with Vanderveer for
the defense Is Ralph Pierce, OF Seat.
tie.
Montesano. lying In n valley he.
tween wooded hills. did not seem ex.
cited today. Rather n grim determi.
nation 10 mete out justice was mp.
parent in the faces OF its citizens as
they thronged the corridors of the
Grays Harbor courthouse.
Great CONSERVATION was caused
among newspaper men today when
reports that all press wires out OF
this isolated region We're down.
Scores OF Ccntralia members OF the
American Legion attending the trial
are taken care Of IN emergency bar.
racks" In the city hall