Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-03-11
JURY CONV|CTS
.SANDEEN AFTER
TRIAL LASTING
FOR TWO DAYS
Il. w. w. Guilty of Vic
lating Idaho Statute to
Stamp Out Red Card Gang
Ex- Wobbly from Spokane on
Stand to Identify Liter
ture Advocating Terrorism

Gust Sandeen and Gust HaroldsOn,
members of the !. w. W., were on
Thursday morning sentenced by Judge
Scales of the district court to serve
indeterminate sentences Of from one
to ten years each in the state peni-
tntiaiy at Boise. They were given
credit by the court for three months
spent in the county Jail, which reduces
the minimum penitentiary sentence to
nine months.
Sandeen was found guilty of violat-
ing the Idaho criminal syndicalism law
by Jury in district court late Satur-
day After deliberation of little more
than a half hour, the jury, following a
trial lasting two days, returned YER
diet of guilty.
TRIES TO SAVE HIM
Sandeen was represented by Atty. E.
| NJ. Griffith who made determined eff
fort to save his client from the pen
| itentiarv, while Prosecuting Attorney
Anger conducted the prosecution. As
ssting the state in presentation of
evidence against the !. W. W., tending
to show the character of the organiza-
ton, were members of the Idaho state
constabulary, headed by f. M. Bre-
shears, constabulary chief.
Trial of Sandeen opened Friday
morning before Judge Scales. All
| friday forenoon was devoted to selee
tion Of the jury, which was accepted
by the state and prosecution at noon,
and in the afternoon examination of
witnesses began.
w. II. Eller, sheriff of Idaho county,
was the first witness for the state.
Sheriff Eller said on Nov. 26, 1919,
he went to the road camp with depu-
ties and arrested Sandeen and several
other men.
Prosecuting Attorney Anger here
produced a membership card, which
the sheriff identified as one he had
found among other papers in suitcase
belonging to Sandeen and which he
discovered in q clubhouse where the
men were staying.
EXT. w. w. AS WITNESS
William Shupp of Spokane, was the
next witness for the state. Shupp
sprang n sensation when he said that
he formerly was a stationery delegate
for the J.. w. w. at headquarters in
Spokane, and that he quit the order
in November, 1919. He said he was
90 years old.
As STATIONERY, delegate, what were
your duties?" Prosecuting Attorney
Anger asked the witness.
FIssuing supplies to delegates
going into the field was the answer.
The witness said the supplies he is
sued delegates comprised song books,
/. 4 -4,r,re I,u,tinp r,o,~1OqOt Of
dues. and other propaganda used by
the |. w. w. He said he took the job
in October, 1919, and quit in Deem
Der. Examination of the witness then
continued as follows;
O. As stationery delegate, where did
you send supplies2
A. AS to sending supplies, ] did not
send them by mail, but sent them by
delegates to the Spokane district.
O. What was the Spokane district!
A. The Spokane district was the
northern part of Idaho, the western
part of Montana and the eastern part
Of Washington.
Q. Where were these supplies used?
A. They were used in camps on the
North York in Idaho, and in different
places where delegates would 90.
Attorney Anger here produced nu
merous books and pamphlets which
the witness identified as official !. w.
w. literature, much of which he had in
stock at headquarters in Spokane, and
which NE issued to delegates The
prosecuting attorney devoted large
part of the afternoon to reading to
the jury extracts from these books
and pamphlets, tending to show the
seditious character of the l. w. W.
The literature was admitted to evil
dence by the court after it had been
identified by the witness as official
wobbly literature. The exhibits were
furnished by members of the state
constabulary.
Among the mass of books and pam
phlets, Prosecuting Attorney Anger
produced an l. w. w. song book,
whereupon the court remarked that he
would be glad to permit the prosecut-
ing attorney to sing some of ne songs
to the jury, if he felt disposed to
do so.
Saturday morning, testimony of
Shupp was resumed, and -examina-
ton of Shupp by Attorney Griffith
was begun.
Under cross-examination, Shupp