Bisbee daily review., 1920-03-11


 Baer. Burges read from one of the transcripts a part of Browns testi- mony last summer. that he had not seen Wootton on July 12, 1917. after leaving the postoffice in Bisbee, con- flicting, Burges pointed out, with his statement this morning that he had seen Wootton at Warren.
 There were several other bits of testimony given by Brown this morh. ing that, differed radically from his testimony last summer Later in the day, when re-eXanined by county at- torney French. under whom Brown said he had been working for the last year. Brown explained that the reason why his testimony differed from that given at Douglas was be- cause he had been working hard in Douglas last summer and did not feel in the best health at the time of the hearings This. he said, might have caused him to give testimony then that was in error When re-eXamin- ed bv Burges, Brown could not tell on what day last summer he had not felt well. During the examination of Brown one of the most important develop ments of the day. the statement of the cases of the defense and the State came about. Brown was asked by Frank Curley, assistant chief counsel for the defense, if it were not trde that a strike was in progress in Bisbee during July, 1917. The State immediately objected claim ing that the question was not a prop or one. After a brief discussion of the question court recessed for the noon period. with the understanding that the question would be argued when the session was resumed this afternoon.
 At two o'clock the jury was ex- cused from the court room and the argument was taken up. In opening his argument in support of the ques- rion. Curley said:
 We realize that this class of eX- animation is going into the very mer- it's of the defense. and for that req son and in all fairness to the court we want no objection at this time in going at length into the matter and telling the court just exactly where We expect the testimony to ultimate ly lead"
 The defense hoped to prove,
 said Curiey, that from 1908 there
 had been an active campaign
 conducted in this county by Will
 jam Haywood, Vincent St. John
 and others to undermine the gov
 ernment of the United States;
 that this campaign was carried on
 through various, agencies until
 this country entered the great
 war: that the conspiracy enter
 ed from that time to concerted
 attempt to block the working of
 the seelct service act, the work
 ;s,@- oF& i4I
 industries and. in general do
 eevry thing possible to interrupt the successful prosecution of the war.
 This conspiracy, CLrIey decIar- ed, the defense hoped to prove was the real motive behind the calling of strikes in the summer
 of 1917 in the copper camps of
 Arizona, which were "pure and unadulterated bunk concocted and put forward by lot of disoyaI, unamerican anarchists as
 screen behind which to hide their
 efforts and activities in bringing
 about the defeat of the United
 States in its war against Germany and the ultimate overthrow of
 the United States government
 "We expect to show that, on or about June 26. 1917. one of these series of l. w w. anti-conscription. anti-war and anti-governnPent strikes was called by said conspiratorS In the Warren district. and was being carried on by it on July 12. 1917. dur ing the time of the so called depor- tations. As I before stated. We ex- pect to show that the so called Bis bee strike was not called for the pur pose of securing better conditions oI higher wages. but for the sole pur- pose of embarrassing and defeating the United States government in the prosecution of it's war against Ger many. and that such purpose was ad- mitted by those responsible for apd in charge of such strike. And We expect to show that thu strike in Risbee was but one of al we'll planned series of rtrikes called and then being carried on by these conspirators throughout the United States in an effort to accomplish such purposes.
 "We expect to show that in furtherance Of the object of said
 conspiracy great numbers of con-
 spirators commenced coming in
 the Warren district, just prior to
 the 26 day of June, 1917, and con tinued to flock into the district in great numbers up to July f2, 1917, the day of the so called de- portation, until, on the said 18th day of July, tst7, said eonspir- atcrs claimed to have between three and four thousand mem- ters in the Warren district.
 "We expect to show that those strange men, w.o were gathering in the district at that time, com menced to threaten the people of that district until they had creat-
 ed reign of terror. We expect to show that hundreds of threats
 had hoen made to the residents of that district that they were go-
 ino 70 be killed, that their prop erty was 1eing tc be destroyed, tbat the 5ishec camp was going