Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1920-05-02

during the closing hours OF the II.
z. Wootten case
George Roark assistant county az.
torney, opened the arguments for the
state, speaking for almost two hours
last night and concluding at this
mornings session.
Mr.. Roark in opening his talk went
back to the early days when govern
ment started to take .orm and the
first laws OF the land were formed.
He declared that il the Bisbee depor.
tation is to be condoned by citizens
and the courts and juries we are 70
drift back to the stage when there
were no Constitutional rights and pri-
vileges to be enjoyed. He argued
that the deportation deprived cit:-
zens of Bisbee Of their rights as
American citizens and which gave
them no course of redress through
due process of law when they were
taken from Cochise county into New
Mexico and left to shift for them
selves.
II the juries of this country con-
done such acts then we shall have.
instead OF country and a govern
ment, set of hostile communities
from which men are driven from
place to place as they were in the
dark ages" said the attorney.
Mr.. Roark declared that while our
blood was boiling over the brutal in
vasion of Belgium an equally henious
offense was being committed right
down in Bisbee. And yet these men
took 20 cover under the cloak of
their loyalty"
The testimony given by Sheriff
Harry Wheeler during the trial re-
garding the failure OF the state or
federal government to send troops to
Bisbee during the I. ". W. trouble
was vigorously attacked by Roark
There was no need OF troops at Bis
bee, contended Roark and wheeler's
state of mind was such that ''hs only
thought he needed help" Roark
reread teiegraphic correspondence be-
tween Governor Thomas Campbell.
Sheriff Wheeler and army officers
which had been offered during the
trial, to support these points. These
kilograms, Roark argued, showed
that Captain Wheeler didn't know
what he was talking about and
that there were plenty OF troops avail
able at nearby points.
There was absolutely no necessity
for the action taken that day. said
Roark, "and if there had have been
any necessity there were other means
that could have been called upon
Tie assistant county attorney, in
telling of strike conditions at Bisbes
prior to the deportation, conceded
that the aid "of every loafer il
town" was probably asked. Roark
declared that there was no violence
shown by the strikers that justified
Wheeler in taking any action against
| them. II was true, said Roark, that
some threats were probably made
during the strike, but these, he con-
tended were b. few "Ioud-mouthed'
men.
Wheeler's testimony that he was
afraid to arrest agitators because he
feared the trouble that might follow
was questioned by Roark.
Can any of you imagine Captain
Wheeler afraid to arrest anyone,
Roark asked the jury. q can't
Roark told the jury that Wheeler
lost his head during the strike
Concluding his argument this morn
ing the attorney referred to the
W. W. testimony introduced by the
defense as camoufiage introduced ia
prejudice the minds Of the jury, and
added that Wootton in deporting
Brown had used the power vested
in the mob that day to take out his
revenge on Brown for having deciar
ed bis place unfair to labor. Touch
ing on the instructions to the jury
as 10 Browns willingness or unwill
ingness to be deported. he said that
Brown, II he refused to leave the
line thought that he was to be Civ
en- q fair trial and did not know he
was to be deported. wheeler's pro
clamation lead him 10 believe this ht
said. He referred to the alleged