Bisbee daily review., 1920-04-30
DEFENSE LAWYER SHOWS FLAWS IN. TESTIMONY FROM STATE WIT NESS.
Says Trials of l. w. w. in 1917 Would Have Taken
 Hundred Years IAUDS ACTIONS OF
 SHERIFF WHEELER Counsel for Prosecution De- fends Organization of
 Radicals

TOMBSTONE, April 29. TWO arguments for the State and one for the defense were made before the jury during the session today and this evening ip the trial of H. E. Woot- ton, charged with- Kidnapping Fred w Brown, one of 11S6 deported from Bisbee to Columbus, N. M., on July 12, 1917.
 When court opened this morning the states opening argument was re- sumed by Assistant County Attorney George Roark from the point where he had left off when he asked that court be adjourned, because some of the members of the jury became sleepy last night. MT. Roark com pleted his argument during the first hour of court this morning. Roark declared this morning that the de- fense had failed to connect Brown in any way with the parties responsible for conditions at Bisbee which fol- lowed the calling of the l. w. w.. strike in June, 1917. On the con trary, Mir. Roark argued, the testi- mony had shown that Brown was an organizer for the American Federa- tioa of Labor and had been engaged in fighting, instead of assisting, the I. w. w. in the Warren District. All of the I. w. w. evidence that had been submitted by the defense, charged the Assistant County At torney. was brought in for the sole purpose of prejudicing the minds of the jurors.
 w. G. Gilmore. of Tombstone. open ed the argument for the defense at 1O:3O o'clock this morning and held the attention of the jury until 4:S0 this afternoon. MT Gilmore reviewed conditions in the Warren District that led up to the deportations. assailed the I. w. w. as "gang of cutthroats and murderers" and spent several hours discussing the attitude and many contradictions of the testimony given by the complaining witness against Wootton. Fred Brown.
 There has been a mass of testi- mony introduced to show the real con- ditions that prevailed in the Warren district from the time strike was called until the deportation" said MT. Gilmore. much of this testimony did not directly effect the guilt or inno- cence of the defendant, but has been introduced for the purpose of letting you look through the eyes and think in the minds of the people of the WY lot. i'm nf July 18th.
 "Mr. French has repeatedly said that the I w w should not enter into this case and has been trying continually to keep it out of the case. We have introduced much testimony concerning them for the purpose Of showing the character of the organ ization that the citizens of Bisbee were opposed to. There were hun dreds of men who were members of that murderous organization there who could tell Us what the motives and methods of taat organization were in the Warren district and what they had planned to do. MT. French has not called any of these men. It is just as impossible to keep the l.. w. w. out of this case as it would be to play hamlet with hamlet left out.
 "The state has repeatedly asked
 the question, weren't the courts
 functioning on that dayT There
 were approximately 1900 men en-
 trained that day. Under the law
 of Arizona every man is entitled
 to a separate trial. Twelve hun
 dred separate and distinct trials.
 The courts are functioning, they
 have been functioning in this case
 for more than three months and
 the trial is still under way Let's
 dive the state the benefit of the
 argument, suppose the defendants
 had tried one of those men
 month. It would take 100 years
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