The Alaska daily empire., 1920-02-14
EUGENE BARNETT IDENTIFIED AS
 CRIMM'S SLAYER
Centralia Girl Picked Out One of Eleven Defendants as Man Who Fired Rifle From Avalon Hotel Win dow = Vanderveer's De- fense Plans Recalled.

 Eugene Barnett, one of the eleven I. w. W's on trial for murder in connection with the death of four ex-service men at Centralia on Ar mistice day, and the man whom the state claims was the slayer of Lieu tenant Warren o. Grimm, was iden- tified in court today as the man who fired a rifle from a window of the Avalon Hotel a moment before Grimm fell in the street dying.
 A. H. Carpenter, Centralia gar age man, testified that he, with his partner, F. H. Mcdowell, and Miss Elsie Hornbeck, were watching the veterans parade from a window in Carpenters garage, when they heard shooting. Mcdowell exclaimed, ac- cording to the witness, For Gods sake, look and see that gun" The witness said he looked up the street, and saw the barrel of a rifle pro- truding from window of the Ava Ion Hotel and heard the report when it was discharged.
 Woman Identifies Barnett
 ~ Miss Hornbeck next took the1 stand. She said the man in the window who was aiming the gun was Eugene Barnett. Miss Horn beck picked Barnett out from among the eleven defendants seated near her
 Charles Briffett, superintendent of the schools at Centralia, testi- ,-;, foII on the street, with blood gushing from his wound. Two minutes la ter, he said he saw man whom he did not know by name. emerge from the Avalon Hotel, carrying al rifle that appeared to be 38.55. He then identified Barnett as the man he had seen with the rifle. Bar nett was filling the rifle with shells as he walked, he testified.
 Clarence Watkins, color bearer in the parade, positively identified Barnett as the man whom he testi- fled he saw shooting from window in the Avalon Hotel, opposite the l. w.. w. Hall in Centralia. Wat kins said: "The boys were mark ing time when the shots started" The states contention is that Grimm was marked for death, because he was, commander of the Centralia Post of the American Legion, and that Barnett had been selected tol kill him.
 Clarence Sherwood, a schooIboy, testified that he saw John Lamb, one of the defendants, running from the scene after the shooting.
 Vanderveer's Defense Plans
 The defense probably will get to introduction of the testimony late next week. It will be remembered that Attorney George Vanderveer, chief counsel for the defendants, has charged that the American Le- zion members who might have par ticipated in what he alleged was a pre-arranged affair, were catspaws of commercial organizations of Gen. tralia. In his opening statement he said:
 'I exonerate now, and forever af- ganization, for any responsibility for this attack on the l., w. w. Hausna- at,-a
 Those members of the American Legion who did participate in this raid were catspaws, without their knowledge and consent, he added.
 -Vanderveer outlined what the de- fense will offer to prove, alleging that commercial organizations in Centralia had planned to raid the hall. and cited previous destruc- tion of former I. w. w. hall in Centralia He declared the mat ter was discussed at meetings of the Commercial Club, held in the rooms of the Elk's Club, and that the plans for the raid were decided upon despite the fact that the coun- ty attorney and the city attorney. a brother of Warren o. Grimm, for whose murder the eleven defendants are now on trial. and advised that tho I. w. w. were not doing any thing wrong"
 yanderveer cited alleged persecu-