The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-02-05
KIDNAPPING TRIAL
AGAINST 400 IS
ON IN ARIZONA.
First Three Men Of Those Ac-
cused Called w, w.
Agitation Cause Of the
Trouble.

tombstone. AriA., Feb. 3. Three OF
ihe 2lo accused OF kianaping in con
'ieclaon with the deportation OF 1876
striiang copper miners and their
sy'npathizers from Bisbee, Ariz.. to
New Mexico, on july ~. 1917 want
- trial in the Chochise county court
1leie To-Day. Fred Santher and James
Dosu, nine shift bosses of the War
rem mining district. and Phil Toyrea.
hlsbee meat dealer, were the first de-
PENDANTS TO face the state court.
charges tile liz ffvi,,;a1,ts
with putting into effect a KIDNAPPING
conspiracy to deprive the deportees
OF their lawful rights. Besides the de-
lendants, it was said by the prosecute
ing attorney, that more than 1000
persons participated in the deporta-
ions, rounding up the strikers and
sympathizers, loading them into box
cars and sending them across the
state boundary into New Mexico.
where later the deportees were cared
Iof IN great camp proyisioned and
cared FOR by United States soldiers.
The defense. it was minated, when
court opens, will attempt to show the
strike was the outgrowth of I. w. w.
agitation, that the miners who cared
to remain at work were kept from
the mines by intimidation and that
the deportations were lawfully re-
sorted to under direction of the then
sheriff, Capt. Harry Wheeler, who
swore in the defendants as deputy
sheriffs. 1t was said that attempts
would be made to show that the Unit
ed States was at war and the strike
was gripping this countrys efforts
to obtain copper for manufacturing
munitions and otherwise carrying on
war work
Authorities have planned to search
every one. including the defendants
for weapons before they are allowed
to enter the court room.
The atmosphere here is tense, but
everything is quiet and orderly.
Means Town Boom.
The trial has doomed Tombstone.
Every room has been taken. The
movies have announced that they will
show different pictures nightly, in
stead Of changing their programs
twice as week as ordinarily. Soda
fountain men have hired three addi-
tional clerks to take care of the
rush.
1t is generally estimated that the
trial cannot be finished in less than
month and that two weeks at least
will be required to choose jury.
Some doubt has been expressed
that it will be possible to get jury
at all.
Estimates place the total wealth of
the indicted men at. $780, 900, 900.
Among the most prominent
are DR.. N. c. Bledsoe, head physician
of the Calumet Mining Company;
Sheriff Douglas: :. j. Bowen, auto
mobile dealer of Bisbee; j. e. Brophy,
garage man Of Lowell r. A. Clamp
itt former assistant postmaster of
Bisbee; Fl. III. Dowell, general man
ager of the Phelps Dodge corpora
ton; Jake Erickson, mayor Bisbee;
Tom Eagen, secretary of the Bisbee
commercial club; L. L. Gilman, jew
eler of Bisbee; John c. Greenway,
general manager of the Calumet Min
ing Company for Arizona; Walter
Hubbard undertaken. Bisbee: j. A.
helnplOn, Cnlel OIL ponce OIL blSDee,
Fred McKinner, editor of the Bisbee
Ore; Miles Merrill, head of the Nor
mon church of Arizona; Robert Rea,
president of the Douglas bank of
commerce.; G, w. Ruth, secretary OF
the business mems association, Doug :
las; John Steffer, Bisbee contractor;
Lem Shattuck, mine manager; L. A.
Tovrea, packer OF Bisbee.
All Of the above were indicted
jointly. The Phelps Dodge COM
pany also was indicted as corpor-
alton.
The rnaximnm penalty under the
charge of kidnapping, under which,
charge these indictments were re-
turned, is Imprisonment from ono to
10 years in the penitentiary or Il fine
of $500 TO $4,000, or both.
Judge Sam L. Pattee OF Pima
county will hear the trials. The
prosecuting attorney is Bob French.
The first jury panel contains 5000
names.
The men are charged with l.idEap-
ing over 1900 persons and forcihly
taking them into the state of New
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