Tombstone epitaph., 1920-04-25
TUESDAY

Testimony in character similar 10
;nat introduced since last Saturday
( by the state in rebuttal. marked the
days session in the Wcotten Kid.
mapping case in the superior court
4 today. when a number OF witnesses.
mostley all men who were deported,
T testified as to the circumstances up
der which they were taken from Bis
bee to Columbus. y. NJ.
This morning Mrs Johnson. who
had previously testified for the de-
fense. was the first witness on the
stand. She was asked by MIR. French
for the state. whether or not during
conversation in February with Il
ars. Lee at the Belmont House in
Bisbee she had not told her that
she would testify for either side pro-
viding she was paid enough. Size
denied the statement and in answer
to whether or not she told Mrs Lee
she wore a white handkerchief OF
her arm on July Il. she denied ever
having made such statements. On
discrimination she said she had
never received any money, was new
er promised any and did not expec,
anything.
Richard Manning OF Berkley. Cali
fornia and who ran a soft drink ana
tobacco stand in Upper Lowell DIR
ing the strike. and who was deported
was the next who testified. He said
that about July 1st a man named Pei
ton, Capt Hodgson OF the Copper
Queen ard four other men came to
his place and gave him 20 days 10
vaca,e the company ground which he
had leased. They gave him a notice
and posted another outside his place.
he said and also posted about go
other notices in that part of town
Another man named Henry Toland,
few days later told him Too bad
you had better tell your friends 70
go TO work and the company will let
you stay
On the afternoon OF the 1lth four
young men came TO his place, he tes-
titled and told him he had better be
al the Bisbee depot at s o'clock the
next morning. About in the morn
ing of the 18th, according TO his tes-
timony man named Jim Boyd came
| 10 his place and asked him if he
saw any Wobblies around there.
Shortly after that he saw an old
man taken from a house close By
and marched down the street and
little later he heard shooting
About 10 O'Clock that morning. eight
men came TO his store and told him
he would have to go along TOO and
in protesting he had told them he
was an American citizen but he said
they told him it made no difference.
They all placed guns against his
stomach and three Of them beat hin
severely he testified and took all
his money away from him. They
did not give him a chance to close
his store or get about 800 in tlia
register. That was the last he saw
of his place of business, he said. Al
the ball park, be said he protested
with DIR. Bledsoe and Capt Hodgscr
when they we're loading him into
the cars. but Bledsoe told him ''t1
get in there" and Hodgson said
don't come back here" The de
tense covered the incidents at Col
umbus, on cross examination and to
ascertain his knowledge of the
strike and picket lines.
John German Of Globe was in bed
when a gang OF men headed by
Chris Marshal came to his room and
told him to get out Of there" He
saw . man named Jack Thomas
through the window. All had guns.
be said. They marched him down to
Warren and enrpute there he met
his former boss, Jack. Ratliffe VINO
told him he was surprised st him
not being at work and he asked him
what would be the show for . JOB