Bisbee daily review., 1920-04-17


 the point where in most instances there was a law for the rich and a law for the poor" Almost rising from his chair and shouting in a voice that must have been heard outsi0c the court room, Judge Pattee indig- nantly denied that wealth or poverty would even enter into any of his de- cisions.
 DO you think l would leave my home and pass through these try ing ordeals and then let the wealth of the defendants or the poverty of the complaining wit nesses, or vice versa, influence any of my decisionsH he asked French explained that he had not meant to intimate that this was the case in the present trial but that his idea in quoting Heney was to remind the court of the seriousness of the alleged unlawful act of the defend, ants.
 French Retracts
 T know, your Honor, that you could be influenced by no man." French replied
 Following the courts denial to strike out all of the testimony, French moved to strike out that part con hing the discovery of dynamite in tho hotel of Mrs. Richards. This mo- ton was granted and another motion to strike out the testimony of Harry LaLonde, concerning the dynamite found in tenants barn after the de portatiOn, was taken under consider ation until the court had time to re- view the testimony. The motion to strike Mrs. Richards testimony was granted on the grounds that the find ing of the dynamite occurred several weeks before the strike was called by the l. w. w
 Defendant Testifies
 H. F. Wootton. defendant occupied the stand for the entire forenoon and 30 minutes of the afternoon session. His direct examination was short, At torney Burges asked him to tell, in his own way, his reasons for par ticipating in the deportations. Only d few questions were asked him by the defense but upon cross eXamina- tion French delved into the defend ants history from the time he left home, 20 years ago, until the present period. Wootton held the attention of the jury throughout his recital Of conditions as he found them prior to the deportation and the subsequent events 10 which he was allowed to testify.
 Was Attempted Coup
 Many of the miners did not under stand just what had happened the day following the calling of the strike. Wootton testified The strike was called so suddenly. without the con sent of so many of the miners, that only a few strangers in the district knew about it the morning of June 27, he said. Practically all of the men on the picket lines were total strangers to him.
 Miners refusing to striKe were met by the pickets, cursed, threatened, their lunch paiIs sto- en and lharassed SO severely that many of them quit work to es- cape the jeers and hazing. Woot- on testified. That the strike would be won and the men who remained loyal beaten and driven from the community was the statement made by man named 
 to Wootton's testimony. This same man said that if the local
 organization was not powerful enough to win, harvest hands from the north and east would flock to Bisbee and create such
 a reign of terror that the com
 panies would be glad to accede
 to any demands.
 Jack Gibson, an electrician for the C. and A. Mining company. made the greatest impression on him, Wootton said. Gibson had always appeared to be q conservative man, Wootton said, and when he told him that the strike was not going to last more than a few days more, as they had fixed things to win," the witness stated tha' knew that it was not an idle l-u,t.
 Threatened Ruin
 Fred w. Brown was member Oi the grievance committee which boy Cotted Wootton's plumbing and hard ware store, the witness testified or cross-cXamination. Included on this brook, an l. w. w leader, and FranI
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