Tombstone epitaph., 1920-03-14

The afternoon session Of the Su- perior court today in the trial of the case of the state vs. H. F. Wootten. charged with Kidnapping Fred W. por.stions of 1917. brought ou. clea-. iy the issues that attorneys for both sides will follow during the trial in the case. II came out during argu- men,s Of attorneys to the cour, on the issue of admissability of evidence and proper cross-examination by the defePf fe. which was objected to by the state. and in which the court sus. tatned the contentious of the state.
 With the jury excluded from the court room. Mir Curley for the de- fense, reading from his notes. in long statement 10 the court outlined generally what would be the defense in proof of his contentious as to the point Involved.
 The gist of MT. Curley's conten- tions and outline oi the defense were that the defense expects to prove that dating back to 1908 there was conspiracy entered into be- tween Vim. D. Haywood. Vincent St Johns and mary other running into the thousands to overthrow the gov ernment and 10 de.eat the purpose of the United States government q. later date in war with Germany. by attempting to harass and curtail the production of lumber and copper during the war and to hinder and delay the production of copper when the strike was called in the Warren district in June, 1917; that they ex- pect to show that the demands cf the strikers in BsOee were not for the purpose of securing higher wag- es or better working conditions, but were pure bunk made by a group Of anarchists to defeat the government. since the Warren district was pro- ducing one tenth Of the copper oi the world; to show that the strikes had made threats 10 blow up Bisbee and destroy lives and property and that only after Capt. Harry Wheeler. as sheriff had wired to the goveT- nor of Arizona and 10 President Will son for troops wiraout results. did he consider it necessary to form posse and take the menace from the city limits.
 This contention and statement was objected to by County Attorney French as a matter Of record in which the gist of Mir French's objec- ton was that the facts and conteE- fions of the defense were totally uE- true and further that if it had been ever proven that the conditions were such he would personally dismiss ev- cry deportation case now on trial; fhat the evidence of Captain Wheeler before the Presidents Commission sent to Bisbee following the deporta- ton as substantiated by businessmen and city and county officials was .ha: there was no grounds for such illegal action tha; it was totally ille- gal ard was denounced by the Presi- dents Commission, show that more than one third of the deported men were married and had families; that more than one third had bought Li- berty bonds and that many who we:e in the selective draft had been pre- vented from reporting to the draft boards in Bisbee and had to go 10 ether places; that the records and facts entirely contradict the conten- lions as far as Bisbee was concerned.
 When the point had been setteld ,be jury was returned into court and examination of Fred Brown contin- ned the defense resting. The county attorney asked. a number of other questions bearing on the statements made at the preliminaries by the wit