Bisbee daily review., 1920-03-12
PROSECUTION IN DEPORTATION CASE FIGHTS ID KEEP.|. W. W.
 CONSPIRACY OUT OF EVIDENCE
Organ of Reds Declares Christianity Curse; Court De- nounces Principles of Organization to Which Many Deportees Belong; Testimony of Witness for
 State Is Thrown Out of Record

| ing, when the court will rule upon whether the defense will be permitted to present its case along these lines, which it had been preparing for al- most year.
 When court opened this morning the argument was taken up for the second time, as the result of an objection by the state to questions put to Thomas Green relative to his alleged member ship in the l. w. w.
 The jury was excused during the nl- gument. In his efforts to convince the court that the question was one em- ployed solely for the purpose of testing the credulity Of the witness. MT Car ley produced numerous l. " " pubh- cations and read portions of them.
 One of the articles read by Mr.
 Curley from "The New Solidarity
 official publication of the 1. W. W,
 branded Christianity "a curse
 stuntine the intelligence of the
 great uneducated masses, leaving them hopelessly enmeshed in a
 maze of superstition and haIluci-
 nation. The modern priesthood
 and ministry are followers of Am mon and ever willing to prostitute
 the truth to further their ra:se
 teachings"
 Another article, from the "In- dustrisl Workers" denounced the
 Roman Catholic Church in un- printable language. Another I. W. w. article declared that the tac-
 tics used are to be determined solely by the power of the oreani- zation to make good in their use. The question of right or wrong does not concern us."
 MT. Curley closed his arsu---5nt by asking will any man seriously con- l tend that we art to sit by and watch the attempt upoI the part of witness to swear away the liberty of another man upon his oath, raising his hand to the Divine Being when il doesn't mean anything to him?"
 In replying to the argument, County Attorney R. N. French reiterated his ternoon that he was not supporting the ! statement 10 the court yesterday af l. w. w. had no use for their organi- zation, and declared that he would wig orously prosecute any members of the | organization who might attempt 10 dis seminate any literature identical with that read into the record Dy Mr. Cur ley. MT. French again declared that | the l. w. w. was not an issue of the deportation trials and that matters concerning the I. W. w. should mol be 1 brought into the case.
 The defense again insisted that it l had right to inquire into the asso- ciates of any of the states witnesses 10 find out if they were members Of | the l. w. W. in order to test their ! character and the credulity to be giN- en their testimony by the jurors. The states objection. however. was tenn porarily sustained by the court on points of law. In announcing his rul- ing. Judge Pattee said:
 'l am afraid of saying too much if start to say anything about the-I won't call them principles that have been read from certain publications here. No man, cer- tainly none with my sentiments
 on these questions, can contain
 himself, or does contain himself without difficulty when he hears those statements. But the question
 is one of law rather than any
 thinQ else. Of course, a witness
 does not have to belong to any
 relioious sect to make a competent
 witness. He certainly does not
 have to believe in the Christian re- Iiqion because otherwise Jewish
 witnesses of the very highest character would be excluded. He does not even have to believe in
 any form of government, or any thing of that sort, to be a compe- tent witness. if could take Iu-
 dicial notice of the character of this organization | would not hesi- tate a moment in everything the
 objection. | think there can be no
 two opinions as to the character of
 that organization, if this is the
 kind of organization it is; would
 not believe any one advocating l CONTINUED ON PAGE TWo)