The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-05-06
Show Red Soldiers
Are Illegally Held
In Military Prison
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servation is not part of the territory,
and even if the Hawaiian Communist
League had been secret organic
alton, (Which it was mott there would
have been no violation of section 4214,
revised laws of Hawaii, as all acts
of the league mentioned in the court
martial were on the U. S. military
reservation"
The trumped up charges of the spy
Fisher would not stand the test of
even the perverted civil courts of the
bosses in the United States.
president A Disgrace"
Three charges were placed against
Walter Trumbull, and the charges
against Crouch were practically ident-
ical.
The first charge, read before the
court martial, was that Trumbull,
did orally and publicly use the fol
lowing disrespectful words against the
president of the United States, to wit
The president may be all right as an
Individual, but as an institution he is
a disgrace to the whole god damned
country" Fisher misQuoted Trum-
bull, the latter charges.
Disprove All Charges.
The second charge against Trum-
bull was divided into three parts. 1t
is charged that Trumbull was
member of the Hawaiian Communist
League, a secret organization having
as it's object revolutionary Commun-
ism, and did persuade Corporal Eugene
Fisher (the stool pigeon), to become
a member of said secret organization,
to the prejudice of good order and
military discipline"
The evidence presented by Trum-
bull at the trial showed conclusively
that the Hawaiian Communist League
was not secret organization, that
the letters were sent to newspapers
with the letterheads of the league
naming its purposes and officers, and
that the stationery was printed in the
governments printing office.
It was further shown that Fisher
was not admitted to the Communist
League, altho he asked to be taken in.
Fisher was unable to show evidence
that he belonged to the Communist
League.
Freely Admits Communism.
The next charge was that Trumbull
wrote letter to the Communist In
ternational asking that the Hawaiian
Communist League be admitted &c
that organization.
This letter was freely admitted, and
Trumbull reiterated his Communist
principles. But no article of war was
violated by the expression of Com
munist ideals. Even in the charge,
which at every other point had cited
articles of war which we're alleged
to have been violated, nothing was
said about a violation of any specific
article OF war. The charges simply
stated that the letter was written, ito
the prejudice and good order of mill
tary discipline"
Court "Deliberated" Ten Minutes.
The farce OF the entire court mar
tial proceedings was exposed when
the court" after recess of less than
ten minutes, found Trumbull guilty
of every charge, and sentenced him
to 26 years at hard labor and dis
honorable" discharge from the United
States army.
IL was obvious that the evidence
presented could not have been given
the slightest consideration by the
court In the ten minutes of its de
liberations."
In violation of the military law,
Trumbull was sentenced to be taken
TO a civil federal prison after his
case has been reviewed by the de-
partment headquarters. Both Crouch
and Trumbull have been sentenced
on charges" and evidence" that will
not hold water in Q civil court.