The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-07

! lives next door to the headquarters
that were raided. She admitted she
sent the call to police headquarters
when Loray stool pigeons tried to
break up the meeting and attacked
Miller.
The state failed entirely yester-
day in its attempt to implicate spe-
cific individuals in the alleged con-
spiracy to shoot Aderholt, or to
produce any evidence that any con-
spiracy existed.
Roach Under Charges.
Under fire of examination by At
torney Hayes for the defense, the
states witness, Charles Roach, one
of the raiders with Aderholt, adj
mitted he resigned from the police
force before the raid because of SER
ious charges pending against him.
He denied he had been convicted
three times for bootlegging, but the
defense produced a court record
proving his three convictions.
The six state witnesses today
were evidently badly coached, as
they contradicted one another, be-
sides making statements conflicting
with their previous affidavits and
testimony under examination by de-
tense counsel before the trial
started.
Admit Colony Peaceful.
All, however, had to agree on one
important point, that there was no
trouble whatever at the Workers
International Relief tent colony
when the police arrived. Roach was
also forced to admit that the raid
ing party of which he was a member
stopped on its way to the union
headquarters to break up the picket
line. He also admitted that he was
not deputized, but was carrying a
gun all day. He denied that he was
drunk, although he is now under in
dictment for drunkenness and as
sault upon a restaurant keeper on
the afternoon of the raid.
This indictment has been side
tracked. The United Press cor
respondent said in a release of Au-
gust "a: sit is possible that the al
legations of the defense are true,
that the prosecution is doing all in
its power to keep records of the Of
ficers who were with Aderholt as
clear as possible. The fact that Gil
bert and Roach were not tried dur
ing the last term of court resulted
in much speculation, but the solicit
tor said that the witnesses could not
be found However, Pedro Mellon,
who is the chief witness against
Gilbert and Roach says he has not
been away from home at any time"
Charlotte Conference.
While the trial is going on the
National Textile Workers Union
drive leading toward the Charlotte
conference is gathering momentum.
The conference will be held Oct.
1918 in Charlotte. With the re-
turn of the delegates from the
Cleveland conference, organizational
work will be extended to new tex
tile mills.
Cleo Tesseur, who was discharged
by his mill boss at Kingsmountain
for membership in the N. T. w. u,
went back Wednesday to get his
wages and was arrested. He is
charged with FASTING N. 7. w.
stickers on the building and tres
passing. He was jailed, tried the
next morning, and given his choice
between leaving the state for three
months or serving for three months
on the chain gang.
He refused to leave. When threats
failed to terrorize him, the au-
thorities let him go with a suspended
sentence. His demand for an LID.
lawyer was refused. The /. L. D. is
taking charge of the case, and a
leaflet is being printed calling the
kingsmoYntain workers to mass
meeting next Saturday night.
Arrested Threatened.
At Marion, Stevens, of the N. 7.
w. while distributing N. T. W. leaf
lets, was seized by a gang of U. T..
W. Organizer Hoffman's profess
sional thugs, not by the strikers.
Stevens was held without food for