The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-05-03

a petition of demands of unemployed
relief to the Mayor and the Board of
Estimate, "the Mayor is out and you
can't go in!"
Mayor Could not Be Bothered
Defense Counsel Tauber of the IN
ternational Labor Defense then got
the admission from McAuliffe that
he didn't know whether the Mayor
was in or not" McAliffe didn't dare
to know" that dancing Jimmy was
out after it was shown that he had
received a delegation Of more than
100 Boy Scouts who came to show
Walker the footprints of some ami
mails. Upon further examination by
Tauber, McAuliffe stated that the
reason he refused to admit the I'M
employed delegation was that on
April 18th or 18th, Judge McAndrews,
Walkers secretary instructed him not
to admit the unemployed delegation
because the Mayor could not be
DObuSTeu WIN buch.
2 Get 80 Days
From the very beginning Of these
cases, the bitter prejudice of the
magistrate, Hulon Capshaw against
the worker defendants and their
cause, was clearly evident. The caes
of Granatikis, Greek worker came
up first. This worker was falsely
charged with striking cop. The
evidence proved that, despite the
statements of the cop, the worker was
innocent. It was plain that what
counted in the mind of the judge
CapshaW was the fact that Gramitikis
was a worker and that he was for
eign-born. Capshaw lost no time in
sentencing Gramatikis to 80 days in
Jail and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Jail and recommending his deporta-
ton.
Walter j. Stack, member of the
Marine Workers Industrial Union,
came into court with his head plas-
tered and with the marks of brutal
beating on his face. The judge re-
fused to "See" these marks, though
Stack was brought within foot of
him. Capshaw, however, had not the
slightest difficulty in seeing marks
on the cop who arrested Stack and
falsely accused him. When the de-
tense lawyer exposed the lying state
ments of the cop, the judge imme-
diately rushed to the aid of the uni
formed thug, prompting him and
steering him out of difficulty. The
Judge even scabbed on the district
attorney when he was not satisfied
with this officials failure to trap the
worker.
witnesses Lie
Whenever Defense Attorney Tau
Der scored point or caught the
police witness in outright lies, the
judge got furious. He would then
accuse the defnse lawyer of talking
too loud, of not having respect for
the court, of addressing himself to
the courtroom spectators etc.
Capshaw airly outbid himself when
the defence brought out the fact that
workers who were arrested in the
City Hall demonstration we're beaten
up with clubs and blackjacks by the
police and detectives, both outside
and inside City Hall, their blood lying
in pools on the sidewalk and in the
corridors of City Hall, that the mop
used to clean up this blood was
swung by the police into the faces Of
the bleeding workers with the brutal
remark Here's your relief, you SON
OLA bitchp When such evidence was
being shown, the judge called for the
clearing of the courtroom in order to
conceal the murderous Walker Tam
many Hall bosses hunger program
against the unemployed. Even in the
presence of half-filed courtroom,
Capshaw didn't have the nerve to
sentence Stack, the militant young
marine worker, but with lowered head
this Tamany tool muttered, Guilty,
remanded to jail, sentenced to be
pronounced later"
Despite the efforts of the judge to
help them the police contradicted
themselves and each other. For in
stance in the case Of Powers, Sec
rotary of the Building and Construc-
ton Workers Industrial League,
McAuliffe testified falsely that he
had offered to escort the delegation
inside City Hall upon their showing
a petition. Nanlack, a, detective. on
the other hand stated that McAuliffe
had demanded a permit from the
delegation. In sentencing Stack, the
Judge had expressed such bitter hate
for the workers and their cause, that
defence counsel Tauber presented an
affidavit demanding the withdrawal
of Capshaw from the cases, which
Capshaw refused to consider.
Two Of the workers in these cases,
Gramatil,is and Ferraro, face depor-
tation, the latter to fascist Italy.
stack and Gramatikis are serving 30
day sentences. TIE cases OF Fer
raro, Jones and Powers come up Tor
trial Wednesday, May 4ta at 2 p. m,
at jefferson Market Court, 9Th Ave
and 10th ST., New York City. All
workers who want to protest against
these frame-ups should be present at