The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-28

caused a bitter feeling against
this scab farmer. All Of the peo-
pie began to shout, Let's take
them OUT ard some holleTed, Let's
smoke them out, and couple OF
BOYS jumped on the roof, probably
to s uff up the chimney, but then
| heard Dads voice, "Get down
from there, there are women an0
children in the house" So the
toys jumped eff. A few minutes
later, heard a gun shot. The
Oletzke's were shooting. l rushed
toward the door, which by this
time had been forced under he
impact of the crowd. On the
| threshold stood two Oletzke men
with guns in each hand. l saw
! that there was danger to human
life. l forced my way to the from
my first thought being that we
must disarm them. They must b.
disarmed Without permitting them
o struggle. We learned that IN
the army how to do it quickly"
"A few minutes later we were
in possession of the weapons, and
the moving of the furniture began.
OLE tzke was moved out, anf Me
lard was put back where he be-
longs"
| The evidence given by Knute
Walstad. was in it's essen. ial parts
the same as that of Julius Knute,
like julius, frankly and without
hesitation told of his participation
ir. the fight against the eviction
CT Henry Nieland; and statement
for statement disproved the lying
testimony of the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company
COL pigeors. The story Of Knute
: throwing slabs of wood at women
, was not only completely disproved
. but the 3bsurbity of the charge
= brought, good many loud laughs
: from the court audience and smiles
to the, lips of the jurors. The pro
= secutor asked Knu e, "What is thi'
f mass pressure that you are talk
l ing about ?" Knute answered
? "You have heard that public opir
= ion was the greatest Of all socia
forces. Mass pressure is the ex
= preston of the exploited worker
}, and farmers. the force that will
i make a new world"
To the surprise of all, the prose
= cution brought Sheriff Hegna bac
d on the stand. He reiterated hi
IS statement that the NEE ing tn
lie night. before the Nielard evictio
j. on January 81 was in preparatiO
n foq riot and violence, and. when d.
IS Tense Attorney PAUL asked him
G. "Why didn't you go out 10. ste
it," he answered, 81 couldn't {
ID it alone, and at that time, thel
Ill was no one in Roberts count
i whom l could have. deputized Fl
ty that purpose" But Hegna was
TT weak, nervous witness for the sta
n anC the prosecutor sent him o
y the stand in a hurry.
ck At about o'clock the defen
en- rested lis case.
re Appeal for "Law and Order
a States Attorney Babcock nc
it. made the first part of his plea f
on conviction. He made great
la, fort to win the sympathy of t
us jury by explaining how it was
le duty to prosecute the case. Tn
ze, he attempted to convince the ju
1al that this was a fight of farme
I'D against farmers. Depicting 4
as Oletzke's, the stool pigeons OF
ng insurance companies, as poor far
ate ers struggling for a living,
as closed his plea with bombast
nat appeal for claw and order"
be ThunderOus Applause for Defel
Attorney
de- Now the young attorney for
nd defense, Henry PAUL, rose fl
hat his seat. You could have hearC
and pin drop in the court room HI
dreds of pairs of eyes beea
lay riveted on his lips. Those In
TIL aisles noiselessly pressed forws
I'M The defense attorney said: sc
the tlemen Of the jury, this case
!, of known as the case Of the People
lers South Dakota against Knute "
Of stad, et-al. The defense stands
nit the proposition that the case
hat ing tried in this court is the C
, to of the Northwestern Mutual
t a Insurance Company against
people of South Dakota. The
suranee Companies have alres
.zl,o gained control of more than so