The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-11-29

which began on the same morning as the street disorder and declared he had arrived at the Federal Build ing at three minutes to 10 o'clock and had not left the building until neon when court recessed. He said Al Nygfen was with him, also sub- poenaeds as was W. A. Rasmussen, another trustee of thu -nion.
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 The witness testified the three men had been served with the sum- mons by Deputy Marshal John Me- Cormick around 9:30 while in the Union Hall and they were to report to the court at 10 o'clock. On cross examination Assistant District At torney George w. Folta produced what he said was the original sub poena, asked the witness to examine it and then demanded to know if the subpoena did not call for ap- pearance in the court room at 9:30 am. that date Crozier admitted the document Folta showed did.
 Cross Examination
 Folta questioned the witness close ly as to his movements on the day of the trouble and also the follow ing day but Crozler stuck to his original testimony and reiterated that he knew Nygren had been in l the Federal Building during the same hours Several Government witnesses had previously testified to seeing Nygren on Front Street while the march from the A. B. Hall to the A. J. office was in progress, which occurred between 10 o'clock and noon on June 24
 Crozier was asked on cross exam nation relative to meeting or gathering as the witness said it was at the Union Hall between noon and pm. on the day of the alleged riot. Folta asked if the names of some 50 men, among them Percy Reynolds, had been read at that meeting and orders given that these men should be waylaid and shown mo mercy" Crozier denied such a thing as that occurred.
 As Nygren was called to the stand after the morning recess, Fol ta challenged the witness, demand ing to know if he had talked to De- fense Attorney Irwin Goodman in the hall during the recess and if he had talked about the testimony of Crozicr. Nygren denied that he had and Goodman took emphatic excep- ton to what he termed implications by counsel The court ordered the case to continue and Nygren told of coming to Juneau in 1930 after attending the University of Wash ingtDn. He said he worked in the mine since March of 1881 and told of the organization of the Alaska Mine Workers Union in February of 1884 and his part in connection with Tit. He also described Heard and denied that Heard had ever addressed any union meeting rela- tive to guns and clubs and also denied he had made any such state ments.
 sns Addressed Men
 The witness said that he had him. selfaaddressed the men in the Union Hall and told them in substance that they were facing a serious situation and urged them not to re- sort to violence. Heard, Nygren said, did say that guns, clubs and tear gas would be used against them and asked how many were willing to face it. About half the hands in the hall were raised, the witness tes- tified
 Nygren admitted he went to the A. B. Hall on the way from the Union Hall to the Federal Building in answer to the court summons and that he tried to get to the floor to talk. but that the noise was so great he was unable to be heard. John Mclaughlin challenged him at the door of the A. B. Hall, he. said,