The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-25
s's7 e.er.mputO Workers
I We're All Found Guilty
rxFRTED BY EXPLOITERS
,osT PRESoOiN[EE pE All OWED FREEDOM TO
n S J v VIM tT3S ~ AND LODGES DURING TRIAL

tiers to Quash Reds. f
Guns Bristle, City Is Ready to 3
Halt Riots
What "reds,o what "riots?" None
at all. The Associated invented the ,
whole danger" in order to rein
force it's catch-phrase: /
The community wants a cOnvic-
ton.
Every night the jurors went
home, to socials, to lodge meetings.
Friends. lodge brothers, bosses,
mariners. spiritual odvisers, wives,
ali discussed the trial. Who believ-
es that the jurors never heard an
oninion about the defendants
Who thinks they never read a pa
per? Maybe the prosecutor did not
threaten or bride single juror di-
rectly. WHY bother? Day after day
NIGHT otter night, the Jurors all |
heard from those in authority, !
those closest to them, those con-
trolling their means of livelihood, !
the war-crv of the Associated Far !
mers:
The community wants a cOnVlc-
ton.
THE VERDICT
From July until January the de-
PENDANTS sat in jail; from January
until the end of May the case was
in court. Three defendants were
dismissed, and four counts drop
ned as against all defendants. The
prosecutor pretended that this
showed his fairness" actually it
was forced upon him by the lack
even of perjured evidence. At last
the fate of the IA remaining de-
= PENDANTS went to the jury. Few
people could hope for acquittals
| after the manner in which the trial
, had been conducted. Indeed, as the
= Jurors filed out one of them pre-
- dicted that they would reach a YER
t dict of guilty in an hour.
The surprising fact is that, for
= 66 tense hours, the jury reached no
e. agreement. As each moment went
e by, the defendants gained hope and
Y the prosecutor became visibly de-
0 pressed.
l. The Associated's representatives
S were panic striker. They launched
a rumor that the "reds" were plar
q ming to raid the court and, in case
Y of a conviction, to attack the jur
o ors. Moreover, the Associated''
: agents spread the threat that, il
case of an acquittal, "the cOmmun
itv" would take the law into it.
y own hands. Half a dozen tougl
~ looking specimens appeared IL
court, to whom an Associated MAJ
pointed out the defendants, thei
t lawyers and friends. Defendan
Warwick discovered Cavalier thug
s. drilled in lot; when he took dow
n. their automobile license number
TT they attacked him. A promineT
It, Sacramentan advised one defens
to attorney "to skip quick if there
s. an acquittal!"
e. For two years the exploited Va
m lev workers fought their master
IN For ten months the Associated ca
X ried on its counter-attack thToug
ny this trial. Now the struggles he'
sc was transferred to the jury-1ooI
as where twelve god men and tru'
n were split into opposing GROUP
I'D Those who wanted to convict Vol
tt ed again the slogan of the Assoc
Use ated:
mt The community wants a convi
ac- ton.
at Howard o. Mcintyre, who
aid those favoring acquittal, is a fal
led ily man and church-gOer, Sac1
ian mento's leading Mason, for sew
the years a National Guardsman, a
the for 27 years an employee OF
pa Adiutant Generals office. He la
ced stated that he "knew nothing abe
the Communism and did not like,
-sh. but tried to keep an open mind
ar to the defendants guilt under
10 law" Despite all that happened,
old remained unconvinced of tn
and guilt, and won the support Of M
low Keith, the mother Of the poll
rod man; Mr.. Martel, a salesman
a large corporation, and Mr.. Sh
-ecy non, wealthy and Sacramen
best-dressed citizen.
Ow- When Juror Jackson swung
the minority on enc ballot, anot
old. Juror warned him that he mi
Bar lose his Southern Pacific Railr
pension. Jackson swung back
w. the majority. RumOrs about
pending violence reached the
ach- ors, who also saw armed pc
donineering the courtroom at
i'm. Judges orders. Juror Perry ca
we're Mrs. Keith "red," and wal
citi- her that her policeman son m
be fred. Mr.. Mcintyre was rem
b. ed that he owes money to a D
Raps which is part of "the commur
desiring a conviction. Fore
mum Rackliffe declared that the ]
before the jury was patrlotlsl
? An gainst Bolshevism!
Mr.. Mcintyre is klnd-hea
Fed wishing nobody harm. He knew
defendants to be innocent. But
We to and over he had been told
''the community wants a co
5 in ton" After sc hours, when 1
gan to seem that a mistr1al
SEN result, Mr.. Mcintyre sobblngly
navor rendered. and the opposition
RS of to pieces. A compromise, Il
chard according to the law and the !
mt of e's instructions, was arranged
secre- count was to be thrown out
merce gether; on count 6, six defen
Amer would be ACQUITTED and eight
Bank. victed, two of the latter. witt
and ommendation for probation.
passed Among the acquitted are
.lusion against whom the "evidence"
!: same as against some who
cOnvic- convicted.
An ordinary horse-traoe
ssocia- human beings as the objects.
Elks, The conspiracy organized
mivor- Associated Farmers was a 81
"reds." The jurors had been made :
priests that to acquit these IN
pulpit; young people would be to e
Rotary Communism. AS the San Fra
radi- News said, this was the q
factor behind the verdict"
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