The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-04
DEFENDANT ON STAND MORE
 THAN Z HOURS
Datoff Danielsen Affair Again Centers Alleged
 Riot of June "A
LONCSHOREMEN RALLY TO AID OF DEFENSE
George Cox, McPhail Tes- tify for Marion Warner
 and Tiny Farlin

Testimony of Roman Ellers, who says his true name is Greenberg, and one of the defendants on trial in Federal Court for alleged riot on June "A during the mine trouble, became the point of attack by the prosecution this afternoon. Ellers was on the stand more than two hours, most of that time on cross examination with Assistant Dis trict Attorney George w. Folta questioning him closely after every phase of the testimony he had given at both the preliminary hear ing and the present trial.
 At the preliminary hearing Ellers acted as his own attorney and his testimony and questions at that time became an important part of the examination today. The de- fendant denied today some of the things he is alleged to have tes- tified to at the earlier hearing.
 No Trouble, He Says
 Ellers said he had nothing to do with the trouble in front of the union hall the morning of June A when men were marching down Front Street to register at the mine. He was there, he testified, but did nothing, saw no one of the defendants do anything, and saw no violence. Later, near the saw mill, the defendant claims he saw Ted Danielsen strike Harry Datoff a defendant, and Datoff take the club and strike Danielsen in re- taliation. On direct examination Ellers said Danielsen struck over another mans shoulder at Datoff but on cross examination he testi- fled there was no one between the two men. He declared there was a policeman right there and the whole incident took only a second or so. It is the Governments contention that Datoff ran up be- hind Danielsen and hit him from behind, necessitating treatment at the hospital. Ellers admitted that Danielsen was bleeding after the encounter, but insisted Danielsen had the club first.
 Just Curious
 Ellers, like several of the other defendants, said it was just curios- ity that caused him to be present at the scene at all that day. He just wanted to find out what was going on, he explained. Asked by Folta when this curiosity had ceased and he had learned what the trouble was, the defendant said shortly after noon when he left the A. J. office after seeing the men registering. Not until then, he said, did he know what it was all about. Also like the other de- fendants who have been on the stand, Ellers referred to all spec ial officers as "club men,"
 At the A. J. office, Ellers told of seeing Sam Elstad being beaten by "club men," at least two or three of them, he claimed Finally, he saw a man fall, and he leaned over to see between another mans legs and learned it was Elstad who had fallen down after being "clubbed" by the "club men,"
 MORNING SESSION
 Longshoremen rallied to the de- fense of Marion Warner and c. w. Tiny" Farlin, two of the defend- ants in the riot case now being heard in Federal district court, this morn ing.
 George Cox, Port Delegate for the International Longshoremen's As sociation here, admitted on the wit ness stand that he was interested in seeing not only that the miners union won it's strike but that the de- fendants were acquitted wh h e T they were guilty or innocent.
 Cox told of seeing both Warner and Farlin on the morning of the alleged riot near the union hall on