The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06

| tereSted ln seeing the men Wln their strike but denied that he had gone around trying to get wit nesses in their behalf. On redirect examination he testified he had ;erved as a bondsman and had gone around trying to get people to sign bonds so the defendants could obtain their release from jail.
 pr. w. w. Council, Territorial Commissioner of Health, was call ed and testified he had treated Ivan Diboff for an injured toe while he was in jail and later amputated it. He also told of treat ing Harry Datoff for a cut and a bump on his head. Datoff says that he was struck twice on the head by Ted Danielsen and it was those wounds he went to pr. Coun- cil to have treated. One Govern ment witness testified to seeing Diboff running at the rate of about eight miles an hour on the day of the trouble. It is the defenses contention that Diboff was carry ing a cane on that day and was still suffering from his injured toe, an injury received while working in the mine.
 YESTERDAYS LATE SESSION
 Jack Reamer, one of the defend ants. followed Frank csPeanutsD Luyckfassil to the stand late yes terday afternoon, and testified that he was not member of the union at the time of the alleged riot, and also that he was not in front of the union hall at the time the fight started.
 Reamer declared he was having a glass of beer with friend shortly after the men started marching from the A. B. Hall and that later he walked down to the A. J. em- ployment office.
 There he said he saw two men scuffling, and tried to separate them when another, Guy Graham, kicked him. Reamer said that he did not hit anyone that day.
 Next to take the chair was Mat thew Sumara, defendant, who said that he had lived in Juneau for two years, and had never worked for the Alaska Juneau mine. Su- mara declared he was formerly employed by Warrack and Floss construction companies. and prev iously drove a Government truck in Ketchikan
 Sumara was not a union member, according to his testimony, but at tended many meetings. He said he never heard any reference to weap- ons at any of the union meetings, and added his denial to those of the "box story
 Sumara was among the last to leave the A. B. Hall, he said, and went down to the A. J. employment office. There, he testified, he saw Si Graner and Walter Butts fight, and saw four or five men club Sam Elstad.
 Sumara was standing by the fence when he saw three men club ones man who was trying to defend himself, he added. He tried to pull one of the attackers, Martin Jor- gensen, off, but did not hit him, merely grabbing him about the body and swinging him around. Sumara contradicted the statement of Jorgensen, who was the only witness to testify against him, and said that he, Sumara, neither struck anyone nor was struck himself. On cross examination, the defendant said that he went to the scene be- cause he didn't want to see the men go back to work.
 i Anderson on Stand l Abel Anderson, marine engineer and one of the defendants, was the last to take the stand yesterday Anderson said that he was never in front of the union hall on the day of the trouble, going to the A. J employment office by way of a back street. He contradicted the testi- mony of George Gombert and Bot