The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-07-05
FIVE UNIDENTIFIED AS INvOL WE'D IN STREET TROUBLE.
Agoff, Farlin, Warner, Dar- off and Cranes Named
 by Witnesses
HEARING OF MEN
 GETS UNDER WAY
Special Officers and Others Tell Version of What
 Happened June 25

Police Officers George Gilbertson Kenneth Junge and Assistant Chic Markle took the witness stand this afternoon at the preliminary hear ing of 28 men held on charges ol rioting June 25 in connection with the first attempted mine opening and identified most of the men as those they had seen taking part in the disturbance on lower Front Street that morning.
 The police officers said none of the men had clubs and the only ones they had seen the miners have were clubs they had picked up or taken from special police officers Asked for the clubs, the miners turned them over, the of- ficers testified.
 GilbertSon said iie arrested Simon Graner and Lee Johnson and help ed in the arrest of Harry Datoff He pointed out several of the others in the court room as participants.
 Junge named Ed Rennie, Cliff Matthews and Mentor Peterson.
 Markle said Datoff, Graner, Mat thews, Frank Agoff, Alex Kupofl and Bill Taroff as men under ar. rest who he had seen taking part in the disturbance.
 Five of the 28 men arresteu as g result of the labor disturbance oi June 25 were identified by wit nesses at the preliminary hearing this morning before U. s. Com missioner J.. F. Mullen as partici- pants in the alleged rioting. The five named were Frank Agoff, c w. Farlin, Marion Warner, Alex Daroff and Simon Graner.
 sE E. Robertson, special of- ficer, said he arrested Daroff dur ing the clash and U. s. Marshal William T. Mahoney and Deputy Marshal Walter Hellan identified Agoff, Farlin and Warner. Graner was named by Lloyd H. "Kinky'' Bayers.
 Attorneys Clash
 ;, The Identification came after a sharp clash between Defense Coun- sel George drigsby and District At torney William A. Holzheimer and His assistant, George w. Folta, which continued to bob up during the hearing and which was the cause of some strong and loud words between the attorneys in the hall after recess was taken at noon.
 The, breach came when Robertson pointed to Daroff as the man he arrested. Folta asked the defend- ant his name and Grigsby immed- lately objected on grounds it was not proper procedure and the de- fendant did not have to answer The prosecution contended it would be brought out anyway who the men were and it was only wasting time to trifie over such matters qrigsby persisted with some pointed remarks aimed at the District Alt tufney's office which brought Dis ttict Attorney Holxheimer to his feet with the statement that he was not going to stand for being insulted by counsel.
 Court Steps In
 Judge Mullen ended the argu- ment when he said he was inter- ested in knowing himself who the man was and asked Deputy Mar stal John Mccormick, who was in the court room. If he knew the defendant Mccormick said he did and gave his name as Alex Daroff
 A similar situation came up again in the Identification of Farlin and Warner and 1t was necessary to call Deputy Marshal Walter Hellan to make the identification.
 Robertson said in his examina- tion that he saw a dozen men jump on Special Officer Jones and that he pulled Daroff from Jones and placed him under arrest. The Special Officer, in describing what occurred as he saw it, said the Union miners formed line across lower Front Street near the union hall and resisted the advance of the men marching down to the A. J. mine to register. He declared that the union men had been ord- cred to disperse but that they did not do so but began pushing the men who were, headed for the mine
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