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Show TRIAL OF DEPUTIES - WILLJE8IIH TUT Six Men Accused of Killing Two Strikers in Michigan Copper District. HOUGHTON. Mich.. Feb. 1. Six deputy dep-uty sheriffs will bo placed on trial tomorrow to-morrow In the Houghton county circuit court charged with murder in the second dogrce. They arc accused of krlllng Adoiz Tijan und Steve Putrlch. strikers, at the Scobenille location, near Palnosdale, August Au-gust N. JurlRo Flannigan, trial judgo In the libel li-bel case at Marquette last spring, will preside. The dnfendants are Thomas Raleigh, James Cooper, Arthur Davis, employees of tho Wnddoll-Mahoon corporation; 'Harry. 'Har-ry. James and lidwin Polklnghorno, employee em-ployee of Houghton county. It Is :-ald that the defons will he self-defense. TIJan and Putrlch were the first men killed In the copper miners' strike, which began July 23. 1013. Special Prosecutor Nichols asserted today to-day that the trial will take at least tiroe woekn. |