Show TOWNLEY TONLEY TALK ON RED FLAG QUOTED i BY WITNESSES I IOnly Only One Animal He Says Objects to Color and Hes He's Fenced By Associated Press I 27 James i. James JACKSON Minn Juno JUlio I Il l l E. E Gillesp a hanker banker from J Minn testifying toda today at nt the tho trial Itla of ot A A. P. P Townley Towne and Joseph Gilbert Nonpartisan n leaders lenders accused of seditious seditious sedi sedi- conspiracy declared that t TownIe Townley Town- Town Ie ley in a n political speech at Stillwater 1 on February February- 10 19 of this year rear defended l I Ithe the red rod flag lag and declared It was the tho emblem of oC tho the oppressed I Townley TownIe was in court when Gillespie Gilles Gilles- plo pie testified The meeting took tool place the night before a CL special election to choose a state senator from the Stillwater Still Still- wn water ter district I r do not remember a great groat real of Townley's s speech testified Mr lr Gillespie Gil- Gil GIlI I lespie For some gome time I enjoyed it I IThen Then he ho took a different turn Ho lIo said there was a bill hill in Minnesota 1 to I prohibit the use of the red rod flag and I he lie said he ho knew only on one animal that l I took exception to the flag lag lagand and that animal anima was In a a. fence He lIo j I said that the Russian administration I Iwas was being carried on successfully ucc and that that was their flag flab lag At this point a a. Russian Jew Jow Isadora Isa dory dora Lott a respected resident of ot Stillwater interrupted Lott said he ho took tool exception to the red flag statement statement state state- ment and declared that the tho American flag was good enough for fOl him TownIe Townley Town- Town state I Ie icy ley replied Gentlemen look at this man here hero I Is he ho a Russian Jew The Tho mayor maor Interrupted and said I 00 Yes ho is Js but he Is an American citizen He lie has two t boys in the tho j tt war ar Lott then asked Townley TO How How I I man many boys bos have o you in tho the war I Townley got off the platform and that ended the mooting meeting Gillespie was cross examined by Geor George Georgo o Hoke chief counsel for the defense He sought to show that Townley Towne referred to the red flag only in a humorous vein Gillespie admitted admitted admitted admit admit- ted that Townley did make malo humorous remarks s in this connection |