Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-03-13 | Page 4 | Fate of I. W. W. in Hands of Jurors

FATE Of t W. W W. W IN HANDS AS Of JU O OI I Final inal FI Argument rg Featured Feature i b by Y Bi ter on Part 0 of 5 Attorneys s MONTESANO NO V Wash March 13 The Jury trying ten Industrial Workers Work Work- ers of the World charged with th the I murder of Warren O. O Grimm one o of four former soldiers slain during a an Armistice day parade at Centralia Wash Vash last November resumed to today today today to- to day the tho deliberation of oP Its verdict The Tho case was given to tho the jury shortly after 10 o'clock last night nigh I upon conclusion of arguments th the court having previously read hi hIs Instructions An hour after the case cas was given Into its hands the jury was locked up for tor the tho night Trial of the tho case consumed five weeks Its close was was' marked b by bitter arguments on the part ot of o counsel for both the state and th the defense Perjured testimony was mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- by one attorney for the state stat I while another characterized the slayIng slaying slay slay- Ing of ot Grimm as the most heinous murder ever committed in many any state Defense counsel pleaded for thos those who love liberty for those who love lov loveI justice free tree speech and and- an free assembly assembly assembly assem assem- I bly and urged the jurors to not b be Influenced by your cowardice Emphasis was laid by br counsel forthe fo for forthe the defense on the instructions of ot th the court to the effect that one has has' th the right to defend himself or r property from threatened violence while prosecution prosecution prose prose- c cution tion attorneys pointed out that th the I c court urt had also aso declared this right did not extend to the placing o of armed men In outside places for th the purpose of off shooting the persons rea realor real realor or apparent from whom force or violence vIolence vIo- vIo lence is is' expected The trial has drawn hundreds o of persons including sympathizers of th the defendants and former service men men mento to this little town taxing its Us facilities for tor lodging and feeding th them m to th the limit