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Show (JOHN R. LAWSON IS j DENIED NEW TRIAL J Colorado Labor Leader Who Killed Deputy Sheriff During Ludlow Troubles Is I Again Behind the Bars. C TIllNIDAf). Colo.. July 11 Denied C a new trial by Judge (Iran by lllllycr g In the Third Dlntrlct court In which C on May 3d ho waa found anility of the f, murder In the flrat drirree of John J Nlnuno, n deputy aherlff. during a 5 Imttln near t.udlow. on October It. i 1113, John It Ijimhom, Intrrnatlonal J Itoard member of tin- United Mine t Worker of America, moxt prominent ?of union offlclala In tho conduct of the m Colorado conl atrlke, tonight occupied a a cell In the county Jail. Uwmn xta etcorted In the Jail by the aherlff and J n nerompanled by n number of tin-m tin-m Ion offlrlnln J 'Thlii for me la Jut tho beginning." aild Is, mnn aa he entered the jail. "1 maintain! hao broken no law and j rommltled no crime unleaa It be that I am a coal miner, honored by my fel-' fel-' low workcra with their yeara of con-I con-I fldent faith that my devotion will . rtand even thla, the acid teat for the maintenance of their principles My ; experience may help to awaken othera . to the living nrnnga In our world ; calling na definitely today aa In time I pant for a remedy." J Ilctlcwa I jich Conlciitlon. In denying the motion for a new ; trial Judge lllllycr reviewed each aep. . arato contention for the applicant and atated at the cnnclualon of hta ruling ; that In hla Judgment the defendant . had been given a fair and Impartial trial by a Jury of twelve men nnd that ; It waa an unpleasant duty under the , law to deny tho motion. Iiwaon waa aentenced to apond tho remainder of ; hla life at hard labor In the atata pen-. pen-. Itentlary. Whan akcd by the court If he had I any atalement to make before Judg . ment waa pronounced, I.awaon roue ; and read a lengthy atatemelit. In which he maintained hla Innocence, and , cnargctl that lie had been made the tlctlm of n corporation controlled pritoccutlon. During the reading of thla atatcment Idiwaou waa tlalbly affected af-fected and faltered more than once, "11 la plain," aald tawaon to the court, "that nothing I can aay or do will change your fixed determination to atari me down the dark path to Imprlaonment for life." Continuing he aald Attacka llu Trial Judge-. "In the name of the courta of my country, which I reaped, I proteat agalnit your right In paaa any Judg. ment upon me. It la undented In thla caae that you were appointed to Oie bench thla aprlng for the trial of my-aclf my-aclf and aMioclatea. Krrali from the employment of the coal operator of Colorado, Including the llockefellera, who have engineered theae proaecu-tlnua, proaecu-tlnua, youraeir a coal company attorney, attor-ney, you were no prejudiced agalnat me that my caae In thla court wai a traventy on Juatlce. Today the au-prenio au-prenio court of Colorado In Dnver la reviewing our conduct." Utwaon oharged that he had been made the victim of a hand picked Jury. Com hiding, I.nwaon looked up from the typewritten page and with lip that trembled, aald' Iron Hum und IVImiii WalU. "Kolrmnly fating Iron bum and prluon walla. I aaaert my lovti fur Jua- tlce nnd my faith In Ita ultimate triumph, tri-umph, not a Justice ot theory, but of a reality extending to men. women and children whoae proper equality or opportunity It embracea." I. W. Clark, attorney rcpreaentlng Itwaon. naked for and waa granted alxty daa to file a bill of exceptions and thirty daya atay of execution. Counael alao nuked that pending action on the nppenl by the auprcme court that the comlcted man be allowed to go on bond. Thla the court refund! nnd the labor leader waa taken by the aherlff In the county Jail. Seek Writ to liar Judge. DI'NVHIt. July 1J. The atate au-premo au-premo court today took under adtlae-ment adtlae-ment tho application of Horace N Ilawklna nnd A. M. llclcher, ntlnrneya for the United Mine Workcra or America, Am-erica, for a writ burring Judge (Iran-by (Iran-by lllltyrr or tho Third Judicial district dis-trict court rrom presiding at the trial or three former coal mine strlkera at Walaenburg. Tho application waa opposed by Attorney At-torney Oenernl Karrar and Aaslstant Attorney Oenernl Norton Montgomery The application charged that Judge Ulllyer la prejudiced and cannot give a fair and Impartial trial, aiwertlng that before his appointment the Judge wua In tho employ or the coal operators. |