for his further employment as an
"informer."

Well may the question be asked--What was Reese doing just as the Verona
docked in Everett on November 5th? Was Reese merely a "stool pigeon" or
was he an "agent provocateur?"

Aiding Reese in the selective process was Charles Smith, the other
Pinkerton operative who had been on the boat. One of the men first
picked out was I. P. McDowell, alias Charles Adams, and this individual
was weak enough to fall for the promise of immunity offered by agents of
the lumber trust if he would point out the "leaders" and then take the
stand to swear that the men on the boat were armed and the first shot
came from one of them. McDowell pointed out some of the men, but lacking
the nerve to carry out the last part of the program he was held with the
rest for trial. The seventy-four men thus picked were formally charged
with murder in the first degree. The first charge carried the names of
C. O. Curtis as well as that of Jefferson Beard, but later the name of
Curtis was dropped from the information. The men so charged were:

Charles Auspos, alias Austin, age 38, teamster, born in Wisconsin.

James D. Bates, age 29, steam fitter, born in Illinois.

E. M. Beck, age 45, laborer, born in New York.

Charles Berg, age 22, laborer, born in Germany.

J. H. Beyer, age 56, painter, born in Michigan.

J. F. Billings, age 35, cook, born in Nebraska.

Charles Black, age 23, laborer, born in Pennsylvania.

J. J. Black, age 27, longshoreman, born in Massachusetts.

John W. Bowdoin, age 35, laborer, born in Sweden.

Frank Boyd, age 43, laborer, born in Illinois.

Pete Breed, age 26, laborer, born in Holland.

W. H. Brown, age 40, laborer, born in Maryland.

H. T. Cheetman, age 25, carpenter, born in Florida.

Fred Crysler, age 26, laborer, born in Canada.

Charles H. Cody, age 46, painter, born in Montana.

William Coffin, age 34, motorman, born in California.

Clarence Cyphert, age 35, logger, born in Washington.

Roy Davis, age 47, laborer, born in California.

William Davis, age 35, cook, born in Maryland.

Axel Downey, age 17, laborer, born in Iowa.

John Downs, age 28, sailor, born in Colorado.

Adolph Ersson, age 26, laborer and sailor, born in Sweden.

Harry Feinberg, age 25, cleaner and dyer, born in Illinois.

Charles Hawkins, age 28, laborer, born in Indiana.

Charles Haywood, age 46, miner, born in Minnesota.

E. F. Hollingsworth, age 29, fireman, born in North Car