s an unlawful conspiracy, an unlawful
conspiracy in that it was designed for the purpose of effecting an
absolute revolution in society and in government, effecting it not by
the procedure of law thru the ballot, but for effecting it by direct
action. The I. W. W. meant to accomplish the change in society, not by
organization as the labor unions hope to get higher wages, not to get
into effect their theory of society by the ballot, as the Socialists
hope, but that they expressly state that the election of a Socialist
president will accomplish no good, and that sabotage should be employed
against government ownership as well as against private production, so
that directly they might put into effect their theories of government
and society."

The defense reserved the right to make their opening statement at the
close of the prosecution's case, thus leaving the state in the dark as
to the line of defense, and forcing them to open their case at once.

Lester L. Beard and Chester L. Beard, twin sons of the deceased deputy
sheriff, testified as to the condition of their father's clothing,
Attorney Vanderveer drawing from Lester Beard the admission that his
father was an employment agent in Seattle in 1914.

Following them, Drs. William O'Keef Cox, H. P. Howard, and William P.
West testified to having performed an autopsy on Beard and described the
course of the bullet upon entering the body. Dr. West was an armed guard
at the land end of the City Dock on November 5th, Dr. Cox was also on
the dock as a deputy, and Dr. Howard carried a membership in the
Commercial Club. They were the physicians present when the autopsy was
performed.

The next witness, Harry W. Shaw, a wood and coal dealer of Everett,
admitted having joined the citizen deputies because of a call issued by
the sheriff thru the Commercial Club. Shaw went to the dock on November
5th, carrying, as he claimed, a revolver with a broken firing pin which
he had hoped to have repaired on that Sunday on the way to the dock. He
was close to Beard when the latter fell and helped to carry him from the
open space on the dock into the warehouse. He afterward accompanied
Beard to the hospital in an automobile and returned to the dock with
Beard's unfired revolver in his possession. He swore that he had seen
McRae sober three times in succession! When asked by Attorney Moore he
gave an affirmative answer to this pertinent question:

"You knew that the matter of the enforce