sume the same attitude he was in at the time he
saw Tracy. Upon doing this it was apparent that the edge of the window
sill would have cut off all view of Tracy's face from the sheriff, so
McRae endeavored to alter his testimony to make it appear that Tracy's
face was a foot or more inside the cabin window. This was the first
identification of Tracy or other men on the boat that was attempted by
the prosecution.

The sheriff stated that there were only twenty or twenty-five armed men
on the Verona, and he admitted, before he left the stand, that he had
told Attorney Vanderveer it was a pity that the spring line on the
Verona did not break when the boat tilted so as to drown all the I. W.
W.'s in the Bay.

Charles Auspos, alias Charles Austin, followed McRae as the state's
witness second in importance only to the ex-sheriff. The testimony of
these two was relied upon for a conviction.

Just why Auspos joined the I. W. W. will never be known, but his claim
was that he could not work in the Dakota harvest fields or ride on the
freight trains without an I. W. W. card. He was asked:

"When you did line up, you were then willingly a member, were you?"

"Yes sir."

"And you did not go to Yakima and come back to Seattle to fight for free
speech because you were compelled to do so?" asked Moore.

"No," replied Auspos, "there was no compulsion."

[Illustration: Arrival of the VERONA at SEATTLE]

Auspos stated that he was willing to take a chance in the fight for free
speech and that the worst he expected was something similar to the
happenings at Beverly Park. That he was not so willing in his testimony
was shown by the uneasy actions of the prosecution lawyers, who moved
from place to place around the court room during the examination of
this witness, with the view of having him look one of them in the eyes
at all times during his recital. At one time Black nearly climbed into
the jury box, while Cooley fidgeted in his chair placed directly in the
middle of the aisle, and Veitch stood back of the court clerk on the
opposite side of the court room, trying to engage the attention of the
hesitating witness.

The testimony was to the effect that Auspos had reached Seattle on
Saturday, November 4th, and had slept in the I. W. W. hall that night.
Next morning at about eleven o'clock he returned from breakfast and was
again admitted with examination for a membership card. A meeting was in
progress in the gymnasium but was t