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while under these charges; that the Spokane Press bitterly attacked
Sullivan and was sued as a consequence, the Scripps-McRae paper being
represented by the law firm of Robertson, Miller and Rosenhaupt, of
which Judge Frank C. Robertson was the head; that the Chronicle and
Spokesman-Review joined in the attack upon the Chief; and that when
Sullivan was dying from a shot in the back the following conversation
occurred between himself and the dying man: "I said to him 'John, who do
you suppose did this?' He says, 'Judge F. C. Robertson and the Press are
responsible for this.' I said, 'John, you don't mean that, you can't
mean it?' He says, 'That is the way I feel.'"

Judge Ronald prevented the attorneys from going very deeply into the
Spokane affair, saying:

"I am not going to wash Spokane linen here; we have some of our own to
wash!"

C. R. Schweitzer, owner of a scab plumbing shop, aged 47, yet
grey-haired, brazenly admitted having emptied a shotgun into the unarmed
boys on the Verona. It was the missiles from the brand-new
shotgun--probably furnished by Dave Oswald--that riddled the pilot house
and wounded many of the men who fell to the deck when the Verona
tilted. Schweitzer fired from a safe position behind the Klatawa slip.
Why the prosecution used him as a witness is a mystery.

W. A. Taro, Everett Fire Chief, testified regarding the few incendiary
fires that had occurred in Everett during the year 1916, but failed to
connect them with the I. W. W. in any way. D. Daniels, Everett police
officer, testified to a phosphorous fire which did no damage and was in
no way connected with the I. W. W.

Mrs. Jennie B. Ames, the only woman witness called by the prosecution,
testified that Mrs. Frennette was on the inclined walk at the Great
Northern Depot, at a point overlooking the dock, and was armed with a
revolver at the time the Verona trouble was on. Police officer J. E.
Moline also swore to the same thing, but was badly tangled when
confronted with his own evidence given at the preliminary hearing of
Mrs. Frennette on December 6th, 1916.

Never was there a cad but who wished himself proclaimed as a gentleman;
never a bedraggled and maudlin harlot but who wanted the world to know
that she was a perfect lady. The last witness to be called by the
prosecution was John Hogan--"Honest" John Hogan if prosecutor Lloyd
Black was to be credited.

"Honest" John Hogan was a young red-headed regular deputy sheriff, who