s dispelled by the
testimony of Mrs. Ruby Ketchum, her husband Roy Ketchum, and her
brother-in-law Lew Ketchum, all three of whom heard the screams of the
victims and witnessed part of the slugging near their home at Beverly
Park. Some members of the investigation committee who viewed the scene
on the morning after the outrage gave their evidence as to the finding
of bits of clothing, soles of shoes, bloodstained hats and loose
hat-bands, and blotches of blood on the paved roadway and cattle guard.
These witnesses were three ministers of the gospel of different
denominations, Elbert E. Flint, Joseph P. Marlatt, and Oscar H. McGill.
The last named witness also told of having interviewed Herbert Mahler,
secretary of the I. W. W. in Seattle, following a conference with
Everett citizens, with the object of having a large public demonstration
in Everett to expose the Beverly Park affair and to prevent its
repetition. It was after this interview that the call went out for the
I. W. W. to hold a public meeting in Everett on Sunday, November 5th.
Mahler was recalled to the stand to verify McGill's statement in the
matter of the interview.

This testimony brought the case up to the events of November 5th and the
defense, having proven each illegal action of the sheriff, deputies and
mill owners, and disproven the accusations against the I. W. W.,
proceeded to open to the gaze of the public and force to the attention
of the jury the actual facts concerning the massacre on the Verona.

An important witness was Charles Miller, who viewed the tragedy from a
point about four hundred feet from the Verona while on the deck of his
fishing boat, the "Scout." He stated that the Verona tilted as soon as
the first shots came. Miller placed the model of the boat at the same
relative position it had occupied as the firing started on Bloody Sunday
and the prosecution could not tangle up this witness on this important
point. The "identification" witnesses of the prosecution were of
necessity liars if the stern of the Verona was at the angle set by
Miller.

C. M. Steele, owner of apartment houses and stores in Everett, stated
that he had been in a group who saw an automobile load of guns
transported to the dock prior to the docking of the Verona, this auto
being closely followed by a string of other machines. The witness tried
to get upon the dock but was prevented by deputies who had a rope
stretched clear across the entrance near the office