the angle of the boat, as to rifles on the dock, the shooting from the
tug "Edison" and from the Improvement Dock, in support of witnesses who
had previously testified.
Alfred Freeman, I. W. W. member who was on the Verona, testified about
the movements of those who made the trip to Everett and told of the
conditions on the boat. His testimony, and that of numerous other I. W.
W. witnesses, disproved the charges of conspiracy.
I. W. McDonald, barber, John Josephson, lumber piler, and T. M. Johnson,
hod carrier, all of Everett, stated that the shots from the boat did not
come until after there had been considerable firing from the dock. These
witnesses were among the thousands of citizens who overlooked the scene
from the hillside by the Great Northern depot.
[Illustration: VERONA AT EVERETT DOCK.
under same tide condition as at time of Massacre.]
On Wednesday, April 18th, the jury, accompanied by Judge Ronald, the
attorneys for both sides, the defendant, Thomas Tracy, and the court
stenographer, went in automobiles to Everett to inspect the various
places mentioned in the court proceedings. The party stopped on the way
to Everett to look over the scene of the Beverly Park outrages of
October 30th. No one spoke to the jury but Judge Ronald, who pointed out
the various features at the request of the attorneys in the background.
After visiting the corner of Hewitt and Wetmore Avenues, the party went
to the city dock. Both warehouses were carefully examined, the
bulletholes, tho badly whittled, being still in evidence. Bulletholes in
the floor, clock-case, and in the walls still showed quite plainly that
the firing from within the warehouse and waiting room had been wild.
Bullets imbedded in the Klatawa slip on the side toward the Bay also
gave evidence of blind firing on the part of the deputies. In the floor
of the dock, between the ship and the open space near the waiting room,
were several grooves made by bullets fired from the shore end of the
dock. These marks indicated that the bullets had taken a course directly
in line with the deputies who were in the front ranks as the Verona
landed.
The party boarded the Verona and subjected the boat to a searching
examination, discovering that the stairways, sides, and furnishings were
riddled with shot holes. The pilot house, in particular, was found to
have marks of revolver and high power rifle bullets, in addition to
being closely marked with small shot holes,
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