eer.

"In the presence of Mr. Cooley and Mr. Webb and Captain Tennant and
myself he was told that he could help the state and there would be no
punishment given him. He was taken to Everett with the impression that
he would be let out and taken care of."

Another ex-deputy, Fred Plymale, confirmed the statements of Fred Luke
in regard to McRae's use of a five passenger car at Beverly Park and
showed that it was impossible for the sheriff to have attended a dance
at the hour he had claimed. The efforts of the prosecution to shake the
testimony that had been given by Fred Luke was shown by this witness who
testified that he had been approached by Mr. Clifford Newton, as agent
for Mr. Cooley, and that at an arranged conversation McRae had tried to
have him state that the runabout had been used to go to the slugging
party.

Walter Mulholland, an 18 year old boy, and Henry Krieg, both of whom
were members of the I. W. W. and passengers on the Verona, then
testified in detail about the shattering gun fire and the wounding of
men on board the boat. Mulholland told of wounds received, one bullet
still being in his person at that time. Krieg, not being familiar with
military terms, stated that there were many shells on the deck of the
Verona after the trouble, and the prosecution thought they had scored
quite a point until re-direct examination brought out the fact that
Henry meant the lead bullets that had been fired from the dock.

E. Carl Pearson, Snohomish County Treasurer, rather unwillingly
corroborated the testimony of ex-deputies Luke and Plymale in regard to
the actions of McRae at Beverly Park.

The witness chair seemed almost to swallow the next nine witnesses who
were boys averaging about twelve years in age. These lads had picked up
shells on and beneath the dock to keep as mementos of the "Battle."
Handfuls of shells of various sizes and description, from revolver,
rifle and shotgun, intermingled with rifle clips and unfired
copper-jacketed rifle cartridges, were piled upon the clerk's desk as
exhibits by these youthful witnesses. After the various shells had been
classified by L. B. Knowlton, an expert in charge of ammunition sales
for the Whiton Hardware Company of Seattle for six years, the boys were
recalled to the stand to testify to the splintered condition of the
warehouses, their evidence proving that a large number of shots had been
fired from the interior of the warehouses directly thru the walls. Th