Mentur Peterson and Benny Lar
sen were defendants who took the
?‘and late yesterday afternoon. Pet
erson made a good and sometimes
humorous witness as he told in his,
own way some of the things'he claim
ed happened. The defendant said he
first went to the A. B. Hall that
morning, denying he caused any dis
turbance there, then went on down
to the union hall vicinity, arriving
there in time to see N. R. Correil, an
other defendant, pick up a tear gas
bomb and throw it aside. He said
there was no trouble of moment near
the union hall but that at the A. J.
office he had been struck on the
head; that he took the club from
the man who struck him and was
running to put the club through a
hole in the fence when two or three
men jumped on him. He denied he
had other clubs that day or that he
had shouted 'Scabs!” at any of
the men going to register.
Alleged Trouble Maker
The government contends that
Peterson was one of the alleged trou
ble makers near the A. J. office and
several witnesses testified to seeing
him there.
