I.W.W. TRIAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2900, 12 October 1916, Page 5

I.W.W. TRIAL

THE' SYDNEY SENSATION EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE ByTelcjrrapn-Press Association*-OapjriEkt' / (Roc. October 11, 9.35 io.m.) Sydney, Octoberll. 'At the hearing of the- treason charges, lengthy police evidbnee was given regarding the advocacy of sabotage and other',_ extreme measures, the seizure of fhdir rooms, treasonable literature, coti on-waste, and chemicals similar to_ that found in connection with the, various iiree, and the purchase of phosphorus dtnd ether chemicals. Olio of the aoctfsiad lodged with a German, who had sSnce disappeared, the boarders including another German and 'other foreigners.. When Besant was arrested hei asked if it was over the cotton-waste.. . On receiving a reply in the affirms Hive, he said: "Yon will find a lot moife More you are done." The seized documents " inciuded a letter from Raymond Kenned;!;, one of the men who have been comirlitted for trial in connection with the nilurder of Constable Duncan, referring ton I.W.W! matters, and concluding: "I ain doing; all that is possible for Barkiw's release." Extracts were read ilrom: ac-* cused's letters and,spejeches advocating I.W:W. methods, and'conveying veiled threats unless Barker were released and conscription' dropped. "; ;]'■' '."'■