◆ SpookStack

. .. . * , 'c O . I O O l8 4 - . . ? . I I . = _ - .. - c Also duriag the tiilrd day of t i c trial, *~liich R ~ W t h t arrest of .dsl'e!rco lowem T L p nnd Lefcourt and the tssuance of 8n order tho-t ther lcnder Bobby Seclc was sternly rcpflmndd h-cm t h c bcnch Mien he ammmccd In court thnt lf he vere denied the constitutions1 ri@i of le@ defense of hia cliolcc, he c.-uld "onla* tee Judm nofibam ns a blatant rncist". Sale ha0 ipoisteU that the trial %e postrwted a t 5 1 such ttwx PS west mt attorney Cliarlea R. Carry, who oftca 1wmsen;ts the Black -them, recuperates from a gcll bladder opera- tion and ia'ablc t o represent hiar; but the Suprextc Court, 88 well a8 Jude Sbffhan, hac denled contintoancc of the case -because of Gerry's incapacity. Over tkc wekend of the wth-ath, a -cup of lawyers froa . throughout the count- mthercil in Chicago t o protest the arrest of khc four defGnsc lmr'ycrcr and on I.londay, the Bth, f i f t y appeared at the coitrthwe t o present their protest. Inter in the day, after holding :: press cmfcrcuce, this m p , whose cwkcmn is victor lcctcd n ccmittec t o drw up impeachment che-rgcn tigatnst Jurle Iioff- mm. m.c group, which ell be called "The Ad sroc Committee or L r r s t o Stop the Trial of the conccpimc7 8", hopes to attrnct at leaat fl-re hundred attorneys to Chicago on 7 October to.Frotcst "the Foli- tical-legal rcpresslon whlch is occrrrricg i n thio trial". t.neouely, the Sin Frsnciaco Branch o f the. HLC WAS dcmnstrsting, arid dcnwdlng Jdc? Ilsffhsn's impeacbcnt, rnd -.nnounced that it is . sps:i;oring o mnS31YC dmomtration at S m R ~ n c l s c o on 13 October t o protest the trials.) Mithin t h e cmuthouse, on this fcurth day of t@ trial, defense Rttorneg Kunetler subnLtted a motion in the U. S. District Court that Judse lIofflnan should either declare a mistrial or dlsqualffy hizmelf .because of his treataent of the dcfwnse lawyers; and U. S. Attonreys claimed that the defendants an3 their lawyers were attemptin3 t o trJ ttie case in the newspapers rathcr than i n the courtroom. Ttic mation for a mistrial, w h i c h m a denied by Judge IIcHbm, wnt rcported3.y bast? 011 a neueppr story thot Judge Hofffnrrn while in an C l c m t O r on his vayto the burtrocnn after a noon break, eeid in thp presezcc of %tzliin~ton Iro~t c o l d s t Nicholas von 1Iofhtaz: t o - t l f i m n & Wcinglcros." (rcCom=d I. Vcingiass, a defense aLtorney scheduled to deliver an opening statement i n tire esse t h a t arternocn). It was rcportcd thnt von IIoffh#Jn WRS subpoerrurl by the c1cfen:;c but that J u I s IIoffWm s-htCJ ha dld not wish to hctr him. Ik?nvhi3e, thc . J w l ~ removed contempt OF court charges ngsinst the four dcfcnse lauycro &I pelnLtted them t o withdraw from the case. KCInedy End R O W S be b w e t ta W C W O mtfOrni8, Bl%& Pan- R%.,biF.m-itZ of ECW Xmk, PreSidcnt of the Iltttio,ld L ~ v ~ c ~ s C~lld, SC- (Simul- "iiw we ore Going e... 'cr. 0 *. - . - '. - . _ ..e , . i. f ' _.. 4 . . S -. . .. . - - - . - .. . L.