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 did not join the strike, but saw Cole, Jones, and Bean "walking the picket line". The day Williams killed Campbell, Cole came up after the fight. Brown heard Jones call to Williams. Brown testified that "Louis [Jones] gave a signal and said, 'all right, boys'. Then they flocked around like blackbirds from all directions and Campbell struck Williams with a stick. Roy Cole [one of the defendants] told me to go ahead, as they were not after me".

Charlie Owens testified that Bean told him the morning of December 26th not to cross the picket line, adding, "If anything happens, it will just happen". Owens was a Company employe who did not strike.

Brown testified that after the fight started, Cole came up "with a club". Willie Johnson saw Cole and Bean where the fight occurred, after Campbell had been cut; but neither participated in the engagement. He didn't see Jones there. A man named Robert Brooks, however, "grabbed" Johnson.

Elvy Williams testified that Otha Williams and Willie Brown "started out" with others, went back and unloaded a truck, then joined a group. Looking across the street he saw Bean, Bishop, Jackson, Brooks and Campbell. An unknown person threatened Otha Williams. He did not see any of the defendants strike Otha Williams, or use violence. His attention was first attracted when Willie Johnson yelled that some one had bit him. "This man" (he didn't know who) came with a club.

Otha Williams, after he and Willie Brown had unloaded the seed, crossed the railroad. They were going west. Across the street Williams saw some of the men who were on strike, including Jones, Jackson, Bean, and Cole. Jones called, saying be wanted to talk. Williams replied that he was in a hurry. Jones insisted on seeing him at that time, but Williams walked across the track and was near a store when Campbell struck him in the back of the head, using a stick. It was then that Williams drew his knife, opened it with his teeth, and began cutting. On cross-examination he was asked: