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 several technical proceedings, the tribunal passed to the cx- amination of the evidence. The witnesses were not called to the stand, their declarations to the Judge Instructor being read aloud. For the sake of clcarness we have here divided the evi- dence into four separate classcs: 1st. Scnor Diaz Guijarro, Chief of Police: he believes Ferrer to be an Anarchist-his conduct during the trou. bles was suspicious.45 Manuel Jimenez Moya: in his opinion the insurrcction was prepared by Solidaridad Obrera, of which Ferrer is one of the directors. Narciso Verdaguer: according to information he has no means of verifying, but which he believes is exact, the events are due to some Anarchists led by Ferrer, Alfredo Garcia: says that a newspaper man told him that it scemed to him from what he had heard that the events were due to Solidaridad Obrera, under the dircction of Ferrer. Juan Puig Ventura: believes that Ferrer moved the whole thing. Domingo Casas: formed the opinion that Ferrer was the directing element of the violences. Jose Alvarez: believes Ferrer is the real instigator and inspirer of the events. 2nd. Lorenzo Ardid, a radical from Barcelona, declared that on the 26th he was met by Ferrer in the "People's House" where he was taking coffee. "What do you think of the events of the day?" "It is all over," the witness answered, "It is only a Bort of pro- test which cannot go any further." "Do you think it Ferrer asked him: 44 It would have been easy for the Chlef of Pollce to bring actual facts -agafnst Ferrer, had the lat- ter really committed any act of vlolence, since, according to the pollce's admisslon, Ferrer was be ing constantly shadowed by plain- clothes men 'ever sluce he came back tó, Barcelona,