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Updated: May 9, 2025

Cyphert told McRae to put him back with the rest for he wanted the same treatment as the others and would like to be with them in order to resist the assault. In the face of this determination, which was typical of all the prisoners, the contemplated beating was never administered.

Walker C. Smith - The Everett massacre: A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry

William Coffin, age 34, motorman, born in California. Clarence Cyphert, age 35, logger, born in Washington. Roy Davis, age 47, laborer, born in California. William Davis, age 35, cook, born in Maryland. Axel Downey, age 17, laborer, born in Iowa. John Downs, age 28, sailor, born in Colorado. Adolph Ersson, age 26, laborer and sailor, born in Sweden.

Walker C. Smith - The Everett massacre: A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry

All these attempts to break the solidarity of the prisoners failed of their purpose. On one occasion McRae called "Paddy" Cyphert, one of the prisoners whom he had known as a boy, from his cell and offered to place him in another part of the jail in order that he might escape injury in a "clubbing party" the deputies had planned.

Walker C. Smith - The Everett massacre: A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry