Well may the question be asked--What was Reese doing just as the Verona docked in Everett on November 5th? Was Reese merely a "stool pigeon" or was he an "agent provocateur?" Aiding Reese in the selective process was Charles Smith, the other Pinkerton operative who had been on the boat. One of the men first picked out was I. P. McDowell, alias Charles Adams, and this individual was weak enough to fall for the promise of immunity offered by agents of the lumber trust if he would point out the "leaders" and then take the stand to swear that the men on the boat were armed and the first shot came from one of them. McDowell pointed out some of the men, but lacking the nerve to carry out the last part of the program he was held with the rest for trial. The seventy-four men thus picked were formally charged with murder in the first degree. The first charge carried the names of C. O. Curtis as well as that of Jefferson Beard, but later the name of Curtis was dropped from the information. The men so charged were: Charles Auspos, alias Austin, age 38, teamster, born in Wisconsin. James D. Bates, age 29, steam fitter, born in Illinois. E. M. Beck, age 45, laborer, born in New York. Charles Berg, age 22, laborer, born in Germany. J. H. Beyer, age 56, painter, born in Michigan. J. F. Billings, age 35, cook, born in Nebraska. Charles Black, age 23, laborer, born in Pennsylvania. J. J. Black, age 27, longshoreman, born in Massachusetts. John W. Bowdoin, age 35, laborer, born in Sweden. Frank Boyd, age 43, laborer, born in Illinois. Pete Breed, age 26, laborer, born in Holland. W. H. Brown, age 40, laborer, born in Maryland. H. T. Cheetman, age 25, carpenter, born in Florida. Fred Crysler, age 26, laborer, born in Canada. Charles H. Cody, age 46, painter, born in Montana. 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. Harry Feinberg, age 25, cleaner and dyer, born in Illinois. Charles Hawkins, age 28, laborer, born in Indiana. Charles Haywood, age 46, miner, born in Minnesota. E. F. Hollingsworth, age 29, fireman, born in North Carolina. J. E. Houlihan, age 36, miner, born in Ireland. Alfred Howard, age 28, coal packer, born in New York. Harvey Hubler, age 21, teamster, born in Illinois. Oscar Johnson, age 24, laborer, born in Sweden. Victor Johnson, age 37, laborer, born in Finland. J. A. Kelly, age 31, logger, born in Ohio. Theodore Lauer, age 29, laborer, born in New York. William Lawson, age 32, laborer, born in Washington. Jack Leonard, age 27, laborer, born in Kentucky. Pat Lyons, age 48, laborer, born in England. Jim Mack, age 31, laborer, born in Ireland.