◆ SpookStack

- During the ninth and tenth weeks of the trial (19 November- 2 December) the prosecution continued to present its witnesses against the "Chicago 7"; and on Friday, 5 December, in the eleventh week of the trial, the Government rested its case. Public interest in the trial, or at leart the interest of some segments of the public, har perhapr begun to wane. The New York Times, on 19 November, noted that the rpectator rection in the court- room, "which usually has been packed early, was only three-fourths full yesterday and the.press section contained only .representatives of the Chicago news media. Defense Attorney W i l l i a m M. Kunstler-continued during the week beginning on the 19th, "to attempt to chip awayt' at the testimony of undercover Chicago policeman Irvin Bock, 6ho infiltrated the leader- shig of Chicago and National antiwar groupi and attended the .sesrions . at which they planned the demonstrations which. took place dbring the Democratic National Convention. B$Ck testified during an almost week- long cross-examination that he talked with "Abbie Hoffman at- headquar- ters of the National Mobilization Committee to End the W a r in Vietnam (NMC) on 27 August 1968, and that Hoffman+sked if he s a w the police car "busted ugtin Lincoln Park the night .before-commenting that it was a wild scene and adding that more dcmonstr8t~ons were planned for that night (28 August) in the Park. He also testified about a speech he heard Bobby Sale give in Lincoln Park during Convention week. - Considerable irgument warn heard ?8 to whether or not certain files of the Chicago Police Department's undercover agency (its "Red Squad") should be turned over to the defense. Judge Hoifman origin- ally ruled that records of undercover investigations during the four and one-half monthr in 1968, covered in the indictment of the "Chicago 7" must be shown to defenra lawyers. However, the Judge's order which would have involved the turning over of all reports and names of under- cover agents involved, wad protested by the Chicago Police Department- it being argued that the surrender of this information "would emasculate the subversion unit of the intelligence divirion" by revealing the identi- ties of ite'agents.. Judge Hoffm8n finally modified hie original order and . / ... ----. - - - - _ _ _ - _ _ 7.- - ... .