DARROW

Mother Jones, the records show that, in your entire career, while on the United Mine Workers payroll, and the Knights of Labor before that, you’ve never paid a cent of tax to the government.

MOTHER JONES

I've lived in America for 70 years and this is the first time I've ever been asked to pay taxes. I've also met every president for the last 35 years and… they've never mentioned it. Any extra I make I give to the miners and their families.

She moves to another part of the stage.

DARROW

More importantly, there are dozens of counts of arson attacks and bombings that have resulted in, conceivably, hundreds of deaths. All chalked up to your provocation. You promised the heavens you wouldn’t lie. Can you deny these charges?

MOTHER JONES

Not all of them, but there are times when being