Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-02-20

Nr. MCDeVltC ana MT. johns. UeSc
are the only ones of these defendants
hat can positively identify as being
present. was no. in Broadford the
night following.
Recess until I. o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
Thos. Nenard sworn: Is foreman
of the Minnie Moore mine. Knows a
man named l.. N. Hinton, who worked
in the Minnie Moore mine one shift.
Ran a car on top for perhaps week
or ten days. He worked underground
some day last week. Hinton did not
return the next day. The second day
after he returned. Witness said
"Halloa! you back again." He says,
"Yes."
Questionable or did not Mr.. Hin
ton at that time decline to go to work
underground?
[Objected to. Sustained.
Odd you or did you not tell
Mr.. Hinton there was no work for
him except underground:
[Objected to. Sustained.
No cross examination.
Mrs. Bridget Murphy sworn: Lives
in Broadford; keeping hssh-house
laughter in Bullion and Broadford.
Her principal customers are miners.
Her acquaintance with the miners Of
Bullion and Broadford is very extern
slve; knows all the defendants but
two Wrightson and Campbell. Was
in her house at Bradford the night
the bows came down from Bullion to
work on contract on the Queen; there
were four. While they were there
some parties came into the dining:
room-four; they were Charley
O'Brien, Barney McDevitt and Johnny
O'Connor. l don't know the other
mans name. They sat down on chairs
and talked to the folks--the four men
that came down to take the contracts.
was reading paper, and didn't
mind what was said. Recollccts the
four aforementioned going out and
leaving the contractors there. Perhaps
20 minutes Or half an hour after ward
they came back; l couldn't say how
many; cleared out soon as the door
was opened, and into the kitchen
When | came back they were all GU,
of the dining-room. did that fol
nothing; just to leave the room
Heard some parties come into the
dininy-room as she left it. She die
not leave the dining-room in antici
patton of trouble between the men
She may have heard some talk going
on outside, but she didn't see anyone
as the window curtains were down
, They brought their blankets wit
, them when they came.
r Q.--Diu YOU hear afterward tina
they had been run out of town:
, [Objected to. Sustained.
t Witness Had no conve:satio
. with either Of these defendants after
ward; did not see either of them tina
night. Her memory is very clea
e upon that point. Chas. O'Brien neve
u told me to send the boys blankets
Bulion-yes, guess Charley O'Brie
). did tell Mr. Murphy to send the blank
: cts. While these men were in I'll
It house, Mr.. Murphy was all over. a
5 the first start he was in the dining
a room. Does not know where the COZ
;, tractors went that night; MIR. O'Brie
e did not state to her where they ha
d gone. The contractors didn't con
d back any more that night. New
h talked with any of the defendan
l. about the occurrences of that night
!. ''not to the best of my belief" n
r, sir. Those 10 boys boarded with II
IS then. When the strike came, the
N went baching. The contractors d
$ not make any arrangements to boa
to with her while working on the co
,e tract. Never inquired of any o.
at where those boys went to witho
to their blankets; ] guess ! didn't ne
at to. BY this last remark she did,
RS mean anything. She knew nothln
,e it didn't concern her. She has to
no tend to her own business without loo
nv ing after the men.
n. Q.--Do YOU think Mr.. Murp
oh knows:
he A.-You ask him.
so No cross examination.
Michael Connolly sworn : Is
in miner; lives in Broadford. Prior
he February 4 worked i'll the Min
,er Moore, but did not go to the mine t
Ic. dav. Did not attend Miners I'm
his meeting that day. MIR. Loucks, I
to self and others had Il contract on
md Minnie Moore-running drift. /
to no extent of ground. Mr.. Pair
of said he'd have to drive 1870 feet, ;
,ws further if we had ore. Is not me
ey. Der of the Miners Union. Has
mt done anv work on the contract 81
Mr.. the Sd of February, because die
wd want to. | did not want to go to W
on. until this trouble between the mi
ON owners and the miners was settle
ted that's all. l shouldn't work under
nen day, no how. l was under inst
ter. tons from nobody. Had not been
on formal before he quit work that it