Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-06-30

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wsls fof the mob 10 collect there. march
10 the wheel pll and keep guard over
tuo men While they placed tue
D,aaa4its ~ Bis~ Up she " heel fit
and that IN attempting 10 make hls es-
cape he was shot. Daring the exAlli-
uatloa Of He, shutter there Mas one
continual langle among tbs attorneys
| for the defense. First one and then
another would lump up, until Donald
| son, imagining Il Was the style OF the
hour, oui-dld them all IA the nums'el
of times he erected himself on his pedal
exlren ties. Even tue attorneys on
| lis side urged han to keep las seat
/ John Durham, who denied any Teia-
uonshlp 10 Dunnan, MAS the
next man pat on the stand
| Durham Mas farmer, prln-
cipaily, hut had worked IA the city
considerable as laborer. Wnen the
street car men struck, the Common
Labofer's Union Was organized and iie
loined Il of hls own accord. lie did
not speak very loud, and from fact that
/ he MAS afflicted with catArrh, MAS
slightly deaf. la this man the prose
/ cntlon had the
Msst Desirable Witness of Them All,
but Was greatly hampered by the law
yers, who soon Il iscoyered that the man
| was possessed OF modest. retlring dis
position. and Immediately began 10
| confuse aud lntlmidate him. When
asked a question ne hesltated before
answering. and tins gave Dunham aud
| Donaldson plenty of opportunity TO
guy the witness IN the most outlandlsh
manner. Mcknight elected, alter
much waste of time, that Durham at
tended a meeting of has union Nednes-
day night, and that there WAS talk
about dong something III conjunction
VITA the street car mems union ~ win
the strike; that speeches were
made concerning the action 10 be
taken; that some of the men went 10
| Central Labor Union hall; heard Del
| Oil make speech about dong some
thing, and also several other men.
Durham could not give the exact
| words of the speakers, nor could he ex-
plain what they SAID, although
| he knew it. The witness recognized
several of the prisoners as being AT the
scene of the riot. lie said IT was under-
stood that dynamite Was 10 be used IN
blowing up the wheel pit, ann that
| He Saw Three kesolvers
and about twenty clubs IN the posses
sion of different members OF the mob.
Rodgers cross examined the witness,
and seemed TO get answers readily
enough and coerced him into sayin that
he talked with a man on Canals ST. about
testiiying, and also with the prosecut-
ing attorney Observing this Mcknight
insisted on asking leading questions. as
/ follows: "For what purpose did you
go TO the Detroit and Milwaukee rail-
road bridge?' "To help them" $50
help them do wbat?' Destroy the
wheel pitt" with what were they
going TO destroy ~" Dynamite" +"
GLOW mucn dynamite did they
have?" "Do not know" "Was there
anything said daboutdynamite IN Central
Labor Union Hall?'' Yes" What
WAS said?"' Cant remember" Was
there anything said about how many
were 10 do the work." 'les." "How
many?' Two Did you know what
they were going to do before YOU left
the hall?' "Yes." The above testi-
mony was good, but not half what the
prisoner knew. Dunhsm frightened
the witness and prevented him from
stating candidly all about the affair.
After court had adjourned Witness
| Durham was seen 10y re-
porter and made few start
ling statements. which showed him
to know more about the conspiracy than
he WAS gwen credit for. The gIst of the
story as told. was as follows: Tuesday
was the regular meeting night of the
Common Laborers' Union. In the al
ternoon some of the boys engaged a
| hal a ni all hnN
find that there was going 10 be meet
ing? ! went to the meeting. Shortly
after il was called To order, two men
from the Street Car Mems Union came
i'm and said that their union had con-
cluded that something must be done or
the strike would be lost. That they
had been appointed 10 invite the Com
mon Laborers Union to help them.
They then went on To say that n plan
had been arranged whereby the Sweet
st. terminal pit would be blown 10y
dynamite. After stating this, they left.
Tnen the union commenced TO discuss
the advlsat'ihty of taking part.
| Michael &. Duffy Made n speech.
in which he urged the men TO go and
help the street car boys, as II was their
duty: that unless they did the strike
would be lost and all the labor organi-
cations be broken up. lie talked about
the nature OF the work to Toe done and
said there was no danger of beng
caught as the plot had been well plan
ned and would Dc carried out IN secret.
Duffy told them that all they had To do
was TO go where they were instructed 30
and stand by the boys while the Job
was being done. lie also spoke about
the. mob meeting again on West Bridge
St after the PIT had been destroyed.
Upon meeting there the mob was 10
march through the streets, tap over all
! the street cars and pull che drivers and
conductors off. After this all met with
the street car boys in Central Labor Un-
ION hall When Durham entered Dell
ohl was talking aud said that there
had been
Former Attempt te Blow Up the PIT.
blt that II had been a failure because
ttose who were TO do the Job had TO 80
about miie to get the dynamite. and
before they could get around TO do II. Il
was too late. All said that Il was
to be no failure this time a. everything
had been prepared IN advance. that the
dynamite had been bought and
would he Ynady when required.
Several other men spoke and
then we were gwen instructions 10 meet
at the u. " " railway bridge. from
winch place they would march IN y
body 10 a vacant lot beside the railway
track. Wbiie the gang was waiting OI
the bridge "A back drove up ln Which
were two men. one with a satchei. The
other one bad something in bis band
Tie boys auout me said that the