Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-29
FIRST HOMESTEADER HELD
The Evidence Was Too Strong to
Allow Him His Liberty.
HIS CASE NOT LIKE .0'D0NNELL'S.
James Close Secures His Liberty Under a
$4,000 Bond.
FIVE MORE STRIKERS ARE ARRESTED

stead men who mas Deen refused pdil anu
will have to remain iu prison until his case
comes up at the September court. James
Close, the other Homesteader, was released
on $40, 900 bail.
Critchlow's not getting bail was hard
blow to him. As the Judge rendered his
decision Critchlow seemed stunned and he
gazed into space with q most vacant stare.
1t was only after the deputy sheriff had
started back to jail with him that he recov-
cred his selfpossession. His attorneys say
he has complete defense and will be able
to show that he was not behind the barricade
as one of the witnesses testified.
Yesterday morning Critchlow's attorneys
went into court to ask for his release on bail.
Captain Breck conducted the examination
for the prosecution and W. J. Bremen acted
for the defense Samuel Stewart, a clerk
for the Carnegie Steel Company, was the
most important witness called. The fol-
lowing is his testimony in full:
What He Saw Ju'y6.
O. Where did you live on the 9Th day of
July?
A. Baldwin township, Oak Station post
Office. this side of Castle Shannon.
Q. Where were you employed on that day?
A. At the general office of Carnegie, Phipps
& Co., at Munhal
Q. What is your business, Mr.. Stewart?
A. Clerk.
Q. Did you go to Munhall station that
morning?
A. did.
Q. How did you go there?
A left on the train leaving Pittsburg,
Fourth avenue. at 7:S7, due at Munhall at
s:l2.
Q. Do you remember whether or not the
train was on time that morning3
A. think it was
O. When you got off at MunhaIl did you
look around.
a. did.
O. And what did you see?
A. 1 noticed the gate opposite the station
leading into the mill yard was open and
there was about a dozen men standing at it.
Q. Is that one of the principal gatesT
A. 1t is. There are only two principal
gates.
their work?
A Itis
Q. Did you see any of the company watch
men there?
A. None.
O. Were these men employees Of the COM
pany. do you know?
A They were men that had been in the
employ OF the company.
Q. Any of them armed?
A. No, sir; not that could see ALI that
could see was clubs that they had.
O. Did you hear any firing about that
time?
A. There was at the river pank.
Q. How far was that from Munhall sta
tion?
A. Well, 1 judge it is over 800 yards; I
couldn't say exactly.
He Saw CritchIow With a Gun.
Q. How long did you stay at the station to
look around?
A. Three or four minutes.
Q. Then where did Du gof
A. To the general office.
Q And what time did You get to the
office?
A. Well. it wouldn't take more than four
or five minutes to get there.
@ Did you go into the office?
Q. For what reason?
4. There were four or five strikers at the
gate with clubs and they would not let
@ Were any of the company's gate
*atchmen or policemen aroundf
a. No, SIR
@ State if you know Sylvester Critchlow.
@ Did you see him that morning9
A. did. |
@ Where? |
4. On the township road.
anu Nildl WAS ne UOllS.
A. He was going toward MunhaIl Sta |
tion. The first time / noticed him was |
when he was just opposite the small gate |
III front of the office.
@ Did he have anything with him? |
A. He had gun.
@ What kind of gun was it?
A. Well, il looked like a musket: l could |
not say what kind.
Others W ere Armed With Clubs
O. Anybody with him?
direction all the time. There were q couple |
OF men right close to him: couldn't say |
whether they were with him or not
O. Did You meet people going up there?
A. Yes, sir.
O. saw some with clubs; they had no |
guns.
with gun?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Were these people you saw and Critch-
or not?
A. The first ones saw were going in this
gate.
Q. Were any of them saying anything
about where they were going?
A No, did not hear anything said.
2. l wish you would state whether you
saw Critchlow again that day?
A did.
Q. What time did you see him7
A. Before O'Clock in the afternoon.
Q. And where WAS Critchlow at tha time?
A. lie was back OF the first barricade on
the river bank, to tine right of the small
brick building.
@. How near was the barricade to the
barSes in which the Pinkersons were?
A Well, L should think IS feet.
Q. Gould the barges be seen from the bar
ricade!
A. Yes, sir.
Tho Barricads Described
Q. Was this barricade in the yard which
was reached through the Munhall gate?
A. 1t was.
Q. How lar below the level of the bank
were the barges?
a. Well, should judge it is over 20 feet
from the bargeS.
Q. And you say that the barges could be
plainly seen from this barricade?
\. Yes, sir; plainly.
Q. And what was the barricade made off
a. 1t was made out of l5-inch steel beams
about Is inches high, ana had a ftanse on the |
top and bottom, the ones that had been piled
in that pile
Q. How high did it make the barricadef
A. At the bottom there were beams laid,
and two beams laid across that side by side |
and then on top of that single beam was
laid, and between that and the next were |
fire brick with holes in them; and on the top |
of that was single beam. Then below, be- |
tween the space of these beams and the |
ground there were two beams laid to close
that opening up.
Q. Between the top beam, as understand
you. and the next one below it, there were q
lot Of fire brick placedf
A. And openings between them,
Saw Critchlow shoot Once.
Q. And through those openings could the
barges be seen?
A. Plainly.
Q. How high was that breastwork?