Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-09-25
THE STRIKERS TRIAL,
One oil the Defendants Wives
Takes the Stand.

4
The cross examination of Howard
r was continued.
The men wh3 were put on watch
never got any pay. Mr.. Morgan
! promised to pay them. The day
} thompson confessed he had been to
McCreary and tried to get McCreary
TO swear that he was playing cards n t
Harris saloon. l never told Martin
L could get plenty of witnesses to
swear l was home the night the
bridges we're burned.
| Redirect. Never used giant pow
der. Never took any coal oil from
my residence. Never gave any to
Martin or Thompson. | never tam.
pered with train No 4 at Carlin.
Mrs. Sally Howard, wife of one of
the defendants, succeeded her hus-
on the witness stand. She was
pretty little lady dressed in black.
Am the wife of Mr.. Howard. On
the night of July 11th my mother
was very sick. l was up with her
about 1890. No one came to nv
house that right but my husband.
He came home about -. am ) feet
L inch high and weigh about 80
pounds. My husband went to bed
with me. L was called up about 80
by my father as my mother was
worse. My husband was still III bed.
He sleeps on the inside of the bed.
L assisted my mother, and when |
returned to bed my husband was
still there. My residence is about {
three houses from my fathers. When
my husband came home no one was S
with him. l had been stopping at my
fathers about six weeks. The back ]
door of my residence fastens with 1
bolt from within. There was no coal |
oil In my house. | borrowed coal S
'll of my father the day before.
NO cross examination. 4
James Cummings the next witness C
vas not at the meeting of the A. r. v
U. at Carlln on the Goth. Not a
at that TINS, Witness gave
detailed account of his doinss the
hight he was on watch July 3rd. Did o
lot disable any engines in the round
-
Rouse or assist in disabling any. Was ?
'laying cards at Harris on July IL >
saw Sam Howard several time. that VI
night. and played euchre with him g.
t Harris. / did not take Malloy's II
ar apart and did not hear of II till lie
he other day. Know nothing about sc
he injury to the turn table, Saw no 10
with No the morning In
ne train was delayed. Mr.. Thomp- as
on saw the engine that side tracked "
le Pullmans. In
Cross-examined, Saw March on pl
IL Platform when the train came in.
he train was delayed by reason of In
le mon not working, "a
AFTERNOON SESSION. les
Cross examination of Cummings IN
Witness was positive y"
at no one was with him when he
ent into the round house at CarIin plt
i'd not order Walker to go to the WI
ationary house or give up his Ian tic
IN. Howard came into Harris. low
ter witness came in. str,
Cleary did not come to see me vot
.er L had gone to bed. Never she
d anybody that we would drown DO,
lealers. Didn't sit on the tool box col,
tn Callahan and Lemon or make VIII,
y such statements. to 1
Charles Happier Secretary of the del,
dge the next witness described the G
citing of the A. r. Z. and the ar rigt
al and departure OF the train much q G.
the other witness had. hsv
Denied taking knuckle from the you
lney coupler and in any way tam for
ing with it. Was at Carlin on the futu
h, the night the bridges were in Il
ned. Went to Harris saloon and -
yed euchre until nearly midnight. a."
IT kilograms were read in the hall
the morning of the Goth.
ross examined. The dispatch
n DebbS ordered "A strike DONE
W what has become of the tele-
ms. Think gave it to the Pres. Tf
IT of tie Union. We struck be- n
'e we we're ordered by Debbs to ~
! Pullman employees to get good I
es. l had no grievance about
es but struck because the Presi
of the Union ordered us to.
train was DELAYED because tbara