The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-30
YOUNG TAKES THE STAND
The Sheriff of Shoshone County
Tells About the Riot.
BLOWING UP THE MILL
He Was There and Saw the Crowd, but
He Is Unable to Identity & Single
Man-Many of the Men
Wore Masks.

Wallace, Idaho. June 29--With all
three county commissioners and Sheriff
Young on the stand this afternoon, the
evidence in the Impeachment trial of
these officers touched matters con-
nected more directly With the riot Of
April 30.
Sheriff Young told the full story Of
the events leading up to and including
the riot, as he saw it. His is the first
time the story of the riot has been told
in court. On closs-eXamination he
said: II went to Wardner on April 20
on the train with 800 to 900 men, many
of whom were masked. All the masked
men were armed and some of the others
had revolvers. AT Kellogg the mob
blew up the Bunker Hill mine. Smith
was killed outright, and Cheyne fatally
wounded. The mill was blown up by
the masked men, who also shot these
men"
This testimony was given in response
to questions, but on cross examination
he was permitted to tell the whole story
in his own way: "Porter called me up
over the telephone ON April 26 telling
me of the trouble. / went TO Wardner
next day and called al the Bunker Hill
office. Manager Burbidge said he
would hold me responsible if any more
men were interfered with coming up
to the mine. / suggested to Burbidge
that he receive a committee from the
miners. He said he would not recog-
nize such a committee Next morning
l called on him again. having heard
that the men had been stopped on the
Bunker Hill road near the mill. ! in
sisted again on his receiving a commits
tee and he again refused. He said he
had a right to stop them, as they We're
miners union men, and he would stop
them passing by the mill | told him
if he stopped the men again would
arrest him. I had instructed the depu-
ties at Wardner to arrest all men
found carrying guns. | heard men
working at the Bunker Hill were carry
ing guns to work, and that is why
gave these instructions.
'On April %, while / was in the office
at Wallace. Deputy Seslyer came in,
reporting that a trainload of armed
men We're at the station evidently
bound for Wardneg.7 l closed the sa-
looms there as soon as possible. BY
that time the masked men were lining
up after having unloaded lot of pow
der in 50-pound boxes. ! pressed
through the crowd and said: In the
name of the sheriff of Shoshone county
ana Cne people Ol ludIo, l. CbUlIildlu
you to disperse.' Then someone called
'Wardner,' and the masked men strug-
gled to get into line. One masked man
told me he would tie me UP if / did not
quit interfering. They paid no atten-
tion to me and the armed men passed
on toward the mill. When opposite the
boarding house a shot was fired from
the hill back of the mill. When the
firing ceased the men brought Smith
down dead I went to lunch and about
that time heard the shots which blew
up the mill. We ran out and down to
the mill and the men were getting into
the train at the same time shooting
freely Then I heard another man had
been shot"
On redirect examination he said: Il
advised County Attorney Samuels not
to make any arrests for day or two
in order to let the men get settled
The witness was then questioned close
ly as to the time he had lived in the
Coeur d'Alenes and his acquaintance
with the people, ending with very
searching questions as to whether he
recognized any of the people in the
mob He persistently stated that he
did not recognize a single man. He
said further: when I was put in
prison I had no information as to who
was concerned in the riot. | believed
they were Canyon Creek and Mullan
miners. and all that was necessary was
to put them under arrest to have the
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