Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-08-22

cution, as he was careful in his testimony
to tell exactly what he knew and no more.
From his testimony, it seems that all
! the strike details are left to an executive
committee, with power to do what III its
! discretion is best to come to a settlement.
Methods are left to this committee, and it
is easy to see that unless open reports are
made to the union, many members of that
organization are in as complete ignorance
of the methods employed as are outsiders.
| The executive committee at the time of the
| dynamite incident was composed of the
| following persons: Olcott Compton, Con
! O. Brien, Bean and Bender. Whether or
not this committee went further than to
| picket the mine and hold conferences with
the mine managers will probably develop
at the hearing in the district court, as we
understand there is considerable of valua-
Bile evidence that was not necessary to pro-
duce at this time.
Testimony followed by Messrs. Adams,
shift boss at the Sun and Moon and by
Machol, Powell and Simms, regarding
points in the case desired to be reached.
The usual argument for dismissal was
made by the defense and responded to by
the prosecution, which suggested that the
cases against all the defendants, with the
exception of Joseph Carbonett, Frank
Napolis, A. l. Bean, Levi T. Bender Ed
ward Carter, Joseph Roehrl, Edwin c.
Compton and Michael ]. Reilly, be dis
missed This was DONE and the parties
named were placed under bond in the sum
OF $500 each for appearance at the next
term of the district court.
There was considerable tragedy in the
incidents of this eXamintion. The wit
ness Bate, in a calm, Unconditional way
laid bare to the public the details of plot
to not only destroy property, but life
Among his auditors were men suspected
of knowing too much of the affair, may
be were upon the ground when Fire was
killed by his own dynamite. They paid
close attention to the testimony, but one
could not tell from their impassive faces
what thoughts were surging through their
brains Their former friend and comrade
was giving up secrets that had been
wormed out of him through strategy,
questionable mayhap in its character, but
employed when other things fail. This
testimony, given by him in the first place
to one whom he deemed one of the repre-
sentatives of the firm of Patterson, Rich
ardson aud Hawkins the attorneys for the
Western Federation of Miners became
the property of the Citizens Alli-
ance of Idaho Springs and was bound to
be produced, and in addition to a great
zeal OF Quiet Qdld lldl HIS DCGll dGCuulu-
lating, is sufficient to exonerate in the
minds of the general public much that has
been done of late in this vicinity.
There were but few spectators / resent
when Judge Morris opened court at opera
house Thursday morning. Immediately
upon convening, Attorney Richardson an
nounced that the defendants desired to
rest their case and no evidence was sub
mtted. The attorney asked that the
bonds of his clients be fixed and announced
his readiness to qualify as security. Car
bonetti and Napolis were released on $1,000
bonds each while A. l. Bean, NJ. j. Reilly.
L. T. Bender, Joseph Roehrl aud d. G.
Compton, the men implicated in Bates
testimony, were required to give bonds IN
the sum of $500 each, the same surety be-
ing accepted in all cases.
At the request of Attorney Talbot, for
the prosecution, the arson cases against
| Carbonetti and Napoli were dismissed by
the court, and FL. +. Gregory, accused of
besng implicated in the plot to blow up the
dam of the power company at Georgetown
was also discharged from custody.
The seventy-o citizens that we're ar
rested the first of the week on com mplaint
of District Attorney Thurman. were rep
resented in court by Attorneys Thos Ward,
Jr and Ralph Talbot, who waived exam-
nation of their clients and requested that
they be bound over to the district court in
$500 bonds each, which was ordered
Soon after court adjourned Wm. Bate
asked that his $4,000 bond be reduced to
$1,000, which was done and Bate was given
his liberty with l.. Hanchett, c. S. Birk-
ins, M. w. Tanner and Z. M. Moscript as
sureties.
Later in the day new complaint was
filed in Judge Morris court against fifty
! two more citizens and the shnriM and lii