Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-01-02
THOMPSON TALKS
SAYS MILLaURN ADMITTED pEsTauc-
TON OF SUN AND MOON.
ROOMMATE DRESSED HIS WOUNDS
ssNsERN AND sscREsr TOLD W.T.
NESS THEY WERE PARTICIPANTS.

the case of the People VS.. different mem.
bers of the Idaho Springs union charged
with conspiring to blow up the Sun and
Noon shaft house in July last. both the
prosecution aud defense agreed upon the
following jurymeu:
Ulick Walsh, saloon keeper, George.
town.
John Nash. bowling alley proprietor
Georgetown.
Rudolph Bsrth, miner. Georgetown.
Angus; johnson, miner Georgetown.
Peter Helanier. miner, Georgetown.
John l.. Mattox, ranchman. near Idaho
Springs.
C.J. Thomas. miner. Lawson.
Thomas Howard. miner. Empire
T. +. McAleer, George Berrian, Arthur
]. O'Leary and Mack Arnold, ranchmen
of Bear creek.
1t was also decided to include J. e
Chandler with the other defendants. the
defense announcing that the prisoner
would only insist upon his 10 challenges.
After examining the jury as 10 preju-
dice, If any. against Chandler, the cour,
stated that for the present, at least, he
would not closely guard the members of
same. inasmuch as an adjournment from
taken; bu, il at any time he deemed such
course advisable. he would place them in
charge of the baiiiff
In all, the prosecution will present 10
witnesses. and some of the evidemce
promises to be sensational.
One of the important witnesses is said
TO be Ross Sanbern. well known here
and in Georgetown. II is claimed tina;
he was trusted agen, OF the federation,
sent here Just before the dynamiiing. He
was located in Old Mexico. enticed to
Bisbee and arrested, and will be given
the opportunity to explain few things.
In the statement for the prosecution,
Mr.. Talbot said that the testimony to be
introduced by the STATE was direct aud
not circumstautiai After resume of
the Sun and Moon strike and the couse-
uuent strained relations between the com-
pany and the strikers. he stated that
every one of the defendants is a member
of local uuion No. 1876 except Cop ey,
who is member Of the executive com
mit,ee of the stute. The first stringent
method was intimiiating aud driving
nou-union men on, Of camp Fire arms
were iu open meetings of the union or
dered purchased. Such were procured IN
Denver aud distributed among the active
members. Others were urged to supply
themselves with gurs. Another Commit
tee was sent to the Teller mine. the car
riages were charged to the local onion,
and the men were armed. These arms
were afterward hidden. Still another
committee WAS appointed by these de
Pendants, and with their knowledge and
conuivance, to blow up the Georgetown
power plant, whereby the sun and Moon
would be compelled 10 close down. He
claimed that first one and then another
OF defendants had made threats that If
the men at the Snn ard Moon did not
cease work. there would not be mine or
mill left in Clear Creek county, but all of
them would be blown out of existence.
He said Phillip Fire was boon com
panion of these men and when killed a.
the mine with an interchange OF shots
from his companions he let fall one Of
the reyolvers which had been bought for
the union by Mr.. Copley and distributed
among these union men. Napolli and
Carbonet.i were closely identified and
Chandler vas known to have said to
them that if either one should return to
work they would lose their lives at the
hands of the nnion.
Mr.. Talbot said of Foster AiIburn that
luis rs he disappeared from his room
and returned about an hour ard half
after the explosion. The following morn
ing four citizens living in the same house
observed that uioustache, eye iashesand
face we're badly burned and they charged
him with being implicated in the explos-
ion at the Sun and Noon. When he
came home that morning it is said that
his trousers and clothing were discoiored
nv Dowder smoke and his hair badly
singed. He had his roommate dress his
face with vaseline and clean him up as
best he could. Conhdentially to that
roommate he stated where he had been,
who had him go, what for, and named
some who went with him. The entire
abatement indicated, Talbot said, that he
had blown up the Sun and Moon trans
former. Four or five other witnesses VS.
tied his room afterward and found powder,
guns. caps. fuse and other paraphernalia-
In reply to q remark from Mr.. kicnala-
son. Mr.. Talbot said that when Judge
Overs informed the citizens OF Clear