The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-31
SOLDIER REVEALS
HORRIBLE TRUTH
Colorado Officer Tells 0f Oilers
Inhuman Conduct
FACTS TOLD 10 BELL
BUT HE REFUSED To isvksTk
GATE = FEDERAL OFFICIALS
INsriGATED FIGHTS ~
TWEEN SOLDIERS AND
MINERS.

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orders or sherman Dcll, Rcardcn ani
Mccielland. has sworn to facts sthat
almos staggcr beiisf
He charges frSt of All, that she olfer.
ed TO Sherman Bell. reibody's aadilE
tant general, evidence thstf would
clear up the vindicator explosion No
steps. he charged. were taken iii The
matter. though he asserts thai his iii
formation would have led To the af-
rest and convictions Of tho men respun
sible, for the placing 81 the Internal
machincs Il
He further charges that under the
special directions of Maj r. r. Slc
Cielland and Gen r M Ileardon Post
master at Victor. a United States OIL
cial. series Of street fights were com
menced between men OF Victor and
soldiers Of the national guard there.
He swears tha. each fight was plan
ned by either Gen Reafdon Or Mai
MeCIelland and carried out under
their actual direction. The instruc
tons were TO knock them down;
knock their tech down their throats;
bend in their faces kick instheir ribs
and do everything except kill them.
He swears, and his evidence - cor
roborated by men who were with him
III the work. that ahous the middle Of
February Gen. Reardon and Mai. Nc
clelland ordered him and Seageant y.
A. Chase, OF Troop 6. First cavalry, to
hold up and shoot, on the spot men
coming on shift at the yindicaeor
mine al 2 O'clock IN the morning
When that was found inprscticabIn
The was ordered To IRE ATTY or sixty
tshnis in.o the yindicator SHAFT house
tduring the night Instead of taksf,~
| Sergeant Chase with him, Gordon
Walker OF the same troop accornpar-
led the officer and they fred sixty
shots into the vindlcator and Lille
shaft honse reporting later concefzt
ing the work to Gen Reardon and
Mai. Mcclelland. Gem Reardon. III giy.
Ing his directions regarding the shoot
ing up OF the vindIcator SHAFT house,
stated that Gov. Peabody, Gen Bell
and myself tElIisoh) were the only
ones who knew anything about the
plan" which he insisted was intended
to force the mine owners TO come up
with promised money.
A similar attack on the Findley
mine was countermanded because. as
Gen. Reardon said. The mine owners
had pu. up"
Maj. Ellison goes even further and
lays bare the conspiracy to use the
troops on May n In Denver: swear
ing that riot guns we're kept In auto
mobiles ready 20 be used at a mo
ment's notice, and as a matter OF fact.
be. together with Mai Randolph. Mai.
Bloom. Major Naylor and several 9th
crs. acting under Instructions fran
sherman Bell. we're ordered 10 80 70
the Berkeley polling place and start
trouble there. In June Mai Ellison
returned TO Cripple Creek and on he
18th day Of that month he was present
when the mob took possession OF the
Union sore and looted H. The major
swears that he offered to give the
names OF the mob leaders and those
who took property belonging TO the
Union s.ore 70 their homes to Sheriff
Bell. Sheriff Bell said be would call
for the information the next day, bat
the next day never came.
Mai. Ellison. in his affidavit, swesrs
that on the night the Eve prisoners
were taken away from Deputy sheriff
Walters and his posse he was directed
to have all the soldiers on duty or
dered to heir barracks at II O'Clock.
Al II O'Clock that night he wasS IN
formed of what had occurred 70 Depir
ty sheriff walters snd his posse and
accompanied Capt Moore IL puEsuis
Of the mob.
Capt. Moore insisted on taking the
wrong road. although Ellison demon.
s,rated to him hat the mob could on.
y have gone on the canon road.
Sergt Gorrior Walter not alone
corroborates Ellison With reference to
.he shooting np Of the Vindicator and
Lille shaft houses. impilcaiing Gen
Reardon In the riatter. but gives fnrth-
er particulars of the manner IN vhich
the mine owners direc.ed the wreck
ing Of the union store on Bennets ave
nue.. he charges A. =. Carton and
Harry Walters with directing The de-
pos alton Of the men employed In the
store.
sergt. J. A. Chase. N an affidavit
which is heresith published. eorrob.
crates Maj Ellison and SerEt. Walkers
in every fact stated By hem IN which
his name Is rnenticned.
In addition q these sworn state
n1ents Frederick 4. Warbar on and D
c. O'NeH two Of the meu whn ~ers
taken from the sherif-s pJsse. have
prepared aaidavits showing tbz; Wal.
ters and ~. y Dingnan arranged