The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-16
according to General Bell There
Will Be a Dies Irae in :
Colorado. M
SAYS HE HAS MUCH EVIDENCE
Perpetrators Of Crime in the Mining
Regions Identified.
Deported Men To Be Taken Care of
by the W.. NJ Statement of
the Union View OF the Case.

Cripple Greek, Colo, June 13.-Gen-
eral Sherman Bell made the following
statement for publication: II have in
disputable evidence in my possession
which will lead to the conviction of a
number of union men forsthe murder
Of the non-union miners who were
killed in the independence depot ex-
plosion. We have between thirty five
and forty men in the bull pen who
will swing for this crime. We ar
only waiting to capture two or three
more men before we tell what our evil
dence is" 80.
Statement of = Court of Inquiry Man.
OF those retained for prOsecutionsat
present the Jail is full to overfiowing
One of the. court of inquiry, speak
ing of these, said: 1--WE have evil
dence that will legally hang five, and
possibly double. that number, and
enough to fill the penitentiary. We
have unearthed state of things that
the public will be slow to believe; that
we ourselves are appalled, at, even
knowing as we have that they were
bad. We would be doing the public
a wrong to turn these people loose
upon it. They must be punished, and
will be, now that 5he laws are en-
forced" The committee states that
it has extremely damaging evil
dence against a number of persons,
connecting them with the Independ-
ence dynamite outrage.
GOOD Boys" Were the Worst.
Sheriff Bell states that his investiga-
tons into the Independence murders
will show that some good boys" will
be found to have been the worst. He
promises one or two sensations in this
regard in the next few days. A meet
ing of employers of labor was held
here when secret committee of i've
was appointed to draft petition re-
garding the employment of organized
labor in the district. When the com
mittee reports the Citizens Alliance
and Mine Owners association will
make known their position in regard to
organized labor.
Bell Closes Some More Mines.
In following up the determine ton
to exterminate the Western Fedora
ton of Miners,from the district, root
and branch. General Fell, as mil AIRY
commander of the district. has issued
a proclamation similar in wording and
intent to that concerning the Portland
mine, directed. to the operators of the
Pride. of Cripple Greek district, mine,
and the Winchester and Morgan leases
These were prepared to be operated
with men who are alleged to be a
menace to the welfare and safety of
the good people of the county, and a
hindrance to the restoration of peace
and good order, and their arrest was
ordered as military necessity.
Deputies Search the Hills
ALI day long deputies searched the
hills, aud the result was the COZ. Inc
ment in the ball pen of about TWEEN
ty-five men. Ten of these are MA rket
for immediate deportation They ar,
all Altman men, and were taken by
A. H. ROBBERS and Frank Bennick, two
of Sheriff Bells most trusted men
Among the men brought off Bull hill
were the Coogen brothers. in whose
cabin the military found rifles las
winter. Earl Reed, recording secre
tary of Free Coinage union No. 10
was also arrested. Bailey and Stew
art, two of the men arrested, wer,
found in a seventy-ive-foot shaft
where they were hiding.