Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-20
Thrilling Story Of Dynamite and Bull Pen DAYS of Idaho
ovNon MALoTT. city editor OF

oNNOR MALOTT, city editor of
,be Spokane Review, contributes
g, article to the Seattle Times
~ IN which he reviews the history
The labor troubles in the Occur
r,ienes. In an Introductory note the
,r,,,os saws: "Mr. Malott was employ
"a an the local stan Of the Spokesman
,,a,.iaw at the time of the great Occur
dAlene riots IN Idaho. He was an eye
,'.rness of the destruction OF the Bunk
nm and sullivan mines, and report
"A in detail the many dramatic Incl
1arts which followed, including the cell
~n,ated "Bull PEN trials. Later he
,rent 10 Washington City, where he
,eos one Of, II not the main witness.
a. me so-caled Bull Pen lnyestiga-
.tor The following story OF this great
hanter i'm western history, parlicu-
,ariv apropos at this time In view OF
- assassination OF ex-Gov. Steunen-
~ by one OF the Black Hand was
."riiten By Mr.. Malott exclusively for
me Times" Mr.. Malotts article fol-
lows:
with the assassination OF ex-Gov.
stcunenherg, of idaho, another murder
has been added to the bloody list OF
c,Imes laid against the Inner Circle
Of Occur d'Alene dynamiters.
That little group numbering about
40 men, picked from the worst ras-
cals among the miners OF northern
Idaho. is closing It's fourteenth year OF
tsrrorism and crime. Its record, In
Guiding the destruction Of two great
mine pants armed rebellions. murder
and netty crimes innumerable, have
Ieen achieved with rare and masterful
genius.
An the power OF the martial law has
boen exhausted in trying TO discover
the secrets of the gang Whole COM
munltles were arrested and thrown In
ths Wardntr "hullpen" back In 1889
In the hope that some weak-kneed
BROTHER in crime might be induced TO
teu what he knew about this society
of the "Black Hand" Cajolery. brides,
threats mprisonment-eyen the pros
pect NJ death--failed to break the 81
lence that surrounds the bloody crew.
Either through loyalty to the gang or
through Gear OF swift and terrible
punishment for treachery. the men who
know of the Occur 'Alene crimes have
kept Welt llle staicu III SplyHN-iAV
muteness.
When Eaitett Sinclair assumed
command Of the Occur d Alenes during
the 20 riots, as personal representative
of Gov. Steunenberg, he confidently
e3en Joy tully-looked forward to the
speedy conviction of the ring -leaders
IN that orgy of crime who blew up the
Bunker Hi a Sullivan mill. After
sending federal troops. who arrested |
every Union miner I'm the district, he
herde1 his ~ soners In 'boxcars, and IN |
a big barn near Wardner and then |
commenced bis inquisitioh. One by one !
IN 500 p;isCrers We're brought before
him.
slNCLAIR'S EFFORT FRUITLEss.
Mr.. Sinclair, In star chamber session,
with negro troops for his balllffs AMI |
guards. besought those prisoners to tell |
what they knew of the conspiracy that
resulted in the blowing up of the Bunk.
er Hill mill. He Is brilliant southern
er, and he combined pleading and bull
doing, eloquence and threats of death,
in his efforts 10 secure some informa-
ton Falling in that, he turned the
prisoners over TO the coroner's jury pre-
sided over by DR.. Hugh France. com,
pany physician for the Bunker Hill &
Sullivan mine Dr. France, who was
specially appointed coroner for that
work. was assisted by Judge Curtis
Lindsey Of San Francisco. the principal
attorney for the Bunker Hill The coro.
ner's jury, Ike Mr. Sinclairs star
chamber inquisition, was attended by a
guard or negro soldiers. Week after
week these proceedings dragged on and
II the combined power of martial lap |
and negro troops. and specially constI-
tuted coroners inquests, resulted in
positively discriminating a single one of ,
the liO dynamiters who blew up the
Bunker Hill mill ! have yet to hear the
facts.
The attack on the property was
planned by the Inner Circle, who had ,
armed branches in each Of the miners