The Ordway new era., 1907-08-23
REEVES AND kIsER ARE HELD TO
ANSWER TO THE DISTRICT
COURT.
CONFESSIONS NOT USED
JURY IN BOULDER INQUEST RE.
TURN VERDICT CHARGING
MALICIOUS INTENT.

J. V. Holiday charging j. w. Reeves
and Frank KIser. the alleged confessed
Boulder nrebugs. with murder, The
case will come up for preliminary hear
ing within n few days The inquest
over the remains OF Ike o. Wilson. Roy
LeFevre and Albert 4. Weeks returned
the following verdict:
THE said Ike o. Wilson. Roy Le-
Feyre and Albert L. Weeks came TO
their death on the 10th day OF August.
A. d. 1907. in the city OF Boulder.
county of Boulder, state OF Colorado.
as the result OF an explosion OF dyna-
mite consequent upon fire. said fire
having been set by John w. Reeves
and Frank Kiser. and that said act OF
said Reeves and Kiser was committed
maliclously and with felonlous intent"
The Jurors were: James Cowie, for
mer secretary OF state. foreman: l.. c.
Paddock. T. ]. Sipple. G. u. Sutton.
Alonzo Coan. Nicholas II. Herod.
Confessions Withheld.
Little attempt was made to intro
duce testimony to place the rcsponsi-
bIlity for the damage. The attorneys
refused TO make the alleged confession
public, Withholding It until the prclimi-
witnesses at the inquest were Richard
Woodward. James F. Simmons and
Harry Poole. a part OF the confess
sion was made public by II. ID. Doolit-
tie. the Colorado & Southern claim
agent, who was put on the stand to
! swear that he had been witness to
| the confession.
According to his testimony. Reeves
and Kiser went TO the freight yards
and when they reached caboose No.
| 800 they separated. one going on either
side of the car. Both pulled waste out
| OF the journal boxes and heaped II up
on the west end Of the caboose. Both
Kiser and Reeves applied a match to
their respective sides OF the car. thus
| igniting the waste. UP to this time II
| had been given out that kiser was n
| passive principal. standing around. but
| doing none OF the work. Richard Wood
ward stated that he. together with
| Viase Jendill, an Italian. were drinking
| In Bergers saloon and that In the con-
| yersation OF the four men Reeves
| asked Jendiil and himself. who were
miners, II they could use powder.
Reeves, he said, expressed his inten-
tion OF going down to fire the caboose
in order to get the two strike breakers
who were asleep there. When Jendill
said he could use powder. Reeves said
that he would do all right. but Jendill
said no.
PooIe's Damaging Story.
Harry Poole. striking brakeman on
the Colorado & Southern, testified that
Reeves and Kiser had come to his
room to find out II the two strike
breakers who were working for the
railroad were sleeping in the caboose.
Poole begged them not to attempt any.
thing against them. as he thought the
strike would soon be settled and that
any violence would hurt the cause OF
the union men. According to his tes'
timony he understood that Reeves and
Kiser were going home when they left
his room. although they stated that
they had two miners, Woodward and
Jendill, waiting downstairs for them
The testiony of the four boys who
put out the fire on the caboose was in
troduced and one of them stated that
he thought he had seen Il man watching
: them but that he would be unable tc
identify him
]. II. Simmons. night engineer at the
) brewery. was next put on the stand
He stated that he had known Kiser
J for year and had met Reeves three
times. Kiser was in the habit of Wis
, iting the brewery frequently. Sim
mons, he said, was standing out In
: front OF the brewery about two min
, utes after the fire broke out, wher
,, they came up the path from Arapahoe
street. They asked II he had CUR
and he said no. They then said: Are
you union mani" and he answered
, that he was. One Of them asked II HI
, could wash his hands. and Simmon.
> said he got bowl for them. Simmon!
4 did not see them wash, as they tool
!. the bowl out to wash-house. Whei
o Simmons spoke to them about the fir,
r Reeves said: There is lot Of mer
chandise going up in smoke"
d Were Looking for Kiser.
s. Simmons said the men returne,
@ ABOUT 3'8o In the morning, accompa
: MED by the master mechanic of tn,
j. Colorado C Northwestern railway
g They were looking for Kiser and aske,
n Simmons II he had seen him, Whe,
k he replied in the negative. Reeve
l. said: IF you see him, for Gods SAX,
= send him home, as his mother ia near
u ly crazy"
e Y. N. Williams. superintendent O
d the Colorado G Northwestern. state,
IT tnat Reeves had been working witt
tne company since July 26th and tina
70 ne was brakeman for Kiser and ha,
e Deen with him four or Ave days prio
d TO the hre. When the men came bacl
n with their trains Friday night fror
70 ward, they switched several cars, bu
y ne DID not know whether the powde
It car had been touched.
o MI a. Wi!liams, . clerk In n. !
Wniteley.s hardware store, stated ths
3 the car Of powder which exploded con
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