, 1907-08-22
REEVES AND kIsER ARE HELM,
ANSWER TO THE DISTRICT
COURT.
oTUsED
JURY IN BOULDER INQUEST Or
TURN VERDICT CHARGING
MALICIOUS INTENT,

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and Frank Kiser, the alleged confesss,|
Boulder firebugs, with murder. Thu
case will come up for preliminary hear
ing within a few days The inous.|
LeFevre and Albert e. Weeks returned
the following verdict:
1.-The said Ike o. Wilson, Roy LAI
Fevre and Albert e. Weeks came nj
their death on the 10th day of August
A. d. 1907. in the city of Boulder
county of Boulder. state of Coloradu
as the result of an explosion of dyp.|
mite consequent upon a fire. said fr.|
having been set by John w. Reeye,|
and Frank Kiser, and that said act ID
said Reeves and Kiser was committed
maliciously and with felonious intent'|
The Jurors were: James Cowie, for
mer secretary of state, foreman: l.. CI
Paddock, T. ]. Sipple, G. B. Sutton
Alonzo Coan, Nicholas r. Herod.
Confessions Withheld.
duce testimony to place the respons|
bility for the damage. The attorneN|
refused to make the alleged confessiG|
public, withholding it until the prelimL
nary hearing. The most important
witnesses at the inquest were Richard
Woodward, James F. Simmons and
Harry Poole. A part of the COMES
sion was made public by R. d. DooliI
tie, the Colorado G. Southern claim
agent. who was put on the stand tl
swear that he had been a witness I'd
the confession.
According to his testimony, Reeves
and Kiser went to the freight yards
and when they reached caboose NO
329 they separated, one going on eiths'
side of the car. Both pulled waste ou.
of the journal boxes and heaped it up
on the west end of the caboose. Boil
Kiser and Reeves applied a match To-
their respective sides of the car, thu;
igniting the waste. UP to this time d
had been given out that Kiser was 1
passive principal. standing around, but.
doing none of the work. Richard Wood
ward stated that he, together with
Vase Jendill. al Italian, were drinking
in Berger's saloon and that in the cor
%versation of the four men Reeves
asked Jendill and himself, who wersI
miners, if they could use powder|
Reeves, he said, expressed his inter
ton Of going down to fire the caboos|
in order to get the two strike breaker
who were asleep there. When Jendl|
said he could use powder, Reeves sail
that he would do all right, but Jendll
said no.
Poole's Damaging Story.
Harry Poole, a striking brakeman u'
the Colorado & Southern, testified that
Reeves and Kiser had come to his
to find out If the two STRIKE
breakers who were working for thd
railroad were sleeping in the caboos1
Poole begged them not to attempt any
thing against them, as he thought tn
strike would soon be settled and thu
any violence would hurt the cause d
the union men. According to his tel
timony he understood that Reeves AMI
Kiser were going home when they LEI
his room, although they stated thu
they had two miners, Woodward AM
Jendill, waiting downstairs for then
The testiony of the four boys VIII
put out the fire On the caboose was IN
troduced and one of them stated thai
he thought he had seen a man WATCHING
them but hat he would be unable 4
identify him.
j. r. Simmons. night engineer at thi
brewery, was next put on the stanc
He stated that he had known Kise1
for a year and had met Reeves threi
times. Kiser was in the habit of viz
iting the brewery frequently. Sir
mons, he said, was standing out 4
front of the brewery about two mn
utes after the fire broke out. whe1
they came up the path from ArapahcI
street. They asked If he had a 81
and he said no. They then said: AN
you a union MANI" and he answers
that he was. One OF them asked II
could wash his hands, and Simmoni
said he got a bowl for them. Simmorj
did not e them wash, as they too
the bowl out to a wash-house. Wh1
Simmons spoke to them about the IN
Reeves said: There is a lot of mel
chandise going up in smoke"
Were Looking for kiser.
Simmons said the men %returnsl
about $3.50 In the morning, accomp1
MED by the master mechanic OF ID
Colorado & Northwestern railway
They were looking for Kiser and aske]
Simmons IL he had seen him. Whs1
he replied in the negative, Reeve
said: "If you see him, for Gods SAL
send him home, as his mother is nesl
ly crazy"
c. N. Williams. superintendent II
the Colorado & Northwestern, STATE
that Reeves had been working VII
the company since July 26th and t1l
he was a brakeman for Kiser and II
been with him four or five days pfNj
to the fire. When the men came pay
with their trains Friday night III
Ward, they switched several cars "
he did not know whether the powot
car had been touched. I
F. A. Williams, a clerk in N. Y
Whiteley's hardware store. stated u
the car of powder which exploded II
tanned 1000 pounds of 40 per eel
nitroglycerine, that the consignm,
had been placed IN the a Thursu.
morning, and that 1t should have ~
out that night. 1t was billed to y