Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-07-17
Judge is Aim
Ready to Instru~.
Haywood Jury
EVIDENCE ABOUT ALL IN
Closing Scenes in Famous
Murder Trial at Boise
are Interesting.

Boise, July 17.-On the opening of
court this morning, Attorney Richard
son notified the State that the defense
desired three of the States witnesses
TO remain in town. Judge Wood an.
nounced that prior to the opening of
argument he would notify counsel as
to the main points in the evidence on
which he would instruct the Jury.
Counsel Darrow, for the defense an.
nounced the sur-rebuttal for the de.
Tense would be very short.
O, M. Sackett. of Telluride. Colo.
rado, for fifteen years an employe of
the Smnggler l'lion Mine, was the
first witness Of the day. He told of
his personal experiences in the big
riot at the Smuggler Union mine in
1901, when he said he and several
other employees were compelled TO run
a perfect hail of bullets in order to
get to the mine. He said Vincent St.
John was at the head of the Telluride
Union at that time. The witness next
told of negotiating with ST. John to
have the firing stopped and reached
an agreement with him.
Agreements Offered as Evidence.
The witness said that as result
of the negotiations he had with St.
John an agreement between Edgar A.
Collins, assistant manager Of the mine.
and st. John, of the Union were
drawn up and signed. The agreement
was offered in evidence. and although
the defense objected, Judge Wood al
lowed it to be filed. The agreement
was dated July 3, 1901. In it Collins
agrees to cease work on the mine for
| a period Of three days and the Miners
Union agrees to refrain from violence
for the same period.
The witness then told of the killing
Of Arthur Collins, superintendent of
the mine. the disappearance of sew
eral miners in the district and vari
GUS other disorders. He said the men
were afraid to work and many of them
were shot at on their way to the mines
and it was because Of these conditions
that troops were brought into the dis
trict and martial law proclaimed.
On cross-examination Sackett said
that the trouble in 1901 lasted only
three days Then the agreement went
into effect and the matter was set
tied.
Everything continued peaceful in
the district until late in 1903, didn't
it," asked Richardson.
We'll, there was sort of an armed
neutrality"
Richardson read the witness and
jury another agreement entered into
July 6, 1901. by the mine owners and
the Union. 1t set forth that the diff.
ferences between the mine and the
Union had been amicably adjusted,
the Union expressing ''entire disap-
proval of the recent outr$ges" and
agreeing not to molest union or non
union workers.
Richardson asked If this agreement
was not in effect up to the general
strike of 1903.
"Ostensibly,' replied the witness.
Asks State to Close Its. Case.
The witness justified the action of
the citizens in taking the law in their
own hands and deporting the men, He
said 1t was necessary and that they
had the law of self-defense" to sup
port them. He said since the depor-
tations everything had been quiet and
satisfactory in the district
At the luncheon recess the Judge
announced that if possible he desired
the state to close it's rebuttal case
during the afternoon.