The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-25

house: Then other dogs were sent for,
| and they took the trail down toward
colorado Springs. The man in charge
f the Nine owners nssoca1on s9ior and tod
! Sterling told him 10 call off the dogs;
| mat he knew who did il
| The dogs were called on said Mr..
| Darrow. and orchard came back 10 Den
| yer and went where he willed without
being arrested or molested in any way
| Describing tho conditions which fol-
| lowed the explosion of the independence
depot. Mr.. Darrow said that the secretary
Western Federation OF Miners, saying
that now was the time 10 get rid OF the
organization. lust then n shot was
fred
Who Fired First Shot.
I'VE Will show that *. C. Sterling fired
The shot, said the attorney. and that
Many shots were fired, and when the
smoke cleared away two men lay dead
Two LAWYERS were found lying under a
wagon. They we're not hurt
do you mean they we're lying down
or making false statements under the
wagon interrupted Attorney, Hawley
with good humor and amid laughter
They weren't saying a word" replied
barrow. who then Went into n detailed
story Of the alleged depredations OF the
pie Creek district All The union men
were driven out: their stores and halls
and libraries were broken into and loot
ed He said that the militia some time
later heard that 100 OF the depocted men
were Sathered in canyon and were
prospecting Under Gen Sherman Bell
the soldiers were taken 10 the place and
me men were nred upon-one being killed
and others injured. All were arrested
and taken back 10 the district and put in
the bull pen.
~ recess until 2 u, m. was then taken.
Mr.. Darrow having about half completed
his speech.
Tr6eI Barrynooro ia. or,rass ,.,s
among the spectators al the trial during
the afternoon session. were also Gif-
ford rinchot. chief Of the bureau Of for
estry al Washington, and Judge Dietrich
OF the Federal court
MIR. Darrow, resumirg his speech after
the recess. continued 10 nauate 10 the
jury a story of the conditions prevailing
I'm the Cripple Creek district during the
period Of martial law following the lnde-
Pendence depot explosion.
He told how Moyer had first been ar
rested at Ouray on a charge Of desecrat-
ing the American nag and then was held
IN cust3ody as matter of military ne
ceSS1tS. Meyer also was charged with
the murder Of the two men killed in the
riot at indePsndence-rhe riot which had
occurred while he was in The bull pen
presided over by Buckley Wells,
Union Men Barred.
Mr.. Darrow told Of the deportation OF
the union miners from Cripple Creek and
the posting of notices that no man should
be allowed 10 work in the district with
out first renouncng allegiance 10 the
union and securing a permit from the
Mine Owners association.
The attorney dwelt for some time upon
the Cripple Creek troubles. saying that
most OF the men who were driven ont
and who scattered to the four quarters Of
the West found il necessary TO change
their names. Mr.. DarroW then came back
TO Orchard.
Along with Johnny Neville and the
Neville boy. Orchard came 70 Denver
after the Independence depot affair Or
a al l,ls
burning Of Neville's saloon He laid
around Denver gambling and go, acquaint-
ed with Pettibone. He told Pettibone he
was fugitive from Cripple Creek and
wanted TO leave the State
Here Mr.. Darrow explained the de-
fenses theory as 10 the transmission of
money from Pettioone TO Orchard. He
Orchard asked PettIbone to keep
sum OF money for him, saving he would
write him from time TO time. Pettibone
had q big safe where he kept things for
many persons. Orchard gave him the
money TO pu; away. He also gave him
card in the Western Federation of Min
ers and other trinlSets. Pettbone went
out and helped Orchard to buy some camp
things, fishing tackle, etc. Orchard went
to Cheyenne with the Two Nevilies At
Cheyenne ne loafed about Pat Morans
saloon He never asked Moran to go TO
Pettbone and get some money. and Mo
ran never went 10 Pettibone.
Innocent of Gregory Death.
After Orchard disappeared from Chey-
enne he did not come back 10 Denver that
year so 1877 as any persons connected
with this case knows. But in the mean
time II was claimed in Denver that the
Western Federation OF Miners had caused
the death Of Lyte Gregory. Our evil
dence will show you that the Federation
had no grievance whatever against Greg
orY and knew nothing about him. Gregory
had been deputy In the coal fields, in
which the organization headed by John
Mitchell alone was Interested.
that he would write to Pettlbone. lie
sumed names. as did all The fugltives
from the mining country Orchard event
ualy turned up In San Francisco. but
he never blew UP any house there. That
story about the Bradley house was an
other OF Orchards pipe drea ms thrown in
to make him the greatest criminal Of the
age. We have a deposition from Mr..
Bra sdley. In which he says the house was
wrecked by gas; that he smelled the gas
and that when he lighted his cigar the
explosion occurred. WHY II the bomb
thus man Orchard has described had OK
ploded as he said It did. YOU could not
have found square inch Of Bradley any
where and not stick Of timber OF the
house Orchard never blew UP the Brad
ley house. and / tell you this without
having any special interest i'm defending
Harry Orchard
I'm San Francisco when Orchard was
there D c Copley was delivering illus
trated lectures on the Cripple Creek