The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-07-19
MOIER MAKES
GENERAL DENIAL
Neyr Talked With Orchard
Adult Committing Crimes
Of Any Character.
Hestof Western Federation Of Miners
Plesd on the Witness Stand In
shat Of Haywood and Makes
complete Denial Of Important
Statements Of Orchard.

Blso. Idaho. Charles II. Mover
wen 20 the stand on Wednesday. July
10. Witness for his fellow.defendant.
william u. Haywood. ana besides
maing positive denial OF all the
crises attributed 10 him and the other
Fehnil0n leaders by Harry Orchard.
oneod au explanation Of tho unsolic.
ltr appearance OF the Western Fed.
ortIou Of Miners az a defender on
| lfuy Orchard Immediately after his
arrsi 90 Caldwell for the murder OF
Stnnoubcrg.
foyer sworo that Il was Jack Slmp
lde who engaged Attorney Fred MIL
Ter o' spokane To go to Caldwell 10
rrDout Orchard. then known as
Tomas Hogan. and that II was AZ tho
rgiDst Of Slmpkius that the witness
an Haywood subsequently advanced
$500 from the funds uf tho Fedora.
tin 200 meet the expense uf defending
Orhard AZ various stages of the re-
r.gl the defense offered In evidence q
member OF documents including q
hgpfOiorD undisclogcd cipher tclc.
Tnm which Simptlns sent 10 Fedora.
DO Headquarters aud tho union M 81.
yer city Idaho. covering the move,
10 protect the Federation which was
,hargod with the crime within few
day after II occurred.
Meyer began by saying that he got
De nrHt RnnwlCdgp Of the crime from
lhe Denver newspapers and that on
he evening OF january Z. i've days
a1or tho crime. n telegram In the Fed.
en.iOu's cipher-n code IN which cor
tain numerals represented the alpha.
bci and published In the ritual OF tho
omn'zatinn. was used to transmit
The password to local unions came t.
Haywood from Spokane. II was long
and the translation was difficult and
uncertain. but he and Haywood Tx.
ured the next day that Il was signed
by Slmpkins and read: Cannot get
q lawyer to defend Hogan. Answer
Meyer testified that he was suspi
clous about the message. the ncwspa
pens having already charged the crime
up 10 the Federation. aud that he de-
cidod TO consult John Murphy. gen
cral counsel for the Federation. be.
fore he took any steps
Meyer said he loft for Chicago that
afternoon. but that Haywood took tho
matter mp and opened communication
with the union AZ Silver city and
made ARRANGEMENTS 10 engage Attoi
ncy John Nugcnt to look after the In
tercfts Of the Federation and 10 do
tcnd Orchard IT necessary. The dc.
Tense produced copies OF the corrc.
spondcnco and an OF u was read into
the record
Continuing. Meyer said that Attor.
ney Miller came 10 Denver about tho
nrst ~ the following month. bringing
with him the record NJ Orchards pre-.
ilmlnnry hearing Miller went 10 Den
yer az the suggestion OF Simpkins. so
the Witness testified ana brought a
request from SImpkins that the Fed.
Grafton furnish the largo sum of mon,
ey that would be- needed To defend Or.
rhard Mover said that he and Hay.
wood conferred with Attorneys Muir
phy ana Miller and subsequently gave
Miller $1,000.
Meyer denied that ne had over dis.
cussed any kind OF criminal act with
Orchard or any one else or that he
had ever given him cent except for
expenses made In Our0y aB q body
guard for him tie said that he had
no personal feeling OF hostility Tor
stcuncnhcrg, and there were no cir
cumstancCs that would make him dc.
sire the lifo OF John Neville. whom
Orchard testified Meyer wanted killed.
Mover said that Neville came 10 him
after his arrest for alleged completely
in the Independence station AFFAIR
and asked that the Federation give
him 5000 to reimburse him for the OK.
pensc that he had incurred IN clearing
himself but this request was refused
Mover denied that he participated
in the conference IN pcttihono's back
yard where Orchard said he, Hay.
wood and pCttlbunc had discussed
various acts OF violence, denied knowl
edge Of the subsequent meeting NJ
Federation headquarters. whore or
chnrd sworo the Stounonborg and
Neville executions were planned. de.
MED practically oyery material state.
ment In an OF Orchards testimony
Meyer explained that Orchard accom-
panied him to Ourav because or
chard was going 10 Sllyortou and they
made the Journey together 08 q mat
ter OF couvonic1e RoprosnutntiyosO OF
the United Mine Workers had boon
beaten mp by thugs employed by tho
mine owners aud the witness and Or
chard took along cuton shotguns for
their own protection Meyer swore
that his gun was not subsequently
used 10 kin Lyle Gregory, but that Or
chard returned Il 20 the witness after
they got back 10 Denver
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