The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-26

Wallace Idaho. talking TO n man named
! Cunningham. Orchard claims no gave
| the Peabody bomb 20 a man named Gun
ningham who said he wanted To blow
| up "scab' building house. The witness
positively fixed the time OF his CONVEX
sation with orchard as the latter part
~ c. Scott, who came 30 Boise In be-
! half of the State. was called to the stand
10 establish the Identity OF Is. G. Stcr-
| ling, who il was claimed was secret
! service man In the employ of the Mine
! owners Association in 1908 and several
! years thereafter
| Tells OF Orchards Threats.
Next came r. II. Rcdd a miner. now
| living at C;oldheld, Nevada. but formerly
of Cripple Creek. Redd said hc had
known Harry Orchard a long while In
| Union hall No, 10. at Cripple Greek i'll
1908, he said he had a conversation with
ernor Steuneuherg hard names and said
he was responsible for his Orchards
poverty and that he would get even with
Mr. Darrow here precipitated heated
and lengthy discussion by asking the wit
ness 10 detail his personal experiences
in the Cripple Creek labor troubles. Mr..
llawey voiced for the prosecution a
strenuous objection declaring the labor
war i'll Colorado had nothing to do with
the inquiry into the murder Of Governor
Steunenberg. He declared the question
was asked for the purpose OF possibly
arousins sympathy by showing the Colo,
RADIO militia. may have done things 1t
Mr. Darrow In reply asserted that the
prosecution could not pick out OF the
history OF the past few years the isolated
incident ii wanted to place before the
jury and then shut the defense off in It's
purpose 10 present the ether side OF the
case and show who was responsible Tor
the acts complained of Mr.. Darrow once
more made the declaration that If Or
Chard committed the crimes he has con-
lessed 10 he acted for some one other
than the Western Federation of Miners
The whole history OF the labor struggles
associated with the Western Federation
Of Miners could alone locate the reSpon-
sibllry declared the attorney.
Ever since this strife between the
mincowners and the Western Federation
Of Miners the lnlneowners have been In
the aggressive" concluded Mr.. barrow
They determined to get rid of this or
gAnization and IL is only by taking both
siGes that the truth can he arrived at"
Senator Borah entered the argument 10
suggest that the defense. to open up the
labor troubles In Colorado, must have
specific theory in view-some one TO con-
meet the matter with.
Judge Wood allowed the witness 20 give
his experience. Redd said he was arrest
ed by several deputies on June q. 1909,
and taken aboard a train 10 Cripple
Creek where ne was put in the bn1-pen
without any charge being laid against
him.
Cross -exanined by Mr.. Hawloy Redd
Federation If Miners and had becn
member since the organization was
formed. II was the day after the lnde-
pcndencc depot explosion that he was
taken 10 the bull-Pen
Story Of the Bull-pen.
Military officers were I'm control OF The
bull pen, where there were $50 men con
fined. when the witness was arrested.
Asked If he did not know that the mill
tarv were merely investigating the depot
In, md mi n a c
a man had nothing 10 do with II he was
allowed to go. Redd said he knew moth
Ing about il al all The witness was
he had never seen Steve Adams until he
came to Boise.
Redd Was released by the Colonel com
manding the hull-Pen, who told him In
leaving that II he was molested to let
Elm know and he would see that ne was
released. The witness said the Colonel
also advised him that it might be a good
plan to leave Cripple Creek while exist
ing conditions prevailed. He left two
days later and has not been back since.
Charles a. sullivan, watchman at the
Brown hotel. Denver, and a former miner
in the Cripple Creek district. followed
Eedd on the witness stand. Sullivan
said he knew Orchard at Cripple Creek
in 1902. lie then detailed the statement
orchard Is alleged TO have made TO him
and which Orchard denied this morning.
sullivan said Orchard declared that If II
had not been for Steunenberg he would
he rich; that Steunenberg ought to he
killed. would be killed. and. II he Was
not killed. he (orchardl would kin him.
Sullivan vas cross examined by Sena
tor Borah He said he had known Hay
wood since 1905 and was also acquainted
with Mover though he had never met
Fcttibone.. tIe Joined the Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners In 1902 and he was
acquainted with Bill Easterly. ". F.
Davis sherman Parker, Bin Aiknan. Art
Baston and Ed Minister The witness
mot Orchard in july, 1902. The conversa-
tion as 10 Gov. Steunenberg occurred in
September. and there was nc one pres
cnt hut the Witness and Orchard.
Sullivan declared that Orchard repeat
cd his denuL ciotion Of Stcunenberg sev-
eral times at the breakfast table but