Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-26


epce depot was used as stopping
place, but there was no ticket agent
there.
BLIZZARD was followed on the stand
BY Dr. A L. McGee. formerly ply
sician and surgeon in the Occur d.
Alenes and now a mining broker.
"Where do you live?" asked Darrow.
ION Occur d'Alene Lake."
Right on the water?'
-No-on a boat" replied the witness
amid laughter.
He said he had known Orchard since
1897; Orchard delivered milk to his
house.
The day of the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mill explosion at Wardner,
MCGEE said he thought he saw Orr
chard at Mullen-eighteen miles dis
tant am not sure of it, but If l am
not mistaken I saw Orchard playing
poker that day in saloon. or cigar
store" said the witness.
DR. McGee also related conversa-
tion he had with Orchard in the Occur
d 'Alenes in 1904. Orchard, according
to the witness, said he was "spotting'
for detective agency.
On cross examination the witness
said he saw Orchard at the depot one
day at Wallace, Idaho, talking to
man named Cunningham.
Next came F. r. Redd, miner now
living at Goldtield, New. but formerly
of Cripple Creek. Redd said he had
known Harry Orchard long
while In Union hall No. 40 at Grip
pie Creek in 1903, he said he had a
conversation with Orchard in which the
latter called Governor ,steunenberg
hard names and said he was respon-
sible for his poverty and that he would
get even with the governor.
Mr.. Darrow here precipitated heat
ed and lengthy argument by asking the
witness to detail his personal expert
ences in the Cripple Creek labor trou-
bles Mr.. Hawley voiced for the pros
ecution strenuous objection, declar-
ing the labor war in Colorado had
nothing to do with the inquiry into the
murder of Governor Steunenberg. He
declared the question was asked for
the purpose of also possibly arousins
sympathy by showing the Colorado
militia may have done things 1t ought
not to have done.
Mr.. Darrow in reply asserted that
the prosecution could not pick out Of
the history of the past few years the
isolated incidents it wanted to place
before the jury and then shut the de-
fense off in it's purpose to present the
other side of the case and show who
was responsible for the acts com
planned Of Mr.. Darrow once more made
the declaration that If Orchard COM
mitted the crimes he has confessed to
he acted for some one other than the
Western Federation of Miners The
whole history Of the labor troubles as.
sociated with the Western Federation
of Miners could alone locate the re-
sponsibility, declared the attorney.
Ever since the strife between the
mine owners end the labor union, the
mine owners have been on the ag-
gressive, declared Mr.. Darrow. They
determined to get rid of this order.
and only by taking both sides can the
truth be arrived at.
Senator Borah entered the argument
to suggest that the defense, to open the
labor troubles in Colorado. must have
a specific theory in view, someone to
connect the matter with.
Judge Wood allowed the witness to
give his experience. Redd said he was
arrested in 1904 and taken aboard a
train to Cripple Creek, where he was
put in the bull-pen and held four days
without trial and without any charge
being placed against him.
Cross examined by Mr.. Hawley,
Redd declared he was member of the
Western Federation of Miners, and had
been a member since the organization
was formed On the day after the In
dependence depot explosion he was
taken to the bull-pen.
Military officers were in control at
the bull-pen, where there were $50 men
confined when the witness was arrest
ed. Asked If he did not, know that
the military were merely Investigating
the depot matter, and as soon as they
learned a man had nothing to do with
it he was allowed to so. Redd said he
knew nothing about it at all. The
witness was at Clyde, Col, when ar
rested. He said he never had seen
Steve Adams until he came to Boise.
Redd was released by the colonel COM
the bull-pen, who told him on
leaving that If he was molested to let
him know and he would see that he
was released