The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-04
Haywood Defense Presents 1t
in a Different Light
From That in Which It Was
Placed by Harry Orchard.
TWO WOMEN TESTIFY
Regarding the LOOting of
Stores Owned by the Union.
Court AdjOurns Until 10
O'clock Friday Morning.

Boise, July 4.-David c. Coates, for
mer lieutenant governor of Colorado
formerly a newspaper man of Wallace,
Idaho, was the first witness at the We'd
nesday afternoon session of court in the
Haywood trial. Mr.. Coates is the man
Orchard said suggested the kidnapping
of one of the Paulson children in Wal
lace, Paulson being a former partner
of Orchard in the Hercules mine.
Examined by Attorney Darrow Coates
said he had been a newspaper man
practically all of his life. He has set
type. reported and published his own
paper. He once was a member of the
International Typographical union but
never was in any way connected with
the Western Federation of Miners The
witness was lieutenant governor of Colo
Fado under Governor James B. Orme
He knew Haywood, Meyer and Petit
bone in Denver and met Orchard under
the name of Thomas Hogan in Petit
bones store the day the witness was
leaving to make his home in Wallace.
4 was in a hurry when met Hogan -
said Coates, "and he walked down the
street with me. saying he had once lived
near Wallace in the Occur D D'AleneS. He
said he once held an interest in the
Hercules mine and that August Paulson
was one of his partners He said he was
known in the Occur D'Alenes as Harry
Orchard and asked me to give Paulson
his regards and tell him he was coming
\ TO see him soon.
1.-THE next time I saw Orchard was six
weeks after 1 arrived in Wallace. He
met me at the bank and said he had
come up to see some of his old friends.
Two or three days later he came to
my office and began to talk about look
ing for some easy money. He said he
thought he might get some by stealing
some of Paulson's children. 1 don't
7 II
all for 1 didn't think he could be in
earnest.
Called Orchard a Fool.
Some days later Orchard came in
again He said he had been up to Paul
sons house to dinner and had played.
with the children He again spoke of
kidnapping one of them and wanted to
know if he could have the money left
with me. / said to him, Orchard you
are a fool and I would be a bigger fool
to go in with you in any such crime.
If you try to do anything like that
around here I'll denounce you He
said: oh, you needn't get so excited
about it, and went out. I thought at
first he serious, but the way he
laughed and told me not to get excited, |
made me think that perhaps he wasn't
after ALL
Didn't you ever suggest to Orchard
in Denver or anywhere else the kidnap-
ing of one of the Paulson children or
any other child?' asked Mr.. Darrow.
mo. sir. T. did not. There couldn't be
anything more repulsive to me than
that
You have a family"
Yes, sir, I have young daughter"
Coates said he saw Orchard several
times before the man left Wallace in
the fall of 1905. Orchard told him
that the more he saw of his old friends
and partners the more bitter he be-
came over having to leave the district.
He said he would "get even with
Steunenberg. 1 told him that the old
feeling of 1905 had about died out and
he ought not to think about it; that
there were plenty of other opportuni-
ties in the Coeur D'Alenes.
Witness next told of Orchard having
borrowed $500 from August Paulson
before leaving Wallace.
Cross examined by Senator Borah !
witness said he first met Pettibone, |
Meyer and Haywood some time prior
to his nomination as lieutenant COVER /
nor. They had been close friends for
president of the Colorado Federation |
of Labor and this had put him in close |
touch with the Western Federation of
Miners.
the Western Federation of Miners?"
Many a time"
When you met Orchard at Petit |
bones store you were returning from
Chicago, 1 Think"
Yes, sir. 1 was returning from a |
convention of Industrial Workers of
the World
tion?''
Eyes. SIR
Simplins often Called.
Coates said Jack Simpkins was in !
Wallace while Orchard was there but
he could rot remember ever having (
seen them together. Simpkins often
called at his office
The witness said he never said any
thing to Paulson regarding Orchards /
talk of stealing the child
Did you say to Deputy Sheriff Ras !
Reamer on the streets of Boise at the
time of Orchards cross examination /
that If Orchard had mentioned to you I
the kidnapping of Paulson's children he |
never would have had chance to Kill /
Steunenberg asked Senator Borah- /
There were several of us on the |
street one night-Mr- Darrow was in |
the party-when said that if Orchard |
had attempted to kidnap any of those |
children he never would have got out |
of the country and never would have |
had chance to kill Steunenberg."
Mrs Nellie F. BoyCe, of Denver. Col. /
who was formerly housekeeDer at the t
boa riding house of the Florence & Grip
ple Creek railroad at Cripple Creek. tes-
tified to seeing Harry Orchard at the |
boarding house on the night of the sec
ond attempt to wreck train He was
accompanied. she said, by D. c. Scott
and x C Sterling, detectives for the
railroad and the mine owners
Mrs Margaret Hooton, of Anaconda,
COL who distributed relief to the fami-
was called to tell of being arrested
twice and warned not to continue to as
sist the families under penalty of be-
ing deported herself She continued TO