The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-29

He was generally supposed to be-
The last answer was stricken out as
hearsay.
On cross-examination Taylor said he
saw BeemOre at the-depot the morning
after the explosion. Attorney Hawley
tried to show by the witness that Bee
more had gone to the scene OF the ex-
plosion Immediately after it occurred, and
then returned directly to his hut. Tay-
lor said Beemore was there early the fol-
lowing morning. He could not say as to
his presence Immediately following the
explosion.
OF the union for year prior to the wreck
ing of the depot. He was not arrested or
otherwise disturbed during the reign of
martial law.
indicator Mine Explosion.
Thomas Wood, a native of Scotland, a
non-union miner, who was at work as a
timberman in the Vindicator mine at the
time of the explosion. was the next wit
ness offered by the defense.
Wood said the day before the explosion
he placed half box of dynamite on the
water barrel near the shaft of the 500
foot level. When he started to work the
night of the explosion he saw the box
where he placed it. He passed McCOr-
mick and Beck. subsequently killed in the
explosion, coming out of the level. Hair
an hour later the explosion occurred.
Rushing out of the level Wood said he no.
ticed the powder was gone The explosion
occurred on the 600-foot level where il
n
COrmick and Beck were killed.
Tt became evident here that the de-
Tense planned to show the Vindicator eX-
plosion was an accident Mccormick and
Beck having taken the half box of dyna-
mite to the level where work was ABOUT
to begin.
Caused by Revolver.
Orchard in his testimony said the ex-
plOson in the NindicatOr was caused by
a revolver being attached to the lift-bar
| of the cage. Wood testified tOGay that
! when he saw Beck in the eighth level he
saw a revolver in his pocket. When be
I found the bodies of Mccormick and Beck
! he also found the remains of revolver
on the ground. Wood gave a graphic de
| scription of the flight of the miners from
| the indicator following the explosion
some of them climbing up the S01-foot
shaft only to find that at the sixth level
/ the ladders had been broken by the force
| Of the exploding dynamite
During his crosses aminat ton by Senator
Borah. Wood Identified the pieces of the
revolver which the prosecution intro
| chards testimony Wood said that in
| leaving the eighth level, when he noticed
| the disappearance of the dynamite. there
was great confusion.
1T was a matter of life and death with
which you were concerned, was it," asked
Senator BoTah.
Yes. sir" said Wood, g." l wanted home
that is ALL
Wood said he searched carefully every
where around the scene of the explosion
but found nothing of Importance except
the fragments of the revolver.
You looked very carefully" asked SEN
ator Borah
yes. sir. l did. and I looked for the
| internal machine they talk about, but /
didn't find it
Where the Trouble Started.
j. c. Copley, now matchmaker and
| jeweler at Nina, New. formerly miner
and leaseT at Independence, Colo, fol-
| lowed Wood on the stand. Copley said
| he Joined the Western Federation of Min
ers in 1899 and continued a member up to
| about year ago. For two years he was
| a member of the executive board. COpley
/ organized the Colorado City Smeltermen's
union. 1t was in connection with this un-
| ion that the labor troubles in Colorado
started.
You are the responsible party, are
| your asked barrow.
4 have been accused of it," said Cop
! ley.
The witness told of initiating into the
union a man named Crane, who became
| recording secretary before it was discov-
cred that he was a detective.
AS a member of the executive board
! Copley said he had quite a good deal to
| do with the Cripple Creek strike. The
men were always counSelIed, he declared.
| to maintain peace and order. COpley said
| he was not in the district at the time
! of the Vindicator mine explosion. Novem-
Der y, 1903. he returned in December and
was Immediately arrested and held in the
dull pen" several days. He was released
| to go to Georgetown, Colo, to stand trial
| before a jury for alleged conspiracy to
blow up the transformer house at the Sun
and Moon mine. Idaho Springs, Colo. He
was acquitted of the charge.
Copley met Orchard at Cripple Creek in
| November. He did not see him in Denver
! following the Independence explosion. He
met Orchard, Davis and Neville in Pat
| Moran's saloon in Cheyenne while en-
fr.n rrau H1 rnrlIe n -l IafT TOar,
yer on the advice of an old friend, who
| said the leaders of the federation were
about to be arrested.
Copley eventually. at the suggestion of
| Haywood, made a tour of the west. giving
an illustrated lecture on Cripple Creek
cruelties," showing conditions in the dis
trict during military rule.
At a lecture in San Francisco Decem-
| Der 4, 1904, Copley said he saw Orchard
He had no idea what he was up to this
time. Orchard came to see him four or
five days later and asked what he thought
of the Bradley affair, saying Bradley was
one of the Occur d Alene gang who had
got what was coming to him."
Threat Against Steunenberg.
He told me that Governor Steunenberg
would get the same dose" continued Cop
ley. He said ne once owned interest
in the Hercules mine and seemed to have
a grudge against SteUnenberg. Orchard
told me he was making a living gambling
with the soldiers at the PresidiO.'
COpley said orchard asked him if he
thought ii a feasible plan to drill into the
edges OF $50 pieces, extract some filings
and fill in the holes with base metal The
witness advised him against any such
plan. saying he could only make wages out
of il and would eventually land in the
penitentiary. COpley gave Orchard per-
mission to come to his room and change
his clothes-tO don the soldiers uniform
in which Orchard went back to Denver
Cross-examined by Senator Borah. Cop
ley said he paid no heed to the threats
made by Orchard, even in view Of the fact
Bradley had been blown up; that Orchard
had proposed shaving gold coins and was
about to disguise himself in soldiers
clothes.
Il thought 1t was one of these idle
threats such as we hear daily" declared
Copley.
IAN these things did not arouse your
suspicions?'
Had No Suspicion.
mo. sir. / had no idea Orchard had
anything to do with the Bradley affair
The only criminal thought 1 knew of was
his proposition to mutilate coin"
did you ask him why he didn't change
his clothes in his own room?'
mo. He said he wanted to get back
to Denver and unless he was disguised
he feared arrest for being connected with
the strike"