Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-28

What do you know about a telegram
being received at Silver City to take
care OF Harry Orchard?'
1T was about n week later that Har-
ry Hanlon, our secretary. told me that
he had received such a telegram
TOLD NO ONE OF THREATS.
Easterly declared he had not up 10
this time told anybody of the threats he
had heard Orchard make against Gov.
Steunen berg
And yet you knew that for two
months prior to the killing that Or
chard was lurking around Caldwell, and
that he had TINS intention TO kill the
governor"
II knew he had made the remark"
And you told no one"
1T didn't occur TO me until after
the murder. I didn't know where Gov
Steunenberg lived
After the governors death did you
tell anybody?'
II told Mr.. Nugent."
But this was after Mr.. Nugent had
been employed by the defense in this
case and after Orchard had confessed?"
Yes. SIR
You never at any time told any Off
cer OF the state of Idaho7"
No. sir"
You kept it entirely in your own
bTeast?"
Il had no occasion to repeat IT,"
Not until you heard Orchard had
turned against the Western Fedora
ton Of Miners?''
Not until he made the statement
he did =
ers of the Western Federation of Min
ers and?"-
And implicated himself" replied
the witness
Now. why didn't you tell any
body?"
NONE OF MY BUSINESS"
at was none of my business. I am
not an informer along those lines"
oh 1 see said Senator Borah,
but you became an informer after
you heard Orchard had turned in
former against the Western Fedora
ton OF Miners?"
II didn't say anything about II UNI
I'll he did what he did"
And II orchard had not turned
against the Western Federation of
Miners you never would have said
anything
IF had been asked would
But you wouldn't nave volunteer
ed anything"
81 would have volunteered II tho
proper manner"
I1asterly constantly repeated that
he had no occasion to tell anybody"
BACK TO CRIPPLE CREEK.
Senator Borah suddenly changed the
line Of his cross-eXamlnation ana took
the witness back "a Cripple Creek He
asked as 10 the attacks Oh Old Man stew
art and the justice OF the peace. Easter
~ said that he had never talked 70 Stove
Adams on the subject
Eastorly said he lived about a quarter
OF a mile from the Independence depot;
Adams about z mile away, and Orchard
about an eighth of mile.
lie was examined very closely as 20
whether any Of the men working around
the Independence depot were union OF
non-union miners.
Easterly said that so far as he know
they were all non union men working in
unfair" mines.
"one OF the men killed by tho explo-
sion he Hnid' "had been q member Of the
when you left your house the day ar
ter the Independence depot explosion ala
you leave an informal machine under the
no sir"
IA HhotRun7'
mo sir: left two rifles"
Lets see, you kept IN your house two
rides, shotgun, a slK-shootor and an In
femal machinef'
mo. Sir"
What did you keep
EAsTERLY's ARMoRY.
~ kept a shotgun, Two rines and six
Internal machine Is rather lndeanite %
suggested Atty. Darrnw of the defense.
mot 20 an expert reJoned Senator
Rorah
Then you may know about IT, hut
don't declared Darrow.
"Wol, n ! don't, We have witness who
docs said the senator,
n guess that's sor commented Mr.. Oar
row.
REDIRECT EXAMINATION
Senator Borah quickly brought tho
direct examination MI, barrow asked
about Meyers visit 10 Silver City IN 1906,
Easlerly said he saw him N the bunk
house IN the presence OF % az 20 other
men Ihe threats made by Orchard IN