New-York tribune., 1907-06-29

was in Silver City three or four days"
Easterly said he first read about the Steunen-
berg murder and Orchards arrest in Boise
what do you know about telegram being
ceived at Silver City TO take care Of Harry
Orchard?"
1T was about a week later that Harry Hanlon
secretary, told me that he had received such a
EasterIy declared he had not up to this time
told anybody OF the threats he had heard Orchard
make against Governor Steunenberg.
And yet you knew that for two months prior
to the killing Orchard was lurking around Cald-
well and that he had the intention 10 kill the
GoVernOr?'
4 knew he had made the remark"
And you told no one?"
1T did not to mo until after AFTER the
murder I didn't know where Governor Steunen-
berg lived"
After the Governors DEATH did you tell any
body?'
But this was after Mr.. Nugent had been en-
plOyed by the defence IN this case ana AFTER OIch-
ard had confessed"
YOU never at any time told any officer of the
State of Idaho?'
NO sir"
You kept 1t entirely in your own breast?"
Il had occasion to repeat It."
Not until you heard orchard had turned against
the Western Federation of Miners?'
Not until he made the statement he did
Not until he implicated the leaders OF the west
Federation OF MIners?'
And implicated himself" replied the witness
Nov. why didn't you tell anybody
1T none Of my business. l am not an IN
former along those lines
HAD NO OCCASION TO TELL ANYBODY"
Easterly constantly repeated that he had no oc-
casion to tell anybody"
Senator Borah suddenly changed the line of his
cross-exam!naton and took tho witness back 10
Cripple Creek He asked the attacks 'old
Stuart" and the justice OF the peace. Eas-
tery said that he had talked to Steve"
Adams the subject. EasteTIy said he lived about
quarter Of a mile from the Independence station;
Adams about . mile away. and Orchard an eighth
Gf Ia ifIlH 1lg Gltr to hath far
any Of tho men working around the independence
station We're union or non-unon men. Eastery
said that as far as he knew they were all non
union working in unfair mines.
"Oue OF the killed by the explosion" he
said. had been member of the union"
When You left your house the day after tho In
dependence depot explosion. did you leave an in
fernal machine under the foor?'
NO. SIR
"a shotgun
NO sir. I left two rifles"
Let's see: you kept in your house two rifles.
shotgun. a six-shooter anu Internal machlne?"
mo, sir"
What did you keep?"
81 kept a shotgun. two rifles and a six shooter
Internal machine is rather indefinite" suggested
Mr.. Darrow OF the defence.
Not to expert" reJoned Senator Borah
Then you may know about It. but don't" de-
clared Darrow.
We'll. If I don't have a witness who does
Il guess that's so.' commented Darrow
Senator Borah quickly brought the cross-exami-
nation q close.
On redirect examination Mr.. DarroY asked about
Meyers visit to Silver City In 1905. Easterly said
he saw Meyer In the Bunk house. In tho presence
Of twenty or thirty other men. The threats made
by Orchard in 1903 were then taken UP. and Darrow
asked when the fact that Orchard had made these
threats came back to his memory.
Easterly said he remembered them Immediately
after Orchard arrested.
And you at once went to the attorney for the
federation and reported It TO hm?"
Yes. sir
Easterly said the crime was attributed to the
Western Federation OF Miners by some of the pa
pers long before Orchard confessed
On re-cross- examination EasteTly said It was in
January, 1906. and not February. that he first told
Nugent about the Orchard threats. He was asked
II he desired TO modify his statement that he had
not told tho lawyer until after Orchards confes-
sion. but declared that he did not believe he had
made that statement
That's So" said Senator Borah.
You told NuEent as soon as tho matter came
TO your mind, did you?" quietly put In Mr.
Darrow.
Yes. I did"
Eastery left the stand and Joseph schoiz was
and 1904. Orchard said that n man named
Scholz had gone down into the Vindcator 1nine
with him to see off a carload of powder He was
confronted by the man who took the stand to-
day. but said he was not the same person
Scholz said to-day that there no other
scholz IN Cripple Creek until late in 1904 when
a gunman Of that name arrived. The witness said
he did not know Orchard.
THE BLOODHOUNDS AT VICTOR.
George Breen, who railroad man at the
time Of the explosion at the Independence station
and worked out Of Canon City, called to tes-
tfy to the bringing of bloodhounds from the peni-
tentiary TO Victor upon the day Of the explosion.
He was briefly cross-examined. and the state
passed the cross examination.
The first witness after recess was c. a Collins,
OF Leadville Col. a railroad brakeman who was
miner at the time of the Independence explosion.
He told OF two bloodhounds being brought there
and put on the scent. They circled about some
what and then brought up at a cabin occupied by
Az Beemore The last no saw of the dogs they
were being taken toward tho Vindicator mine.
! said ha
had belonged 10 the Western Federation OF Miners
/ He twice arrested by the military following
the Independence station affair and thrown into
the bull PEN He also arrested by the civil
authorities and convicted Of being drunk and dis
orderly.
You were arrested for creating disturbances
among non-union men2
mo, sir
Collins said his house was only $50 feet from the
wrecked station. The explosion broke two win
dows in the house and stopped clock He and
his mother and three brothers wakened by
the explosion. but none had curiosity enough to
look out and see what had happened They went
back to bed and to sleep Collins said he knew
steve Adams but hal not seen him around In
dependence for some time prior to the explosion.
l.. f. Taylor, of Independence, a miner and
formerly member of the Western Federation Of
Miners also testified the action the blood
hounds in taking the scent twice from the wire
and chair rung at the station and running to CAP
Beemore's house.
Who Beemore?' asked Darrow.
He was a deputy sheriff and long time marshal
OF Independence"
Taylor said he had not been a member of the
union for a year prior TO the wreckng of the sta
ton He not arrested or otherwise disturbed
during the duration OF martial law
Thomas Wood, native of Scotland, non-union
miner, who was at work as a temper man in the
Ninolcator mine at the time OF the explosion,
the next witness offered by the defence. Wood
said the day before the explosion he placed half
box of dynamite the water barrel the
shaft of the D0-foot level When he started to
work the night of the explosion he saw the box
where he placed it. He passed Mccormick and