Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-11
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Orchard or anyone else, or that he
!, had ever given him cent, except
for expenses on trip Orchard made
to ouray as bodyguard for him.
He said that he had no personal
hostility for Steunenberg and there.
were no circumstances that would
make him desire the murder of John
Neville, whom Orchard testified
Meyer wanted killed.
Meyer denied that he participated
in a conference in Petitioners back
yard, where Orchard said he, Hay
wood and Pettibone mad discussed
various acts of violence; denied
knowledge of a subsequent meeting,
at federation headquarters where
Orchard swore that steunenberg's
and Neville's executions were plan-
ned; denied the material statements
In all of Orchards testimony. Meyer
| led him to Ouray. because Orchard
was going to Silyerton and they
| made the journey together as mat
! ter of convenience.
Representatives of the United
Mine Workers had been beaten up
| by thugs employed by mine owners
| and witness and Orchard took along
cutoff shotguns for their own pro-
lection, Meyer swore that his gun
was not subsequently used to kill
Lyle Gregory, but that Orchard re-
turned it to witness after they got
hs..t 10 Denver and the weapon had
nevc- been discharged up to the
time Meyer was arrested.
/ Meyer remained on the stand under
direct examination from shortly al
i tor 20 clock in the morning until
I 4 Few minutes before 4 o'clock in
the afternoon and most of the time
was taken up with recital of wit
ness connection with the federation
OF miners. zl
Il He told detailed story Of his ar
rest at ouray and his transfer to
l Telluride, where the military re;rs-
i ed to recognize processes of the court
/ set In motion to effect his release.
| He was arrested on the pretext that
| he had desecrated the flag by the is
| suance of a federation handful de.
nouneing the methods OF state cffi.
| Gals, mine owners aad militia. Cd
which an emblem OF the Amecisan
flag was reproduced. .S
A copy of this handful was intro.
duced and then witness told of yari.
Gus efforts to secure his release and
: of his subsequent arrest on the
charge that he was implicated in the
Vindicator outrage.
Only one ifportant clash marked
the relations of counsel during the
: day.
The defense wanted to prove all
the circumstances under which Moy
er and his associates were secretly
arrested il Denver, denied communs
cation with counsel and taken to Ida
no by special train, but the state op
posed it. The state declared thai
circumstances of the transaction
were not properly part Of the de
Tense, but Darrow and Richardson
continued their plea that it was mos
important as showing a eonspirac.
ION the part of the mine owners ani
! Pinkertons, and managed to show
that Meyer had been denied permits
fsion to communicate with counse
! while Buckley Wells OF the Min,
Il Owners Association was in charg,
! Iof the arresting and extradition par
! ty; that Wells had charge Of th,
. train and that Wells had charge d
! the keys OF Meyers handouts ami
: twice unlocked them on the journe.
! The attempt to show that the prison
ers had been Illegally taken to tn
Idaho penitentiary failed under TIL
I adverse rulings of the court.
Meyer made a self-possessed vii
ness and at the end of a long da
the defense expressed satisfaction o,
er both his testimony and the prot
able Impression he fade ON the Jul
ors. He will resume the stand t
] morrow, when the state will ente
/ upon It's cross examination.
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