Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-23
REEVES AND kisgR ARE HELD TO
ANSWER TO THE DISTRICT
COURT.
CONFESSIONS NOT USED
JURY IN BOULDER INQUEST re.
TURN VERDICT CHARGING
MALICIOUS INTENT.

Boulder. Colo.-Assistant District
Attorney T. A. McHarg has died an In.
formation before Justice OF the Peace
J. v. Holiday charging J. ". Reeves
and Frank Kiser. the alleged confessed
Boulder hrebuss. with murder. The
case will come up for preliminary hear.
Ing within q few days The Inquest
over the remains OF Ike o. Wilson. Roy
LeFevre and Albert Z. Weeks returned
the following verdict:
"The said Ike o. Wilson. Roy Le-
Fevre and Albert f. Weeks came to
their death on the 10th day Of August.
A. d. 1907. In the city OF Boulder.
county OF Boulder. state OF Colorado.
as the result Of IN explosion OF dyna.
mite consequent upon . nre. said nro
having been set by John W. Reeves
and Frank Kiser. and that said act OF
said Reeves and Kiscr was committed
maiiciousiy and with fcionIous intent"
The Jurors were: James Cowic. for.
mer secretary Of state. foreman: L. c.
Paddock, r. j. Stpple. q. u. Sutton.
Aion1o coan. Nicholas r. Herod.
Confessions Withheld.
Little attempt was made to intro
ducc testimony To place tho rcsponsi'
bility for tho damage. The attorneys
refused to make the alleged confession
public, Withholding Il until the prclimi.
nary hearing. The most Important
witnesses Mt the inquest were Richard
Woodward. James =. Simmons ana
Harry Poole. A part OF the confess
sion was made public by II. ID. Doolit-
tic. the Colorado & Southern claim
agent. who was put on the stand TO
swear that he had been witness to
tho confession.
According To his testimony. Reeves
and Kiscr went to the freight yards
aud when they reached caboosc No.
5:3 they separated. one Hoin. on either
side OF tho car. Both pulled waste out
OF tho journal boxes and henpcd II up
on tho west end Of the caboosc. Both
Kiscr and Reeves applied match to
their respective sides Of the car. thus
isniting tho waste. Up to this time Il
had been given out that kiscr was n
passive principal. standing around. but
doing none Of the work. Richard Wood
ward stated that he. together with
viasc Jcndiii, nm Italian. were drinking
In BcrHcr's saloon and that In the con.
vcrsniiou of tho four mon Reeves
asked Jcndiii and himself. who wcro
miners, II they could use powder.
Reeves. he said. expressed his intcn-
tion Of going down to hrc tho caboosc
In order to get the two strike breakers
who were asleep there. when Jcndiil
said he could use powder. Reeves said
that he would do all right. but Jcndill
said no.
Pooie's Damaging story.
Harry Poole. q striking brakeman on
the Colorado 4 Southern. testified that
Reeves and kiscr had come to his
room to ind out II the two strike
breakers who were working for tho
railroad were sleeping In the caboosc.
Poole begged them not to attempt any
thing against them. rs he thought the
strike would soon be settled and that
any violence would hurt the cause of
the union men. According to his ties.
timony he understood that Reeves and
kiscr were going home when they left
his room. although they stated that
they had two miners. Woodward and
Jcndili. waiting downstairs for them.
The tcstiony Of the four boys who
put out the fire on the caboosc was in
troduccd and one Of them stated that
he thought he had seen n man watching
them but that he would be unable to
identify him.
J. r. Simmons. night engineer at the
brewery. was next put on the stand.
He stated that he had known kiser
for year and had met Reeves three
times. Kiscr was in the habit Of WIS.,
iting the brewery frequently. Sim
mons, no said. was standing out I'M
front OF the brewery about two min
utes after the fire broke out. wheA
they came up the path from Arapaho%
street. They asked II he had n gun
and he said no. They then said: Are
you union mani" and he answered
that he was. One Of them asked II he
~
said he got bowl for them. Simmons
did not see them wash. rs they took
the bowl out to wash.house. When
Simmons spoke to them about the fire
Reeves said: There is n lot Of mer.
chandise going up In smoke"
Were Looking for kiser.
Simmons said the men returned
about $3.50 In the morning. accompa.
MED by the master mechanic Of the
Colorado & Northwestern railway.
They were looking for Kiscr and asked
Simmons II he had seen him. When
he replied in the negative. Reeves
said: "1f you see him. for Gods sake
send him home. as his mother is near.
ly crazy"
c. N. Williams. superintendent Of
the Colorado 4 Northwestern, stated
that Reeves had been working with
the company since July 26th and that
he was n brakeman for Kiser and had
been with him four or five days prior
to the FIRE. When the men came back
with their trains Friday night from
Ward. they switched several cars. but
he did not know whether the powder
car had been touched.
F. A. Williams, clerk In NJ. F.
Whiteley's hardware store. stated that
the car of powder which exploded con-
tained 1000 pounds OF 40 per cent.
nitroglycerine, that the consignment
had been placed on the car Thursday