The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-29

pendence mine and worked out OF Canon
City. was called 10 testify 10 the bring
Ing OF bloodhounds from the penitentiary
TO Victor on the day of the explosion,
He was briefly examined, and the State
passed the cross s-eXa mnation.
Recess then was taken until 1870 p. m.
Where Bloodhounds Went.
A. Collins, of Leadville, Colo, railroad
brakeman, who was q miner at the time
of the INDEPENDENCE depot explosion. He
told Of two bloodhounds being brought
there and put upon the scent They cir
cled about some and tNen brought UP at
a cabin occupied by AL. Beemore, The
last he saw Of the dogs they were being
Cross examined by Mr.. Hawley, Col
Inns said he had once belonged TO the
Western Federation of Miners. He was
the Independence depot affair and thrown
into the "bull pen" He was also arrest
ed once by the civil authorities and con-
victed Of being drunk and disorderly..
You also were arrested for creating
disturbances among non-union men?"
mo, sir
from the wrecked depot. The explosion
broke two windows In the house and
stopped clock. He and his mother and
6as but nene Ead curiosity Enough the to
look out and see what had happened
They went back to bed and to sleep. Col.
lFS SAID ne Kne" steve ADAMS, OUT
hadn't seen him around Independence for
some time prior to the explosion.
J., f. Taylor of Independence, Colo.
miner and former member OF the West,
ern Federation OF Miners, also testified
as TO the action OF the boodhounds In
taking the scent twice from the wire
and chair round at the depot and running
to AL. Beemore's house
Who was Beemore?', asked Darrow,
He was a deputy sheriff and at one
time marshal OF Independence"
I,A ", yl,A r,@y,tn -,
Owners?"
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 Hawey
more had gone to the scene OF the ex-
posion Immediately after 1t occurred. and
then returned directly to his hut Taylor
Ing morning He could not s Say "a as to his
presence Immediately following the ex-
plosion.
Taylor said he had not been a member
OF the union for year prior TO the
wrecking of the depot, He was not ar
rested or otherwise disturbed during the
reign of martial law.
More Details Of Explosion.
Thomas Wood. q native of Scot
land. a non union miner, who was at
work as a tlmberman in the Vlndicstor
the next witness 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.
Rushing out OF the level, Wood said he
noticed the powder was gone. The eX-
ploslon occurred on the sixth level. where
It was planned to begin work the night
II became evident here that the de-
Tense planned to show the Vindicator eX-
plosion was an accident. Mccormick and
seek having taken the half box of dyna-
mite to the level where work was about
10 begin.
Orchard In his testimony said the ex-
plosion In the Vindicator was caused by
a revolver being attached TO the lift-bar
when he saw Beck In the eighth Lowell he
saw revolver In his pocket. When he
found the bodies Of Mccormick and Beck
he also found the remains of revolver
scription of the flight OF the miners from
the Vindicator following the explosion,
some of them climbing up the 800 foot
shaft, only to find that at the sixth level
the ladders had been broken by the force
of the exploding dynamite.
During his cross-examlnation by Sena-
tor Borah, Wood Identified the pieces OF
the revolver which the prosecution In
trodueed In evidence as a yerihoation Of
leaving the eighth level, when he noticed
the disappearance OF the dynamite there
was great confusion.
"It was matter OF life and death with
which you were concerned. was it?"
asked Senator Borah.
Yes. SIR" said Wood, II wanted to
sgo home, that ts. suE<ss2