The San Francisco call., 1907-06-27
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out the statement first made by Rich
afdson in his cross examination Of
orchard that on one occasion Orchard
mad called at the editors office ami
had asked for the house addresses of
Governor Peabody and Sherman Bell
and that ONeill had told him to look
IN The city directory for them. O'Nefu
gave the conversation today and added
Nhat after he had told Orchard to look
IN the directory there was further talk
during which Orchard said that both
feaDody and Bell ought to be dumped
O'Neill has been editor Of the Miners
magazine FOR fve Years. He told OF
haNinS seva Orchard about headquar-
'crs IN Denver a few times. but re-
lhembered no special talk that they
mad had except this one conversation
Neil IS rather striking looking
man, who does not show the 81 years
mat he said he had been miner
lie Is tail and slender, with a strong
lace, small gray eyes. thin high nose
and pointed chin He wears a nous
tache and small side whiskers that are
Jet black He was a frank. clear wit
ness, with convincing air of sincerity
about him.
Senator Borah conducted the cross
Namination and also Immediately got
before the Eury the articles from the
miners Magazine which Judge Wood
had refused TO admit the other day.
when the prosecution offered several
such articles in a bunch.
The ma gazine is the oficial organ
OF the federation" declared O'NenI en-
phaucally, in response to Borah's ques
tion.
And is edited as such?" asked Borah
Exactly" replied O'NeilL
Your editorials are written as the
agent and representative of the organ
ISation2"
They are"
VIOLENCE Is APPROVED.
ONeill went on to say in response TO
iurther questions that he had never
heard any criticism in the organization
OF MS work, and that If he was not in
sympathy with the principles or policy
OF the organization. he would then have
10 write as the organization believed
or resign his job. Thus. if he did not
personally believe in socialism. he
would have TO advocate it in the mage
zine anyway, or quit.
When the official character of his
work had been thus thoroughly estab-
1isheo Borah asked him if he had writ
ten the editorial published on January
Q. 1906. few days after the murder of
steunenberg, which contained the SEN
tence:
The press dispatches report the dis
route"
Q'Neil said that he had. 1T is a
fact. isn't it?" he asked
1t is replied Borah
Borah then read another long edi-
torial published week after the
bomb route" article, and O'Nein ad-
mitted writing that 1t was not so
violent as some OF the other things
that appeared in the Miners Magazine.
but it did not conceal the satisfaction
Of the organization at the death of
Steunenberg.
That reelected the views of the or
ganization?' asked Borah
Yes. il did" replied O'NeiH
The witness admitted also that the
articles about Bell and Peabody ex-
pressed the feeling of the federation
toward those two men. He denied hav-
ing received a call from Orchard at
headquarters while in charge during
the absence Of Meyer and Haywood,
when Orchard presented an order for
q ticket TO Salt Lake for Mrs. Steve
Adams. signed by Max Malich.
O'Neill had been preceded on the
stand by John Elliott, 81 years old, an
inmate Of the Soldiers home here. He
told long and circumstantial story of
meeting a man on the train from
Weiser on November % or %, 1905, who
introduced himself as Hogan and began
10 talk about labor. winding UP with
an expression of hostility TO Steunen-
berg and the remark that something
startling was about to happen in that
neighborhood.
ELLIOTT TWICE INSANE
On Hawley's cross examination Ell
lott described Hogan as having a
somewhat smaller mustache than
now wore. AS matter of fact,
Orchard was at that time smooth
ShaVen.
Hawley brought out the fact that
Elliott had twice been in the insane
asylum, but was released each time on
the promise of relatives to take care of
him. There was nothing left of Ell
liotts story when he was dismissed.
The entire afternoon session was de-
voted to the examination of w. +.
Davis, and Borah had not concluded his
cross examination when adjournment
time came. He Will finish in the
morning.
Davis is a fine, strapping, outstanding.
two flsted man, whose appearance JUS
tifies~ his selection as the man to DOM
mate a strike situation in which his
union is concerned. He is a good look
ing chap. with a frank expression and
good natured eyes, and he displays an
Intelligence above the average.
But he had a difficult role to play TO-
DAY anC ne cOul0 not MAINTAIN II ulOST
the terrific rapid fire of questions that
Borah heaved in on him on cross exam
1nation. Davis had been implicated by
Orchard in about everything that went
on in the crime and violence line in
Cripple Creek during the strike of 1908,
as well in the blowing up Of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill at Ward
ner in 1893.
IN answer to DarroW's question on
direct examination, Davis represented
himself as a white winged angel Of
peace throughout all his union con-
nections and as man who had suffered
persecution and injustice because Of his
union connections and activities. He
denied every assertion that Orchard had
made about him, but admitted having
known Orchard in the Cripple Creek
district having admitted Orchard into
the union there of which he was then
president: and having seen and talked
with Orchard on various occasions there
and in the presence Of some Of the
other men whom Orchard had named
as being associated with him and Davis
sn their criminal enterprises.
The witness denied specifically the