Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-06-26

/ idu uilNen nm OUT OF the country
and that he intended to kill the gov
| ernor
Orchard was next confronted by
| Charles a. sullivan. a miner from
! Cripple Creek He said that he knew
sullivan, but denied conversation
with him i'm which he said that Coy.
! Steunenberg ought TO be killed. and
If he was not killed soon Orchard
/ would kin him himself"
Orchard successfully denied similar
| conversations with Fred Hough, Of
Wallace James Rainey, stage driver,
and Lottie Day, woman he know in
Denver. He also denied that he had
made threats against the governor to
! David Coates, 7. Il. Ecd9, ". Z Eag
| terly and w F. Davis
The defense offered in evidence two
rogue's gallery pictures of Orchard.
| taken after his arrest for the murder
| of Gov. Steunenberg. They show or
chard in garb resembling a tramp un-
shaved and unkemDt
/ Richardson compared their appear
ance with the Orchard of today. The
! photos were admitted
Another picture showed Orchard
/ in group of three men, one holding
smoking revolver. His companions
were Andy and Peter Christensen.
orchard said that This picture was
taken as novelty.
The first witness for the defense
was Mrs Mary j. King, an elderly re
fined woman, who formerly conducted
boarding house in Cripple Creek.
She said that she had several sons
who are miners, but are not now and
never were members of the union.
X. c. Sterling, chief detective of
the Mine owners association Of Colo
RADIO. lived at her house in Cripple
Greek during the strike an that camp.
she saw orchard visit his room seven
or more times, usually in the even
ing.
Sterling engaged and paid for the
room occupied by Mrs, Mckinney
wife of a man charged with pulling
spikes on the Florence and Cripple
Greek railroad, in an attempted
wreck, which the defense claims the
railroad officials and mine owners un-
dertook themselves, with the intent
of placing the blame on the Western
Federation Of Miners
Mrs. King said that she saw or
chard several times knock on Mrs
MKinney's door.
Her Ss-eXaminatiOn consisted OF
but a few questions tending more
closely to fix the date of Sterling's
stay at Mrs Kings house
Mrs Alice Fitzhugh, who succeeded
Mrs. King as pr6prietress OF the Star
rooming house, said that Detective
Sterling continued to live in the house
for some tine after she took charge
She saw orchard go to Sterling's
room at least dozen times She also
saw Mckinney the man accused Of
spike pulling, in Stcrling's room, fol-
lowing his release from Jail
c. W. Adler, of LeadVillc Colorado,
formerly telegrapher in the employ
of the Florence and Cripple Creek
told of seeing Orhard, x. G.
Sterling and ID, c. Scott, detective
of the railway company together i'm
Scotts room a the Cripple Greek
depot He saw orchard twice before
the attempted train wreck. Adler's
recollection was somewhat hazy as to
dates and the time of day but he said
he was sure about its being orchard
that he saw,
Ira BLIZZARD of Cripple Greek, rail-
way conductor and yard master was
called to the stand as the first witness
after recess.
Did you testify before the United
states commission appointed to inves-
tgate the Cripple Greek disturb
ances?' asked Mr. Darrow.
"No sir " replied the witness
"Do Won know X. G. Sterling?'
YES sir
The witness said he understood
starlfne was i'm tbe ennlovment OF the
Nine owners association and he mad
with Sterling at The
neadouarters of the association
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platform in front OF 1t.
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men VINO were supposed L" nave per
1euated the outrage me pFohecu-
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had not Deen quaIHeu' pu, J"use |
Wood allowed the evidence TO go IN. |
BLIZZARD detailed the route taken py |
The dogs who Went toward colorado I
Springs. Al a water tank bhHaru |
called up X. G. Sterling on the tele-
phone.
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