Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-27
DEFENSE FAILS N
MAKING Showing
Prosecution in the Haywood
Trial Scores on Several of
Defense's Witnesses
TWO Il. ARE pIscREDlTED
wo ARE pIscREDlTED
w. f. Davis on the Stand for cross-
Examination and Is Given Searching
Questioning by Senator 8orah-TeIls
Of the cripple Creek and other
Troubles.

Boise, Idaho, June 27.-The prosecu-
tion was feeling confident when the
Haywood trial opened this morning. OF
the four witnesses called by the de-
fense yesterday, two of them were torn
to pieces by the cross examination OF
the prosecution, and from each of the
other two testimony Of decided import
ance 10 the state was elected.
Three OF them were witnesses upon
whole testimony Mr.. Richardson had
based formal impeaching questions
which had already been propounded to
Orchard, and which he answered mega
lively. These witnesses all emphati-
cally reaffirm the statements on which
Z those questions had been based, and
to that extent the defense fulfilled its
object in calling them. But the cross
examination utterly discredited two Of
them, and left the other IN the unhap-
py situation of having contributed
more to the state than to the defense.
Boise, June 27.-When W. F.. Davis
was recalled to the stand on the OPP
i ening of the Haywood case this morn
ing, Senator Borah took him over the
period he spent in hiding in the Her
cules mine after the Bunkers Hill ex-.
plosion. He said Paulson and another
man were there. He could not identify
the other man. Orchard said he was
al the Hercules at this time Davis was
unable to recall Orchard as one of these
men.
Bringing the witness from the C~ip-
pie Creek days Senator Borah sought
to show that whereas the witness had
testified yesterday that the Cripple
Creek district was as quiet as Boise,
before the troops came there was a
reign of lawlessness. Davis insisted
the district was quiet and declared he
statement. He admitted, however.
were being beaten. Borah wanted to
know if the strike committee did not
have to spend most of Its time prevent
Ing men from goingS back to work. Da-
Wis said it required some work to keep
the men in line for the mine owners
had secret agents at work all the time
trying to misrepresent things to the
miners. Davis admitted talking with
F. ]. Campbell, representative of the
Vindicator mine, with regard to the
proposed resumption of work there
with non union men.
Didn't you tell Campbell If he in
sisted on opening up, something would
happen to the property?"
No, SIR
Davis declared no unusual conditions
existed In the miners convention at
Denver at the time of the Vindicator
explosion. Orchard testified that at the
time of the Vindicator explosion, Hay
wood said he was having some difficult
ty in keeping the men together, and
that something ought to be pulled off. .
After the Denver convention Davis did
not go back but changed his name,
went to Cheyenne and eventually to
Goldfield, New, where he resumed his
right name.
One reason Davis said he changed
his name was in order to get work.
He had also seen in the papers that
the authorities were looking for him
and many others. He had been ar
rested many times.
This ended the cross examination
and Darrow took up the redirect. He
took up the troubles at Cripple Creek
before and after the troops were sent
in Davis said that aside from the
assault on an old man named Stewart,
- - &l,nl
peace, and the killing Of woman,
there were no extraordinary disturb
ances. After the troops came in.
however, there was much trouble be-
cause, he, said. "the governor Of Col
orado turned q lot of thugs out of
the penitentiary and sent them into
that district"
w. w. Rush, Of Denver, was the
next witness. Rush was an engineer Of
the train which the Western Fedora |
tion of Miners officials claim an at
tempt was made to wreck in order to
put the blame on the union Rush |
said today there were two attempts.i
AS to the first he knew nothing, but
as to the second, he received infor-
nation.
..Who from7" asked Darrow.
I'D. c. Scott, chief detective. Scott
told me that on the night of Nov. IA,
1903, to be very careful in running
that night, as another attempt would
be made to wreck the train. He said
they would attempt to throw the train
into the ditch near the overhead cross
ing. said l did not think they could
throw me there because, yop see. the
place is toS far Scott then asked
me il I knew any other good place to
wreck the train along there. said it
might be done at the second left hand
curse east of the overhead crossing.
Scott repeated the location after me-
On the 11:65 trip to Bull Hill that
night, Scott met the train and told
me 10 stop near the second left hand
curve. did 50 and two men dropped
off the rear end OF the train. 1t was