The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-07-02
Secrets of the Agencies
Told in Court.
MINE OWNERS SCHEME
Defense Of haywood Stiii Dts citing
Its Efforts to Impeachment of tire
Testimony Of trViiard-a
Former Ilnk.rtou Nan ou
on Ihc Witness stand
on Iiic Witness stand
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Boise idaho, June - Morris
Friedman. former employe 81 the
Pinkerton Detective Agency AZ Den
yer. who published his adventure
ana many ~ the CONFIDENTIAL reports
and records that passed through his
hands IN an attack on the agency Was
a witness TODAY ia behalf ~ VIM -
Haywood. charged with the murder -
former Governor Frank Steunenbcrg.
Friedman told how the PInkertous
had sent spies into many - the lm-
poTtant unions OF the Western Fed
Grafton cf Miners Friedman has a
shock OF black hair and ~ of marked
Hebraic type Heavy thick gtasse"
magnify his dark eyes by name and
operating number. he Identified
dozen detectives who succeeded IN en-
terinG or getting close 10 miners uu-
ions in Colorado He produced vol
luminous copies of reports they made
to the agency for transmission 10 ~"
mine owners Fried man Was Cou-
fidential stenographerhnder Detective
MCFARLAND and. 40 ne testified. X was
part OF his duty to rccopy the reports
of the operatives as they reached the
Office.
Friedman swore that in several in
stances the detectives sent out by the
owners got elected To high Of
fices in the unions and in
a couple OF instances they carried
their daring parts 10 the extent or
sharing ali the hardships OF real
strikers and being finally deported
from the country with real strikers
Ten feet from Fricdman's chair sat
George W Redell who, a Ptnker-
ton detective work ed up TO leadership
in the Telluride union Turning TO
him by direction Of Clarence Darrow.
the witnese identified Redell. who
smiled and touched his chest az
Friedman pointed toward him
Detective at Head OF Relief.
Friedman said that one PinkeTton
operative became chairman Of the
unions strike relief committee at
GlobeviIle, and as such had charge or
all the funds and food dlsbursed
there by the local union and general
Federation. Friedman said that under
instructions from his suDeriors at the
Pinkerton agency this man first tried
To beggar the Federation by the LAVISH
expenditure in behalf Of the strikers.
and failing in this. he cut the rehef
down to the lowest point Of stinslness
in the hope that the members Of the
union migh censure Haywood.
Friedman was twice interrupted to
give wav to other witnesses and did
not get beyond the identification ana
a brief sketch OF each operative en-
ployed in the espionage Of the FEEDER
atoms strike operations. and the
identification of several of the conf
dental reports The latter were not
read and viii be offered in evidence
Monday. when Friedman will! continue
his testimony The examination did
not show whether Friedman entered
the empioyment OF the Pink ertons az
a spy In behalf OF the labor organiza-
y, hor feCigiOn .. make
public his knowledge and the docu-
rnents he took was reached after he
was employed
shaking Orchards Credibility.
Aside from the introduction OF
Morris Friedman. the defense also Of
fered a large amount Of testimony
covering Orchards credibility. the
dispute as to the time Orchard SOLD
his interest in the Hercules mine
the treatment Of Jack Slmpkins while
a prisoner in the Idaho bull pen an
other motive for the murder OF De
tective Lyte Gregory. the whipping OF
men friendly 70 the strikers at Cripple
Creek and the circumstances under
which the processes Of the civil courts
at Telluride were disregarded BY the
military authorities Two witnesses
swore that on the day the Bunker
Hill and sullivan mill was destroyed
Harry Orchard was at Mullen. s miles
from Wardner. They placed him IN
poker game and Patrick McHale
a barkeepe swore that ne sat in the
game BY various means. including
showing that McHale is gam bier
the prosecution endeavored 10 break
this testimony but botn witnesses held
to their stories.
Frank Hough. who said he was sent
to the bull pen" in North Idaho IN
1899 for reasons that he never knew
described conditions in that military
prison and told how negro soldiers
required Jack Simpkins TO stand for
SIX hours in the hot sun of July
day refused him water and kept him
up by prodding him with bayonets
Judge Theron Stevens. now Of Gold
Field. Nevada. but once of the dis
trict court at Telluride. traced the
history of the relations between the
courts and the soldiery in the
troublous days Of the strike He
testified that when the deportees tried
TO use the injunction TO get back 10
their horn es the governor returned the
district over 10 the control OF martial
law and that the writ of habeas corpus
and the subsequent order for arrest for
its disobedience against the military
authorities in the case Of Charles II
Moyer were both disregarded BY Gen
eraI Sherman Bell and Captain
Bulkeley Wells.