The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
WHO THREW ACID
MAX MAliCh GIVES DAMAGING
TESTIMONY.
CAPTAIN MCFARLAND TALKS
Defense Claims the Railroad Officials
Knew independence Depot Was
to Be Blown Up


Boise. ldaho-Max Mal!ch WAS called
10 the stand in the Haywood trial. Ma
Itch is a carpenter and miner. IL
vas smcliCrman III ,ilobe, Colorado.
az the lime of the strike in 1898. Ma
l!ch saia he was an Aus, rian AS were
most of he men in the Globeville
smelters
Did you know a man named Harry
orchard. alias Thomas Hosan9" asked
Attorney Richardson, who conducted
the examination.
Il was Introduced to him as Tom
Hogan by Pinkerton dctcctiv, named
A. w. Gratias,"
Malich said he did not know that
G"atias WAS a detective at this time,
tor he was working secretly and was
acting as president of the local smelter
union. The witness said il was in Feb
ruary, 1908, that he met Orchard, who
was tht n living wi,I Steve Adams AMI
his wife Malich was the proprietor
Of 4 small hotel and bar at this time.
Orchard testified. it will be- rsmem-
hcrcd. that Malich had suggested 10
him the blowing up OF a hotel where
$50 nnnunion miners were living and
lad helped him steal 100 pounds of
dynamite from the Union Pacific pow
der house.
Malch declared that the testimony
was all false, He said Orchard or Ho
ran came to him one day and said:
What is the matter with YOU folks
out here. the scabs are getting the
best of YOU. Why don't YOU blow that
On hotel off the earth"
H., sad he replied: TON, | wouldn't
stand for il under any circumstances
If you do any hing like that | am gons
to dcnounce YOU.
After this the witness said Orchard
told him he was just jok.ng.
Malich said he knew nothing about
the taking of any powder from tn
Union Pacific.
The witness WIS once q member nf
the city council of Globcville He 10
clar2d two atte mpts had been made
to burn his place of business. tho last
on April q. 1905. after Orchard hal
left Giobevillc.
There had been IA card party IN the
!Hll of the hotel The night OF the 27h,
Malich said given by :he ladies' auNll-
larry IN charge of strike relief.
Il had gone to my bedroom to re-
tire" said the witness. when some
ho!y threw a bottle of acid through
tie window. Tie bottle burst about
| three feet in front of me and some VI
I he fluid spashcd on my wris', burn
ing through 20 the bone. ! grabbed up
my thrse-vcar-old boy, who was asleep,
and ran out of the room with him.
When we went back the room was
filled with smoke from the carpet
| which was smolicring."
| Malich declared he was never able
| to find out who attempted the outage
I 1.
ing. This time Orchard told him th"
smeltef compaEy's store was taking all
his trade away from him.
He off red to do up William Nc
Donald. the proprietor of the stcrt.
Tor s10o Malieh said he told Orchard
he had all the trade he wanted and
he wouldn't have anybody killed en-
his account. The next time he caw
Orchard wss when the man WAS writ
ing hail insurance. He lent Orchard
$50 which was sent back to him from
Rocky Ford.
Asked as 10 Orchards financial con
dition the winter he lived witt. Steve
Adams. Malich said he had to let Or
chard have money five or six tines,
being paid back when the latter made
raise" at gambling.
Nalich said his store and saloon nj
Globeville were burned down June 81,
1905, He was on his ranch n Mont
rose county 43i miles from Denver
at this time.
Asked II he had ever talked to Or
chard with regard 10 or assisted him
in making bombs for Ju 'ges Goddard
and Gabhert or anything else. Malich
called out d ripple Of laughter by re-
plying
81 never saw a boom in my life
yet"
The witness was croSs-eXamined by
Senator BGrah. He was required to
trace bis move ments from the time
Of his arrival In this country in the
early SOS down to the present time.
He fiji ST net George A. Pettibunc
when Pettibone was selling clothes
ringers and rugs. He denied ever hav
ing given Petfi"one his proxy to the
1903 convention of the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners
The next occupant Of the witness
chair w Joe Meheliet who also is
native Of Austria and former smelter-