The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-26

ulrectlng Mrs. Day. to remain in Boise
until released by the court The wit
ness was anxious to get back to Den
| yer and protested: 1--WE told YOU.
gentlemen, everything I know"
Mrs. Day said that while she was in
/ Boise under subpoena of the state she
was visited by Mr.. Darrow in regard
| to the case.
"And the next day Mr.. Stone. one of
the lawyers for the state, took you to
Nampa and sent you home, didn't he 20
| asked Mr.. DarroW.
She Took Herself.
No. sir, took myself to Nampa,"
| declared the witness vehemen.!y. She
said Mr.. Stone went along on the
| same train.
The next witness was John D. Ell
| lott, an inmate of the Soldiers home,
Boise. Elliott is 81 years of age. He
detailed a long conversation he said
he had with Orchard on a train in
November, 1905. when Orchard told
him he was in the employ of the mine
owners. That the Western Federation
of Miners was going to be crushed
and that within 80 days something
would happen that would startIe the
world. This was about five weeks be-
fore the assassination of Governor
Steunenberg.
Orchard. when confronted by Elliott,
declared he had never seen the man
before.
Elliott was put through searching
cross examination by Mr.. Hawley. He
said he had never related to his kins-
people, with whom he sometimes
stopped, the details Of his conversation
with Harry Orchard.
You are a Socialist, aren't you?"
asked the attorney.
Il can't say that l am
Can you say you are not ?"
'No, sir. but I don't belong to any
Socialist organization"
Elliott denied that he had ever been
ceived any pay. He admitted that he
had been an inmate of the state insane
asylum for six or seven months in
1895. One of his sons filed the ap
plication for his commitment. Elliott
denied that he had been in a straight
jacket. When he was released Elliott
declared he had certificate of re-
coVery.
Returned to Asylum
In May, 1904, Elliott said he went to
the asylum again. The probate judge
told him he was not insane but ne
seemed to be in bad shape physically, |
and he thought the stay at the asylum
would benefit him. Another of his
sons signed the complaint on this oc-
casion. Elliott was released later upon |
the promise of his brother and sister |
in-law to take care of him. He was |
then placed in the soldiers home. On |
redirect examination Elliott said he
had not been assisted in any way in |
stating his testimony and had re- |
cetved but 50 witness fee and rs cents |
in mileage.
Judge Wood here entered an order |
that all witnesses would be excused as
soon as they testified except those
whom the state desired to retain in |
Boise. AS to these, he said the state |
would pay their per diem expenses.
The defense here called to the stand |
John M. O'Nefll, editor of the Miners
Magazine. O'Neill said he had been /
miner for IS years, -
"You were once a member of the /
legislature % asked Mr.. Darrow.
81 regret to. say SO, yes, sir, in
1897" replied O'Neill. -'ri
The witness declared Meyer and
Haywood had nothing to do with the
magazine, although they occasionally
wrotez signed articles. The magazine,
is the official organ of the Western
Federation of Miners.
What is the purpose of the maya
ITO educate the members and unite
them politically"
O'NeiH said he sometimes consulted
Meyer and Haywood or some members
of the executive board as to what to say
no one, but published the editorials as
he wrote them.
The witness said he had known Or
chard in Denver In his office one day
Peabody and General Sherman Bell liv-
ed and said they ought to be bumped
off" Just at this time the witness !
wife and daughter came in. Orchard
ter O'Nein was cross-examined by
Senator Borah. He said the magazine
was supposed to reflect the official
views of the Western Federation of
which in convention adopted
the views of socialism. The magazine
s paid for by the Western Federation
Of Miners and all money has to be paid
1ut upon the order of Haywood as Sec
retery- treasurer.
The Magazine could not run "A hours
without the approval of Haywood, !
could it?" asked Senator Borah-
The magazine has been adopted by
he organization and the organization is | !
more powerful than any one officer. If |
Mr.. Haywood should decline to pay out
he necessary money, the executive
BOARD would probably tell him what his
1uties were.''
Borah Quotes From Magazine.
"And the executive board" COM ;
nented the interrogation. would get
oack to Meyer, Haywood, Jack Simp-
xins and Marion Moore and the 9TH
ers?
O'Neill said he did not know of any
conflict of opinion in the executive 1
BOARD as to the magazine and had
never been told the magazine was un-
At this point Senator Borah began
o quote from several issues of the
magazine early in 1906, following the $
ieath of Governor Steunenberg. One !
If these quotations contained the ex- ;
preston that the press dispatches re- ;
BORT the dissolution of Steunenberg :
via the bomb route q
O'Neill said he wrote the sentence. 7
Wasn't it a fact?" queried the wit r
less of the lawyer.
Eyes, 1 suppose it is,' said Senator h
3orah The lawyer next read an ex- {
ract from another paper which was h
eprinted in the Miners Magazine. 1t T
cad: L
"A chap by the name of Steunen-
,erg was blown up the other day at
Caldwell. He came into fame as the