The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-11
'M0YER IS next
HE WILL TAKE STAND IN BEHALF
OF SELF AND HAYWOOD.
TRIAL COMES TO A CLOSE
Witness Tells Of Deceiving Letter
Mailed In Alaska to Or.
chard's Wife.

the end of its case. Meyer will go On
the stand. Six witnesses closed up the
loose ends In the net of contradiction
in which it is hoped that Harry Or
chard may be entangled. Written evil
dence was introduced TO show that
conspiracy existed between the Mine
Owners Association, the Citizens ALI
ance, the governor and militia of Colo
RADIO and the Pinkerton detective
agency-all seeking to destroy the
Western Federation of Miners.
The mysterious registered letter sent
from Denver to San Francisco and
which Orchard swore contained five
500 bills, sent to him by George Pet
1lbone, signing himself as -. Wolff"
was explained by Jacob Wolff, who
said he formerly worked for Pettibone.
Wolff said he sent Orchard Masonic
charm and a union card in registered
letter.
When the Haywood trial was re-
| sumed at 10 o'clock there were few
spectators in the courtroom.
The defense offered as the first wit
! ness of the day Marion F. Moore of Nc
| Cabe, Arizona, member of the execu-
| tive board of the Western Federation
| OF Miners.
The witness, Moore, was asked as 20
| the circumstances under which he
| agreed to take letter to Alaska for
| Harry Orchard and mail it from Nome
| to the second Mrs. Orchard in Colo
| RADIO.
Moore said he first met Orchard in
| Denver in May, 1904
81 was sitting on a bench in the
| courthouse square when he came up
and Introduced himself saying he had
| seen me in the Occur d'Alenes," said
| Moore. 81 saw him several times after
| this once on Seventeenth street In
| 1905 | told him at that time that
| was going to Alaska to organize
Union at Nome. Later in the evening
| Orchard came to my room and asked
| II would mail a letter for him from
| Alaska 1t was addressed to Mrs.
Harry Orchard and he told me he
wanted to get rid of that woman.
He said he might come up to Alaska
later on himself. | arrived at Nome
August -, 1905, and two days later l
remembered and mailed the letter.
On cross-eXamination Moore said he
did not inquire as to whether the
|
dressed was Orchards wife or not.
Orchard referred to her as that
woman and said he wanted to be rid
of her.
Moore said he had talked with Or
chard but three or four times before
| the latter incident took place.
Following Orchard upon the stand
came Mrs. Mike Fallon of Butte, Mon
tana The witness was formerly Mrs.
Harry Waters. whose husband was
| generally known as Kid Waters, a gun
man. who operated in the mining re-
| gions of Colorado Asked what Kid
Waters did," the witness replied:
"A little of everything; detective
chiefly"
| Waters died in 1905.
by whom was he employed as de-
| tective?"
by the Mine Owners Association"
Did you ever see him in company
with d. C. Scott and Lyle Gregory"
Yes, sir"
How many guns did the Kid usually
oarry?"
Three; they were of all descrip-
tons"
DO you know Harry Orchard?"
Eyes, sir"
Dlu you eNGI oSC MN SS1A
house?"
Yes, the first time in March, 1904"
The witness was croSs-eXamined but
briefly. Her present husband, she said.
is miner and a member of the West
ern Federation of Miners
Owen Barnes, sometimes known as
Owney, was the next witness. Barnes
was implicated by Orchard in the man
ufacture CT certain bombs. Barnes lost
both his feet while mining. He has
been q member of the Western Fedora
ton for many years. In 1904 Barnes
lived in cabin near tie Independence
depot. Orchard came there once.
Did you have any conversation with
him as to the manufacture of dynamite
Dombs?" asked barrow.
NO, sir"
Did you help or assist any way iD
the manufacture of bombS?"
4 did not"
Did you ever make bomb?"
Never"
Did you ever commit or plan to COM
nit any act of violence with Harry Or
chard?"
In that district?' inquired the wit
ness
Yes"
NO, SIT.
Did you ever enter into any agree
rlent or did you ever plan to commit
an act of violence anywhere?"
mo, SIR
Barnes said that the day of the In.
dependence depot explosion, June ..
1904, he was attending the Democratic
national convention in ST. Louis.
On cross-cxamination Barnes was
asked to draw rough sketch of the In
dependence depot and the location of
the place where he lived, where Or
chard lived and where Bill Easterly,
Steve Adams and Bill Altman lived.
All were within short distance of
the depot.
On redirect examination Barnes said