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

/ of the labor troubles associated with
the Western Federation of Miners could
! alone locate the responsibility, declar-
Ever since. the strife between the
mine owners and the labor union, the
mine owners have been on the aggres-
| sive, declared Mr.. Darrow- They de-
| termined to get rid of this order and
| only by taking both sides can the
truth be arrived at.
/ Senator Borah entered the argument
to suggest that the defense. to open up
the labor troubles in Colorado. must
have a specific theory in view, some
| one to connect the matter with.
Judge Wood allowed the witness to
arrested in 1904, and taken aboard a
| train to Cripple Creek where he was
| put in a bull pen and held four Gays
without trial and without any charge
being laid against him.
Cross-examined by MI. Hawley, Redd
said he was member of the federation
and had been a member since the or
ganiZation was formed. On the day al
ter the independence depot explosion
he was taken to the bull pen. Military
officers were in control at the bull pen,
where there were $50 men confined
when the witness was arrested. Askeu
if he did not know that the military
were merely investigating the depot
matter and that as soon as they learn
ed a man had nothing to do with It.
he was allowed to go, Redd SAID ne
knew nothing about 1t.
Did Not Know Steve.
The witness was at Clyde. Col, when
arrested. He said he had never seen
Steve Adams until he came to Boise.
Redd was released by the colonel COM
handing the bull pen who told him on
leaving that if he was molested to let
him know and he would see that ne
was released The witness said the
colonel also advised him that II nlgne
also be a good plan to leave Cripple
Creek while existing conditions pre-
vailed He left two days later and has
not been back since
Charles A. Sullivan watchnan at the
Brown hotel at Denver and former
miner in the Cripple Creek district, fol-
lowed Redd upon the witness stand.
Sullivan said he knew Orchard at
Cripple Creek in 1902. He then detailed
the statement Orchard is alleged to
have made to him and which orchard
denied Sullivan said Orchard declared
that if it had not been for Steunenberg
he would be rich: that Steunenberg
ought to be killed and if he was not
killed he, Orchard. would kill him.
Sullivan was examined by Senator
Borah. He said he had known hay
wood since 1903 and was also acqualnt-
ed with Meyer, although he had never
met Pettibone. He joined the Western
Federation of Miners in 1902 and he
was acquainted with Bill Easterly, W.
F Davis, Sherman Parker, Bill Amman,
Art Baston and Ed Minister. The wit
witness met Orchard in July, 1902 The
conversation as to Governor Steunen-
berg occurred in September and there
was no one present except witness and
Orchard.
Sullivan declared that Orchard re-
peated his denunciation of Steunenberg
several times at the breakfast table, |
but there was never anyone else pres |
emit He had never communicated what |
orchard had said until after the trial
had started. He then told an acquaint- |
ance who brought one of the attorneys
for the defense to see him.
Orchard told the witness he was at |
Wardner when the Bunker Hill and |
Sullivan mill was blown up. He did not |
say he had helped to do it.
Court here adjourned until $50 today. |
Sterling Declines to Talk.
Denver, Col. June 26.-K. C. Ster- /
ling, formerly chief of detectives for |
the Cripple Creek Mine Owners as /
sociation who was charged by Attor- |
ney Clarence Darrow in court at Boise |
yesterday with being responsible for |
the Independence depot explosion in |
which IA men were killed and a num-
Der of others injured, is in this city a |
present. He declined today to make |
any statement regarding Mr.. Darrow's |
charge or to say whether he would go |
to Boise as a witness in the Haywood |
trial or not.