The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
After an Unsuccessful ATTEMPT
to Upset His Testimony.
Crowd at Haywood Trial Is
Furnished Entertainment.
Id. C. SCOTT is CALLED.
Tells How Detectives Plotted to
Wreck a Train.
Ed BOyce Gets Back at One of
of the States Lawyers.

Boise. Idaho. June 27.-The greater
part of the morning session of the
Steunenberg murder trial was used to
completing the examination of w. F
Davis. who Orchard swore inspired
several of the principal acts of violence
committed at Cripple Creek during the
strike Senator Borah searchingly
questioned him as to the Cripple Greek
strike and its principal events, the
meeting at Denver after the Independ-
ence station was blown up and the
subsequent journey to Wyoming. At
torney Darrow interviewed several
times TO protect the witness, and he
and Sen>eor Borah interested and
amused the crowd with some clever
court strategy. Borah drove Davis
very hard on conditions at Cripple
Creek and his action in changing his
name, but the witness held to his de-
mails Of misconduct on the part of
himself and his associates.
w. w. Rush. formerly engineer on
the Florence & Cripple Creek railway,
told an amusing story of the manner
in which, according to his story, De-
tectives D. c. Scott and K. c. Sterling
staged and executed the second at
tempt to wreck a train on the line
during the strike.
Ed Boyce. formerly president of the
now one of the owners of the Her
cules mine, was called to the stand
before the noon recess BOyce. under
the guidance of Mr.. Darrow, amused
the court room as he told with a
ready Irish wit how in 1898, Mr.. James
H Hawley. now leading counsel
against Haywood, but then retained as
counsel for the miners, suggested to
Boyce while the latter was in Boise
the organization of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners. as an offset to the
Mine Owners association.
Davis Recalled.
When w. F. Davis was recalled to the
stand on the opening of court this
morning Senator Borah took him over
the period he spent in hiding in the
Hercules mine, after the Bunker Hill
explosion. He said that Paulson and
another man were there. He could not
identify the other man. He remember
ed two men calling at the mine while
he was there. They were union men
getting out of the country. Orchard
said that he was at the Hercules at
this time. Davis was unable to recall
Orchard as one of these men.
Bringing the witness down to the
Cripple Creek days. Senator Borah
wanted to know when the witness first
met Steve Adame. He could not recall.
Davis said he was at home the night of
the explosion in the Vindicator mine.
Earlier in the evening he had attended
with Furman Parker a union meeting
at victor Davis declared JnaL ne cdlIeu
at Orchards house and took him to the
meeting. He could not remember
whether or not Orchard attended the
meeting. There were 800 or 1000 men
there. Davis could not recall when he
first saw Orchard after the meeting.
Neither could he tell just when he last
saw Orchard prior to the explosion
Stands by His Statements.
Davis testified yesterday that the
Cripple Creek district was entirely
quiet and peaceful up to the time the
troops were sent in. Today Senator
Borah wanted to know if the witness
had. not heard of a nOnunion man
named Stewart being shot to death !
and another man named Hawkins be- |
ing beaten to death and various other
instances Davis said he had heard |
of these cases. Some, he declared |
however, occurred after the troops |
came in.
Senator Borah asked if Davis had !
not heard of 'Slim" Campbell killing |
a woman in house of Ill repute in |
Cripple Greek.
Attorney Darrow objected to this. |
declaring it had nothing to do with |
the calling out of the troops The OBJ |
lection was overruled- Davis insisted 1
this murder followed the arrival of /
the troops. The witness disclaimed |
any knowledge of trouble with nom
union men at the Golden Cycle mine. |
prior to the coming of troops.
During this line of examination |
Senator Borah and Attorney Darrow |
spared almost continuously. Senator |
Borah sought to show that whereas
the witness had said the Cripple |
Creek district was as quiet as Boise |
before the troops came, there was a
reign of lawlessness. Davis insisted |
the district was quiet and declared he /
was willing to stand on his statement !
of yesterday. He admitted, however,
that he knew of some nonunion men
being beaten.
Strike Leaders Kept Busy.
Senator Borah wanted to know if |
the strike committee did not have to |
spend most of its time preventing men
from going back to work. Davis said
It required some work to keep the
miners in line for the mine owners
had secret agents at work all the time
and were trying to misrepresent
thirss to the miners.
Davis said when first asked as to
Mccormick and Beck killed
at the Vindicator mine, were union or
nonunion men that he did not know. |
Later he said he believed they were
He also believed that the
men killed at the independence depot
We're not union men, He made no
special inquiry into the matter.
Davis admitted talking with F. J.
Campbell, a represen tative of the Vim
dieator mine, with regard to the pro-
posed resumption of work there with
Aonunion men
''Didn't you tell Campbell that if he
insisted on opening UP. something
Would happen to the property?" asked
Senator Borah
NO, sir" replied the witness.
Davis declared that no unusual con-
ditions existed in the miners conven-
ton at Denver at the time of the Vim
dicator explosion. Orchard had tes-
ti1ed that Haywood said he was hav-
ing some difficulty in keeping the men