The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-26
WITNESSES ON STAND
IN BEHALF Of HAYWOOD
Continued from Page l..

man she had seen in the vicinity of the
house in Cripple Creek several times. She
was not cross-eXamined and gave way
10 Mrs. Alice Fitzhugh, VINO succeeded
Mrs. King as proprietress of the star
rooming house. Mrs. Fitzhugh said that
Detective Sterling continued to live in
the house for some time after she took
, charge. She saw Harry Orchard go to
Sterling,s room at least dozen times.
She also saw Mckinney, the man ac-
cused of the spike pulling in Sterling 5
room following his release from jail.
on crOSs-eXamination Mrs. Fitzhugh
said she kept no record of her roomers
and was testifying wholly rom memory.
&. W. Aller Of LeadVille, Colo. for
merly a telegraph operator in the employ
of the Florence & Cripple Creek Rail
way. was the next witness He told Of
D. c. Scott. a detective of the railway
company. together in SCOTS room at the
Cripple Creek depot. He saw him there
twice before The attempted train wreck
Could Not Fix Dates.
on cross-examination Aller said he
b could not remember what time of day Il
was that Orchard first came to the de-
not. He did not know whether Scott and
Orchard had ever met before. Aller said
his recollection was not very clear as the
matter had made no particular impress
sion upon him.
Aner said he could not remember the
dates of Orchards visits even as to the
approximate time with reference to the
train wreck.
You are just guessing about the mat
fer, aren't -ou?r said Attorney Hawley
Tor the state. and you arc not sure about
anything
81 am only sure about il being Orch
ard. renlied the witness.
Two Of the next witnesses desired by
The defense were not in the room and an
early luncheon adjournment until ! 80 u.
m was ordered.
Conductor on the Stand.
Ira Blizzard of Cripple Greek, a railway
conductor and yard master, was called
10 the stand as the first witness after
Did YOU testify before the United
States commission appointed to investi-
gate the Cripple Creek disturbances: ."
asked Mr.. barrow
No, sir replied the witness.
DO you know X. c. Sterling?"
The witness said he understood Sterling
was in the employ of the Mine Owners
association and he had communicated
with Sterling at the headquarters of the
SssoGlatloa. BLIZZARD was CONTRACTING
freight agent of the Florence & Cripple
Creek railroad at the time of the hide
pCndence depot explosion. He immpdi-
ately went there and saw the wire and
chair runE which served as clues
The defense claims the Iudepende1Ce
depot was an all but abandoned affair AMI
that its destruction might have been
planned by others than the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners.
what sort of a depot was it, asked
Mr.. DarTOw Of the witness
The depot was in good condition" re-
piled BLIZZARD. 1t was a nice, Gp-tO-date
station with a good waiting room. It
had platform in front Of it,"
5Ioodhounds on the Trail.
The witness next toII Of putting the
blOOdhOunds on the trail of the men who
we're supposed to have perpetrated the
outrage
that the dogs had not been qualified. bat
Judge Wood allowed the evidence to 90
IN. BLIZZARD detailed the route taken by
the dogs. who went toward Colorado
Springs. At water tank BLIZZARD called
up X. G Sterling on the telephone
Senator BOrah objected to any CONVEX
sation between the witness as hearsay.
He declared that the defense had the
right TO show that some one other than
Orchard blew up the Independence de-
pot if it could. but the evidence must be
competent and not hearsay.
Charge Against Sterling.
we expect to show said Attorna,,
barrow in reply. that X g. Sterling
was responsible for the blowing up of the
depot, that he knew all about il and we
expect to connect Orchard with the Mine
Owners association"
Upon that showing the evidence viii
De admitted. declared Judge Wood
Il called Sterling up and told him the
dogs were on a good, safe trail He sale.
Call the dogs off. We know who lid
it ] called the dogs off. Some davs
later / saw Sterling and he told me the
reason he called the dogs off was that
he knew who caused the explosion: that
1t was Steve Adams"
On cross-examination Blizzard said he
old not know either Orchard or Adams
that Sterling told him nothing about
Adams other than that he was the man
who blew up the depot
BLIZZARD declared that the Independence
depot was used as a stopping place. but
there was no ticket agent there.
Or. McGee's Testimony.
BLIZZARD was followed on the stand nv
DR.. A L. MCGEE. formerly q physician
and surgeon in the COeur Il A,yuts and is
ow a mining broker
Where do YOU liver asked barrow
''On Occur dAlene lake
Right in the water2"
Noon a boat" replied the witness
amid laughter
He said he had known Orchard since
1881. Orchard delivered milk to his house
The day % the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mill explosion at Wardner. DR.. MCGEE
said he thought ne saw Orchard at Null
Ian. eighteen miles distant
Il am not sure of it, but if / am not
mistaken / saw Orchard playing poker
that day in d saloon or cigar store said
the witness.