Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-27
DAVIS GIVES LIE
TO ORCHARD
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of Orchard. Davis returns to the stand
tomorrow morning.


of Orchard. Davis returns to the stand
| tomorrow morning.
Threatened Steunenberg
Mrs. Lottie Day of' Denver testified
that in 1904 Orchard told her about the
loss of the Hercules interest and with
| it the chance to Support the only wo-
| man he ever really loved" and that
he said he would kill Steunenberg for
| the wrong done him, and John d. Ell
| lott, an old soldier, swore that Or
| chard told him on train in Idaho in
| the fall of 1905 that he was in the en-
| ploy of the mine owners and that there
| was plot against the federation and
its leaders. Cross-examination showed
the fact that Elliott had been twice
an inmate of an insane asylum with a
mind unbalanced by family troubles.
John M. O'Neil, editor of the Miners
l4agazine, was the only other witness
during the day. He testified that Or
| chard came to his office early in 1905
and asked for the addresses of Cover
nor Peabody and Gen. Sherman Bell,
whom he said should be bumped off,"
O'Neill said that he referred Orchard
to city directory. The state used the
cross-examination of O'Neill to make
it clear that the magazine was the Off
cial organ of the federation and ex-
pressed it's views, and to read to the
jury some Sneering articles about the
death of Steunenberg O'Neill also said
that he had seen Orchard at federation
headquarters several times and that
Steve Adams and Mrs. Adams had also
been there.
While on the stand Davis said he
was resident of Goldfield, New, min
ing and prospecting. He began mining
seventeen years ago in the Gouer
d'Alene district of Idaho. He joined
the miners union in 1899. He went to
work at the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mine in 1891. In 1898 Davis said he
went to Alaska to prospect some
claims. He came back to Idaho thir-
teen months later. The Bunker Hill
mill explosion occurred April 20, 1899.
Did you have anything to do with
the blowing up of the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mill?" asked Darrow.
mo, sir
did you lead body of 1000 men
down to blow it up?"
mo, SIR
Didn't Know Orchard
did you know Harry Orchard?"
mo, SIR
Were you a member of the union at
that time?"
mo, SIR"
OICudIu Adu uCCldlSu Oll IllS OloiIlu
that Davis was one of the leaders of
the party which went to blow up the
mill.
Davis worked for while on the Her
cules property with Edward Boyce and
August Paulson. When he left the
Coeur d. Alenes during the bull pen days
he went to California, changing his
name to w. F. Jones in order to get
work Later he went to Bisbee, Ariz.,
L, l, -a-1r 20. y1,i1
but was discharged when the mine
owners discovered his name vas Davis
and that he was member of the
Western Federation of Miners.
From Arizona Davis went to Cripple
Creek. He took out a card in Altman
union No. 10 and became president of
the local in March, 1902. There were
about 500 members. Davis was presi-
dent a little more than two years.
Sherman Parker now de" was at
one time financial secretary. Bill
Easterly and Steve Adams were also
members.
Davis said he knew absolutely moth
ing about the attempt to wreck train
on the Florence and Cripple Creek
railroad. He denied positively that he
ever offered Orchard 5000 or any other
sum to set off a carload of powder in
the Vindicator mine.
made such a proposition.
Davis said he was arrested for al
legged completely in the railroad wreck
and the Vindicator mine, but was dis
charged by the judge after the evidence
was all in. The witness fatty denied
that he ever offered Orchard money to
wreck a train or to place a bomb in
the Vindicator mine. AS president of
Altman union, Davis declared he pub
licly and privately advocated peace
and never at any time counseled any
sort of violence.
The witness said Orchard was not
a close acquaintance and was not a
man of any Importance in the union.
Davis was in Denver at the time of the
Independence depot explosion He first
| read of it in the newspapers and knew
of no plan to wreck the place.
David attended the miners conven-
ton in Denver in 1904. He had known
Haywood and Pettibone for about a
year before this. At the time of the
| deportation of the union miners from
| Cripple Creek Davis started out to seek
work elsewhere. He went first to
| Cheyenne, where he stopped three days.
He met orchard in Pat Moran's saloon
with Johnny Neville and the latter's
boy Leaving Cripple Creek Davis
again took up the name of Jones. He
eventually landed in Goldfeld in Janu-
ary. 1905, and has resided there ever
since.
Tells of Threat
While at Altman Davis said he had a
conversation with Orchard as to the
reason for his leaving the Coeur
d. d'AIenes. Sherman Parker and Bill
Easterly were also present. Orchard
said if he had not been driven out of
the Occur d'Alenes he would have
been a rich man. He intended to get
even with Steunenberg.
Senator Borah then began to cross
| examine the witness.
Davis said he was working at the
Gem mine at Gem, Idaho, the day the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine at
Wardner was blown up.
Davis saw the train of miners pass
through Gem en- route to Wardner. He
saw no one he knew on board, as most
of the men were masked. After the
train pulled out Davis said he saw the
postmaster at Gem and discussed the
| matter with him. He saw the post
master several times during the day.
| Davis said he did not know there