Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-03

a bottle of acid or something through
the window. The bottle burst about
| three feet in front of me and some
| of the fluid splashed on my right
wrist burning through to the bone
| | grabbed my three-year- boy, who
was asleep, and ran out of the room
/ with him"
He saw Orchard the month follow
| ing This time Orchard told him
| that the smelter cOmpany's store was
| taking all his trade away from him.
He offered to do up" William Nc
Donald proprietor of the store, for
500.
Malich said that he told Orchard he
! had all the trade he wanted. and he
wouldn't have anybody killed on his
account
Malich next related a conversation
he had with Orchard in Turkish
bath establishment. when Orchard re-
membered his proposition about Nc
Donald
He then got to talking to me
about Governor Steunenberg. %nd
called him vile names. and said If it
had not been for him, he (Orchard)
would be a millionaire
Malich said that his store and sa-
loon in Globevile burned down on
June p. 1905. He was on his ranch
in Montrose county, ABA miles from
Denver, at the time Asked If he ever
talked to orchard in regard to, or as
sisted him in making bombs for
Judges Goddard and Gabbert or any
one else. Malich called out a ripple of
laughter by replying, 4 never saw
a bomb in my life"
Malich denied on cross-examination
that he burned himself with Petit
bone dope" while preparing to burn
his own store and later burned it
with "Pettibone dope" and that he
agreed to help Orchard with an alibi
when he killed Detective Lyte Gregory
The next witness was Joe Mehelich, |
member of the Western Fedora
ton He first met Orchard I'm Globe |
vile, Colo. in January, 1905, but de- !
MED that he ever assisted Orchard or
Adams to steal powder from the |
Union Pacific powder house or any |
where else.
He said he refused to go with or
.chard and help blow up hotel |
which he proposed to do. Mehelich |
said he never talked with Orchard as
To any attempt on Governor Peabody |
or anybody else.
The next witness was Edward l.. |
Mcfarland, a brother of Pinkerton |
Detective James Mcfarland, who has
DttH III NndlEf OF llt Mbik Ol NttuT-
ing evidence for the state.
The witness said he was not a
member Of the Western Federation Of
Miners, but shoemaker by trade.
He was at work in his shop in Victor
on the day of the riot following the :,
depot explosion.
After the shooting started, McPart-
land said that five men came to his
shop and said that they wanted. him.
He was marched between lines of
soldiers 10 a train and taken to Colo
RADIO Springs, where he and several
hundred miners were transferred TO
the Santa Fe road and taken within
a short distance Of the Kansas line
The engineer refused TO take the men
across the line.
after we left the train three vol.
leys .Vere tired over e.ir heads and
we We're told never to come back"
said Mcfarland. I'VE were in the
fields some time when along came "A
train which slowed down. The en-
gineer asked us Il we were deported
men He then told us to get aboard,
and he took us into Holly. Colo,
where we remained for some time"
William Aikman, Of Wonder. New,
implicated by Harry Orchard In the
placing Of bomb in the Vindicator
mine al Cripple Creek, was the first
witness called after luncheon. AK
nan, who has been a member of the
Western Federation Of Miners since
1913. absolutely denied that he had
helped Orchard place any bomb any
where. He declared he knew nothing
II the Vindicator explosion until after
{ occurred.
Aikman was in the Cripple Greek
)ull pen for ten days or two weeks
He said he once worked for a short
ime in the Vindicator mine. Follow
ng his release from the bull pen. Ak
nan said he was held In the county
all for three months. He was never
ried for anything. 4
Aikman maintained that he knew
ibsolutely nothing about an attempt
m the life Of Governor Peabody
He asserted that he had never had
my connection with Orchard or any I
me else In anv criminal act. J
Aikman said on cross-eXamination I
hat he and steve Adams were al y
Ways good friends He denied that he g
,new where Governor Peabody. Jus
ice Goddard. Justice Gabbert and =
sherman Bell lived in Denver He
.new Pettibone quite well and went
o his store quite often.
Thomas @ Foster, of Bisbee, Ariz.. 4
vas the next witness
Foster said he was arrested by the /.
militia a Cripple Creek and taken to |
he bull pen. where he was kept eigh-
cen davs. No charge was ever made
gainst him.
Subsequently he heard that ne was
wanted on a charge ~ attempting to
,rcck a train on the Florence and
ripple Greek railway
The detectives told him that a man I,
AIMED Mckinney had confessed Co the N
rain wrecking and implicated him.
r. was told to confess, and IL would
o. made easy for him
II told them had nothing 20 con-
ass. So they put mo in solitary COM
nement FOR seventeen days I was
nally tried along with Mckinney. u
nd we We're both acquitted" said
'uu.pr In
The defense here introduced as a IC
fitness Eugene Engley. former attor- n
~ general of Colorado. 20 testify as T.
, conditions in the Cripple Creek dis a.
-lct during he strike period Of 1903
Z. Much Of General Engley's testi- y
lony was objected 90 by the prosccu- =
on as hesrsay and many Of his y
.atemcnts were stricken out 81
General Engiey told of his deporta- n
on from Telluride and later from =,
ripple Greek The witness was In =.
ruc.ed by the court % cut out as n
luch detail as possible. M