The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-11
lad of Western Federation of Minors
Positively Affirms That He Never
Plotted Any Crime With
Harry Orchard.
fR SENT HIM ANY MONEY AS
REMUNERATION FOR HIS WORK
Not Know Steunenberg Personally and Held
No Feeling of Animosity Against
Him.

|rSE. Ida, July 10.-Charles II.
4 vent to the stand today, a wit
|for his fellow. defendant. William
atwood, and, besides making a
|bs denial of all the crimes attrib.
|,o him and the other federation
b by Harry Orchard, offered IN
rsiion of the unsolicited appear
Of the Western Federation of
b ss The defender of Harry Or
/ Immediately after his arrest at
|r,T for the murder of Steunen-
|ju swore that it was Jack Simp-
NO engaged Attorney Fred Mil
b Spokane TO 60 to Caldwell 10
.grt Orchard, then known as
IS Hogan. and that ii was at the
\ Of Simpkins that the witness
Haywood subsequently advanced
! from the funds of the federation
~ the expense Of defending Or
At various stages of the re-
|ks defense offered in evidence a
4 of documents, including a here
undisclosed cipher telegram
Simpklns sent to federation
1rtsrs and the union at Silver
dS., covering the move TO pro-
y federation, which was charged
y crime within a few days after
|Hed
tH knowledge of Murder.
q began by saying that he got |
knowledge Of the crime from
"ryer newspapers, and that on
|salng Of January 4, five days |
y crime, a telegram In the fed
s clpher-a code in which GER
|enerals represented the alpha
published in the ritual of the
alton, was used to transmit the
"a to local unions-came TO
Fo from Spokane, Ii was long
Translation was difficult and
N, but he and Haywood tigureI
day that IL was signed by
and read: Cannot get a
10 defend Hogan. Answer. "
lsstihcd that he was suspicious
NE message, the newspapers
aready charged the crime up to
Iaiion. and that be decided 10
John Murphy, general counsel
iederation. before he took any
Z saId he left for Chicago that
0', but that Haywood took the
up and opened communication
. anlOn at Silver City and made
1sals to engage Attorney John
a, 70 Dok after The interests Of
l.lauon and to defend Orchard
rr The defense produced
~'as correspondence and all of
aea INTO the record.
6Snug, Meyer said that Attor-
n Juss Z came to Denver about the
a. ~ following month, bringing
me record of Orchard s pre-.
lueaFing. Miller went to Den
,as suggestion of Simpkins, SO
~ t*tlhed. and brought a re-
val olmpkiDs that the fedora.
.snls nisn the large sum of money
lIa W. oe needed to defend Or.
%gyer said that he and Hay
5D,slIed WmlIed with Attorneys Muir
|sIs0n s'er and subsequently, gave
''u'es Plotting Murder.
~. Denied that he had ever dis.
Mhd of criminal act with
sr guy one else, or that he had
A. ~ LIN I'm a cent except for ex-
n inc trip Orchard made 10
oodyguard for him. He
~. naa no personal feeling Of
Il, i oteunenberg and there '
|Es circumstances Sa: that would
y ueslre the life Of John Ne
i I orchard testified Mover {
~ ~ m''; Mcycr said that Ne
,SuuI; 20 lim after his arrest for
\ ,is,r IN the independence '
6yo and asked that the fed {
, srna,n ni,n $2OO TO reimburse him {
iif'hoe iiraf I; that he had incurred
ssd ''"'sclt, but this request {
.reaase .saled that he participated in ,
1fsb.sa Snve IN Pettibouc' g backward |
y bq baSq sad sad he, Haywood and
lag discussed varim1s acts !
nvn,ed ma., knowledge of the r
lisr, meenng at Federation !
krp mere Orchard swore the /
sansa and Neville executions '
statsm oen'ed practically every y
. Nent Nn.nt In all Of Orchard s :
eonnaUgter explained that Or. I
l,isya l,isuygaahlcd him to Ourav he. :
ssde was was going to silverton t
Of rou, .ne Journey together as i,
lAe JTvnH;asenience. Representa-
tn p- n'ied Mine Workers had :
ovne,so ~ thugs employed by
box airs, and the witness and (
protsotg cut of shotguns for =
~ Ns s''on; nv, Meyer swore that
G,env. a.. subsequently, used 10 2
i 10 tostt[y' but that Orchard I
10 nae .ne witness after thev
aver and the weapon