The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-11
MOVER SWORN
 AS WITNESS President of Miners on
 Stand. DENIES ORCHARDS STORY Had No Personal III Feeling Against
 Stuenenberg. Is Calm as He Begins To Tell of His Connection With Organi-
 .ation And His Part

Boise. Idaho, July 1o-Charles H. Mover went to the stand today. a wit- ness for his fellow defendant, William D. Haywood and beside making posi- tive denials of all the crimes attributed to him and the other federation leaders by Harry Orchard, offering an expIana- ton of the unsolicited appearances cE Y the Western Federation of Miners aa the defender of Harry Orchard im- mediately after his arrest at Caldwell for the murder Of Steunenberg. 1, Mover swore that 1t was Jack Simp- kins who engaged attorney Fred Miller at Spokane to go to Caldwell tn represent Orchard. then known as Thomas Hogan, and that 1t was at the request of Simpkins that the wttneas and Haywood subsequently, advanced $f.500 from the funds of the federation to meet the expense of defending Orchard. At various stages of the re- cttal, the defense offered in evidences number of documents increasing q heretofore undisclo=ed cipher telegram which Simpkins sent to federation protect the federation which was charged with the crimes within a few days after it occurred. Mover began by saying that he got his first know ledge of the crime from the Denver newspapers and that on the evening of SohHaEy 7s i've Qdyb dEteT tne crime telegram in the Federation's cipher code in which certain numericals represented the alphabet and published in the ritual was used to transmit the pass word to local unions-came to { Haywood from Spokane. It was long and the translation was difficult and uncertain but he and Haywood figured the next day that 1t was signed by Simpklns and read: Cannot get d lawyer to defend Hogan. Answer.s
 suspieious of Message.
 Moyer testified that he was suspi~e cious about the message, the nswspa- pers having already charged the crime cided to consult John Murphy of the counsel fc nF nH H@ took any tz4-If .s -r. he left foI .cs
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 The defe correspondence. and all of it was read Into the record.
 Continuing. Mover said that Attornay Miller came to Denver about the first of the following month, bringing with him the record of Orchards prelim-
 
 at the suggestion of Simpkins so the witness said. and brought request from Simpkins that the Federation furnish the large amount of money that would be needed to- defend Or- chard. Mover said that he and Hay- wood conferred with Attorneys Murphy and Miller and subsequently, gave Mii- Ter s1,500.
 Mover denied that he had ever dis cussed any kind of criminal act with Orchard. or any one else or that he had ever given a cent except for ex- penses on the trip Orchard made to Ouray. as a bodyguard for him. Efo said that he had no personal feeling of hostility for Steunenberg.
 Didn't Attend Conference.
 Mover denied that he participated in the conference in Pettibones back yard. where Orchard said he, Haywood and Pettibone had discussed various acts of violence, denied knowledge of the subsequent meeting at Federation headquarters, where Orchard swore that Steunenberg and Neville execu- tions were planned; in fact, denied practically every material statement in all of Orchards testimony.
 Mover explained that Orchard aG- companied him to Ouray because Or- ehard was going to Silverton and they made the journey together as a natter representatives the United Mine Workers had been beaten up by thugs employed by the mine owners and the witness and Or chard took along cutoff shot guns for their own protection.
 Mover denieS his gun was subse- duently used to kill Lyte Gregory. but that Orchard returned 1t to the witness after they got back to Denver and the weapon had never been discharged up to the time Mover was arrested.
 Mover remained on the stand under direct examination from shortly after 10 o'clock in the morning until a few minutes before in the afternoon and most of the time was taken up by a recital of the witnesss connection with the Western Federation of Miners,
 Only one important clash marked the relations of counsel during the day. The defense wanted to prove all the circumstances under which Mover and his associates were secretly arrested in Denver. denied communication with and taken to Idaho by special train, but the State opposed 1t. The court ruled that tho circumsianceA of this transaction were not properly part of the defense but Messrs. Darrow and Richardson continued their plea that 1t was most important, as showing a on the part of the mine owners and Pinkertons and managed to show that Mover had been denied permission to communicate with coun- sel; that Bulkeley Wells, of the mine owners association, was in charge of the arresting and extradition party; that Wells had charge of the train and that Wells had the keys of Moyer'a handcuffs and twice unlocked them on the journey to Idaho. The attempt to show that the prisoner had been ille- gally taken to the Idaho ,penitentiary failed under adverse rulings of the court.
 Newspaper Man Called.
 When the reading of the deposition was concluded John I. Tierney, a correspondent of Denver, testified regarding the political situa- tion in Colorado in 1904 and 1905, when 1t Is alleged that attempts were made on the life of Governor Peabody and Supreme Justices Goddard and Cab. bert. Tierney said he was a candidate for the Legislature in 1904. Asked if
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