Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-25

trains 1t was not worth a whole chip, de-
Clared the attorney,
But the mineowners wanted the mill
tary back In the district, and about the
time this depot was blown up the word
had gone out that something was coming
off. ! won't say that the mineowners or
detectives wanted to kill anybody at this
depot Killing people was 200 mussy Tor
them. This depot was worthless and un-
used. If the powder could be touched of
just before the train arrived and before
the men got there. 1t would not kill any
body. but 1t would be another attempt In
the line of the Western Federation of Min
ers to get rid Of lot OF scabs.
Following the explosion of the town, the
town marshal sent for dogs to follow the
trail from where a wire led to the chair
rung. The dogs circled around awhile and
went to the cottage of AL Moore They
were taken away and started again. ana
once more they came to Al Moores house.
Then other dogs were sent for. and they
took the trail down toward Colorado
Springs. The man in charge called up X.
&. Sterling. chief detective OF the Mine
owners Association. and told th.-n the dogs
were on a sure scent; but Sterling told him
TO call off the dogs, that he knew VINO
did IL.
The dogs were called off" said Mr..
barrow. and orchard came back to Den
yer and w.Ht where he wiled without be-
Ing moestcd in any way
Troops Drove Out Union Men.
Describing the conditions which followed
the explosion of the Independence depot,
Mr.. Darrow said the secretary Of the
MineOwners' Association made speech
from wagon denouncing the Western
Federation of Miners. saying that now
was the time to get rid of the organization.
Just then a shot was fired.
We will show that J. G. Sterling fired
the shot" said the attorney, land that IL
was the signal fer a general skirmish.
Many shots Were fred and when the smoke
cleared away two men lay dead. Two law
yers were found lying under wagon
They were not hurt
do you mean they were lying down or
making false statements under the wagon?
interrupted Attorney Hawley, with good
humor and amid laughter.
They weren't saying a word replied
Darrow. who then went into a detailed
story Of the alleged depredations of the
militia upon union property in the Cripple
Creek district. All the union men were
driven outside their stores and halls and
libraries were broken into and looted. He
said the militia some time later found that
100 of the deported men were gathered in
canyon and were prospecting. Under Gen.
Bell the soldiers were taken to the place
and the men We're fired upon. one being
killed and others injured. All were arrested
and taken back TO the district and put into
d bull pen.
Says Gas Wrecked Bradley Home.
That story about the Bradley house was
dHotIiei VI oitIIdIu pipe
in to make him the greatest criminal of
the age. We have a deposition from Mr..
Bradley, in which he says the house was
wrecked by gas; that he smelled the gas,
and that when he lighted his cigar the ex-
plosion occurred. Why, if the bomb this
man Orchard described had exploded as he
said ii did you could not have found a square
inch of Bradley's anywhere, and not a
stick of timber OF the house. Orchard
never blew up the Bradley house, and l
tell you this without having any special
interest in defending Harry Orchard.
I'VE will prove Orchards threats against
Steunenberg; prove that he said Steunen-
berg made him pauper instead of mil
lionaire by no fewer than twelve men and
women, and they won't all be members of
the Western Federation of Miners either.
we Will establish cause for Orchards
act against Steunenberg. and We feel We
cannot fail to convince you"
Mr.. barrow went at length into the po-
ltical situation in Colorado at that time
He told how the members of the supreme
court were pilloried and cartooned through
out Denver, and even flags were hOisted at
half-mast.
Like a hungry dog seeking a meal,
Orchard did at this time go to Petitioners
house and he stayed there Mrs Pettibone
had gone east and Pettibone told Orchard
he might come there and stay. He did so
because he could get cheap food and lodg-
Ing
Yes. Orchard was in Haywood's house
also at this time. and we can prove It, but
he was not there often, and he was never in
the bedroom"
barrow quickly sketched the period of
Orchards travels from Denver to Wallace.
The Kidnapping Story.
Then one day he went down to see Dave
Coates, formerly lieutenant governor of
Colorado. who will testify before you.
Coates is a man without blemsh to his
name and a has n "a nj
TO live that way. Coates running a
semi-weekly paper in Wallace. He had met
Orchard in Denver, and asked the fellow
what he was doing in Wallace. Orchard
said he had come to see some old friends
He said he had seen Pauson, among
others; that they were all rich, and he
thought he'd steal Paulson's child. Coates
taking the matter as a joke. said that he
thought II would be a good thing to do.
They talked along for while. and in few
days Orchard came back and said: What
do you think of that Paulson child bust
ness? Coates asked him if he was in
earnest and Orchard said he was. Coates
said: L never dreamed that you were; I've
never thought of It. If you took a child
into the mountains here II would die. If
you ever attempt such thing i will have
special edition of my paper on the streets
IL five minutes denouncing you. Never men
ton II to me again. After you hear and
see Mr.. Coates on the stand. IL you want
TO believe Orchard in preference why, you
may do So
Confessed for a Price.
Orchard went to Caldwell, vowing VEN
gance against Steunenberg. He had for
years been connected with a detective
agency. Now don't understand me to mean
that l think any detective agency or the
mineowners wanted to kill Steunenberg.
But / do say that Orchard, while a de-
tective in the employment of the agency,
killed Steunenberg because of the old
grudge of which he had spoken so often.
He killed him in the most cowardly way
murder could be committed; he was caught
redhanded and turned over to Mcfarland,
the head of the western branch. After
some manipulation he was persuaded that
the best thing he could do would be to
place the blame on some one else which he
did. He is getting the biggest price for
this he ever got for a crime. He hopes to
save his miserable neck.
Meyer. Haywood and Pettibone never
had any connection with this man In any
criminal act. We will demonstrate to you
before are through that this is not a
murder case; that Haywood is not trial,
but the state OF Colorado has sent these
men to Idaho thinking conditions and peo-
pie here different and that the Nine
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