The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-07-19
PERJURY CHARGE
against ALLER
ANOTHER WITNESS IN DEFENSE
OF HAYWOOD is ACCUSED
BY THE STATE.
Result of Rebuttal-Orchard Admits
His Uncle Was Insane-ExpIosion
at Bradley Residence Again Under
Consideration.

Boise, Idaho, July 16.-Another war.
rant charging perjury against wit
ness who has testified for the defense
in the case of the state of Idaho
against William D. Haywood was is
sued Monday evening. c. w. Aller,
formerly telegraph operator and
ticket agent at the Florence and Grip
pie Creek railroad at Cripple Creek,
Col, is charged with the offense by
the prosecuting attorney of Ada
county.
Both Aller and MCGEE, who was
arrested on the same charge, will be
given an opportunity to furnish bonds
and the preliminary hearing will be
set to take place within the next few
days.
Orchards Uncle Was Insane.
Eleven witnesses in rebuttal were
examined Monday in the Haywood
trial. Harry Orchard reappeared on
the stand and was asked a few ques-
tons as to his acquaintance with some
of the witnesses for the defense who
have testified as to his movements.
On being turned over for cross-eXam
ination he admitted that his uncle,
Peter Mckinley, committed suicide by
hanging 13 or IA years ago.
Counsel for the defense asked Or
chard if his uncle was not insane
before he killed himself and also tried
to show by the witness that his mater
nal grandfather was insane, his mono
mania being imaginary crimes COM
mitted a long time ago in Ireland.
Orchard denied al knowledge of the
grandfather, but admitted that his
uncle was demented.
Gives the Lie to AlIer.
The entire afternoon session was
taken up with the examination of wit
nesses who contradicted the evidence
given by G. w. Aller, who testified
for the defense in support of the
charge of a conspiracy against the
Western Federation of Miners in
which it is alleged the Mine Owners
association, the Citizens alliance and
the Pinkerton detective agency were
concerned. Aller swore that he saw
Orchard and D. c. Scott together at
the depot of the Florence and Cripple
Creek railway on a Sunday about
three weeks prior to the explosion at
the Independence depot on the sixth
day of June, 1904. Scott Monday
afternoon swore that he was not in
Cripple Creek at the time, and mum.
Der of witnesses corroborated this. AS
a result of this rebuttal testimony in
formation was sworn out after court
adjourned charging Aller with per-
jury.
The explosion at the residence of
again under consideration, the state
undertaking to show that the effect of
an explosion of Illuminating gas could
not have been that described in the
dispositions taken for the defense in
San Francisco. The manager of the
Boise Gas company, c. D. Lampson,
who was at one time a resident of
New York, qualified as an expert. He
discredited the proposition that gas
could be ignited by the glow at the
end of a cigar. He was cross-exam-
ined at considerable length by Mr..
Richardson.
The general effect of his evidence
was that the explosion at the Bradley
home could not have been caused by
gas.
End of Trial in Sight.
Boise, Idaho, July 15.-The end Of
the trial of William d. Haywood, Sec
rotary and treasurer of the Western
Federation of Miners, charged with
conspiracy to murder and with MUIR
der, is now within measurable dis
lance. The case enters it's tenth
week of hearing Monday before Judge
Fremont Wood in the district court of
Ada county Both sides have rested
and the rebuttal has commenced.
Haywood Witness Arrested.
The rebuttal for the state so far is
being directed against the witnesses
produced by the defense to discredit
Orchard. At the end of the first day
of rebuttal a warrant was issued for
DR.. 1. L. MCGEE, who swore that he
saw Orchard in North Idaho at time
when Orchard swore he was in Den
yer. MCGEE is prominent man living
in the northern part of the state.
Counsel for the defense, as soon as
they heard of the warrant having
been issued, sent telegram to Nc
Gee, in which, according to Clarence
barrow, one of Haywood's counsel,
they urged him to come to Boise at
once. He was arrested at Spokane.
Another Crime confesser.
The most novel feature of the
case is the confession of the witness,
William Dewey, who Saturday swore
that he participated in the riots in the
Occur d'Alenes when two men were
killed. In making this confession
Dewey laid himself open to arrest.
Counsel for the state express the
opinion that Dewey will not be prose!
cuted.
Among the men now in Boise as wit
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