The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-04
Moran Did Not See Orchard.

on any mission for Orchard, but said
in his saloon. Johnny Neville and his
son and a man whom they called
shorty were around there for several
days. Moran said he had tried TO iden-
tify Orchard since coming TO Boise, but
could rot positively say he was the man
who was in his place. He had identi-
lied young Neville. however,
Moran said he saw w. f. Davis with
the Neville party In the saloon one day.
He had met Davis in Denver. Under
cross ss-eXaminatiou Moran said that he
and Davis went fishing together In Chey-
enne. Out at the dam they ran across
the two Nevilles and Orchard The en-
tire party slept together in the woods
that night. Moran and Davis became
bunk mates
During the afternoon Moran said that
he and the Neville boy hshed together
and Orchard, Davis and tho older Ne
VILE went up the creek together.
Did il occur TO you" asked ,,:st Senator lS,
away with the boy so they could tallt?'
~ did think about that afterward,"
John DENIES a former Cripple Creek
miner, when introduced as witness.
said he knew Plnkerton detective
named Beckman, who as a member OF
1he union, sot up in meeting one day
and declared he was tired of peace, and
thought something ought to be done, He
was declared out OF order by the presi-
dent
George B. Breen. formerly a railroad
conductor at Cripple Creek, and who was
10 tell OF taking Gen. Sherman Bell and
company of militiamen to DunnVille,
Colo. 10 round up some union men who
had taken TO the hills.
Tells Of Shooting Miner.
Breen said that FIVE uniformed men
acted as Bells bo6yguard, They car
ried OF shotguns and six-shoot-
ers. The defense laid emphasis upon tho
.sawed-of guns. Orchard. In his tasti-
mony, referred constantly to weapons OF
this character. which he said he got at
miners headquarters. Breen told OF the
hight OF three miners up the hill at
Dunnvile and the flring Of the militia
at them. One OF the men was Killed.
Several others were captured and their
camp looted. IN the camp the soldiers
found two broken-down shotguns; one
rife, six shooter, pair OF scissors
knife and fork, and a can OF sar-
dimes.
Attorney Darrow when asked the
purpose OF this testimony by the court
said IL was TO show part OF the gen.
eral conspiracy 20 crush the WesterE
Federation Of Miners,
Luncheon adjournment was taken un-
David G. Coates. former Lieutenant
Governor OF Colorado. formerly news
paperrnan OF Wallace Ida. was the first
witness at the afternoon session. Mr..
Coates is the man Orchard said suggest
ed the kidnapping of one OF the Paulson
children in Wallace, PaulsoH being for
mer partner of Orchard in the Hercules
mine
Examined by Attorney Darrow, Coates
said he had been a newspa perman practi-
cally all OF his life. He has set type re
ported and published his own paper. He
once belonged TO the international. Typo
way connected with the Western Fedora
ton of Miners. The witness was Lieu
tenant Governor of Colorado under Gov
ernor James E. Orme. He knew Hay
wood Meyer and Pettibone IN Denver.
and met Orchard under the name of
Thomas Hogan I'm Pettibones store the
da,r ba r,,ir Iepy ~
home in Wallace
II was in hurry when l met Hogan"
street with me. saying he had once lived
near Wallace In the Occur d'Alenes. He
said ne once held an interest in the Her
cules mine and that August Paulson was
one OF his partners. He said he was
known in the Coeur d d'Alenes as Harry
Orchard and asked me TO give Paulson
his regards and tell him he was coming
10 see him soon.
Looking for Easy Money.
The next time saw Orchard was six
met me AZ the bank and said ne had come
up to see, some of his old friends. Two
and began 10 talk about looking for some
easy money. He said he thought he
might get some by stealing some of Paul
sons children. I don't know that made
any reply to him at all, for didn't think
he could be In earnest.
Some days later Orchard came In
again. He said he had been UP TO Paul
sons house to dinner and had played
with the children. He again spoke OF
kIdnsptppg IN 10 one eo,,a Of them spd wanted to
with me. l said to him: Orchard. You
are fool. and ! would be a bigger fool
you try to do anything like that around
here / will denounce YOU He said: oh
you needn't get so excited about it, and
ious, but the way he laughed and told me
not 10 get excited made me think that
perhaps he wasn't after all"
Did YOU ever suggest to Orchard In
Denver or anywhere else the kidnapping
OF one of the Paulson children or any oth-
Shd sir aTkHd Sd Not NOT RTTF9w Tbsgs couldn't be-
anything more repulsive to me than
You have a famiIy7"
Yes. sir. ] have young daughter"
Wanted to "Get Even"
Coates said he saw Orchard several
fall Of 1905 Orchard told him that the
more he saw Of his old friends and part
ners the more bitter he became over hav-
Ing to leave the district. He said he
would gets even with Steunenberg
7 told him that the old feeling of 1899
think about IT. that there were plenty
dAlenes."
ing borrowed 5000 from August Pauison
before leaving Wallace.
Cross examined by Senator Borah, wit
ness said he first met Pettibone Mover
and Haywood some time prior to his
nomlnation as observation-disclosures. They
had been close friends for a long time
He was at one time president OF the
Colorado Federation OF Labor and this
had put him In close touch with the
Western Federation OF Miners
you've visited the headqua rters OF
the Western Federation of Mlners?"
MANY q time"
When you met Orchard at Petitioners
store you. were returning from Chicago,
Yes, sir, was returning from a con-
yention OF the Industrial Workers OF the
World"
Haywood attended that convention?"
Yes. sir"
Coates said Jack Simplsns was in Wal
lace while Orchard was there. but he
could not remember ever having seen
them together. Simplslns often called at
his office.