The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-06-13

~ had been high grading in the
Nindicator NINE" said Orchard.
"High grading is commonly known
as stealing high grade ore. l dis
covered some powder in the mine, +"
continued Orchard, land reported
the fact TO Davis. president OF our
local. He said he would give me $500
to set the powder of and blow up
the mine.
1.-The union men had all been called
out OF the mine On strike. asked
a companion named Scholtz II be
would like to go In with me. lie
said all right. and That he thought
we were Justified. We went TO the
mine and took couple Of shots at
the man running the cage. He ran
away into tunnel and we did not
find the powder and came out OF the
mine unmolested.
''In November, some time after,
Davis and sherman Parker, who
we're In charge of the strike, came to
me and asked II we could not send a
bomb into the vindicator mine and
ruin IL. They said they would give
me $500 for it. vent TO Schultz
about 1t and he said he did not want
to do 1t. for they had not paid him
for the last time he went into the
mine. A man named Alderman
then said he would help me.
II got fifty pounds Of giant pow
der and arranged 1t with giant caps
which were to be set of by the lift
Ing the guard rail as the cage passed
the seventh level. We placed The
bomb. but did not hear anything OF
IL for about week, when IL iinall,
exploded.
Superintendent Charles McCor
mick and Mel Beck, shift boss, wer,
killed.
Il saw Davis and Parker after Thu
at the Miners ball aud we talked Il
over little. ! went home witt
them that night. i told them
was broke and wanted some none.
and they said they would have to ge
1t from headquarters at Denver.
THAT night they wanted me TO &
to Victor with them, l held back a
. first, but they said there was no rea
sno to fear, ana finally went.
asked again for the money, saying
might have to get out. Parker sal
he would give 1t TO me the next day
} The next day, however, both Davi
/ and Parker were arrested-the da
following the meeting at Victor.
"W. b. Easterly was also arrested
but released on habeas corpus. II
went to Denver and followed hin
where went TO see Haywood an
s Meyer at their ONCE In the Miner
( Exchange building.
: 81 knew them only by sight prit
e TO this. introduced myself an
they said they knew me by reputi
. tion. Meyer asked me II wantt
: any money and said not at thi
!. time, but later. Meyer said Easter
o had told him who blew up the Wind
& Gator mine and killed Mccormick al
e Beck.
Haywood told me the blowing ,
o of the mine was fine piece OF wo
d and they were much pleased with
&c | talked to Haywood, Meyer al
d Easterly about the matter. IN
Ye said there would bc nothing furth
lie for me but night work for awhil
rs Haywood said he would have TO Gle
10 those fellows up at Cripple Creek.
ID "Moyer gave me $40 and Haywo
,e later In Meyers Office paid me o.
G, for blowing up the mine.
a 81 returned To Cripple Creek
to December, 1909, and since then
a have not done any labor Haywo
and Meyer both told me ! could 4
I'd 90 too fierce to suit tbem--to
m ahead and blow up anything ! co,
Id think Otto get some Of the soldi
~ IL possible.
tn IL went 10 work and made a cou
Mt oil bombs with giant powder a
X dynamite. was helped by DIV
he Barnes. turned one CT the bon
d. over to a man at saloon who s
he he was going To throw II. do
sr. know what became OF IL. -
III Some time In January or februa
as 1904, Orchard said. he went back
M Denver as delegate at labor C
yention, called by President SulIiy
of the State Federation OF Lat
III Parker and Davis were still un
arrest at this time charged with
led blowing up OF the indicator and
attempt az trsin-wrecking. The
,he Tense objected 10 any testimony
all TO the train-wrecking, but IL was
st. lowed 10y Judge Wood.
Ike Parker and Davis, Orchard s
in told him they were going 10 wre'
Florence and Cripple Greek I
near a curve on the mountain WI
the train would plunge into x
several feet below. Parker
lrst something must be done 10 XII
o~- the "seabs" who we're taken 70
n l. T.. a.