Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-07-04
DEFENSE DRAWING
TO A CLOSE.
Examination for the Defense Continues
Through the Week. Nothing New or
Startling Developed.

the defense for the purpose OF !
showing that the explosion in the
Vindi Gator mine was an accident
He said that he had been working
In the mine and that box OF
powder had been left at the shalt.
That Just alter the explosion he
noticed that it was gone. He said
that Beck, one of the men killed
carried a revolver. The defense
tried to show that Beck had taken
this powder down with them and
that the pieces Of a revolver which
were found were from the one car
ried by Beck Orchard had testi-
fled that he had fired lot of pow
der there by fixing up gun. He
identified the pieces of the gun
found. and also Mr. Wood identi-
ted the pieces in evidence as the
ones found there after the explosion.
c. A. Collins and A. F. Taylor told
of the dogs being used after the
blowing up of the independence de-
pot to track the person supposed
guilty of the crime. One of the
first witnesses called by the defense
Saturday was Dominick Flynn,
merchant OF Mulan. He sworc that
Orchard was playing poker in his
store most of the afternoon OF the
day the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mill was blown up. Pat McHale,
, bartender, testified TO much the
same as Flnyn. ]. H. Rainey said
I that Orchard tried to sell him his
2 interest in the Hercules mine in
1899.
Orchard has said that he sold i
in 1897. Morris Friedman, whc
was for some time stenograhpei
in the Denver office of the Pinker.
ton agency, was called to show th'
part taken by that detective agency
- During the time he was in the EN-
ploy of the company he made copie
of many of the reports of the detec
2 tives which were sent into the OF
flee. A large number of these cop
- les were placed in evidence witt
4 no objection of the prosecution
- lanes L. Wallace, an attorney o
u Cripple Creek swore to the condi
y tions in that camp and to som
- things tending to show a misus
40 of the power of the militia by tn
mine owners. M E. White, a
10 organizer of the Western Feders
g ton, told of his experiences i
'e Cripple Greek. He went there /
7u the interest of the American Labo
Union. Upon his arrival he WE
Oh Immediately thro ~n into the bull
&c pen. He left town as soon as /
u was released. Max Malich, JC
y Mehelich. and Billy Aikmasl wei
ny on the stand Tuesday. They wei
ny men who had been implicated
P Orchard in alleged crimes and a
rs tempted crimes at Globeville, Del
yer and Cripple Creek. They 9
Oh denied Orchards statements. e
zee ward MCFARLAND, a brother of Il
lat famous detective, told how he w
ng taken from his shoemaker's sh'
ne in Victor by the militia and W
N deported. He never went back q
cn ter that. T. c. Foster told how
"a was deported from the district al
'ur how ne was arrested on suspici'
err OF having something to do with t
On attempt to wreck the Florence al
re Cripple Creek train. He was tri
ell but proved an alibi. Detecti
ct Scott and Sterling tried TO get
ly- confession from hIm, keeping hi
ne in solitary confinement for
ter davs, but ne maintained that
the was innocent. Eugene Englee "
an another witness who told of havi
ter been twice deported from the d
did trict. He also said that Orchs
ved had told him of his loss of his shs
the in the Hercules mine and that
orn was going to kill Steunenberg.
ut The defense expect to get throu
ado with their case the latter part
He this week. Then will follow C
had siderable rebuttal evidence by
INST prosecution. o. M. Van Duyn
on. turned from San Francicso Mono
tor evening wnere he has been tax
had number of dispositions to be u
no bv the state. He said that z
sgo- Miller would probably return
by about week