New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-03
CONTINUE ATTACK
ON ORCHARD 5 STORY.
WITNESS DECLARES FORMER
WAS PLAYING POKER WHEN
MINE WAS DYNAMITED.
WAS MILES AWAY
FROM THE SCENE
Merchant from Mullen, Idaho, SWears
Orchard Was in His Store at Time
Mine Was Blown Up-Story of
sBulI PEN Told.

Boise, Idaho, July 1.-The defense
in the Steunenberg murder trial be-
gan Saturday morning with a further
attack on the testimony of Harry Or
chard, and then presented testimony
to show that Jack Simpkins was cruel
ly treated in the Idaho bull pen and
that union miners were whipped and
driven from Cripple Creek.
Judge Wood announced that there
would be two sessions of court instead
of the usual Saturday half holiday,
and proceedings opened promptly at
nine a. m.
Dominick Flynn, who conducted a
cigar store in Mullen, Idaho, in 1899,
swore than Orchard was in his store
playing poker the day that the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mill was blown up,
and Pat McHale, who gave the occu-
patton of barkeeper and said he gam
bled whenever he got a chance, swore
that he sat in the game with Orchard.
Cross-examined by Senator Borah,
Flynn declared he had never been
of Miners or any other labor organiza-
ton. He had known Orchard year
and half, and the man often played
poker at his place. The witness gave
the names of several persons who
were in the game the day of the ex-
plosion. He never saw Orchard aft
er that day. Flynn declared he had
not volunteered the information as to
Orchards whereabouts Some time
after the arrest man came TO him
and asked if it was true that Orchard
played poker in his store April 20.
One of the men who played with Or
chard was named Patrick McHale.
Flynn said he had spoken to McHale
about the matter since Orchards ar
rest.
McHale, who is bartender in Null
len, followed Flynn on the stand. He
said he played poker with Orchard in
Flynn's cigar store the 29th of April,
1899, and had never seen the man
since.
On REORGANIZATION McHale said
he gambled a great deal.
Its your profession, isn't it?"
asked Senator Borah.
No, sir; I'm bartender
How often do you gambler"
Every time I get a chance"
McHale said the poker party was
rSade up of Forest Clark, now a re-
tired mining man; Col Moore, an
electric light and water man; Dom
mick Flynn, Harry Orchard and him
self DR.. Mckee was in the place
during the day, but did not play. The
witness declared he was positive Or
chard was not at Wardner the day of
the mill explosion.
Then said Senator Borah, Cor
chard has nothing to fear so far as
being mixed up in that matter was
concerned?"
mo, sir
''And he had no reason to sacrifice
his property and get out?"
mo, sir
Mr. barrow on redirect asked:
All the union men were arrested,
weren't they?"
They arrested everybody in Null
lem
That's all.''
did they arrest your asked Sena-
tor Borah.
NO.
cor Col. Moore, or DR.. McGee?"
NO.
'Who did they arrest?"
We'll, they arrested every man in
Mullen except the saloon keepers
Frank Hough, who testified to con-
ditions in the Idaho "bull PEN and
the treatment Of Jack Simpkins,
swore that Orchard told him at Wal
lace in the fall of 1905 that he had
just come from Alaska, the first
mentioned case of the defense Of
the supposed visit of Orchard to Alas
ka. Morris Friedman, former en-
ploye of the Pinkerton detective agen-
CIV who recently left the service and