The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-02
PNKERTONS IN LIMELIGHT
 --s--- Sweeping Charges Made by Former Employe.
 --s-- MANY LETTERS INTRODUCED
 .----sl---- Friedman Proves Star Witness for the Defense.
 ------s---- Former oaaeer or niiitis Says . De ssetive Fired First shet Thst started Riot At cripple.
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MANY LETTERS INTRODUCED

Boise. Idaho. July. i.-Morris Fried- man, the young Russian stenographer. who left the employ of the Pinkertou agency to write book in which he published certain correspondence of the agency that passed through his hands was again today the principal hgurs 1t the steunenbers murder trial.
 More than half of the courts day was occupied in reading to the jury copies of the dots which Friedman took from the Pinkerton records. These were chiefly daily reports of the secret agents operating as spies among the unions and union men at Cripple Creek, victor. Giobeviile, Colorado City, Trini- dad and Denver. ehow complete ssr- vetiiance of the Western Federation of Miners and United Mine workers of America during the labor troubles In Colorado fin 1903-o4. Pinkerton men sat in the federation convention in Denver, in 1904. reporting all proceed sngs.
 None of the reports that were pre- duced by Friedman and read to the jury by Clarence Darrow contained other than general references to the collateral Issues of the triaI but they were offered in standardization of the counter claim of the defense that the Pinkerton agency conspfred for the de- etruction of the Western Federation Of Miners and the lives Of It's leaders
 The prosecution offered no oppoeir ton to any feature of Friedman's tes- tifDony and mo objection to the intrc- ! ductfon of any one of the documents that the defense obtained through him and when Friedman was handed over for cross examination. en6enwored to ascertain if Friedman had any more re- ports or letters bearing on the general issue It attacked Friedman on the ground that he had played the Pinker-. tons false. had violated his pledge to them and had stolen the documents which he produced, but tho witness would not admit that he had stolen. the papers and would not allow sena- tor Borah to call him s'Flnkert0n. 7 He insisted that it was not stealing to take Information that had been ob- 4ained by the fraud and deceit Of as- cret service men and declared that his purpose in which he informed the peo- pie of the methods of the agency fully 5ustifed anything that he had done.
 He said that if he had known this trial was coming up. he would have taken many more letters and reports
 Pressed by Berah.
 Senator Borah pressed him to tell just what records there were In the Pinkerton once at Denver bearing di- rectly on this case, and while the wlt~ ness said he could not tell him of any particular ones he remembered many letters written by Detective McPar- land In which all manner of crimes were laid at the door of the Western Federation of Miners.
 Another interesting witness was lTnr ' fea- o4a f5rtn- pie Creek, who served with the militia first as q private and then as a lieu tenant during the strike of 190S-04. He related several instances. as tend ing to show the misuse of the power of the military by the mine owners; gave the criminal records of some of the gun lighters imported by the mine owners; told of the working of the card system; recited the circumstances connected with the footing of the union stores and newspaper office and swore that he saw K. c. Sterling. chief ehfirst shot in the Victor riot the day. Of the Independence station explosion.
 Friedman in Recalled
 with the opening of the Hay wood trial today. MT. Darrow. formerly employed at the Denver office of the Pinkerton detective agency, Friedman was introduced by the de- fense to expose the Pinkerton methods of dealing with the Western Fedora tion of Mines. Friedman spent the first half hour of his ssay on the stand this morning in identifying many re- ports from secret operatives. which, he says. he made copies of while in the Pinkerton office. He also identified three letters said to have been writ ten by James Mcfarland, superinten- dent of the Pinkerton's in the West ana the records of several operatives.
 Senator Borah, for the state, asked permission to examine the letters signed by Mr. Mcfarland. but was
 rIIhave not decided whether to offer these letters in evidence" explained MT Darrow, and while I dont want Co appear discourteous, l must decline for the present."
 to the introduction of the reports of the detectives in evidence. and many Of them were read to the jury by MT. Darrow.
 The object in putting them in was to correct the testimony of Friedman given last Saturday to the efteet that the Pinkerton's placed spies in the diff ferent locals of the Western Fedora ton of Miners with instructions to re- port daily. The first report read was from operative number 42 A. w. cratias. It was dated Denver. June go. 1904
 Gratias was in charge of distribut- ing relief to the striking miners In his report number 5. said some of tha men were asking if he thought the strike would be settled soon. T told him." he wrote, that l heard noth- ing of settlement or anything that would indicate a settlement; that the strike would last a long time yet, and also that believed. the union would have 70 give up by next fall if we didn't win by that time
 '9gow that the convention Is over, will again take personal charge of the relief work and will carry out the in- structions I received from Mir. Carey (Pinkerton manager) about a week ago in regard to putting down the relief as much as possible so as to cause dis satisfaction and get the men against the union. will put the blame for not