The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-07-11
Defense TO SOON FINISH !
O(hdGS Evidence Torn to Sheds by (0mpetdnt wluleS%s-
The Evidence in RebuttdI May Save Prosecution

Pinkerton agency at Denver TO write
book In which he published certain
correspondence OF the agency that
passed through his hands, was again
today the principal figure az the
Steunenberg murder trial. More
than half OF the courts day was &C.
cupied In reading to the jury copies
or the documents which Friedman
took from the Pinkerton records.
These were chiefly the daily reports
OF secret agents acting as spies among
the unions and union men at Cripple
Creek, Victor, Globeville and Denver
and showed complete surveillance
OF the Western Federation OF Miners
and the United Mineworkers of
America during the labor troubles in
Colorado in 10000.
Pinkerton men sat In the fedora
tion convention In Denver In 1904, re-
porting all proceedings.
None of the correspondence nor re-
ports that were produced by Fried
i
Darrow contained other than general
references to collateral issues OF the
trial, but they were offered In sub
sanitation OF the counter claim CT
the defense that the Pinkerton
agecnies conspired for the destruc-
ton OF the Western Federation of
Miners and the lives of It's leaders.
The state offered no opposition to
any feature Of Friedman's testimony
and no objection to the introduction
Of any one OF the documents that the
defense obtained through him, and
when friedman was handed over for
r0ss-examination 1t endeavOred to
ascertain IL Friedman had any more
reports or letters bearing on the gen.
eral issue. 1t attacked Friedman on
the ground that he had played the
Pinkertons falsely, bad violated his
pledge to them and had stolen the
documents which he produced, but
the witness would not admit that he
had stolen the papers and would not
allow Senator Borah to call him a
Pinkerton.
lie insisted that 1t wis not steal
ing to take information that had
been obtained by the fraud and de-
ceit of secret service men, and de-
clared that the public service which
he performed In informing the people
II Af NJ
justified anything that he had done.
He said that had he known this trial
was coming up he would have taken
many more letters. Senator Borah
pressed him to tell just what records
there were In the Pinkerton office in
Denver bearing directly on this case,
J and while the witness said he could
J not tell him of any particular one he
remembered many letters written by
Detective Mcfarland In which many
!, OF the crimes we're laid at the door
OF the Western Federation of Miners.
Another interesting witness was
James l.. Wallace, an attorney OF
: Cripple Creek, who served with the
militia first as a private and then as
a lieutenant during the srtike of
1903-l904. lie then related several
incidents as tending to show the
misuse OF the power OF the militia by
the mine0wners, gave the criminal
records OF some OF the gun.hghters
imported by the mineowners, told OF
the working OF the card system, re-
: cited the circumstances connected
: with the footing OF the union stores
and newspaper Office and swore
that he saw X. G. Sterling, chief de-
: tective for the mineowners, fire the
hrst shot In the Victor riot the day
the Independence station was blown
up.
NJ. Il. White, an organizer for the
Western Federation, was the last
: witness and brought the trial partic-
ipants back to good humor with the
drollest kind OF tale of his arrest
by the militia with all the pomp and
circumstance Of war times, activities
OF the vermin In the bull pen and his
happy release by brother Woodman
Of the World, who commanded the
militia.
Counsel for the defense said today
that they might succeed In finishing
with all OF their witnesses except
Haywood and Meyer by the end OF
the week. Their plan is to reserve
those two principals for the last.
The defense has prepared its draft OF
, instructions, and the state is work.
; Ing up It's rebuttal case, 50 the end
, of the trial approaches.
On the opening of the court this
morning In the Haywood trial at ter
: O'Clock Judge Wood disposed OF d
number OF routine matters in connec
tion With the regular business OF the
court.
Mr.. barrow for the defense recalled
\ To the stand Morris Friedman. tn,
stenographer formerly employed al
the Denver Office of the PiukertoT
I detective agency. Friedman was in
troduced by the defense to expos,
the Pinkerton methods of dealinI
with the Western Federation Of Min