The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-07-11
MOYER ON STAND.
IN HAYWOOD CASE
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furnish the large amount of money
/ that would be needed TO defend Orch
ard. Meyer said he and Haywood
conferred with Attorneys Murphy
and Miller and subsequently, gave
Miller $500.
Meyer denied that he had ever dis
icussed any kind OF criminal act with
| Orchard or any one else or that he
had ever given him cent except for
| expenses on the trip Orchard made
TO Ouray as body guard for him. Tie
said he had no personal feeling Of
hostility Tor Stem berg and there
were no circumsi ices that would
make him desire TIE NE of John Ne
willie. whom Orcharl testified that
Mover wanted TO Kill Meyer said
Neville came to HIN after his arrest
for alleged complici.r in the Indepeud
lence station affair and asked that the
federation give him 5000 to REIN
Iburse him for the expense he had in
Cured in clearing himself, but this
request was refused.
Meyer denied That he participated
I'm the conference I'm Pettibone's back
yard where Orchard said he HAY
wood and Pettlboue had discussed
various acts Of violence. denied
knowledge Of the subsequent meeting
az federation headq1arters whore o.
hostility for Stueuuenberg and there
Neville executions were planned. and
denied practically every material
statement ia all OF Orchards testi-
Imony. Mover explained that Or
chard accompanied him to Ouray be
cause Orchard was Going to Sllverton
and they made the Journey together
as a matter Of corJ enience. Repre-
sentatiyes of the union mine workers
had been beaten DR. thugs employed
/ By the mine owners and witness and
Orchard carried clt OFF shotguns for
their own protection. Meyer swore
his gun was sub quently used TO Kill
Lyte Gregory, b1t that Orchard re-
turned Il to the witness when they
got back TO Denver and the weapon
had never been discharged up to the
time Mover was arrested.
Told Of His Arrest.
Most of the time was aiken mp with
recital of the witness connection with
. the Federation Of Miners. He told a
detailed story Of the arrest at Ouray
and his transfer TO Telluride whore
/ the military refused 10 recognize the
processes OF the court set In motion
to effect his release. He was arrested
on the pretex- thar he had desecrated
the flag by the issuance Of a fedora
/ tion hand-bill denouucing the method
Of the state officials mine owners and
militia on which an emblem Of the
American flag was reproduced. A
i copy Of this handful was introduced
and then the witness told OF various
efforts to secure his release and Of.
his subsequent arrest on a charge
that he was implicated IN the Vindica-
tor outrage
Court Rules Against Defendant,
Only one important clash marked
the relations OF counsel during tire
day. The defense wanted 10 prove all
the circumstances under which Meyer
and his associate were secretly ar
rested in Denver, denied communi-
cation with counsel and taken 70 Ida
no by a special trln. but the state
opposed it. The coart ruled that the
circumstances Of the transaction were
not properly a part Of the defense.
An attempt TO show hat the prison.
ers had been taken illegally to Idaho
penitentiary failed under adverse rul-
ings of the court.