, 1907-06-15
STEVE ADAMS ASKS HAYWOOD
FOR MONEY AND DETECTIVE
PENDAR GIVES CON-
TENTS OF MESSAGE.
Signature on Five Drafts
in Favor Of L. J. Sinpkins Identi-
fled by Assistant Cashier of First
National Bank Of Denver-Parts
Of Pistol Said to Have Been Used
in indicator Explosion Shown.

Boise, Idaho, June 15.-When the
Haywood trial was resumed today,
Judge Wood permitted Detective ]. T.
Pender, over the protest of the de-
Tense, to testify as to the contents of
a telegram SEN to Haywood by Steve
Adams after his arrest at Ogden. Pen
der said the telegram read:
Il am in trouble; send me $75 at
once"
Haywood's Name on Drafts.
j. G. Houston, assistant cashier of
the First National bank of Denver,
identified Haywood's signature on five
drafts which were marked for identi-
fication. The drafts were in favor of
l.. j. Simpkins.
kirwan Sent Draft.
Another draft introduced was signed
by James Kirwan, assistant secretary
treasurer. Richardson objected to the
introduction of the drafts because i'm
material and having no connection
with the murder of Steunenberg.
Many Drafts Presented.
After argument, Judge Wood ruled
that on the state showing connection
between Simpkins and the defendant,
he would admit the drafts as evidence.
Twenty-one other drafts were present
ed and the signatures were identified,
but they were not introduced in evil
dence.
Thousands Sent Out.
On cross-examination, Houston said
of drafts were sem out in a
year by Haywood and his assistant,
Kirwan.
Identifies Piece of Pistol.
Major H. A. Naylor of Victor, Colo,
an officer of the national guard of Col
orado at the time of the Vindicator ex-
plosion, was the next witness. He
identified portions of a pistol and wire
found by him in the mine after the
explosion.
Defense Objected.
They are believed to be parts of the
pistol and wire by mean of which, ac-
cording to Orchard, the explosion was
caused. The fragments were admitted
in evidence over the objection of the
defense.
Efforts of the Defense.
In the cross-eXamination of Naylor,
Richardson ~insinuated that the de-
Tense would try to show that the Vim
dicator Owners were behind in the
payment of their assessment to the
Mine Owners association and that SOL
diers were employed to reate disturb
ances and destroy the property, which
acts of the association were laid to
the doors of the Western Federation
of Miners.
Witness Not Prejudiced.
Naylor said he knew nothing of ar
due from the indicator mine.
He denied having animosity against
the members of the Miners union and
declared he had nothing to do with
the actual deportation of union miners
from Cripple Creek.
Did Not Warn Militia.
Richardson wanted to know if Nay
lor had not attended a meeting with
Orchard and others at Victor the even
ing of June 5. 1904, and informed the
militia to be ready, as something was
going to happen. Naylor denied this.
Proving the Peabody Bomb.
The next act Of the prosecution was
to prove the finding of the Peabody
bomb, which Orchard said he had TAX
en- from Denver to Wallace. He gave
the bomb, he said, to a man named
Cunningham, who wanted to blow up
a ''scab" boarding house, and told him
if he did not use it to throw it into the
river.
Fireman Found Bomb.
w. II. ~Schulenberg, formerly a fire
man at Wallace, today testified that
he found the bomb while cutting ice
on the river in front of the Wallace
fire station. He gave the bomb to
Sheriff Angus Sutherland.
Bomb Was Unloaded.
Sutherland told Of unloading the
bomb, which was packed with twenty
pounds of giant powder. The lead cas-
ing of the bomb was identified by
Schulenberg and Sutherland.
Former Governor Present.
Governor Peabody. his wife and
daughter were among the interested
spectators when the bomb was pro
duced. The motion by the defense to
strike out all the testimony as TO the
bomb as immaterial was denied.
Roach Made Casing.
Charles T. Roach, a plumber, for.
merly of Denver, identified the lead
casing as having been made by him on
order in May, 1905. The purchaser, he
said, told him he wanted it to plant
cactus in. The plumber said he could
not identify the man who ordered the
casing.
Miss Peabody on Stand.
Miss Cora Peabody testified to see
ing two men almost at the carriage
door one night in 1904. when she and