Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-02
Max MaIich Swears Proposition
Was Made to Him to Burn
Non-union Store.
REFUSED TO ENTERTAIN IDEA.
He Was introduced to Orchard,
Alias Thos. Hogan by Pinker-
ton Detective Named Gratias.
Heard Him Call Gov. Stcunenbcrg Vile
Names, Saying but for Him He'd
BE Millionaire,

Boise Ida. July MAX Malich,
another of the men implicated by the
testimony of Harry Orchard, made his
appearances today as a witness in be-
half of William p. Haywood He di-
rectly contradicted all of Orchard
story relating to him. Malich was
the leader of the Austrian smelter
workers at Globeville and conducted
a saloon. store. and hotel there dur
ing the strike. Orchard testlfied that
Malich proposed to him that he dyna-
mite hotel at Globeville filled with
non-union men. and offered him sloo
to blow up the store of William NC
Donald, q business rival, and privately
Informed the prosecution that Mallch
had burned himself with 'PetupoAe
dope" while preparing to burn ms
own store. and had later burned MS
store with "Pettibone dope and tnar
Ealich had agreed TO help him with
an alibi When he killed Detective Lyle
Gregory
Malich swore that Orchard had pro-
posed destroying the non-union hotel
and the killing OF Mcdonald. ana
that he had refused to nave anything
to do with either crime. He also de-
ricd all knowledge of "Pettihone
dope" of its use in his store and swore
that orchard told hlrn that but for
GOV Steun enb9rg ne would be "A rlcn
man, ana that he would kill him.
An interesting witness called just
before adjournment was EDWARD u.
MCFARLAND. a brother of Capt James
MCFARLAND. she head of the Western
Division of the PinKerton agency Nc
loarland gave graphite description oil
his cienortation from Victor where he
was a shoe-na,ler at the time Of the
riots. He swore that he WAS sub
jected to many indlgnities and sent
away from the town with other men
MAX MALdCH CALLED,
Max Malich WAS called to the stand
Immediately after the opening OF court
today. MaIich is a carpenter ANA
miner. He was smelterman at Globe
vile, Colo, at the time of the strike
in 1909 Malich said he. was an Aus
TRAN, as were most of the men In the
Giobeville smelters.
Did you know Il man named Harry
orchard. Alias Thomas Hogan" asked
Atty. Richardson, VINO conducted the
examination.
II was introduced 10 nun as LUZ,
Hogan by a PinSerton detective named
~ w Gratias."
Malich said he did not know that
Gratias WAS "A detective at this time.
for he was working secretly and was
acting as president OF the local smelt-
ermen's union. The witness said IT
was in February. 1905, that he met Or
chard, who was then living with Steve
Adams and his wife. Malich had be-
come proprietor of a small hotel and
bar ut this time.
Orchard testified it will be reniem-
lered that Malich had suggested to him
the blowing up OF "a hotel
ing and had helped him steal 100
mounds of dynamite from the Union
Pacific powder houses.
Malich declared today that this tes-
timony was all raise. He said Orchard
or Hogan came to him one day and
said what is the matter with you
folks out here? The seabs are Get
ting the best of you? Why don't you
blow that damn hotel off the earth?"
He said he replied: Tom, | wouldn't
stand for it under no circumstances L:
you do anything like that l am going
to denounce you"
After this the witness said Orchard
told him he was just joking.
Nalich said he knew nothing about
the taking OF any power from the I'M
ion Pacific.
The witness was once Il member of
the city council OF Globevile. He de-
clared two attempts had been made to
burn his place of business. the last on
the eth OF 'spril, 1905, after Orchard
had left Globeville.
There had been a card party in the
hall OF his hotel the night of the eth,
Malich said, given by the ladies' aux
illary in charge of strike relief
OUTRAGE ON MALICH.
Orchard and Adams bought the
cheapest foodstun in the store
Malich next related Il conversation
lac had with orchard in a Turkish bath
establishment.
HERCULES MINE SALE.
Il was taking bath for rheumatisr :,
said the witness Tom mot me one dnv
when ] WAS going 10 take bath and
said he wouldn't mind having A Glenn
wash himself, so / took him along,
lie again told ms ] was easy to lei lie
Globe Mercantile company continue 10
do business when ! might have the
trade IN my grocery department he
said all ] would have Ia do was to
leave Billy Mcdonald 10 him. told
him again ! didn't want anything like
that, He then got ia talking 10 me
about GOV Steunenberg and called him
Wv t''aNNf HlAi NAil u " nnunf hpCn
for him he would have been a mullon-
aire. He said he had TO sell his Interest
IN the Hercules mine for $500 and Ger
oui of The country. | told him II didn't
make any difference how much money
he had. he would lose II all at faro any.
way"
Mallch said his store and saloon at
Globeville' was burned down June 81
1905. He was on his ranch in Montrose
county, 4S4 miles from Denver al thIs
time.
Asked II he had ever talked 10 or.
rhard with regard 10 on assisted him i'm
making bombs fnr Judges Goddard and
Gabhert or anything else, Malich called
out ripple OF laughter by replying:
II had gone 10 my bedroom 10 re-
tire" said the Witness when some
body threw a bottle Of acid or some
thing through the window. The bot-
lie burst about three feet In front or
me and some OF the fluid. splashed on
my wrist burning through 40 The bone.
grabbed NJ my a-year-old hoy who
MAS asleep and ran out of the room
With him. When we went back the
soom was fil,d with smoke from the
carpet which was smoldering"
Aalieh declared he was never able