The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-07-06
MAY HAVE WITNESSES FOR HAY.
WOOD ARRESTED ON
THAT CHARGE.
WaRDNER DISASTER IS BASIS
Defense Testimony Was to Eneet
Orchard Was Not There at
the Time-Activity OF
Detectives.

will, before lHe Case
arrest. on charges OF perjury, oi se'-
oral men who have testified for inc
dofonse II claims to rave several
-,itroSses TO swear that orchard
forced the train crew to OBEY MN
when members of the union selzeo
= train and carried a hundred men 10
destroy the Wardner mill. Certain
defense witnesses testified tnat VI
cbard was playing poker at Muiien
when the Wardner disaster occurreu'
If is also rumored that he authori-
Ties are to arrest a man on the charse
of complicity in the destruction OIL
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines
at Wardner. The suspect declares NC
was not at Wardner, but Sherln An
gus claims that, although the man
was masked, he recognized him py
physical p~eculiarities. TWO men were
killed during the trouble at Wardner,
On that the statute of limitations a n
NOT he invoked by the accused party.
Senator Borah Tuesday morning
said a dozen witnesses would produce
all the evidence the state wished TO
introduce in rebuttal, and that but III
tie time would be occupied in their
direct examination.
The Days Testimony.
Max Malich, a Denver saloon keeper
and grocer, testified Tuesday about a
strike at the smelling works at Globe
Vile a suburb of Denver. Mallch
said he met Orchard in his saloon at
the time of the strike, President Ora
cious of the Smelter Mems Union IN
Producing him. The witness said that
Gracious turned out to be a detective
EMPLOYED by the Mine Owners Asso-
citation.
Malich said Orchard frequently
played cards in his place and tried 10
start a poker game, but Malich
stopped it.
Did you ever try to hire Orchard
to blow I'D the Globe hotel when it
was occupied by strikebreakers?" was
asked of Malich.
81 never tried to hire Orchard to
do anything" answered the Witness
sbut Orchard, whom / knew as no.
gar. asked me if I would stand for
the blowing up of the hotel. told
him if he tried anything of the KIND
l would denounce him. Then rchar
said he was only 'jOshing.
Malich declared the smelter trust
started a store in opposition to him
because he refused to stop giving
credit to union men while hey were
on strike. He also declared that Or
chard several times told him he would
"get even with Steunenberg II ne
swung for it, because the governor
had caused him to lose a fortune.
Malich said several attempts, which
he traced to the trust, were made to
burn his store.
Malich lex related a conversation
he had with Orchard In a Turkish
bath establishment.
HE again told me-" said the wit
ness. II was easy to let the Globe
Mercantile Co. to continue to do bus
mess when l might have the trade IN
my grocery department. He said all
would have to do vas to leave Billy
NlCDOldlu W HILL. L WV
didn't want anything like that.
Talked About Steunenberg.
"He then got to talking to me about
Gov. S~teunenberg and called him vile
names, and said If it had not been for
him he would have been a million
aire. He said he had to sell his in
terest in the Hercules mine for $500
and get out of the country. / told
him it did not make any difference
how much none he had, he would
lose it all at faro anyway"
Malich said his store and saloon
at Globeville was burned June 81,
1905. He was on his ranch in Mon
trose county, 434 miles from Denver,
at this time.
Asked if he had ever talked to Or
chard with regard to or assisted him
In making bombs for Judges Goddard
and Gabbert or anything else, Malich
caused a ripple of laughter by reply.
ing: 81 saw a boom in my
life"
Witness Makes q Denial.
The witness was cross-examined by
Senator Borah. He was required to
trace his movements from the time of
his arrival in this country in the early
sos down to the present time.~ He
first met George A. Pettibone when
Pettibone was selling clothes wiring
ers and rugs. He denied ever having
given Pettibone his proxy to the 1903
convention of the Federation Of Min
ers.
"How long was it that you went out
to your ranch before your saloon and
the business place burned DOWN.
asked Senator Borah.
Three days"
did you have a talk with Orchard
just before leaving?
NO, sir"
sHow much insurance did you have
on the placer