Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-02
President of Union.

President of Union.
Malich did not know Gratias was
detective at this time. for he wa. wor
ing secretly and was acting a pre-
dent of the local smelter union lWl,
ness said il was in February. 1af. l.
met Orchard. who was then Living Eiu
Steve Adams and wife. Malich a b-
come proprietor of a small hot an
bar at this time. Orchard testiifl. {
will be remembered. Malich HI SUI,
gested TO him the blowing up 4 tp
hotel where $50 nonuniOn miner Eer
living. and had helped him ste lW
pounds of dynamite from the I'm P
cific powder house.
Says Orchard Suggested Ill
Malich declared today the tes tow
was all false. He said OrcharC tnn
to him one day and said: 'Wha tie
matter with you folks here? TIL Ha,s
are getting the best OF you. VIII OEy
YOU blow that d hotel off the
He said he replied: Tom, W. dit
Nldll'l lOi II ullltt any NlCuluS Ett
II you do anything like tnat I'll al
denounce you"
Passed as "a joke.
After this witness said Orcha I'd
him he was Joking. Malich Ie
knew nothing about the taking I ay
powder from the Union Pacific VT
ness was once a member of ttS ty
council of Globeville. He declaI h
er attempts had been made to b b is
place of business, once after Ctlr,l
left Globeville
Orchard had testified Malich Ill
him 500 to blow up the store Il H.
Donald. a business rival, and pI taly
informed the prosecution that H;"h
burned himself with "Pettibone he'
while preparing to burn his owl lsre
and had later burned his stoI il!
"Pettibone dope" and that Mali had
agreed to help him with an alibiNer
he killed Detective Gregory.
Makes Sweeping Denial.
Malich declared these statelht!
false and said he had refused tohV.
anything to do with any of the che
reported by Orchard. He denie, nj
knowledge of "Pettibone dope" +
use in his store Orchard told hubu
for Steunenberg he would be aiC
man and that he would kill him
Brother of Detective Talks.
An interesting witness just tor
court adjourned was Edward Mar
land, brother of Captain Jame;M
Partland head of the western cibio
of Pinkerton detectives. McPlian
gave a graphic description of b d,
portation from Victor where he bs
shoemaker at the time of the rDt II
swore he was subjected TO MT !;
dignities and sent away fron pw
with other men.
Retain Old Officers.
Denver, July 2.-Charlcs H. by
was retained as president and W ia
ID. Haywood as secretary treas Ir
the Western Federation of Minis
the convention today.
Was Chief Witness.
Boise, Idaho, July 2.-Morris rie
man. the stenographer who left el
ploy of the Pinkerton agency al Inv
10 write a book in which he pr ish,
certain correspondence of the len'
that passed through his hands, + Il
~ principal figure at the Steudbe
murder trial yesterday.
More than half the day was o&pi
in reading to the jury copies { Hoe
ments which Friedman took FIT {
j Pinkerton records. They wer'd liet
daily reports of secret agents o. htil
as spies among the unions ar uni
/ men at Cripple Creek. Victor Glol
? vile, Colorado City, Trinidad I'd De
yer. and showed the completenrve
lance of the Western Federbn
| Miners and the United Mine orke
of America during the labor trbles
Colorado in 1908 and 1904. Exert
men sat in the federation conN ion