, 1907-06-29
MERCHANT TESTiFiEs THAT HE
WAS IN HIS PLACE NIGHT
OF BUNKER HILL NINE
EXPLOSION.
Testified After Orchard Said He
Was Present and Lighted Some Of
the Fuses-Frank Hough Tells Of
Condition of Bull Pen When Hun
dreds Of Men Were Prisoners.

dreds Of Men Were Prisoners.
Boise, June 29.-The first witness
today in the Haywood trial was Domi
nick Flynn, a merchant of Mullen, Ida,
no, who declared that Harry Orchard
on the 29th of April, 1899, the day OF
the explosion at Bunker Hill and Sui.
livan mines, was playing poker in his
place.
Flynn Second Witness.
Flynn is the second witness to testi.
fly that Orchard was in Mullen the
day he said he helped light the fuses
under the mill at Wardner, eight miles
distant. On oross-examination, Flynn
said he never saw Orchard after that
day. He gave the names of several
persons who were in the game at the
time Of the explosion.
Described Bull Pen.
F. Hough Of Wallace, who was in the
bull pen" in 1899, testified as to the
condition of the place. He said that
Jack Simpkins, accused of completely
in the Steunenberg murder, was a fe,.
low prisoner.
To Show Motive.
The prosecution objected to the ties.
timony as to the bull pen" but it was
admitted upon the statement by Oar
row that 1t was intended to show the
motive Of Simpkins for acting with
Orchard. both men, it being alleged.
having a grudge against Governor
S~teunenberg.
Many Prisoners III.
Hough said the miners were crowded
in the "bull pen" during the hot
months of 1899. A quarter of the men
were i'll most of the time. The prison
vas guarded by colored troops from
the regular army.
Made to Stand In Sun.
Hough told of an incident on a hot
day in July, when Simpkins was made
to stand six hours in the sun without
water. Every time he attempted to sit
down the soldiers trained their bayo-
nets on him. The witness did not see
them jab him with bayonets.
Hough swore that Orchard told him
at Wallace, in the fall Of 1905, that he
had just come from Alaska.
Offered Interest to Ramey.
James H. Ramey, a former stage
driver and rancher in the Occur
d'Alenes, testified that he met Orch
ard on the road between Gem and Wal
lase May 2, 1899, three days after the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan explosion,
and Orchard offered to sell him his six
teenth interest in the Hercules mine
for $500.
Turned It Down Cold.
Did he tell you he had given the
title to his property to a man named
Cordova more than a year before this
timer" mo, sir. I did not ask him
about the title. l turned it down cold
FIogged by Masked Men.
William Amole of Denver, a watch
man at the Portland mine at Cripple
Creek up to the time the union miners
were deported, following the Independ-
n depot affair, gave his experiences
during the deportation period. He said
he was arrested several times and fin
ally was fiogged by two masked men.
Played Poker With Orchard.
Patrick McHale, a bartender at Null
len, testified that he played poker with
Orchard in Flynn's cigar store o I, the
goth of April, 1899, and had neve seen
the man since He was positive that
Orchard was at Mullen the day of the
explosion.
The Poker Party.
The poker party was made up Of
Forest Clark, a retired mining man;
Colonel Moore, an electric light and
water man; Dominick Flynn, orchard
and himself.
Friedman On the Stand.
A sensation was caused by calling as
the next witness, Morris Friedman,
who has written a book which he
claims is an expose of Pinkerton de-
tective methods. Friedman says he Is
now a newspaper correspondent. He
worked as a stenographer in the Pink
erton Offices in Denver during the Grip
pie Creek strike. doing, particularly,
work for James McPharlan. who work
ed up the ease awainst the Western
Federation of Miners. Friedman said
he became thoroughly familiar with
the office work and methods.
Crane In the Union.
Asked as to placing Pinkerton oper-
atives in the unions, he said a man
named Crane became secretary OF the
Smeltermen's union at Colorado City
and also chairman of the strike COM
mittee. Other detectives who were
connected with unions in Colorado
were Jos F. Gaddon, Charles H. Rhy-
mer, George W. Riddell. P. B. Bailey
Cummings Lutlew and Conibear.
Witness Identified Riddell.