The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-11

ners depOrted from Telluride, ana who wished to return. The governor replied l in effect that unarmed citizens could go wnere they pleased in the state and ] would not be molested.
 Thirteen Selected. 1 Thirteen of the dsported men were se- 1 leeted to go back. They had families and owned property but the militia l turned them back when they attempted to enter the district. 4doyer told of the | militia having refused to obey a writ l of habeas corpus, issued by Judge Ste 1 vens of the Colorado court. He was final l ly released on writ of habeas corpus but was rearrested and held two days on 1 a charge of murder. There was never any hearing of any sort on this charge. Mover said he was next arrested on a change of riot and the murder of hoxev McGee at Victor, Col, June s, 1904. "Where were you on June 6, 19O4?' "I was In the bull pen at Telluride, 300 l miles away"
 Witness also said he was arrested for ] the murder of Mccormick and Beck, , who were f1lled in the Yindicator mine. l He was taken to Cripple Creek on this coaree. He was released on bond, after l a few days in jail, and never called TOT trial.
 Mover said that part of the time he was in the Telluride bull pen, Pink erton Operative Rddell, though posing l as a miner. was fellow prisoner
 RiddelI Appears. At this juncture Riddell, a tall, slender, wiry young fellow, with a constant grin on his face, stalked into the court room.
 'Is that the Riddell you refer top asked Darrow of the witness. "That's the man." said Mover. Riddell has been identified by almost hrr ta fense and seems to happen into the court room precisely as his presence is de- sired.
 At the time of the Independence depot explosion. Mover said he was in the bull pen at Telluride. The Western Fed eration of Miners convention was in session and Mover was there at the time The convention offered reward or Soooo' Hasn't that reward ever been taken down." Mover was asked. "No. sir; and 1t has never beeen called for"
 Harry Orchard came to see him in his office June 23, 1904, and asked, him out to have 8 drink He was busy at the time but told Orchard if he cared to wait, he would go out with him later or cnard waited in the outer office and when Mover was through, the two men went out to dinner together and had few glasses of beer.
 Mover said that after this occasion ne never saw Orchard again. Mover denied that Orchard was ever a t his house at Berden flats and also hatly denied Orchards statement that the Wlt- ness and Haywood and Pettibone and Orchard met in Pettibone's back yard III August. 1905, and discussed the Killing of Governor Steunenberg.
 q was never in Pettibone's back yard win Orchard in August, 19O5 or any other time"
 Never Saw Adams.
 Mover aeJared he had never seen Adams after the Cripple Creek strike. | Mover told of having come to Silver l City. Idaho in October, 1905, to visit the | local unions of the Western Federation | of Miners. He did not stop In Caid- well; he did not know there was sucn a place at the time. He knew nothihs of the whereabouts of Orchard or Slmp- kins at this time
 "Did vou ever receive a letter from Harry Orchard at Butte, asking you TOT $1O0?"
 NO. sir. I never received any letters from Orchard from any place, or any time"
 .Did you write him any letters?"
 ''No, sir; I never held any communica- tion with him of any kind.
  threats against Governor Steunenberg. He knew absolutely nothing about 1t in ad- | vance and had never heard his death l discussed. Two or three days after the death the papers contained an account | of the arrest of Thomas Hogan, who | had registered at Denver. Mover knew f Orchard had gone by this name when he left Cripple Creek. The papers which | contained the story of Orchards arrest | also charged the Western Federation of | Miners with being responsible for the l crime.
 Cipher Telegram.
 January 4. 1906, Mover said cipher | telegram was received from Spokane. | The federation had had a cipher code | ever since it's organization, and used it | in the general transaction of business. | It was part of the ritual and was used | for sending out ass words, etc. The | cipher was here introduced In evidence. | It was merely a system of using num- | bers to represent letters. The telegram was also offered in evidence. The mes sage Vas from Jack Simpkins and trans lated, read as follows: Spokane January f. 1906. Cannot get lawyer to defend Hogan. Answer. l.. J. Simpkins."
 Mover said Simpkins was a member of the executive board, who had charge
  to take care of any trouble. Simpkins was implicated by Orchard in his at tempts on Governor Steunenberg and has never been apprehended. Upon the reception of the telegram Mover said he consulted Mir. Murphy, the federations attorney in Denver and was advised by him not to act hastily. but give him time to think 1t over. The witness declared that he did not know whether the telegram was from Sifnp kins or not Asked If he knew of any unfrier dly person having possession of the code or ritual Mover said the desks of several of the unions at Cripple Creek had been lotted during the trouble there.
 Even the delicacy of our position, un- der the circumstances, concluded Hay wood, must not make us hesitate to pro- tect ourselves"
 Reading Concluded.
 When the reading of the letters had been concluded. Mover said that after the preliminary examination of Orchard he met Fred Miller, an attorney from Spo- kane, at the residence of John Murphy, general counsel of the Western Fedora ton of Miners Miller told him that he had been sent to Caldwell to represent Orchard at his preliminary examination by Jack Smpkins, the member of the ex- eoGSve board residing in Spokane Miller, afterfhe preliminary examination, went 70 Denver to discuss the matter with the of ficers of the federation. He had with htm transcript of the evidence.
 After the matter had been fully dis- cussed Miller was retained by the federal tion to defend Orchard. He was given I-Ce C.