The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-05-24
In A TIGHT PL AGE!

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Grim Z xperience ofssiriagd 2 lHk.
erton Detective Used iv eSsuf
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Boise, Idaho. May 2O.-NoEa
1.-THE Of the experieEc ces Of Charles
A. Siringo, a Pinkerton operative,
now in this city, has ever been pub
lished.
4 As witness at Wallace during
the trials of men who were arreeted
for the blowing up mining plants
and on other charges, Siringo mere
ly told of what be had seen and
learned, but of Ills own hair. .breadEh
escapes from death or torture he
had said little.
Details given in the following sc.
count of Siringo's experiences while.
acting as a spy in the Miners Un-t
ion at Gem, Idaho, in 1892, were
furnished by detective in the en-.
ploy of the state. who is a warm
friend of the Pinkerton oper.
iative and has his confidence in 9
marked degree. Siringo is smail
and wiry, with thin features and q
dark complexion, with black trots-
lets and black slouch hat with &
broad brim.
His "areenal" consists of a 'saw-
: ed-of barrel 44-caliber revolver,
which is nickel.plated and of the
! lsingle action variety. 1t is eaid
that be Can hold this at the hip.
with the trigger pulled tight to the
guard, and ''fan" the hammer with
the other hand go rapidly that he
can empty the weapon of it's six
shots much more rapidly than could
!! be accom- plished with double ae-
/ tion revolver, and yet with such ae-
| curacy as to place the bullets, at a
3 distance of 20 or so feet, within a
radius Of two incnes.
Ooe day . meeting of the union
held, at which there was consider
able talk about stopping the pump:
at Wardner mill and allowing i,
to become flooded. Later the pres
: ident of the union suggested to Sir
lingo that he had better cut this
page from the minutes Of the meet.
/ log a. he was e.cretarv, and be die
! 60, inclosing 1t with bis next report
7 to the Mineowners' Association
| The Association gsve out consider
: able information to the papers
I among the items being an assertion
| that the. miners had contemplate
+ h oding the mill at Watdner. Thil
| csused suspicion, to fall on Sirinso
: or "Allison" as he was known.
/ An ofhciaf of the Butte Miner,'
] Uuien, named Dallae,a was tent TO
I and asked to ferret out who was re
/: sponsible for such things getting In
| to print. At the next meeting o
E the union at Gem, SiIfngo failed t
4 make his appearance ON time. Th
4 dark an klow!pp fsces about hin
and the fierce elan, es which be en-
countered showed MIN that the leas
false movs would mean his death
, "Mr. President" ssser'ed Dallas
rising from his seat, Il desire t.
say that have obtained informa
tion that among us is a traitor,
paid spy of the Mins owners A=so
citation. He shall never leave thi
room alive"
/ Vociferous applause greeted thi
denunciation, in which A!liso
joined, seemingly, with will. b
J was then invited to step down, wbil
several men, including Dallas, ez
amin4d bis books. He did 60 an
these nen went over his books ca 6
fully, frequently muttering in un
: dertonee. The secretary finally in
H lquired az to what was the cause {
Il their perplexity, suggesting that b
Ii might be able to explain anything
II which puzzled them.
II "Yee," menacinRly remarked on
II -lof the men, "there is lief missin
II from the minute book. Can yo
II explain that?'
Il &iringo replied that be could an
II would. He then went on to ex
Il plsin that the president Of the un
H ion had instructed him to remov
the sf-
Il hat'ss lie!p' Apgrily shoute
II the president, rising from his chail
Il rHold on. cir; not go fart" II