Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-04

$500 from Pettibone, was next called to
the stand. Moran said he only worked
for Pettibone in Denver, selling clocks
and lamps and other goods on the in
stallment plan.
Moran not only denied not going to
Denver on any mission for Orchard, but
said that he did not know that Orchard
was ever in his saloon. Johnny Neville
and his son and man they called
Shorty were around there for several
days.
Moran said he saw w. F. Davis with
the Neville party in the saloon one
day. He had met Davis in Denver.
George B. Breen, formerly a railroad
conductor at Cripple Creek. and who
was a witness several days ago, was
recalled to tell of taking General Sher-
man Bell and a company of militia
men to Dunnville, Colo, to round up
some union men who had taken to the
hills.
Breen said that five uniformed men
acted as Bells body guard. They
carried sawed off shot guns. Orchard,
in his testimony, referred constantly
to weapons Of this character which he
said he got at miners headquarters.
Breen told of the flight of three miners
UP the hill at Dunnville and the firing
of the militia at them. One of the men
was killed, several others were cap
tured and their camp looted. In the
| camp the soldiers found two broken
shotguns, one rifle, a six shooter, a
pair of scissors, a knife and fork and
a can of sardines.
Attorney Darrow, when asked the
purpose of this testimony by the court,
| said it was to show a part of the
general conspiracy to crush the West
ern Federation of Miners.
kidnapping Plot Related
David c. Coates, former lieutenant
governor of Colorado and once a news
paper man of Wallace. Idaho, was the
first witness during the afternoon
session. Mr.. Coates is the man Orchard
said suggested the kidnapping Of one
of the Paulson children in Wallace,
Paulson being a former partner OF
Orchard in the Hercules mine. He
knew Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone
in Denver, and met Orchard under the
name of Thomas Hogan in Petitioners
store.
Later he came to my office and be-
gan to talk about looking for some
easy money. He said he thought he
might get some by stealing one Of
Paulson's children. / don't know that
I made any reply to him at all for
L didn't think he could be in earnest"
He again made the threat and the
witness said he threatened to denounce
him.
Coates said he saw Orchard several
times before the man left Wallace in
the fall of 1905. Orchard told him that
the more he saw of his old friends and
partners, the more wratlJ he be-
came over having to leave the dis
trict. He said he would "get even
with Steunenberg
Miss Nellie Joyce, who was formerly
housekeeper at the boarding house of
the Florence and Cripple Creek rail-
road, at Cripple Creek, testified to see
ing Harry Orchard tat the boarding
house on the night of the second at
tempt to wreck the train. He was ac-
companied by d. G. Scott and K. S.
Sterling, detectives for the railroad and
the mine owners.
Miss Sanders told of witnessing the
looting of the Union store in Cripple
Creek, in August, 1904. Henry Make
of Silver City, Idaho, related on the
stand his experience in the Telluride
district during the strike. He said. one
day when under arrest without any
charge against him, he refused to do
some loathsome work and was fastened
to telegraph pole. his arms being
around the pole and handcuffed on the
other side. All the time he was under
arrest Make said he had more than
$500 in his pocket.
With the conclusion of Makes testi-
mony adjournment was taken until
Friday morning.