The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-25


lowing the explosion the town marshal
sent for dogs to follow the train from
where a wire led to chair rung. The
dogs circled around awhile and went TO
the cottage of AL B. Moore. They We're
taken away and started out again. and
once more they came to Al b. Moore 5
and they took the trail down toward Colo
RADIO Springs. The man in charge called
up X. O. Sterling, chief detective of the
Mine Owners association, and told him
the dogs were on a sure scent. But Ster-
ling told him to call off the dogs; that
he knew who did it.
Dogs Called OF.
THE dogs were called off" said MI
barrow, ''and Orchard came back 10
Denver and went where he willed without
being arrested or mOlested in any way.
Describing the conditions which fol-
lowed the explosion of the Independence
depot. Mr.. DarrOw said that the secre-
tary of the Mine Owners association made
a speech from a wagon denOuncing the
Western Federation of Miners, saying
that now was the time to get rid of the
organization. just then shot was fired.
Eve will show that X. c. Sterling fired
the shot" said the attorney. and that
it was she signal for a general skrmish-
smoke cleared away two men lay dead.
Two lawyers were found lying under a
wagon. They were not hurt
DO you mean they were lying down or
gon?' interrupted Attorney Hawley with
good humor and amid laughter.
Militia at Cripple Creek.
"They weren't saying a word. replied
barrow, who then went into detailed
story of the alleged depredatiOns of thu
militia upon union property in the Grip
pie Creek district. All the union men
were driven out: their stores and halls
and Libraries were broken into and looted.
He said that the militia some time later
heard that 100 of the deported men were
gathered in a canyon and were prospect
ing Under General Sherman Bell the sol
tiiers were taken to the place, and the
men were fired upon-one being killed and
Others injured. All were arrested and TAX
en- back to the district and put In the
A recess until p. m. was then taken.
Mr.. barrow having about half completed
his epeeeh-
Ethel Barrymore. the actress, was
among the spectators at the trial during
the afternoon session, as were also Gift
ford Pinchot. chief of the bureau of for
estry at Washington, and Judge Dietrich
of the federal court.
Mr.. barrow, resuming his speech after
the recess continued to narrate to the
Jury a story of the conditions prevailing
in the Cripple Creek district during the
nerFod of martial law following the indie
pendence depot explosion
Arrest of Meyer at ouray.
He told how Mover had first been ar
rested at Ouray on a charge of desecrat-
ing the American lag and then was held
i'm custody as a matter of military ne
cessity" Mover also was charged with
the murder of 1he two men killed in the
riot at Independence-the riot which had
occurred while he was in the bull pen
presided over by Buckley Wells.
Mr.. barrow told of the deportation of
the union miners from Cripple Creek and
the hosting of notices that no man should
he allowed to work in the district without
first renouncing allegiance 70 the union
and securing a permit from the Mine
Owners association.
The attorney dwelt for some time uDon
the Cripple Creek troubles saving that
most of the men who were driven out and
who scattered to the four quarters OF
the west found it necessary to change
their names. Mr.. Darrow then came to
Orchard.
Neville boy Orchard came to Denver af-
ter the Independence depot affair. Or