The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-06-27
Witnesses Called to Testify
For Haywood Met With
Severe Treatment.
ONES VALUE DESTROYED.
ANOTHER GAVE UP INFoRMA-
TION QUITE AS USEFUL TO THE
STATE AS TO THE DEFENSE
DAVIS TESTIMONY.

Boise. Idaho. June 27-The de-
fense in the Haywood murder
trial got two stiff raps at the hands OF
the prosecution Wednesday. Several of
it's witnesses called to testify that they
had heard Orchard make threats
against the life of Steunenberg, on
personal grounds, went up against
pretty savage line OF cross-examina-
tion. The value of one of them as
witness for the defense was absolute
ly destroyed, while another gave up in
formation quite as useful to the state
as anything she had previously testi-
fled to in behalf of the defense. Still a
third. although he stood stanch on
many statements he had made, went
badly to pieces on another point.
Those who attended Wednesday aft
ernoon's session Of court bad chance
to hear one of the ablest exhibitions of
the ungentle art of cross-examination
that any case of recent years has af-
forded
Big Bill Davis. formerly president of
Altman Union No. 10. at Cripple Greek.
and whom Orchard has accused of hir-
ing him to blow I'D the Vindicator
Mine in 1908 was the subject of the
operation, and Senator Borah was the
operator.
The cross-examination dealt partly
with events in Gem. Idaho. on the day
when trainload of armed miners went
through Gem to Wardner to blow up
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines.
Senator Borah is pretty well loaded
with information about that event.
having prosecuted Paul Corcoran for
the murder of man killed on that day
and before he was through with Davis
it was perfectly clear to everybody in
court that the witness was not telling
all he knew about what happened on
that day.
State Finds Good Friend.
Big Bill Davis occupied the witness
chair all the afternoon and 1t got pref
ty warm some times. Before John NJ.
ONeill, editor of the Miners Magazine,
had retired to the bench, Senator Bor-
ah. had succeeded. by the simple pro-
cess of asking O'Neill if he wrote them
in getting into evidence some extracts
about Steunenberg from the Miners
Magazine, which the court had exclud-
ed on direct evidence.
Davis was called TO the stand at
noon and his oss-examination had
not been completed when court ad-
journed Harry Orchard testified
that Davis led and commanded the
mob that destroyed the Bunker Hill
and Sullivan mill in 1899, inspired. as
the agent of Haywood and Meyer. the
Vindicator explosion and the train
wrecking plot at Cripple Creek, and
was an accomplice in the Independence
station crime.
On direct examination by Attorney
Darrow, he went over the story OF his
working life. including the pathetic
story of the death OF his wife and
babe at Crippl Greek, and made denial
of every statement of Orchard that in
volved him or his assistants in any
form of crime. He denied that he was
even a member of the union when the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines were
blown up, and. at the conclusion of
his general story. swore that at Cripple
Greek. during the strike. Orchard told
him OF the Hercules mine affair and
threatened to kill Steunenberg
The cross-examination of Davis by
Senator Borah was severe and search
ing and was chiefly devoted. as far as
it proceeded. with tho Bunker Hill and
Sullivan affair and The circumstances
under which Orchard made the threat
against Steunenberg.