Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-07-11
Boise, July 2.

The defense is introducing evidence
to show the terrible reign of anarchy
in the Cripple Geek district when the
business class took arms againss the
working men.
w. F. Belts, who was in the bull-pen,
was one of these witnesses.
James F. Wallace a Cripple Creek
attorney, proved a most int resting
witness. He was captain in tho mil.
tia when it was doing service n ihe
class war, and gave his information
from the inside He told of the sane
men belonging to Nine Owners AS.
sociation AMI the Citizens Alliance; #
the Offices of these organizations being
close to the headquarters of the mil,
itia. There was no disturbance wher
the militia was called out. The mil
itary authorities ordered the mer.
/ uDI " stu W AlE AhHiAllts Va
the Federation or furnish then with
supplies.
The witness named most of the spIes
in the district,and said they were con
tinually around the military heaaquar-
tiers. These men came into the district
as additions TO the military forces ard
reported to Wallace. Upon his arsess-
ing some of them for drunkenness and
} putting them into the guardhou,e the
leader stated that he had been ordered
to hunt Denver over and bring up the
worst men be could find, that he had
dore so, AMI they ought not = com.
plain when they got drunk and raised
Cain.
. Witness stated he saw X. C. Ster-
; ling detective, for the Mine Owners
; Association, fire the first shot in the
Cripple Creek riot. He told of Justice
, of the Peace Harrington being ordered
: to resign with a gun against his stom
; aeh. Wallace was detailed to cap;ure
the office force of the Victor Record ;,
e the organ of the W. +. Of NJ. auI put
) them in the bull-pen. The office and
= machinery were wrecked. The Com
mercial Club armed itself with guns
5 borrowed from the company.
p The entire history of the Cripple
Creek war was practically cauvassed.
This is absolutely new to the proseeu.
= tion. They show their amazement at
) this hidden history, and Borah asks
> questions eagerly, and takes notes on
! what the whole proletarian world
{ knows. This information heretofore
= has only been circulated in the lite.
rature red by the working class. The
J capitalist publications have never al
lowed the facts to leak through.
J, NJ. E.White, organizer for the coal
n miners in the southern Colorado coal
: fields, closed the days work with a
: round of merriment. He related in a
e serious but graphic style how he went
e into the Cripple Creek district as an
e organizer of the American Labor
e Union to look after the welfare of its
!. members, many of whom were thrown
4 out Of work by the strike. He was
{ seized by soldiers as soon as he got
4 off the train, marched to the bull-pen
o and thrown in with a lot of buns and
a drunks. He told of the filthy condi
tions prevailing, and of the vermin.in'
tested place. His recital was unique
and the courtroom was convulsed with
J. laughter which the guards did not try
4 to stop.
+ Tuesday morning Max Malich took
J, the stand. This is the Denver grocer
] and saloon keeper, whom Orchard ac-
D cused Of various criminal attempts. He
a denied Orchards s allegations in toto,
{ and told Of the threats on Steunen-
, berg made in his presence.
5 Joe Mahalich, another Austrian from
4 Globeville, testified largely along the
9 same line. This is the man that Or
= chard said helped him steal sheep, and
{ went with him in n buggy to kill Pea
$ body. He pronounced Orchards stor.
p les as pure fabrications.
a Edward L. MCFARLAND, brother of
= the Pinkerton, was one of the Cripple
. Creek deportees, and testified to the
I outrages practiced on union men.
E William Ackman was one of the de.
fense witnesses that the mine owners
: have been very anxious to apprehend.
! He came from Texas voluntarily to
testify for the defense. His testimony
also related to the time when he, Or.