Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-16

mittee aud then Went into n description
OF the Nindlcptor mine explosion. Mr..
Holman reached the sixth level where
Mccormick ana Beck were Killed Within
20 minutes after the explosion.
a plot or diagram OF the level In the
mine was Introduced IN evidence aud
described 10 the jury In detail.
Mr. Holmau's direct testimony was
largely pf a technical character and
WAS Intended 10 rebut the testimony OF
the witness Wood n miner, who tesu-
fed for the defense az TO his own eN-
periences in the explosion.
on ss-examinatlon Holman said he
had taken an active par, IN the strike
and had been a member of the Mine
Owners association from the first. The
witness had told OF the beating up Of
an old man named Stewart who had
worked on the company's property aft
er the strike was declared.
Now isn't II fact?" asked Atty.
Richardson, chat Old Man Stewart was
drunk, went home and was beaten up
by his wife?r
u never heard that theory before"
replied Holman.
Richardson went into q long line OF
questioning rs to the organization of
the Mine Owners' association Holman
said the various mines paid quarterly
assessments to the association. When
Wiz lldpIS were NdlleQ OUT INC 1SfpIld-
ton bought the states certificates OF
Indebtedness issued to cover the ex-
penses OF the military occupation OF
Cripple Creek
You decided to get rid OF the w. T.
NJ. because IL had called u strike ard
you got the militia out TO help you
didn't you?" demanded Richardson.
NO" replied Holman, "we got the
militia because the sheriff couldn't keep
tha In
Didn't the military, the Mine own
crs association and the Citizens ALI
ance all work together2''
All law and order people did, Yes
SIR
Now as TO the beating w Of Old
Man stewart and one or two other Incl
dents OF disorder: Isn't 1t fact that
there is always more or less OF drink
Ing and ighting in every mining camp
OF which you have had knowledge"
yes"
Men will get drunk and fight most
anywhere, won't they"
II guess they will
l., q. RAMSEY.
L. G. Ramsey, an assayer of Victor,
Colo. was powder man in the
vlndioator mine at the time Of the ex-
plosion in 1908, Ramsey was called In
further rebuttal OF the witness Wood
whose testimony was regarded as high-
~ important as tending TO Indicate that
the occurrence at the Vindicator was
an accident instead of the plot as out
lined by Harry Orchard. Wood told of
seeing u box or dynamite left on the
water barrel of the eighth level Of the
mine ana drew the inference that Nc
Cormick and Beck took this powder
with them TO the sixth level where in
some manner II exploded. Wood eX-
planned the finding OF the remnants of
a pistol near Becks body, by saying
Beck carried a pistol. ~
In contradiction of all this, Ramsey
declared today that during the time
he was In the mine he never saw a
pistol In the possession OF either Beck
or Mccormick. All powder passed
through his hands and every morning
and evening he inspected the mine TO
see that no powder WAS left about.
when WAS there a water barrel left
ON the eighth level2' asked Hawley.
mo sir. there was not
Wood said Mccormick and Beck had
been on the eighth level Just before go
ing to the sixth. whore the explosion
occurred Ramsey cpntradicted this
absolutely, saying he saw the two men
descend in the cage Just before the ex-
plosion and heard them give instruc.
lions to the eager to stop at the sixth
level.
AT this point the luncheon recess un-
til ? p. m. was ordered.