Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-02
Former Pinkerton Stenographer
Again Principal Figure in
Steunenberg Trial; JuStifieS
Treachery to Employers,
HAYWOOD AND M0YER
TO TAKE THE STAND
Defense Reserves Testimony
Of Principals for the Last;
End Of Long Trial Believed
to Be in Signt,

IBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wirel
Boise, Idaho, July 1. - Morris
Friedman, the young Russian stem
ographer, who left the employ of the
Plnkerton agency at Denver to write
a book in which he published corre
spondence of the agency that passed
through his hands, was again today
the principal figure at the Steunen-
berg murder trial
More than half of the courts day
was occupied in reading of the dOcu
ments which Friedman took from the
PinkertOn records These were chiefly
the daily reports of secret agents OPP
Grating as spies among the unions at
Cripple Creek, Victor, GlObeVille,
Colorado City, Trinidad and Denver,
and showed a complete surveillance
of the Western Federation of Miners
and the United Mine Workers of
America, during the labor troubles in
Colorado in 10000.
None of the reports or letters that
were produced by Friedman and read
to the jury contained other than gem
eral references to the collateral is
sued of the trial, but they were Of
fered In substantiation of the counter
claim of the defense that the Pinker-
ton agency cOnspired for the destruc
tion of the Western Federation of
Miners and the lives of its leaders.
The prosecution offered no opposi-
tion to any feature of Friedman's tes-
timony. The prosecution in cross
examination. attacked Friedman on
the ground that he had played the
Pinkerton's falsely and violated his
pledge to them, and had stolen the
documents which he produced but
the witness would not admit he had
stolen the papers and would not allow
Senator Borah to call him "Pinker-
ton" He insisted that it was not
stealing to take information that had
been obtained by fraud and deceit,
and declared that the public service
which he performed in informing the
people of the methods of the agency
fully justified anything that he had
done.
He said that had he known this
trial was coming up he would have
taken many more letters and reports.
Senator Borah pressed him to tell
Just what records there were i'm the
pinkerton office at Denver bearing
witness said he could not tell him of
any particular one he remembered
many letters written by Detective
Mcfarland In which all manner #
crimes were laid at the door of I. e
Western Federation of Miners.
Another interesting witness WIS
James |. Wallace an attorney If
Cripple Creek, who served with the
militia during the strike of 1903-0 T..
He related several instances as tend
ing to show the misuse of the. power
of the militia by the mine owners,
gave the criminal records of some of
the gun fighters imported by the mine
owners. told of the working Of the
card system, reclted the circum-
stances connected with the looting of
the union stores and a newspaper OF
flee. and swore that he saw X. g.
Sterling, chief detective for the mine
owners. fire the first shot In the Vic
Tor riot the day the Independence
station was blown up.
NJ r.. White. an organizer for the
Western Federation, was the last Wit
ness, and brought the trial partici-
pants back to great good humor with
the drollest kind of a tale Of his ar
rest by the militia with all the pomp
of war times, the activities of the Ver-
min In the bull pen and his happy re-
lease by brother WOodman OF the
World, who commanded the militia.
Counsel for the defense said today
that they might succeed In finishing
with all OF their witnesses except Hay
wood and Meyer by the end OF this
week. Their plan is to reserve those
two principals for the last. The de-
fense has prepared It's draft of in
structions, the state Is working up lts
rebuttal case, so the end of the trial
approaches.
on the opening of court this morn
ing In the Haywood trial, Norris
Freedman was recalled 10 the stand
nv the defense. He identified many
reports from secret operatives, which
he says he made copies of while IN
the Pinkerton office.
He also identified three letters, SAID
to have been written by James NC
Parland. superintendent OF the Pink
ertons In the west. and also the rec
ords OF several operatives.
Senator Borah. for the state, asked
permission to examine the letters
signed by Mcfarland but was re-
fused
II have not decided whether TO of
fer these letters officially In evidence" J"
explained Darrow. 'and while do not
want 10 appear dIscourteous, ! must
decline for the present
The prosecution offered no objee-
ti0n to the Introduction Of the reports
of the detectives In evidence, and
many Of them were read to the jury
by Attorney Darrow.
The first fthe detective reports
read. showed that an operative named
A. w. Gratias handled the Federation
relief funds at Globeville. Colo. during
the strike. and that Gratias cut down
the relief in order 10 create senu-
ment against Haywood.
The succeeding reports dealt with