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drove the witness TO say that the Mine
Owners Association was never a client of
the Pinkcrtons during the years OF 1908.
1904 and 1905, so far as he knew. and he did
not leave the Pinserton employ until 1905.
b. F.. Beta, a fat giant from Goldfeld.
weddled smilingly .ups~hen his name was
called. He had his coat on. revealing a
pink shirt and q pair of ~gorgeously blue
s~uspenders. Would the Court prefer this
witness to put his coat on3' inquired Lawyer
ooh. no. said he Court generously. -it
does not matter
Big Betz said he was locked up in the
bull pen at Cripple Creek along with
Floyd Thompson, whom he heard say. when
we get out wen blow up the
SAY HE WAS A STOOL PIGEON. .
Thompson was made assistant secretary
OF the Mine Owners Association after his
release n the defence will argue hat he
was placed in the bull pen TO incite the
miners TO violence.
The next witness was called to testify
that while the troops were in the Cripple
Creek district their headquarters we're near
the Office OF the Citizens Alliance and the
Mine Owners Association and that some Of
the officers belonged to the organization.
He was James Wallace. once a Lieutenant
OF the Colorado militia, and had known other
times. when IL was just as troublesome in
Cripple Creek when the troops we're not
called out.
Wallaoe also described at some length
the card system by which the mine owners
Western Federation and the order that no
one but the militia should distribute relief
10 The wives and children Of miners who had
been deported.
Wallace told Of a number OF gun mem
he said the mine owners employed. One
OF these men was Jim Warford, and he
appears to be one Of the most unfortunate
wretches in the world for. according TO
Wallace. he is serving q life sentence and
thirteen years for murder
Like all the rest Of the defence's witnesses,
Wallace endeavored 20 give the jury the i'm
Creek was the oosiest Sunday school in the
entire State Of Colorado.
Why he began. I remember I was
giving a ball 10 Gen. Bell and his stat I"
well. we'll. " said Senator Borah sharply,
night before Waterloo, TOO"
SAYS STERLING FIRED FIRST SHOT.
Wallace then went on to make his most
important contribution TO the case by
testifying that il was X. C.. Sterling who
fred the first shot in Victor the morning Of
the riot there after the Independence sta
tective employed by the Mine Owners As
ISOLATION. but Senator Borah got the wit
ness 20 say that he stayed in Victor ten
minutes after that and hear d no more shots
nred, 30 that " Was pam Sterllng oould not
be blamed for starting the riot.
n. +. White. an organizer for the Western
Federation. proved the comedian Of the
day. He testified that he went to Cripple
Creek on December %, 1903. n at Victor
the train was surrounded by militia.
They formed me in a square" he said.
and marched me up a steep hill and put me
in the bull pen with some drunken soldiers.
The place was full OF vermin."
White had a lively time all right, as a
number OF boys in the n~eighborhood were
shooting at the bull pen for practice.
-Next morning" he said. they read me
an order and took me out. They read me
another order and rave me some breakfast.
They read me another order and then
formed me in a square and marched me
up to Col. Verdeckberg. They read me an
osder for everything.
THE Colonel belonged to the Woodmen
Of the World, same as I did. and he said the
best thing l could do was to take the 4
o'clock short line that afternoon. 90 l lone
IL. oh. he treated me fine. Col. Verdeck-
berg did. l told him about that lousy bull
pen and he told the doctor TO have IL pulled
down and ha We the men all boiled out. too
MI. Whites cross-examination was brief.
I'D like to find out II they pulled that bull
pen down." inquired senator Borah.
Il dunno said the witness. Il took that
O'Clock short line and l amt been pack
since"