The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-08
LAWYER FOR MINERS
TRAPS A DETECTIVE
Dramatic Situation at House
Committee Inquiry Into
Colorado Strike.
TWO DROM1OS APPEAR
Witness Identifies Alleged
Culprit, but Is Convinced
He Nigh Be Mistaken.
TWO DROMIOS APPEAR

DENVER, March THE pale, clas-
sic features of Felix Poglano relaxed
into smile as C. S. Railshack, a rail.
road detective, on the witness stand
late today before tho strike investigat-
ing committee, pointed him out as the
handsome, curly haired Italian who
stopped train loaded with strike
breakers on the way to Radiant, Colo,
on January 81.
The crowd in the state senate cham
Der drew closer to the inner railing,
where Pogliano smilingly bore the scru-
tiny of witnesses, lawyers and the con-
g,essional committee.
Then, from the group of United Mine
Workers gathered behind Pogliano there
oozed, smilingly, pale, handsome,
curly haired Italian. F. J. Potestio. He
stood directly behind Pogliano, their
faces close together, A litter went
through the audience. Then
"Look there, " came the audible
comment from man in the crowd,
"can you tell 'em apart"
This was the climax OF one OF the
dramatic situations brought out in the
federal strike investigation. 1t was a
situation which had sent thrills chas,
ing each other through the senate
chamber at intervals for two days.
Agents Story.
Yesterday morning there appeared at
the hearing man who was believed to
be the leader of a party of supposed
strikers, who stopped the train carry
ing strikebreakers from Pueblo toward
Radiant and sent it back to Florence
amid hale of rifle bullets
Late today C. S. Railsback, special
agent for the Atchison, Topeka g. San.
Ia Fe railroad. took the stand to give
an account of the shooting. Felix Pog
liano, the suspected man, stood in plain
sight of the witness as he told the
story Of the holdup.
The railroad detective gave q de.
tailed account of how he talked with
tho man who Tagged the train.
he said ne refused TO take the train
back TO Florence until a crowd Of
strikers, armed with rifles, appeared
from their shelter near the railroad
tracks. He said he was certain that
he could recognize the leader OF the
crowd If he saw him again.
Points Ont His Man
Then Frank E. Cove, for the opera
tors, turned his witness over TO James
Brewster for ross-eXamination. Mr.
Brewster questioned the witness sharp
ly as to his ability to recognize the mar
who tagged the train.
Where did you last see him7' de
manded the attorney for the mine
workers.
L see him right here in this room
now. - said the detective,
Point him Out,' shouted the law
yer.
The detectives accusing finger wa.
loveled at the classic face ON Poglia
no, who smiled cheerfully. Mr.. Brew
ster went ahead with the cross-exami
nation.
Then it was that the other Dromio il
the comedy Of the tagged train ap
peared from the obscurity of crowt
| ot miners ana IOoK ms place beside tn,
accused Italian. Later tho two miners
testified at the time the train wa
fagged they were attending the In
dlanapolis convention of the United
Nine Workers of America.
In the corridor, John R. Lawson
strike leader, explained that the miner
had known in advance that Poglian,
would be identified by the detective,
He was pointed out to representa-
tives Of the operators as soon as h.
came into the room yesterday h
said, with sardonlc grin ~ know
the man who pointed him ont T.
them, and he knew that Pogliauo wa
in indianapolis at the time the trail
was tagged"
Stricken From Records.
An offer of $4,000 cash and 81
day for each of 400 guards to be EN-
ployed in breaking tho strike of 1911
was made to M. z. Capp, then sheriff O
Boulder county, by man represent
ing himself to be acting for tho North
crn coal operators, according to the ties
timony Of Mr.. Capp before the fedora
investigating committee Today. Th
former sheriff declared he ref,1aed tb