The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-19
STATE RESTS IN
CHANDLER NINE
MURDER CASE

WUhUcn UAOc
Canon City, Dec. 19.-Testimony
in the Chandler murder case is be-
. ing taken rapidly although no less
thoroughly. To the surprise of
many the state rested its case at 3
o'clock yesterday when court was ad
iourned until next Monday morning,
at which time the defense will make
its statement to the jury and pro-
coed with the introduction of it's Wit
nesses. E %
W. j, Davis, superintendent of the
| Fremont or Bear Gulch mine at Will
liamshurg told on the stand this
morning or seeing between three and
four hundred men on the morning OF
April ~, most of whom were armed.
On Saturday and Sunday. April 25
and 90, he heard much firing in the
direction of Chandler and on Sunday
evening saw armed strikers returning
from the direction Of Chandler.
Frank w. ABBOTT, superintendent
of the Colorado Supply company's
store at Coal Creek. testified that he
saw many armed strikers on these
dates and recognized u number of
them whom he named from memoir
anda taken at the time. He saw
women crying and wringing their
hands when the shooting was going
on at Chandler. On Sunday he saw
armed strikers going in the direction
of Rockville.
Il. II. Coleman, now OF Canon City,
formerly deputy sheriff at Radiant,
and a guard at Chandler at the time
of the battle, described In detail the
defense and capture OF the Chandler
on April - and %. He told of the
removal OF a machine gun to Chan
der from Radiant on April "a. He
was stationed on Tank hill during
the fight and told of the operation of
the machine gun which he said would
Kill "A man at the distance of Il mile.
When tile strikers took the town on
Sunday afternoon of April 90, Cole
man was captured and lined up near
the saloon with about 30 other de-
tenders of Chandler. Among the
strikers he saw Felix Pogliano. Tom
l.aston and Ben Richardson. all de-
II
led out of town by an Italian known
as Juno and were told not to look
back.
John Thomas. aged 60, stationary
engineer al Chandler, gave his YER
sion of the Chandler fight and cap
ture. According to his testimony.
Thomas was awakened early Satur-
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ting through his bedroom window.
He hastily arose and dressed. Most
of the day he remained In the house
making coffee for guards on the hill.
His house being Of brick and more
substantial than many of the shacks
of the miners, was the place of ref
uge of number of women and chill
dren. He heard much shooting dur
ing the day. On Sunday morning he
said he heard that a truce had been
declared for 4 hours, and lie went to
his engine house. While sitting
there II rifle bullet came through the
door and he started back to his home.
On the way he said the bullets whiz-
zed like bees all around him. Among
the other Chandler people he was
lined ur and marched to Brookside,
although a very difficult matter for
him as he was lame The witness
stated that Tom EastCn and Felix
/ Pogliano. defendants. seemed to be
doing their best TO restrain the more
violent among the strikers. He said
that when one big foreigner leveled
\ his gun at him and threatened TO
shoot HIM. calling him ''scab'' with
an oath. Tom Easton grabbed the
! gun from the man. John Yeltz. an
other defendant he said. advised an
other striker not to shoot the old
man
Dudley d. Mavo, general superin-
tendent of the Globe Express COM
rany of Denver. produced records in
court this morning showing that con-
ISignmcnts of merchandise had been
sent to David Robb and A. p. Easton
& Co. from Denver to Florence on
April "a. One consignment weighed
40 pounds and was receipted for by
David Robb.
Archer Goodhead of Rockville a
witness of YESTERDAY. was recalled by
common consent and corrected n
statement of Yesterday to the effect
that il was Charley Goold that went
with him to Pueblo in the auto trip.
ostensibly to purchase arms, instead