The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-12-17

0utOAlOu5s WIZ came 1hto CtA Aih6lOHl
a few minutes later in his automobile
from the opposite direction. Tic
strikers asked Mr.. Bench and his par
ty II they did not know that state
Of war existed in the Fremont coun-
ty coal fields. The party was refus-
ed permission to rseeeea &c Gsihs
creek and told that they had better
go back as soon as arrangements
could be made to do SO. After re-
manning at Stringtown about an
hour during which the wounded men
were given surgical attention, the au-
tomobiles were turned around aad the
party started back to Florence under
the leadership of DR.. Sutorious. Each
man. according to the witness. had a
piece of white cloth tied around his
arm by the strikers
Taken For Alliance Men,
Under cross examination by coun-
sci for the defense Mr.. Bench stated
that stringtown and the surrounding
country seemed to be deserted until
the car in which he was riding was
stopped by the firing Of the strikers,
when suddenly people swarmed into.
the streets; apparently coming from
all directions. The strikers told Mr..
Bench and his party that they thought
they were members OF Canon City
Citizens alliance that were coming to
attack them and did not propose to
be caught mapping. The strikers said
that they had received a phone mes
sage that q bunch Of the Canon City
alliance was coming over ito clean
them out" and that . mistake had
been made In firing on the Pueblo
ans The only men In the party
wounded by the shots OF the strik-
ers were Gilbert Murray. William
Schmidt and J. 3 Leithead: none of
them so seriously that they could
not be taken back to Pueblo the same
day. Mr.. Bench stated that q great
-s =ASs s<s4 - sssT- we're
going into stringtoun estimating that
tho nuMbsr e ahout q thousand
I warned Not 70 Go to oak Creek
Mr.. Prosser was dsiving the car in
which Mr.. Bench was riding as the
party entered ssringtown and his evil
dence was largely of . corrobative
character; being upon all essential
points identical with that given by his
predecessor on the witness stand.
When he first heard the shots he be-
lieyed them to be the swapping of
hrecrackers or something Of that sort
ana paid but little attention to them
A little later. as the shooting increas-
ed he realized the danger they were
In and put the brakes on the auto
mobile and got into the Grad People
quickly congregated in the streets
and told them that to attempt to go
on to Oak creek would be dangerous.
On cross examination by Gen Mau-
pin, witness said that he had stopped
the car in Florence for few minutes
on the way out to Stringtown. but
he had heard nothing while there Of
armed men in the coal camps. Seve-
raj people told him after the car had
stopped at Stringtown that a mis-
take had been made in shooting at his
party. Dr.. Sutorious came up in his
car with n lady ten OF fifteen minutes
after he reached Stringtown and ban
dased the wounds of the injured men.
The party started back to Florence
under a safe conduct from the strik-
err ~ssA white cloths around their left
arms under the lead Of DR.. sutorious.
James Gary was riding in the sec-
ond car as the party went into String
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