The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-02


McDonald's testimony threw further
nsht on the manner In which Louis
Tikas leader Of the Ludlow Greeks, came
to his death.
They've got Tlkas and they want %
nans him." Mcdonald said a trooper told
nun coming down the track from where
Tikas was held by a group of men who
could be seen shouting and moving ex-
citediy about. Lieut. r. X. LinderfeI,
passed. Mcdonald said. carrying his rife
by the barrel.
told them not to hang him." Nc
Donald swore Linderfeit remarked, but
I've spoiled - good rife"
Inc autopsy showed that Tikas, who
was nominally prisoner Of the militia
curing the last stage OF the fight. died
with three bullets in his back and his
head marked by a biow which had laid
open the scalp to the bone.
or the eighteen or twenty men who
went out from Trinidad late In the after
noon or April 20 to reinforce Major Ham.
rocks original force at Ludlow Mcdonald
said he was able to Identify only three
or -FOUR as having previous military ser
vice. The rest he declared IN large na.t
were company guards. but all were gath
ered at the State armory before the de-
parture or the expedition and eauipped
with militia uniforms and guns.
TestsWseny Corroborated.
Acponald's testimony respectinR the
destruction Of the colony was corrobo-
rated by William q. Hall. a chauffeur.
whose motor car was seized BY the militia
10 bear their second machine gun from the
special train. In which It was brought
from Trinidad. to the top Of Cedar HILL
Hall said with the aid OF this instru-
menf OF death the troops and mine qua rds
boosted they would 'clean the colony and
burn It," At that time, other witnesses
swore. more than q score Of persons, most
OF them women and children. were within
the colony. menaced constantly by the
machine gun fire
william Snyder. storekeeper at the Lud-
low colony. described the death OF his
eleven-year-old son Frank. the top Of
whose head was torn OF by a bullet as
he sat in a rocking chair inside his faith
er's tent.
Snyder said he crawled to his sons
side. bathed his face and folded his arms
over his chest when he saw that he was
dead. He was then forced to crawl back
into the cellar in which he. his wife
and six other children had taken refuge
by ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF the fire. His
tent was struck four times.
Between l2 and o'clock the follow
ing morning." he declared. eighteen
hours after the fight started. several mill
tiamen. carrying torches. parted the nap
Of the tent and discovered US In the
pit
"'what are you doing here you -
red neck? one Of them demanded. Ny.
wife implored them to save the children.
One Of thsp turned to me- You ough,
70 be killed. he said. told him mad
u dead boy In the tent
Tent On Fire.
"'weiI. get him. ne replied. Quick.
come along The tent was on fire
asked for help In carrying the body. The
miiitiamen refused.
Aren't you strong enough TO carry
him. one of them asked.
Il threw the hoy over my shoulder and
started for the station. on the way
ran into one OF the other troopers.
He threw his six shooter against my
head.
neck he declared.
my wife jumped in between us. For
Gods sake. don't shoot she cried. The
man lowered his weapon"
Mrs. jolly testified that a militiaman
said to a strikers wife ON the day before
the tragedy:
Have your big Sunday to-day, old
girl; tomorrow we'll have the roast"
Mrs. Jolly said that when the troops
opened fire on the colony many Of the
women and children were only half
dressed. The children. she declared. al
most all were without shoes and few
had more than thin attire. There was no
time for them TO get proper clothing.
The signal for the opening Of the fight
she declared, was thyee bombs fired from
the old camping giound OF Company X
Of the First Infantry. which had been
occupied BY Major Hamrock's command.
a mirror attached to a washstand IN
her room was shot to pieces and one bull
let tore a heel from her shoe.
Tikas. according to Mrs. Jolly. took
no part In the fighting. She said they
talked together the greater part OF the
day. as they worked to get women and
children out of the colony when the ore
slackened and lay under cover OF moLnds
of dirt when II recommended.
Tents Saturated with OIL.
II stayed in the colony as long Is
possible" she declared. "after which I
fed to an arroyo and finally reached the
hayes ranch. The following morning
three or four OF the tents were still burn
ing. We saw the militia enter the colony
and saturate the canvass with coal oil.
After that they applied "A torch to the
tents and stood back and watched them
blnze."
Mrs jolly said she WAS shot at every
time she showed herself In the colony.
She said she and Tikas worked together
until S 80 or o'clock after the fire
had started. Tikas then told her he was
going to No. tent to get some women
and children out. That was the last she