Denver labor bulletin., 1915-05-01
"IAm Outfor the Money" !"
Declares Snyder
Prosecution Rests Its Case After
Mine Superintendent's Daughter
Tells Of Lawson's Chivalry

Two witnesses ON the stand in the dis
trict court at Trinidad admitted they
had been hired by the Colorado Fuel
aud Iron company, through the Baldwin
feltS detective agency. to give damaging
evidence against John r. Lawson, Colo
RADIO national executive board member of
the. United Mine Workers, on trial un-
der an information charging him with
the murder of John Nimmo. "A mine
guard. at Ludlow. October q, 1918.
The~. two self confessed criminals were
Charles Snyder. alias Tom Marshall, and
Pat Murphy. alias John Petit. broth
erin law OF Snyder's Both said they
were 'out for the money" and that the
mine operators. with the Rockefeller in
ten--t- behind them. had the most OF IL
SNYDER was the star witness for the
Pro-crution. testifyiug along carefully
prrf,a r,d lines to the effect that Law
-on sas IN charge OF the Ludlow colony
and gave the order to .triscrs to shoot
g. kill- on the day that Nimmo lost HE
hie. lie admitted having tried to eNtort
money from the United Mine Workers
while serving a. a spy for the coal opcr-
ator-
Hired TO Give Testimony.
on ero~s-examination Snyder admitted
that he il in the employment OF the
big coal companies and was hired by
them to help the state prosecute the case
against Lawson and other miners after
D.. had becn indicted on three charges
OF murder.
Attorney Horace y. Hawkins brough.
thi- out in the course of heavy bonn
baf,im.ut during which the witness ad-
mitted that he l. under indictment for
several murders, that he is a hired spy,
and that lw tfiest 1. t~t money from
both sides in the labor war at cnce.
Murphy followed Snyder on the wit
meas stand and testified substantially
- the same lies. He also said he had
H..en sending secret information to T. %.
Iiox 5l2. Denver.
4 sell my labor in the market" Muir
ply explained
At - a day to the Baldwin Feit-
y,eoplef- asked the counsel for the de-
fcnsc.
-Four dollars u day the witness cor
rected him with grin
Served Term in Prison
Murphy. ia answer to question. ad-
niitted he had served term at Buena
Vista reformatory for forgery.
II was brought out that both Snyder
and Murphy are under Indictment IN
strike troubles. including charges of the
murder OF Nimmo. the same charge ON
which Lawson j. being tried Snyder
has three murder charges and two as
sanlt TO murder charges against him
Murphy has the same charges and an ad-
ditional murder charge.
James Fylcr. the son of James Fyicr,
-r hong secretary OF the Ludlow Union
aud one OF the three strikers slain by
I.indcrfclt's band of gunmen militia
while prisoners, testified that Lawson
was in command of the tent colony and
was armed the day of the battle in
which Nimmon died
On cross-examination Fyler said he
was now working for the Colorado Fuel
aud Iron company--the Rockefeller COM
pany-that his mother runs boarding
house at the coal camp. bat denied that
hc was paid money by the. company to
testify.
Evidence of Lawson's Chivalry.
Miss Anna Cameron. daughter of
James Cameron. mine superintendent for
the Victor American Fuel company, wa,
called as a witness for the prosecution,
but her testimony was highly favorable
to the defendant. She arrived at Ludlow
during Tue llRht ou VcAop'i 80 a"h
found no one at the railroad station to
escort her to her home in Hastings
camp. John Il. Lawson volunteered to
escort her out of the danger zone. and
was performing this chivalric duty while
the fight was on in which Nimmo was
killed. She said Lawson had no rifle,
hut did have a revolver belt strapped
about his body.
The prosecution rested its case We'd
ne-day evening and the opening argu-
ment for the defense was made by Hor-
ace n. Hawkins Thursday morning. fol.
lowing which introduction of evidence
for the defense began. The trial will
probably be concluded next week.
Jury Chosen From Open vcnirc.
The Jury hearing tho case. chosen from
an open vcnirc in violation Of the state
law, by two elisors appointed by Judge
CRANKY Hillyer is as follows; j. o.
Roscbrough. farmer; l.. NJ. Forbes. farm
or; Grover Hill. omnibus driver; I. T.
Brown. iivcryman; Lloyd Bloom. farm
er; Homer Canterbury. farmer; john
Richards. broncho buster; Minor Dug
san. farmer: William Orth, garage own
err. u. +. Patterson, garage owner; Z.
Sturgeon Herring. foreman, garage; Bill
Wilson. travelling salesman.
The wise man bottles his wrath and
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