Show SHERIFF YOUNG ON THE STAND i Tells the Story of the Riots in the Coeur dAlenes GIVES TESTIMONY IN HIS OWN BEHALF + Knew None of the Participants in the Affair 1 He Went to Wardner on April 29 With early 1000 Union Miners But i hey Were All Masked His 1 Efforts t to Prevent Trouble How v the Two Miners Were Killed Blowing Up of the Mine To Test Colorados Eighthour Law 4 Wallace Ida June 29 With all three county commissioners and Sheriff Young on the stand this afternoon the evidence in the impeachment trial of these offices touched matters connecting connect-ing more directly with the riot of April 29 Sheriff Young told the full story of the events leading up to and including I in-cluding the riot as he saw it This is the first time the story of the riot has lf > en told In court On direct examination exami-nation he said I went to Wardner April 29 on the train with SOO to 1000 men many of whom were masked 1 the masked men were armed and some of the others had revolvers At IJellogg the mob blew UI the Bunker Hill mill Smith was Killed outright and Cheyne fatally wounded Tle mill was blown up by the marked mtn who also shot these men menTills testimony was given in response to questions but on crossexamination he was permitted to tell the whole btory in his own way Porter called me up over the telephone tele-phone April 26 telling of the prl telng me trouble trou-ble I went to Wardner next day and b4 called at the Bunker Hill office Manager Man-ager Burbidge said he would hold me responsible if any more men were in tfifered with coming up to the mine J suggested to Burbidge that he receive I re-ceive a committee from the miners He said he would not recognize such committee com-mittee His Efforts For Peace Next morning I called on him again haIng heard that the men had been stopped on the Bunker Hill road near the mill I Insisted again on him re < tiving a committee and he again refused re-fused He taid he had a right to stop them as they were miners union men and he would stop them passing by the mil I told him if he stopped the men agnn I would arrest him v 1 had instructed the deputies at Wardner to arrest all men found car iyng guns I heard men working at the Bunker Hill mine were carrying KUii < to work and that is why I gave these instruction On April 29 while in the office at Wallace Deputy Seysler came in reporting re-porting that a trainload of armed men were at the station evidently bound for Wardner I closed the saloons there t as soon as possible 1 By that time the masked men were lining up after having hav-ing unloaded a lot of powder in fifty pound boxes I pressed through the crowd and said In the name of the sheriff of Shoshone county and the people of Idaho I command you to dis pcrsc Then some one called Ward ner and the masked men struggled to get into line Threatened the Officers One masked man told me he would 4 tie me up if I did not quit interfering They paid no attention to me and the armed men passed on toward the mill When opposite tht > boarding house a shot was fired from the hill back of the mill When the firing ceased the men b ought Smith down dead I went to lunch all about that time I heal the shots that blew up the mill We ran out and down to the mil and the men were getting Into the train at the same time shooting freely Then I heard another tme hootng a other man had been shot On redirect examination the witness said saidI hI advised County Attorney Samuels not to make any arrests for a day or two in order to let the men get settled Witness was then questioned closely as to the time he had lived in the Coeur dAlenes and his acquaintance with the people ending with very searching questions as to whether he recognized any nf the people in the mob but he persistently stated that he did not recognize rec-ognize a singl man He said further When 1 was put in prison I had no information as to who was concerned in the riot I helee it was Canyon Creek and Mullan miners and all that was necessary was to put them under arrebt to have the right men |