Show FEDERATION OF MINERS i t IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR MURDER It Denver Denv r Cob Colo C IQ July Jul L IA A special to the News from Cripple Creek says saya As the result of finding of the car Jury which investigated the death of o Roscoe Roscoe McGee Gee and John Dais Davia Da Davis via vis who came to their deaths during the riots in Victor on Ott the afternoon of June Jane 6 G President Charles CharlOs H II Moyer and W D Haywood of Min Miners of the Western Ve tern Federation ers era together with other men are charged with murder and inciting riot Judge Lewis Cunningham sitting in m the district court has nas fixed ft ed the bonds of Moyer and Haywoo at 10 0 each The verdict accuses William Boyle Bayle of 1 killing k John Jolan Davis and Andrew Ballat I of killing McGee Mc e j The jury found that on the day of the theriot theriot I riot riat an armed body of men nien about nine nhe ninety ninety ty t members m of the Western Federation i of Miners assembled a at Victor pur pursuant pursuant i to prearranged prea ed plans from differ different ent era parts of the county and that they were appointed special by Marshal OConnell but Dut ut that they thee tb were in fact f t an unlawful assemblage or mob Before the riot OConnell was re removed removed removed moved from office by the mayor and his deputies who were ordered by the sheriff to disperse Notwithstanding this order about fifty of them started a riot when Alfred Miller one of their number Dumber attempted to kill C C Ham Hara Hamlin lin Un and during the shooting McGee and Davis were killed and others wounded Marshal i OConnell is charged with shooting J J 3 Homer Horner in the back dur during lag ing the riot The officers of the Vest West Western Vestern Vestera ern era Federation of Miners are held primarily marily responsible for the crimes com corn committed committed because e of their seditious and unlawful language Among those thoa who encouraged the crimes rimes are Charles H Moyer W D Haywood Hawood John C Williams and the members Di of the executive ex board hoard as thus l constituted f After the verdict was read information Information tion was filed against the Western stern W Fed Federation officials and the old executive committee for their arrest was placed in the hands of the sheriff ur Bond in the case of the members of or the executive committee was placed at i The cases will be heard at the September term of court |