Show 11 MOYER TESTIFIES FOR THE TilE DEFENSE t Makes Most Emphatic Denials t of Stories Stones Told by the thet 4 t I Assassin Orchard t GOES INTO FULL DETAIL 4 t Straightforward Story of His ti 1 Life lif and nd Connection With Wih tj Miners Miners' Association ii H p. p II I BY flY J. J s S. S DUNNIGAN N H r I Boise Ida lols July 10 With With complete 4 frankness Charles H. H Moyer president t- t I of oC the lie Vestern tern Federation of Miners t- t h toda today told tho the jury jur of oC the ca case the stor story of hl his life his c connee- connee ion tion ton with the l principal labor j wih ion tion ton of th the Vest West mid arid hf his disconnection with wih Harry Hary Orchard the a sas in Moyers Moyer's denials of Orchards Orchard's a- a ton ions were wen general and specific The di direct dl- dl reeL examination was wa finished hed just before he- he fore COI adjournment and tomorrow Senator Sena Sena- tor or Borah will wi go searching r through Moyers Moyer's career for incriminating circum circumstance cir cir- cum tunc admissions that A will wil tend to lo discredit him hini and anti give he credence to tn a Orchards Orchard's declarations that lint Moyer loyer was one of or the 1 men who Inspired him to murder Mr i II and rind her sister sat at Incourt in incourt court au nil al da hay day and Moyer Ioel frequently I turned sidewise e to smile 1011 on his loyal I wife wirl who ga gui gave huh him encouraging and and affectionate nods of approval I Toward the close cloe of or the direct examInation examInation exam exam- Attorneys Darrow and Richardson Rich son ard-son took tool th the lid ld off of and brought ht Into Into in In- In to evidence the telegrams telegram and letters leters of o lie tho tlC F Federation files which contain reference to th the employment of lawyers lawyers law law- Vr to defend Orchard after ter ho ha was arrested ni OL Caldwell Caldwel as a. a a suspect Letters Go into Detail Detail- Th Those e letters leter and anti telegrams contain full Cul uil details of or the lie efforts enol of ot Haywood and Moyer to protect the he Interest of oC the federation of rf J which thc they hey are alp the chief executives and alt in the light of developments de tie- in this case it I hoes does runt not seem em that the state will wi bo be able toma to tomake ma malta make e much of the correspondence the prosecutors have nil all ni al n nc insisted It will wi bo he buried hurled Moyer told of ot the receipt of a cipher f telegram signed b hy by Jack Jacl who I wired from Spokane live five f e days after was wa I killed IId that It was Im Impossible im- im possible to get an attorney to defend Orchard This message was received aC utter after r the newspapers had laid the assassination as as- Ss S- S s cf ci ct the Iho former governor vernot to lo lothe the tiL Western Federation rOyer- rOyer r yer explained ex ex- ex- ex d that oC or tho organization tf t tion ri n provided ol of at th cut l l i w h UP l t R X TAT P I I f m s ys t if t h 1 11 1 t t 1 1 r vu n 4 y y r yOt Ot J- J and ant Moyer lo j r hp ho tho I lit Il U tha it O tieni but s J Ills his m l t ho he h. h unit ha 1 r ln n to t at it UiL was ns OR l ont s-ont nt by by Jeon c else t Jo rt- rt r I m pT n name 1 A 1 CO l id I In this connection the Federation lion ritual containing the tho cipher code cote b by which pa la words lias-words wOrd s were ivere sent sont to local unions sits Wil In evIdence and amI telegram was also alfo and antl translated Moyers Moyer's o rf testimony cover covered d a wide ito range In Including labor troubles in the states t hl hi frequent arrest ar arrest at- at rest on trumped up UI charges s which w were ivere t never brought to trial and nc his s l experiences ex ex- In Iii the Telluride and Cripple Creek hull bull bul Jen pens Senator Borah objected to details of or the nn pi ng of Moyer Haywood and after aCer the they were were arrested at al Denver Denyel Darrow argued to lo the court that the cef defense had a right to show that the these e men were arre arrested te and Im Imprisoned hi- hi onel and tl by members and agents of the tho the Mine lne Owners Owners' a asso asso- so- so elation clation Judge Wood allowed r to lo tell loll most of the tho the details including the lie fact lint Buckley Well adjutant general of or Colorado anti and a mine mute owner owner own own- er er was In charge of or the lie special train that brought the defendants to Idaho Among the lie guards guard Wells brought along wa was lie tho notorious Bob 1301 Hol aun a u and two gun un man from train Telluride guard members of or th the tho Colorado Colordo National Wells elbi Carried the lie Keys Jeer Wells els carried carrier the keys to the Iho handcuffs handcuffs hand hantl- cuffs um which bound th the wrists of or Haywood Haywood haywood Hay- Hay wood Moyer roer and arid Pettibone till tl the they were wro OO miles mies away from Crom the Colorado Colora Cobra do state slate lne line lino Tho The court would not permit th the defense to get before the lie judge the tho the contention that lint the tho c and that thai the Imprisonment Imprison Imprison- lout lon was waR illegal anc ment mont of or the three throe labor men in the Iho pen penin on in their thel arrival In Boise was wn In viola- viola lion ion of or law ton Surely Surel the officials of or the state of oC cannot be responsible for rot tho the Illegal imprisonment of these the e men In InthE inthe he the thE penitentiary said sall Darrow In Inquiringly In- In Senator Borah Dorali to I That Is not material here lucre the senator sen seii- n-I n ator replied anti and ant it 1 is not the tho fuel fact that hat the lie Colorado Mine lne Owners Owners' Owner as association asso asio- o- o elatIon caw caused ct these defendants to bo ho tal taken en to tIle the tate state prison Moyer told that thai he bc began ap working In the lie mines In fn the tho Block His and was a charter member of ur the tile Miners Miners' union in one o of th the South Dakota camps He has been a a member In goon good standing of or the I. I 1 0 O. 0 O. O F F. for tor forIs 18 Is years ears arid and a member of or the tho A A. 0 O U. U W. W for or eight years He lie le then d de defined defined de- de fined the Iho duties dutes of the officers of or the Iho Western estern Federation of 01 01 Minors MIners and said that lint he lie first met at a convention con con- in lii 1900 A year ar later Haywood was elected treasurer secretary and anI the year ar after anet t that ha t h he Moyer l oer o'er was elected president Still Sti Hold Hull Position Both have held those po positions since sluice and they receive a salary of 5 l a da day and railroad expenses se when they trav tray el ci At Al the Iho time lime of oC the tIle Coom dAlene troubles which the lie tate state charges was the beginning of or Chic tho tw conspiracy that lint led Iel lee to murder murdel Moyer r was tS In South Dakota and did not have an any active part In the management of the thu strike e He Ht declared thai lint Il lie he never r mot l Gon Governor St rg and und that he heU U never ne felt fel cIt on any Iler personal onal hO hostility tn I o the i former governor though he lie did condemn con con- hl his policy In dealing with wih the strike Answering Darrows Darrow's fue questions ton which were cre all al leading and to which Continued on PI Page PIRO C FIve Fin I MOYER TESTIFIES FOR THE DEFENSE Continued from Pa la c e One no objections were made b by r Senator Borah Moyer gave rave a u history of the lie troubles between the miners ners and mine owners in Goldfield and also alto told of oC the efforts to lo have an hour eight-hour law lW enacted Once the historical recital was completed Darrow Darro then took look up Orchards Orchard's connection with the tho Federation Feder Feder- l Federation eder- eder allon and his confessions here herc on om the witness stand Moyer said that he ho first met Orchard during durin a n convention orthe of or the Colorado Colora o Stole Stale Federation of or Labor Laher La La- her bor In Denver er in January 1901 1904 Never lr Gun Glue Orchard a i Dollar Dolin and ami Moyer attended e that convention asked all aU the miners' miners union delc delegates delegate to come to his office nn and talk over tho tit affairs of or their locals About twenty miners responded to lo the invitation an any anil This number Orchard was Wms one omme of that was a month after the time limo Orchard ar paid him for or blowing says sars Moyer mine amine up the In Vindicator in December Decem Decem- Orchard meet moot Did you OU give him for killing her ber did you ou McCormick and Beck and tell him that It was a n good Job saw Orchard till January I 1 never ne I nevel UKI HI 1 Moyer oer o'er answered And gave gate him a 0 dollar for killing anybody y for other purpose nor an any from the Weston never r got an any money mone Fe Federation except that ho he might hav other mem mein members just as got ol relief money bers did when they were on strike categorically ten denied led tha tima then thien lo l Moyer er Orchard camo came to the hea headquarters with will and Billy DUlY Aikman thu hum nil Billy 1 Easterly an contradicting the c states state's WI witness d declarations that Easterly and Introduced him at ot headquarters circumstance of or his trl tri related tho the to lo Ouray Oura on tin which Orchard panted him us ms a bodyguard o leI trim 1 tn members of or orthe Orchard and four other oilier said office the time union camo carne to my and a asked my a advice about aboul Moyer loyer said could got get a Job They hay y where they ek dis- dis they had quit time the Cripple Imrie Cr advised them to go IU to Silverton I would go there thero Ithen I 1 Orchard auld suld he and told him Latin I 1 was going goluS' to OurI then hurry hurlY to and that I if he Jle wa was not nol In a n with along and go o two wait a allay day or 01 orthe of or representatives him that thal I told me Time been as assaulted assaulted as- as Workers had hud Mine Une United the and anti men Owners Owners' b by tho the Mine IIno intend to get gel beaten up e eI that I J did not flot armed and h he asked him hint If Ie ho was I I I hint him tol told I Colts Colls 15 11 had hall a Do said suld at he revolver anti and a a to take tako a n Intended would curry sawed ort shotgun un which I Mill hint hima U to get gol offered In my lily suit lIll cats case I and he lie 6 said ld aUll nil all sawed oil ocr shot shotgun a n get cl the gun ln ll right ht I J had and suit Bull cures In our theta thum and we put went to lo Ouray Arri on un l aloe arrested st tl how ho was was' arl told Moyer then lien prisoner b by Dulle- Dulle Unit as ft n military was lodged Icy ley Vel Wells Wella hI No charge to do ol ordered ered against him and he was work which ho he refused refusal to do A writ of oC habeas corpus was sou sought ht in the county court an and the writ disregarded disregarded disregarded dis dis- regarded by Wells and Sherman Bell The late Supreme court refused a l writ an and then tho mho Federal court at ut St. St Louis issued a writ When the Federal Federal Federal Fede Fede- ral court took a 11 hand Moyer was turned over to the tho sheriff and charged with a murder In San Sun Miguel l county There Thoro was no name of the thc murdered man In him the warrant an and it was it-was was subset developed that no murder ha hind had been committed in San Sou Miguel county count at any time approximating Moyers Moyer's presence In that section Next he was rl released an and rested rearrested and taken to Telluride by y Railroad Detective Scott lie fie was transferred from one coun county to another on another fictitious murder murder mur mur- der er charge an and was later charged with de desecrating the tho American 11 flag a J These charges were never pressed and antl he heI was next accused of inciting time the Victor riot and charged with tho the murder of oC I Boxy nox Magee Maree He was hel held without hearing on this charge charre and after a awhile awhile awhile while he bribed the sheriff to take him to Denver so he lie could get a ball bail hon bond Ho lie handed the sheriff for tor this service After he ha had got Jot out on bonds his lawyers got a tL change of or venue In tho the o case and the thc attorney for the time Mine lInc Owners Owners' 0 ners' ners association association tion llon loud had the case casu nolle pressed Again Julo In iii the thc lull Hull Icu leu During these troubles Moyer o er had communications communications communications com com- an and conferences with Governor Governor Gov Gov- I GO advised ad ad- a advised Peabody and the governor him that unarmed citizens citizen would bo full fully protected 1 by the tha authorities Tho night ho lie received that message arrested and ho he was from Crom the governor o thrown Into a n bull buB pen One of or the prisoners In the penitentiary was as Pinkerton Pink Pink- erton Detective Riddell who happened to walk into court while Moyer was as Moyer to asked 5 testifying I n- n Darrow Durrow identity identify the time SP spy and Riddell repeated antics of tho the other du day grinning when his Friedman pointed him out as the advocate of anarchY From March HI to lo June 1905 lour Moyer he never laid eyes cs on Orchard l swore Tune June 3 3 after aCter time the j depot depot de der On Orchard appeared at tho lie murders pot headquarters Into late in the time aCt afternoon af of Federation t and asked Moyer to go out and take lale a u drink k lie sat In III n the time outer office sal said Moyer cr hour till I m my about an tin for to Chicago and lan lanto had work I was wal going I went correspondence clean up m my to with Orchard and w wo had hind a It glass of oC I took him to dinner at a Then buer oer restaurant and nod after aCter thriller dinner we separated seen Orchard since that I have hn never no evening evening- Continue inlay Denials that denied f Moyer again Orchard a dollar for committing committing com com- ho lie over a n gave save crime He Ire declared that thal he lie with Orchard crime discussed a n never backyard back never In s that Unit he hO was und and his life Orchard told that thal tho ho In yard to lo kill were sl given gl en by hy orders ardors 01 dors sat at In Maywood Haywood and ail Moyer while the they all ull t back yard one Sunday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon in July or August t In Moyer In next declared that lint Orchard wa was never his home In tn his life The only time Or Or- chard over o got sot near his house was when he returned from Ouray Oura and delivered Moyers Moyer's sawed off off shotgun to Mrs Q This shotgun holun which Orchard sal said heuse he lie use used to lo kill Gregory was III In Moyers s house o when he lie was arrested Moyer says the hun gun has never been fired led i at least Ilha It Il ha had not when he last saw It Orchards Orchard's s story that Johnny Neville tried Hied to hold up the time tc federation for Cor 1200 I O because he knew a lot about the In Independence Inde e- e depot affair was denied b by Moyer lorer illo's illos Claim Claun Ignored Neville came to mil me said Moyer after aCter he hind hall been released from Jail jaB at al Cripple Creek Crick and said he ho hud had been arrested arrested ar ar- rested for tho the In Independence depot affair lie Ile t said al he had been compelled to hire a n lawyer and had lost his time lime He Tic W wanted to know If IC the thu federation would not reimburse re re- him and asked for tor 1259 I told him I would In e Investigate It It and for Cor him him to lo return jet urn the next day duy I atel nd alN b. b Lein l u u. sa sn- sn lo loon Keener end and that thatto ho tic liy l bc belonged to t r 1 I I told him these i c circum circumstances m. m a stances we could do nothing but I 1 prom prom- I. I I. I HL d him lI to Jay luy lima mutter matter before tho Limo executive ex cx- board |