The Washington times., 1906-03-12
CELL MADE
ORCHARD CONF ESS
Absence of Human Voice
Drove Him Frantic.
OLD 'PARLAN0 DID 1T
His References to Prisoners Mother and
DeseTtion by Miners Brought
Eager Tale.

DENVER. March I'm the office OF
the governor in the capitol, when he
was considering the demand for the
surrender 10 Idaho Of harry Orchard
and bis partners for the murder Of eN-
Governor Steunenberg at Boise city,
Detective James Mcfarland read 10 a
little grou, of officials the confession
by Orchard of the series Of assassina-
tions ordered by the Western Fedora
jion Of Miners.
The gIst OF the 100 pages OF typewrit-
ten narration which Mcfarland slowly
read 10 his little audience is contained
IN this list OF Orchards crimes;
Record of Crime.
He planted and exploded the bomb
which blew up the railroad station at
Independence. Col, killing thirteen men
and mangl!ng six others.
HI arranged the mechanism and
planted the bomb which slew former
Governor SteuuenbeTg. Of Idaho.
He hired a man to poison 10 death
his former associate. Neville, a. Gold
fields, New.
He laid q bomb III tire path Of Chief
Judge Gcbber;. OF Colorado. and though
the Judge is olive. an innocent men was
blown to bitH.
lie b1Tied bonb al the gate cf the
residence Of Judge Goddard. oG the ST.
prcrne court OF Colorado in Denver.
Judge Goddayd escaped de@th and the
bomb was dug up after the confession
He plotted the death Of Governor
Pea bod. and The latter vas on several
aS.~u ar
few inches Of death. lie thinks MI
PeabOSiE bears a charmed HE
He was the instrument chosen 70 slay
u. II. Mrfat. wealthy colorado panh-
er uud railroad owner, but the latter
unwittinEIv saved his own life bN cp-
po~tunclv sailing for Europe.
He attempted to wreck train bear
iuC more than TWO hundred persons re
turning from = military bali. but for
once his heart failed him and he warned
the conductor
When the detective came TO the ref
crence to the bomb at the gate 90 Juoge
Goddard. the judge, who was present.
asked Mcfarland 10 wait, hurried ou'
aud came back trembling and perspIring
be said tlat the bomb was c7e, as
Orchard had declared.
Luxury in Cell.
Mcfarland then related The story OF
drawing the confession from Orchard.
q cell fitted up with most luxurious fur
n.sf,lngs and vas given the best food 70
bf. had. But he was surrounded by
tounb-like silence. The guards at the
door never uttered q sound, and the
man who brought the meals refused to
speak Orchard was not allowed to hear
the human voice.
The first day or two Orchard did not
E-f4 -arrff
by eating. sleeping and trying now and
then to speak TO the man by the door.
Dead silence met him. Finally he be
| gan to get nervous and Jump at the
sound OF footsteps in the distant cor
-idor. He became irritable and moody.
The third day he could not eat and
was very restless. The NTH day brought
nothing new until late in the evening.
when the warden went into the cell and
said gruffly; Got everything you
YES said Orchard. who was plainly
| worried. everything bang-up. But what
| IN h IS the matter with the stiiTs BY
"Tney know their business" responded
| the warden shortly rs he tUra-d on his
| heel and lcf- him.
Had McParland's Picture.
Two more days passed. Orchard WAS
! eating next 70 nothing and getting des-
perate with nerves. The silence and
Ienxietv were telling on him badly Then
/ Mcfarland went in. To his surprise.
/ Orchard recognized him, and, evidently
/ glad of any human being 10 speak to.
/ greeted him with Il know you; you're
! Old Man Mac. We've got your picture" ."
Il know you. too" said Mcfarland,
/ Nice box you've got yourself into-a
| bov with as good a mother as you've
got"
what do you know about my moth
| er?'' demanded Orchard, startled.
Know all about You, from your home
! in Canada up TO today. I know the
people who took you in and brought
YOU up like their own son. / know
| that no boy in your town started
out with better chances In lie than yol
did Now, look what you're brought Vi
against Nice lot Of ducks you're fl
with-leaving you TO do your Owl
! swimming
by God. they better not" exclaimed
Orchard, nerceIy-
hope they are taking care of YOU An'
| then he went away and left the doOme,
man to his memories.
After that IL was merely question o
days Gradually Orchard broke down
| The death watch. the silent scrutiny .
those sleepless men, the long, idle day
and depressing nights. the growing Ger
tainty that the detectives knew al
about everything and that the fedora
tion crowd-from what he knew Of hi
| former dealings with them-w would ls
him shift for himself II he tried to en-
! mesh them made him desperate. If h
had to go he didn't propose TO go alone
| When MCFARLAND went in again he Wa
willing to talk-eager for almost any
| thing to break the horrible mCnoton.
and silence that hemmed him in.
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