Omaha daily bee., 1907-06-11
DEFENSE SHOWING ITS HAND
Haywood Seeking to Throw Blame
Upon Mine Owners.
COUNTER CONSPIRACY CHARGED
Orchard Admits that Haywood Had
NOthins 60 do with Planning vin-
dicatOr Explosion or Murder
of Gregory.


counsel for william D. Haywood repeatedly
threw the suggestion OF 4 great counter
conspiracy, formulated and carried out by
the enemies Of the Western Federation Of
Miners. and Indicated a determination TO
construct their main limo OF defense on that
field. They carried Orchard by slow steps
and through the minutest details from the
dynamiting OF the Independence station
down to the attempt on the life OF Fred
Bradley and his family. and In addition to
series fpartieulsr attacks on the credi-
bility Of the witness and the general proba-
bility Of his stories, and preparing the way
for their own testimony In rebuttal, they
sought TO show that Orchard has a mania
for bossting of the commission of crimes
non-existant except in his own mind and
that he is testifying under the control and
suggestion OF Detective Mcfarland.
They began today by making It clear that
as far as Orchard knew Of his own knowl-
edge, Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone had
nothing to do with the Inspiration planning
and execution OF the vindicator explosion,
and that Haywood and Meyer had nothing
to do with the planning Of the murder OF
Detective Gregory.
! Passing then to the dynamiting of the
Independence depot. the first crime with
! which the testimony OF Orchard directly
/ SohiSSeS 41dyWOOus hOyeT ana PetIlDOne,
\ they endeavored to show that Orchard in
springing the mine had purposely sought
to spare the oncoming train and the nom
union men who were expected to entrain.
and that the whole plot was engineered by
agents Of the mine owners and railway
managers, who wanted a comparatively
I harmless outrage to lnjure the union
miners who were on strike.
Mayberry story Attacked.
Leaving the Independence station crime,
which was followed by the flight or Or
chard into Wyoming and then by his un-
expected return to Denver, counsel for the
defense sought to discredit the story that
Haywood directed Orchard to kill Andy
Mayberry by showing that Haywood and
Mayberry are old and intimate friends.
Getting down to the Bradley crime they
devoted themselves largely to the revolving
story of Orchards attempt to poison the
entire Bradley household, including the
infant child. which he had seen in a baby
carriage. and Mrs. Crow, the cook with
whom he had made friends and whom he
1 accompanied to a theater Into stronger re-
lief than had been the direct examination,
they threw the utter depraYity of the wit
ness and gave the watching crowd the one
deep noted thrill OF On otherwise weary
day. Orchard swore that while in San
Francisco he repeatedly received money
from Pettibone. who used the name of Pat
Bone" in transmitting IL, and In making
this clearer today the defense gave evil
dence Of plan to show that this money
was sent under Pettibones name thinly
disguised by persons plotting against the
leaders Of the Western Federation of
Miners.
Witness Not Confused.
Orchard denied that mine owners or rail-
way men had any part in the Independ-
ence station outrage; denied that he had
a mania for confessing uncommitted crimes
and denied that he is under the influence
OF Mcfarland. He showed some spirit In
answering many OF Attorney Riehardson's 9
questions, but he firmly held TO all of his
first stories and was calm and certain
throughout the long. trying examination.
Two more crimes were brought home TO Or
chard today; he confessed that he burned
a cheese factory In Ontario to get $500 in
surance and he confessed that he began
his life of crime by selling cheese at short
weight. Counsel for the state led today's
examination. takes its course without a
single serious objection and at the close
, privately signified their entire satisfaction.
Orchard has been on the stand five days
and has fully two more TO serve. Steve
Adams is a tenant OF Ada county jail and a
close cell neighbor OF Haywood. Meyer and
Pettibone. He Is for the present incom-
, municado. and his custodians say that he
is sullen and will refuse to say a word
when he is calledto the stand.
Details of California Incident.
In the course OF Orchards examination
MT. Richardson went over the Bradley in
cident in great detail He began by ask
ing;
/. what was the reason for getting Brad
] IeyY''
Haywood said he was at the head OF
the Mine Owners association in CaIifor-
= mia and was raising fund Of several
a hundred thousand dollars TO drive the fed
Grafton out Of the state"
Orchard denied he had any srudys
against Bradley from his experiences in
the coeur d'Aelenes.
'yYou were just taking orders to Kill
from your chief" suggested Mr.. Rich.
: ardson.
Il was doing what Mr. Haywood toic
me"
you were HaywoOd's executioner ex
!, traordinaryY'
The prosecution objected to the form OF
the question and It was not answered.
Richardson asked Orchard II he did net
\ have a grudge against Bradley by resEor
Of the fact that he was driven out o.
4 northern Idaho.
IF / was driven out II was my owl
fault" said the witness.
Taking the witness back to the blowing
; up OF the concentration mill OF the Bunke
= HIN and Sullivan mine OF which BrRdle,
; ; was once the manager. Richardson aske
! him how long he had been a member o
the federation al this time.
About a month" replied Orchard.
Before that time he had belonged 70 IN
4 Knights CT Labor.
q Trip 90 California
= Starting for California TO get Bradley.
s Orchard said PettibOne bought his tieke
Q for him and gave him $50 and a new grt
a sack. In San Francisco he stopped tn
, FIRST two weeks IN August. 1904 at IN
:. Golden West hotel From there he wen
TO a boarding place ON Tenth street Brad
ley was IN Alaska when Orchard reache
the city. While waiting for him orchar
' spent part OF his time In Caliente Springs
Orchard heard neither from Haywood no
Meyer while N California and recsfve
, several letters from Pettibone. These b
, destroyed Immediately after reading.
e Why didn't you save some OF these .,