Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-06-20
Four Letters Were Placed Before
the Jury Sustaining Orchards
Previous Testimony.
HEWAsFURAIsHED COUNSEL
Without He Request Orchard Was
Within Few Days After steun-
snburg Murder Provided
With An Attorney.

Harry Orchard for redirect examin
ton, 1t introduced and secured Il
admission Of four letters tending
show that Haywood, during the ia
Of 1905, when Orchard swears he W;
engaged on various crimes for the fe
GRAFTON leaders, had participated
q plan to deceive Mrs. Orchard, tn
second, Of Cripple Creek, as to tn
whereabouts Of her husband.
Over variety of protests from tn
defense. orchard was allowed to test
fy that early in the summer OF 100
Haywood told him that Mrs. Orchar
was writing him for information as t.
Orchards whereabouts. ,Orchar
swore that he proposed that he SHOULD
write his wife series Of letters tina
were to be falsely dated and delivered
to Mrs Orchard by agents of the fed
| GRAFTON.
He said that he first wrote two
letters which he dated at San Francis
CO and had them delivered through
Paddy Mullaney, who represented tn,
federation at Cripple Creek. Orchard
identified the two letters and overrul
ing all objections Of the defense, Judge
Wood admitted them.
Next Orchard swore that he wrote
a third letter supporting to come from
Nome, Alaska, and that under the
general arrangement that he had
made with the federation officials,
Marion Moore carried the letter to
Nome, where he went as organizer of
the federation and posted It. This let
ter, bearing the date of Nome, August
5, 1905. was produced, identified and
admitted as evidence.
Orchard then identified a letter
which Haywood wrote to Mrs. Orchard
and that, too, was admitted in evil
dence and handed to the jury. 1t was
as follows:
Denver, November Is, 1905-Mrs.
H. Orchard: Dear Madam and Sister:
I have not heard word since saw
you. The last information | got was
from Alaska. think Fairfield was
the name of the place. l see that aw-
full conditions prevail among the law
and order element.
Yours very Truly, William D. Hay
wood"
The three letters written by Or
,hard were commonplace and con-
aimed practically nothing bearing on
he case or Orchards testimony ex-
ept references to the arrangement
which Orchard says he made wit
he federation officials for the care of
is wife while he was absent.
The defense attacked the letters
nd Orchards story about them when
got chance to cross-examine the
illness, but Orchard held to the story
Q told about them. The witness sue
essively denied he had made any
Tor the delivery of the
tiers to PinkeTton agents, that the
tiers had only made their appear {
ice since he left the stand last week {
: that he had invented the story be. |
Iuse his wife had Haywood's letter in {
,r possession. He swore positively
at Haywood had agreed to write
Q Alaska letter and that Pettibone G
ID Meyer knew Of the arrangement. a
1t was day Of correspondence and r
cumentary evidence Besides. the a
ur San Francisco Alaska letters the I
lite secured the admission Of a Ger. p
led copy of the unsigned letter Z
itch Orchard got at Caldwell jail and 4
itch Orchard swears~ was in the X
ndwriting of Pettlboue. The let. o
was as follows: d
December 30--Friend Tom: Your h
ter received. That was sent to
TX December 81 for you. He should
Id 1t so that you ought to have It
this time. win not write any more NJ
s time. Write me as soon as you %
to your new field" 10
The letter was postmarked at Den w
on December 80, the day that. ~
nuremberg was killed and 1t is Ia
lined by the state that the Jack" M
ntioned was Slmpkins and that the n
at" referred to was 800 which Or r.,
I'D swore he asked Simpklns to Sc. a
e for him when he was leaving n
dwell =,
he state developed its contention
as tending to show a conspiracy
knowledge Of the steunenberg
ne Orchard was, without any re- Of
st from him. furnished with coun- ISL
within few days after his arrest els
list showed that Orchard after his rel
st sent mo communication from 10
iwell jail and then produced and Ha
lred the admission Of the orIginafN OF
he following telegram: an,
receivers number, phone time Chi
1880 p. m. nine paid (charge mi
ertson, Miller q Rosenfeldt): sta
'pokhns, WASH, January ., 1906. an
} T. Hogan, care sheriff, Caldwell, brt
%. Attorney Fred Miller win start POI
Caldwell IN the morniag.-M. 50
e block
Ne defense examined Orchard on J
subject and largely devoted itself tioi
hoving that the Western Redera. Of
Of Miners always provided CON Ton
for ne members wherever ana AR
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