The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-11
Started Early in Crime.

pendence?"
I'd done it, yes
Started Early in Crime.
Orchard said he burned his factory near
Brighton. Ontario. He was rs or % years
OF age al the time His first crime. he
believed was weighing cheese UP short"
Orchard had said earlier in his exam
ination that up TO the time he left Canada
he had never been charged with a serious
crime.
Orchard was being questioned furthe-
about his experiences In Wyoming when
the luncheon recess until 30 p. m. was
ordered.
After recess Orchard resumed his story
under cross examination by Mr. Richard
son. beginning with his visit 10 Cheyenne,
after leaving Denver subsequent TO blow
ing up the Independence depot.
Orchard had testified previously that he
sent Pat Moran from Cheyenne 10 Den
yer TO get $500 from Pettibone. Today
Orchard said he had not met Pat Moran
until ne went 10 Cheyenne. Asked why
he sent for more money, Orchard said
stead OF locating In Wyoming Orchard
said there could be no mistake about Pat
Moran He was a saloonkeeper and the
only Moran he knew in Cheyenne, Moran
had worked for Pettibone and the latter
had told Orchard 10 call on Moran II he
stopped off in Cheyenne.
Moran. according to dispatches from
Cheyenne. has denied that he ever went
on the errand for Orchard. The witness
said he gave Moran siO for making the
trip. The man brought back the money
In a package and with II a letter from
Orchard told of meeting W. +. Davis
IN Cheyenne. Davis. he said, had been
involved In the Occur d'Alene and Grip
pie Creek troubles. Davis wanted to go
along with Orchard and the two Nevilles
10 Cody.
1--WE didn't take him because he was
too well known" said Orcahrd.
In Il t~-F-a FstF i0N1l tNdt
you were. was hep" suggested Richard
son.
"EIe was known 10 be a bigger one at
that time" the witness calmly replied.
Arriving In Cody, Orchard said he lost
all Of his money, more than $500. in
Halls gambling house. He borrowed $50
from Hall and returned 10 Denver. This
was in July, 1904
Had Utah Man Marked,
The first man Orchard saw In Denver
was Pettibone. He told the latter that
he had spent his money In buying some
lots in Cody. He admitted he had He'd
about the matter, for he did not want to
tell Pettibone he had lost the money
gambling Within a few days he got $50
from Pettibone. lie then met Haywood,
who wanted him 10 go to Bingham. Utah.
10 assassinate ANDY" Mayberry, who had
laid off n lot Of union men at his mine.
Don't YOU know as "A matter OF fact
that Haywood and Mayberry are, and all
ways have been. the warmest Of personal
irlcndEI asked Attorney Nlcnd1uSOn.
1T may he so; | didn't know II"
Didn't YOU know that Haywood and
Mayberry worked side by side in the
mines of Nevada and that Mayberry had
| taugh, Haywood assaying?"
II never knew anything about that"
Orchard said he went 10 n man named
| Art Baston about helping in the May
! berry assassina ton and then talked fur
ther with Haywood and Pe,tibone In the
| latter's back yard. This was in a thickly
settled community, but Orchard said
| there was attempt at concealmeut.
| They sat there an hour or two and talked
about the crimes.
How loud did you talk?" asked Mr..
| Richardson.
Loud enough for each other To hear
] At this meeting Haywood said he would
| like Orchard to go 10 California and &c,
Fred Bradley, The Mayberry matter was
why was It abandoned?' the witness
was asked
81 don't know"
Orchard said he had known Mayberry
What was the reason for getting
Bradey?"
Haywood said he was al the head
of the Mine Owners association in Cali
fornia and was raising fund Of several
hundred thousand dollars to drive the
federation out of the State"
Orchard denied that he had any grudge
against Bradley from his experiences in
the Occur d'Alenes
You were just taking orders to XII
from your chief?" suggested Richardson
Taking Orders to Kill.
II was doing what Mr.. Haywood told
me-"
You were Haywood's executioner ex-
traordinary2"
The prosecution objected to the form
OF the question and II was not answered
Rlchardson again asked Orchard II he
l,Qadu nave q. grudge against Bradley 10y