The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-23

country, if you were incarcerated in bull pen, if you were subjected to the insults of negro soldiers would not there have been hatred and resent ment in your breasts against all who had caused this treatment meted out to you?"
 History of Federation.
 Before taking up the Cripple Creek troubles, MT. Richardson returned to the history of the Western Federation of Miners and pointed out what Its ob jects had been-to better conditions, to care for the sick and dying, the widows and orphans of it's members. He ridi- culed the idea that any one could claim that forty thousand workmen or ganized for their betterment could be termed forty thousand criminals.
 He next told of the coming of Harry Orchard into the Cripple Creek district. He recalled the early crimes to which Orchard confessed, selling short weight cheese, burning the oh eese factory, gambling. etc.
 He even gambled away his interest in the Hercules prospect, according to his own story. The defense claims Or chard lost his interest In this mine by being driven out of the country and it was for this he murdered lSteunen- berg"
 MT. Richardson went on to explain his statement as to the gambling, say ing that Orchard transferred the mine, but temporarily to Dan Gardener, the present owner, and was cheated out of its redemption when compelled to leave the country. If this Is not true, the state should have put Gardener on the stand, he said
 Dime Novel Hero.
 MT. Richardson described Orchard as saying he was a dime novel hero. He wanted to be known as a bad man." He had his pictures taken holding a smoking revolver over a companion ly- ing In a position of death over card table. This photograph, said the law yer, depicted the character of Harry Orchard, the "tinsel hero" and showed the hereditary taint in his blood. An uncle committed suicide while worry ing over some ina ginary crime.
 MT. Richardson next entered upon tn e Vindicator mine explosion, arguing that 1t was an accident pure and simple. Or chard he said. claimed credit for this, as he did for many other crimes he never committed. The attorney was still discussing the Vindicator testi- mony when at 1145 a. m. recess was ordered until p. m.
 At the evening session of court Mr.
 
 to abrdge his remarks on account of the intense heat and believed he would be able to conclude some time tomorrow. The contention of the defense MT Rich ardson declared, is that no matter wheth- CT Orchard committed the crimes to which he confessed or not, no connection has been shown between Orchard and the de- fendant.
 Orchards testimony as to receiving mo- m ha of Min CTS for crime was not corroborated and not a single witness, Mir. Richardson as- serted, and should not be considered. AS to the coming of the militia to Grip pie Creek, Attorney Richardson said they came at the behest and in the service of the Mine Owners association, whose members were assessed so much a month to buy the certificates of indebtedness is sued by the state.
 Next in the consideration of the attor- ney came the blowing up of the Indepen- dence depot. He demanded to know why young Neville, who was said by Orchard to have been with him the day of the ex- posion, was brought to Boise, but never put on the stand to corroborate the con- fession with it.
 There is something behind the prose cution," declared Richardson. But do not mean MT. Hawley or Sen ator Borah. I have no fault to ma with | them. l think that the jury, the court and everyone will, say that in the main this case has been tried fairly and de-