The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-07-16

ORCHARD ONCE MORE
States Star Witness Again Tes-
titles in Haywood Case.
DEFENSE SPRINGS SURPRISE

| ~oS'NdSO Vu't'VuSOCsCIS "asS'uos
Grandfather Was Insane on the Sub.
ject of Imaginary Crimes and That
His Uncle Shielded While Demented.
Boise. Ida, July 16.-Harry Or
ohard, the principal witness for the
state against William D. Haywood,
was called in rebuttal when the trial
of the secretary of the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners was resumed. Or
chard was in the chair about twenty
minutes. The questions of the state
were few and in less than five min
utes Orchard was turned over for
oross-exam1nation.
e. F. Richardson, cross-exaAuining,
brought out new feature when he
asked If Orchards maternal grand.
father was not insane on the sllbject
Of imaginary crimes. Orchard admit
ted that his uncle, Peter Mckinney,
who lived in Northumberland, Ont,
had hanged himself while insane. He
denied all knowledge Of aigranifather
named Patrick Mckinney. This cross
examination was based on a letter
received by the defense from B. F..
McKinstrey Of Alemedia, Pa.
| Neiqhbor Gave Information.N
| The writer claimed he receiveds the
information from Mrs. Margaret Bull
Of Woller, Ont, who was a neighbor
of Patrick Mckinney, the grandfather
Of Horsley, or Orchard. She said
Patrick Mckinney was IAN old style
sane and raved of crimes he had COM
mitted In Ireland, as result Of which
his family kept him. chained for
years."
Orchard appeared ailittle paler than
when on the stand in: direct examina-
ton, but he showed 1the same quiet
self-possession.
William Dewey, the witness who
made confession ,on Saturday, and
briefly.
| When the trial was resumed Judge
Wood announced he had decided to
sustain the objection of the defenseato
! the admission In evidence Of the Nec-
ords of the state insane asylum show
Ing the commitment to that institu-
ton Of John d. Elliott, who as a wit
ness for the defense related a long
! conversation (which he said he had
with Harry Orchard in November,
1905. The court cited a statute which
provides that insane persons shall
not be accepted as witnesses" Ap-
parently, he said, the, prosecuting at
torneys knew of Elliott's commitment
when he appeared on the stand and
they should have objected to his tes-
timbny at that time
:: Dewey Again on Stand.
William Dewey, who startled fthe
courtroom Saturday by confessing to
participation , in the Occur d'Alene
riots and the attack on the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mines, was recalled
further to identify w F. Davis as the
man who handed out gums andi ammu-
milton the day the mob started for
the mill. The defense took advantage
| Of Dewey's temperance to question
him further as to his motive for testi-
tying at this time. Dewey denied that
he had been allowed to go in debt to
the extent Of $500 to the union store
at Cripplei Creek through the leniency
of Davis. who had finally refused fur
Their credit, but he admitted owing the
union $50 ort$25 for supplies from the
store. 81 49,
Lawrence Guibbini, the San Fran
cisco grocer who lived across tho
street from the Bradley apartment
house. was recalled to deny that he
served a drink to q man named Reilly
the morning of the Bradley explosion.
Reilly, who appeared as witness for
the defense, declared: Guibbini and his
wife had served him a drink. Mrs.
Guibbini also took the stand and de-
MED what. Reilly had said.
On representation Guibbini said
he had received 1925 as travelling ex-
penses for returning to Boise from
San Francisco.
Orchard Again Called.
Harry Orchard was called to the
stand. He denied he had ever been
called Shorty" Pat Moran, the
Cheyenne saloonkeeper, testified that
the Nevilles came to his saloon with
. man Shorty" whom he supposed
to be Orchard. ...
Orchard denied that he ever intro
duced Pinkerton Operative Gratias to
Max Malich or Joe Mehilit or that
Pinkerton Operative Riddell intro
duced him to Joe Barnes. ~. = aga
The cross-examination by the de-
tense was devoted to inquiry into the
family history of the famous criminal
DO you know Patrick .McKinney?"'
asked Richardson. <.. . ;
mo-" T. 4. q
Wasn't your grandfather named
Patrick Mckinney" -.
Ellis name was McKinney-that's
all know ...s- 3
"He, was, insane, wasn't he?"
II don't know" - "a
"And didn't he hang HIMSELF"
-, IL don't know" ,1e-.
We'll, didn't you have an uncle who
went insane and imagined he had
committed crime and hanged him
self" - -
II never had an uncle who imagined
he committed crime, but did have
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