The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-25
ANALYSIS OF ORCHARD
Man Charged With Killing Ex-
Governor Steunenberg.
HAS AN UTTER LACK OF FEAR

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Gays Writer Who Shared His cei.
Believes In His Change Of Purpose
and Charaeter-ouite Sane.
An analysis of Harry Orchard, who
is the confessed murderer of eX-Gov-
ernor steunenberg Of Idaho and many
other men and who is the chief witness
for the prosecution in the case Of Idaho
against Haywood, Meyer and Petit
bone charged with planning these
murders, has been made by George
Kibbee Turner. Acting for McClure's
Magazine, he obtained permission to
spend two weeks In the cell with the
prisoner.
Writing of his impressions, he says:
'@The hrst emotion on seeing Harry
Orchard Is invariably establishment
This is the confessed assassin Of eight
cen men. In appearance he is like
nothing 80 much as your milkman-the
round headed, rudy faced, sandy mus
tached milkmRn, with his good natured
difidence, breaking easily into an In
genuous smile.
"a year and half ago, when he was
frst arrested, this man was clearly one
Of the most dangerous characters our
civilization can produce. His face
showed this more accurately than
words. It possessed the characterts-
tics OF a clearly developed type-the
nervous eyes, the compressed lips and
the hardened face muscles Of the hunt
ed beast we call the criminal. Immedi-
ately after his arrest Orchard reached
the great determining crisis in his life.
"It is no permanent amusement to be
q hunted beast, Whatsoever may be the
individual theory concerning the Grim
inal His face showed that. There was
more than defiance and cunning about
the muscles of that mouth; there was
pain. On his arrest for the murder of
Governor steunenberg, Orchard belisv-
cd that II he would keep silence he
could never be convicted. But his ca
reer had come to elimination.
Under the suggestion of the master
detective, Mcfarland, he eased his
tortured mind by confession, fell over
from sheer weakness and staggered
back 20 his cell for his first sleep in
over q week. Under the sympathy Of
Dean Kinks Of Boise, mans man and
one Of the noblest and most devoted
Christian characters alive, he returned
30 the simple faith OF his childhood.
In eighteen months the deep marks cut
IN his face by the last decade Of his
life have gone like an evil mask.
at IL difficult to believe in a trans
formation OF this kind. The men who
saw Orchard most, professional ham
oilers Of criminals, declined at first to
do 20. Gradually they have become
convinced. No promises of clemency
have been made to the man. He has
turned to the task Of assisting the
state with the same unhesitating d.
rectness which made him the surest
murderer Of a generation. And every
one who has seen him closely IL now
absolutely convinced Of his sincerity.
HE has impressed me. as he has
practically every one who has observed
him, with three things-hls absolute
and level sanity, his extraordinary and
detailed candor and his utter vacancy
q fear.
'aThA man Is about Ave feet seven,
wide forehead. short nose, bright blue
eyes that klndle quickly into a smile
and mouth with possibilities Of both
humor and tenderness, though when
closed in the pictures Of the time be-
fore he put ON his mustache 1t lies
across his face like the straight cash
OF a knife
''It is a wanton waste Of good Amer
lean time to discuss the question Of
Orchards sanity, whoever or whatever
was responsible for raising It. He 10
sane to the point Of bleakness. 1t is a
mind direct, practical, concrete, abso-
lutely devoid of imagination. 1t Is
this last quality which accounts for the
mans utter lack OF fear.
'@Thls man was from the flrst-from
his varied and resourceful ventures in
business and his burning of his factory
down to his readiness In exploding
mines and transforming human beings
into a pile OF bleeding jelly-shrewd.
self reliant, direct. He is without the
timid Imagination of the ordinary man.
These matters simply do not present
themselves to him In terms Of horror.
He discusses his own death and prep
SAoGoA1 AOA ~ Us AAhRCEbohuiil Us hc
would problem in arithmetic.
Harry Orchard Is an uneducated
man. H0 has small power of generali-
ration. But for the concrete he has a
mind that is a marvel of accuracy.
His memory has the sensitiveness and
Fetehtiveness Of child's. It is a cam.
era which catches and holds every az
rested detail of the actual scene with
ali the ndolity OF the photograph.
'@rhere 10 no question with those who
are the intimate associates OF Harry
Orchard Of the sincerity Of his change
Of purpose and OF character They be-
lleve unreservedly that this man, under
the influence of a simple and unques-
tiOnlng faith. has turned from a career
Of hideous crime to an unqualified de-
votion to truth, and upon this faith In
his sincerity has been placed, first Of
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