The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-14

duty, to society, God and himself from
MCFARLAND or any other person it was
suggested to him by the oath he took
when he Joined the Western Fedora ton
of Miners. They read him the oath
from the ritual. but when they did that
he expressed the belief that the Ian
guage had been given to him by the Al
mighty.
For hours the defense hammered
away on the motive of saving his own
life. They sought to show it. in the
force of example drawn from the inn
munity of the informers in the Mollie
Maguires cases, but this the witness
would not admit Next they sought for
1T in Orchards effort to bring Steve
Adams over to the state, and then in
the subsequent meetings with McPar-
land and Governor Gooding Again
they emphasized the fact that the wit
ness had twice written his testimony
out, but Orchard repealed the sugges-
ton that Il had been changed by Me-
Parland. Attorney Hawley or anybody
else. After that it was suggested that
Orchard had placed his future i'm the
Keeping of Mcfarland; that the Pink
ertOns had sent money to his family in
Canada; tdat he had been supplied with
dates to strengthen his story. and that
Mcfarland mad trained him as a stage
the stand, but all these Orchard denied.
Hint of Having Been Coached.
Then they tried To show him a PAM
pered. petted, heTo-like prisoner, fed
from the table of the warden, addressed
as Harry" by Governor Goodine and
Warden Whitney given freedom and
liberties that no other prisoner ever
had in the world. and all this consider
-
never be hanged for killing Steunen-
berg. Then came showing as to how
the prisoner had been dressed and
grOomed for the trial and lastly for
climax they showed Orchard pleading
for and saving the life of Bob Wetter
condemned. to death for murder Orch
ard admitted that he had appealed to
Governor Cooling about Wetter, and
that later GOoding first reprieved Wet
ter and then committed his sentence of
death to one of life Imprisonment
Orchard left the stand at 2:30 O'Clock
after having occupied it for total of
thirtytwo and One-half hours. Just be-
Zero he was excused and remanded he
went back to the hands of the prosecu-
ton and identified the casing of the
bomb he planted at the gate of Judge
GOddard's house in Denver. Orchard is
to return to the witness chair later be
cause the defense must lay the formal
lines for impeaching him, and the state
must still have the redirect examina-
ton.
Bradley Poisoning Case.
Immediately Orchard left the stand
the state began the Confederation of the
Bradley poisoning story. Mrs Sadie
Swan, who. as Miss Sadie Bell. was
maid in the Bradley home; Oliver
Crook. the milk man who sold the milk
that was poisoned. and P. L. McCrea-
ry. the chemist who analysed the poi
soned milk, carried the revolving tale
from the discovery. because of its bit
terness. that the milk was poisoned
through the analysis that showed from
forty to sixty grains of Strychnine in a
quart of 1t. Mrs. Swan identified Orch
ard and connected him with tine house:
they ell confirmed the date as within
three or four days of the explosion. and
Mrs. Swan swOre that she opened the
front door to get the morning paper
few minutes before the explosion, and
saw nothing on the steps.
There will be further testimony as to
the Bradley incident tomorrow.
Immediately after the noon recess
former Governor Peabody of Colorado
met Harry Orchard in the office of
counsel for the prosecution. The meet
ing was unexpected as far as Orchard
was concerned, and when he saw Pea
body advancing toward him with hand
OutstretChed he blanched and began to
tremble. Il am ashamed to speak TO
you, governor. / am ashamed TO look
at you" faltered Orchard.
"Oh. that's all right" said Peabody,
laughing. you need not be ashamed
10 speak 20 me now
Orchard began crying. and when Pea
body succeeded in reassuring him, said:
Il am glad that l did not kill you. and
that 1 am spared the thought of that
crime at least"
Orchard and Peabody spent fifteen or
twenty minutes together and parted in
a very friendly way.