The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-09
RICHARDSON RIGID.
Attorney Closely Cross-Examines
Harry Orchard.

Boise, Ida, June s.-Counsel for
William D. Haywood continued their
attack on the testimony of Harry Or
chard Friday They centered their
strongest assaults on the events be-
ginning with the explosion in the Vim.
dicator mine and ended with the ear
lier meetings between the witness and
the leaders of the Western Federation
of Miners at Dnver. To the extent
that traffic with the other side" in
wars of labor and capital In Colorado
was discreditable, they succeeded in
discrediting the witness.
Taking up the admission that Or
chard made on direct examination that
he had been treacherous to his com.
rades in Cripple Creek by tipping
off, train wrecking plot, they de-
yeloped that Orchard entered the en-
ploy of D. C. Scott, who had charge
of the railway detectives. Orchard
said that with Scott he had met K.
C. Sterling, a detective in the employ
of the Mine Owners association, and
that Scott had paid his expenses and
accompanied him to Denver On the
trip when he first met Meyer and Hay
wood. He said that he had agreed to
report to Scott, but that he was lying
to him, never intending to make re-
ports to him, and never did make re-
ports.
The defense also tried to show that
because he stood in with the other
- ,foI hyrtI no,
militia in Cripple Creek. Orchard ad-
mitted that Scott had told him that
If the militia interfered with him he
was to send for him, and that the
militia did not interfere with him or
search his house.
The defense endeavCred in various
ways to throw doubt and improbability
around the whole Vindicator story,
the alleged connection of W. F. Davis
and William Easterly with the affair
and the circumstances under which
Orchard met Meyer and Haywood,
and was paid for his crime. They
tried also to discredit Orchards asser-
ton that he was sent back to Cripple
Crek with unlimited credit and orders
to commit any act of violence that he
cared to. They confronted Orchard
with Easterly and Owney Barnes, and
paved the way for the contradiction
by them of the story told by Orchard.
and several times during the day paw
ed the way for the contradiction Of
material points. Orchard stood the
test and strain well and held tena-
ciOusly to his story.
Mr. Richardson asked Orchard il
Railroad Detective Scott had not told
him that the company had arranged
to stop train at a certain curve, draw
some spikes and charge an attempt at
train wrecking to the Western FEEDER
alton of Miners. Orchard denied that
he had ever heard such a story
did Scott ever give you passport
through the military laws?"
NO sir; he told me if / ever got
in trouble with the militia to let him
know"
Did you ever have any trouble with
the soldiers?"
mo, sir"
Did the pickets or sentries ever
stop your"
NO, sir :
You went where you pleased?"
Yes, sir .
And your house was never1search-
I'd by the militia?'
NO sir
But the searching of houses was
very general?''
Il understood So
Before returning to Cripple Creek
n January, 1904, Orchard said Petit
bone gave him several cans of Petit
bone DOPE" or Greek fire-enough to
make four gallons. He was to throw
t in cars where ''scabs" were riding,
ind down mine shafts. Orchard said
lie Dried the dope" and the latter,
lie heard, had dug it up. After his
lrrest in California he told Detective
about the dope" and
he latter he heard, had dug it up.
Orchard would not admit that the mi
tia was searching each train at the
ime he took the dope" into the dis
riot