The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-06-19
ORCHARD IS A HARD M
Principal Witness Against Haywood
Sticks To His Story.

o1'CkS 10 his story.
BOISE. June 1.-THE counsel for
the Haywood defense themselves do
not hesitate to pronounce Orchard the
most difficult proposition they have
ever been called on to face in the
course of their experience as lawyers.
Practically they have given up hope
OF being able to shake the mans testi-
mony as far as material points are
concerned, and they say that the pres.
ent examin alton is made, not for the
purpose OF confusing Orchard, but to
place before the jury the statements
which they will contradict in detail by
their own witnesses.
Attorney Richardson, who is evi.
IDENTIFY trying to establish the theory
that Orchard murdered for murders
sake as we'll ss at the instigatio of
those who were trying to break up the
miners organization. today drew from
Orchard new and startling confessions
OF crimes, in n Of which, at least,
Orchard admits that he had neither in.
stigator or accomplice. The states
chief witness admits that he planned
the blowing up of a boarding house at
Globeville, and the humiliation of $50
Austrian n%on-union miners. He also
confessed to another and heretofore
u%nchronicled attempt on the life of
Governor Peabody.
Turning to Steve Adams wife, who
sat in the court room and who has
been a constant associate of the
woman relatives Of the accused, Or.
chard coolly announced that she had
accompanied Adams and himself to
Judge Goddard's house to kill the
Judge, the woman "acting as q blind
while they walked around the house
watching for a chance to kill him.
AT the afternoon session Richardson
took q new tack and asked Orchard a
long series of questions as to where
and how much Billy Alderman paid
to have his teeth fixed. The witness
declared he did not know whether
Alderman had his teeth fixed at a
dental college or not. He said he
knew Alderman got money to have
his teeth attended to and spent mos,
of it. 1t was presumed to be Richard
sons purpose to show that Orchard
Adams and Alderman had little money
the winter of 1904 05.
After exhausting the subject of Ack
erman's teeth, Attorney Richardson
returned to the Peabody aft air. He
carefully carried the witness over the
planting of the first bomb in the SNOW
at the corner of Thirteeth street ani
Grant Avenue. This about January
l, 1905. Adams and Orchard we're te
pull the wire as Governor Peabod,
passed the place where the inferna
machine was buried. This wire wa.
strung to a point a block away, ant
had to pass in front of an alley. Or
chard and Adams stood where the,
could see Governor Peabody as h
came out.
This was the instance when Just a
the governor passed the bomb, tw,
coal wagons came out Of the alley an
drove over the wire. The two assas
sins saw it would be useless to pull
the wire and even If they could hav
done so the drivers of the wagons a
well as several other persons passing
at the time would have seen them. Or
chard said he could not tell whethe
the wagons were loaded or not.
Orchard declared he got no none
directly from either Haywood o
Meyer during the winter of l9O4-O:
There was an arrangement he said
that Adams should draw the none
from Pettibone. Haywood participate
in the arrangement. AS to Moye,
Orchard said he did not see him a.
winter.