The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-08
ORCHARD AGENT OF
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/ Eureka. Utah, union, of the Western
Federation. He has been employed by
the Pinkerton agency and worked in
the Telluride mine. He was known
as a member of the Smuggler union
and their agent When the strike was
declared he was apparently one of the
most rabid of union men. When he
arrived here he was warmly welcomed
by General Wells and Chief Detective
Mcfarland.
Other witnesses who arrived today
were A. Arnold, secretary Of the Mine
Owners association at Cripple creek
and Major H. A. Naylor, Of Victor.
They are also among the states chief
witnesses.
When Orchard resumed the stand,
Richardson began questioning him rel
alive to his operations after returning
to Denver from Ouray. He asked him
if it is a fact that before visiting head
quarters he had reported his arrival
to the Mine Owners detectives.
Orchard said he had not. He said he
went direct to headquarters and saw
Haywood who told him about the ar
rest of Meyer at Telluride. The ques-
ton of killing Peabody came up at
headquarters and Haywood, according
to Orchard, told him he must kill the
governor. He said Haywood told hin
he ought to kill him with a shot gun.
| He spent a week trying to land Pea
body He couldn't say why the OPP
| portunity did not present itself as he
| knew Peabody went about a great dea
nightly, attending receptions. A week
later he went to Cripple Creek to get
Steve Adams to help him do the job
| He knew Adams only slightly he said
He denied absolutely that he and
! Adams had been close friends. Adams
! came up from Denver. Orchard paying
| his expenses with money furnished by
| Haywood.
Pettibone told him to abandon his
attempt on Peabody until the eXecu-
| tive board adjourned. 1t was suggest
ed to him to kill Lyle Gregory. He had
never seen Gregory before but knew
all about him. The proposition was
put to him at o'clock in the after
! noon and the killing was accom-
plished before midnight.
Asked if he needed any help to kill
| Peabody, he said he could not explain
any mare than that he didn't want
! to do the job alone. He got a couple
of shot guns from Pettibone to dc
the job with. He gave up the shot
gun because he feared discovery. He
then decided td resort to bomb tC
remove Peabody.
Orchard said he got 500 after the
| killing from Haywood. Later he cor
recteds this and said he got it from
| Petti5one. Here Richardson demand
| ed.
How long did Foster and NTillburn
| stay in Denver after the killing or
| Gregory?
'Millburn is the man you've been
/ claiming was Mildrin who, you say
was with you when you did the killing
| isn't he?"
The witness hesitated a moment and
finally said positively he was the sam.
man and that he had stayed for some
| time in Denver.
You have written and rewritten
your statements made on your direct
examination many times, havee you
not?"
Il have"
And when Hawley told you to re-
sumo in arrative form your story,
he had reference to what you had
written and what he had read did he
not?"
Il don't know. l have written the
story of my life. l began it year ago
and went over it time and again so as
to have it properly written"
The witness then denied ne chang
ed the story on the suggestion of De-
tective McPharland or that it had been
changed so that Meyer, Haywood, Pet
tibone and Simpkins would be impli-
Gated in his crimes. He admitted tell
ing Simpkins that if Steunenberg had
not been instrumental in driving MIN
from cover he would be a rich man.
as all his former partners We're now
rich.
Questioning along the line of the In
dependence explosion was resumed
Richardson trying to get the witness
to tell just who saw him in the Grip
pie Creek district when he returned
in order to call them in rebuttal. He
named half a dozen men that he saw
but absolutely denied seeing either
the mine owners or the latterS' detec-
tives.
He admitted helping John Neville
burn up his saloon to collect the in
surance to get money for a prospect
ing trip after exploding the mine I'M
der the depot.
Orchard was still testifying on the
independence matter when court ad
jOurned for the day.
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