The Glenwood post., 1907-06-15
HE STOLE SHEEP
HARRY ORCHARD HAS ADDED AN
OTHER CLAIM TO HIS LIST.
MAN-KILLINe CONTRACTOR
Says Woman Was Taken Along as
Blind When Murderers Were
Prowling Around Judge God
dard's Home.


Boise, IGaho,-Harry Orchard has
added one more crime to his long list.
He confessed during the tedious cross
examination that he was a sheep
stealer," and the tension in the court
room was relieved by hearty laugh
from the spectators AMI attorneys, and
even Judge Woods face relaxed a
trife
If Orchard were on trial in ireland
we would surely hang him for that
crime. which in the old days was
classed as a capital offense in the little
green isle said Attorney Peter Breen.
one of Haywoods defenders, and him
Gelf an lrishman.
The admission concerning the sheep
stealing episode came during the after
noon while Orchard was narrating the
incidents connected with his life In
Denver during 1904-5. He had found 4
refuge in the home of Steve Adams.
The resources of the Adams family, 1t
developed. were slender, but they were
freely shared with Orchard. They
moved from place to place, ana finally
went to live in little shack in Globe
Vile, according to Orchard. One night
Orchard and Adams went to the stock
yards and stole sheep and slaugh-
tered il, and thus kept themselves in
fresh meat for some time.
The defense laid much stress on this
point in an endeavor to prove that Or-
chard WAS not kept in funds by Hay
wood and the others.
IF the leaders of the federation
We're prepared to give you money at
any time. why did you finl it neces-
sary to steal sheep in order to avoid
Starving?" asked Richardson.
And to support his position the attor-
ney for Haywood pointed out that Or.
chard was the recipient of relief funds
at Cripple Creek during the time he
swears he was drawing large sums
from the federation treasury as pay for
his diabolical crimes.
Orchards reply came quickly. Hay
wood and the other leaders, he said.
had cautioned him to simulate poV-
erty in order to avoid suspicion.
The name of Max Malich, The so
called king of Globeville," was dragged
into the case again.
Orchard said Malich had asked him
to dynamite a boarding house which
sheltered $50 nonunion men and me
members of their families The wit
ness declared that he readily accepted
the contract and, with Adams anu
Glubeville E.ln. stole 500 pounds OF
powder from powder house WIN
which to do the lob" Haywood h's
siad. prevented the tragedy by call
ing off the conspirators.
Richardson sought to force the wit
ness to admit that he had suggested
| the crime to Malich and that the latte"
| had refused to consider il, but Orchard
was positive in his statements. He IN
sisted he was merely man-killlng con
tractor looking for employment ana
that Malich had offered him Job.
This cold-blooded treatment OF the
most heinous crime known to mankind
chilled the blood of the roomful OF
spectators.
Orchard drew an indignant sneer
from Mrs. Annie Adams, wife OF Steve
Adams, when he testified that he ana
Adams had taken her with them when
they were stalking Judge Goddard.
she was taken along as bind
while we were prowling around Col
dard's house" said the witness.
Orchard continues to prove himself
a wonderful witness, and the attorneys
for the state are loud in their praises
of his staying" powers. He has tcna-
ciously adhered to the essential details
of his confession, but he has been
forced to make admissions which in
the opinion of the attorneys for the de
tense will eventually destroy the entire
value of his testimony.
Richardson has endeavored to force
the witness to give names and dates.
and, despite Orchards skillful parryinG
he has been made to part with some OF
the desired information. 1t is said the
defense is prepared to contradict Or
chard's most important statements
with the evidence of members of the
federation whom he has named. In
many instances the men he alleges
were his pals" are dead, but some of
them are still alive and the defense is
said to have induced many of them 10
come to Boise.
Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone will
probably all go on the stand, and their
testimony should not be a whit less
interesting than that Of Orchard. They
will swear they advised the striking
miners not to resort to violence and
that their efforts in the interest of
peace were seriously hampcred by the
Pinkertons and other detectives, who
had Joined the miners unions at the
suggestion of the Mine Owners Asso-
ciation and who were constantly max
ing infiammatory appeals to the rank
and file.
In this connection 1t is understood
that Captain McParland's record will
be put before the jury, If the conqueror
OF the Molly Maguircs is put on the
stand by the prosecution. The captain
has been in the employ of the Pinker-
tons for more than quarter of "A cen
tury and the defense claims to have Sc
cured much damaging information con-.
cerning him.
The attorneys for the state are APP
parently not at all disturbed by the
confident claims of the defense. They
sa, the case is not based entirely on
the evidence of Harry Orchard.
Fatal Mobile Wreck.