The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-03
FOremr Friends. Associates Of
Self-Confessed Murderer,
Contradict His Story.
BROTHER OF M'PARLAND
WITNESS FOR DEFENSE
Orchard Made Offer to Kill
Business Rival of Saloon.
man for $f00.

BOISE, Ida, July Max Malicb,
another of the men implicated by the
testimony of Harry Orchard, made his
appearance today as witness in behalf
of William D. Haywood. He directly
contradicted all of Orchard g story re-
lating TO him.
Malich was the leader of the Aus.
trian smelter workers at Globeville and
conducted saloon, store and hotel
there during the strike.
Orchard testified that Malich pro.
posed to him that he dynamite hotel
at Globevile filled with non-union men,
and offered him 500 TO blow up the
store OF William Mcdonald, a business
rival
He privately informed The prosecu.
tion that Mahch had burned himself
with "Pettibone dope" while preparing
to burn his own store, and had later
burned his store with "Pettibone
DOPE and that Mslich had agreed 10
help him with an alibi when he killed
Detective Lyte Gregory.
Malich swore that Orchard had pro-
posed destroying the uon-uuion hotel
and the killing of Mcdonald and that
he had refused to have anything to do
with either crime. He also denied all
knowledge or "Pettibone dope'' or its
use in his store and swore that Orchard
told him that but for Gov. Steunenbera
he would be rich man and that he
would kill him.
An interesting witness called just he.
fore adjournment was Edward l.. Nc
Parland, brother of Capt James Nc
Parland, the head of the Western divl-
sion Of the Pinkerton agency.
Another Hole in Orchards Story.
Max Malich was called 20 tho stand inn
mediately after the opening OF court to-
day Malich is 2 carpenter and miner
Colo. at the time OF the strike In 1903.
Malich said he was an Austrian. as were
most Of the men in the Glooevtlle smell
did YOU know man named Harry
Orchard alias Thomas Hogan?" asked
Attorney Richardson, who conducted the
II was introduced TO him as Tom Ho-
ssn by a Pinkerton detective named A.
Malich said he did not know that Gra-
tias was detective ~ tlSs time, for he
was working secretly and was acting as
president Of the local smeltermen, nm
ion The witness said II was IN Feb
r1Iary. 1905 that he met Orchard. who
was then living with Steve Adams and
his wife. NIalich had become proprietor
of small hotel and bar al this time.
Orchard testified, II Will be rememhered,
that Malich hsd suggested to him tho
blowing up Of hotel where $50 non,
union miners were living and had helped
him steal 100 pounds OF dynamite from
the Union Pacific powder houses.
Malieh declared today that t,d ,hig SrsslI tssu
or Hogan came TO him one day and said
What Is the matter with you folks
out here? The scabs are getting the best
of YOU. Why don't you blow their damn
hotel off the earth"'
He said he replied:
TON. | wouldn't stand for 1t under no
circumstances. II you do anything like
that ! am goinS 10 denounce You,
Orchard Called it a Joke,
After this the witness said Orchsr rd told
him he was just joking.
Malich said he knew nothing about the
taking OF any powder from the Union
Pacific.
The witness was once a member OF the
City Council OF Globeyillc. He declared
two attempts had been made TO burn his
place of business the last on the nth OF
April, 1905, after Orchard had left Globe
Vile
of his hotel the night OF the eth. Mallch
said given by the ladies' auxiliary in
charge of strike relief =.
II had gone TO my. bedroom TO retire,
said the witness, when somebody threw
a bottle OF acid or something through the
window the bottle and pnrs, sne aT9q oS dbs 'npI npS
splashod on my wrist. burning through
To the bone ] grabbed up my three year
old boy, who was asleep, and ran out OF
the room with him. When we went back
the room was filed with smoke from the
carpet. which was smoldering
Malich declared he was never able 10
find out who attempted the outrage, He
saw Orchard In the month following. This
tlmo Orchard told him the smelter com
pany's store was tolSing all his trade
away from him.
Would Kill for Sl0o.
He offered TO ''do up' William Mcpon-
aid, the proprietor of the store. for 500.
MaIIch said he told Orchard that he had
oil tho trade he wantsd, and he wouldn't
have anybody killed on his account
The next time he saw Orchard was
whom the man was writing hal! insur-
ance He lent Orchard $50. which was
sent back 10 him from Rocky Ford.
Asked as 10 Orchards financial condi-
tlon the winter he lived with Steve
Adams Maiich said he had to let Or
chard have money five or sin times. be
ing paid back when the latter made
raise at gambling.
Orchard and Adams bought the cheap
est foodstuU in the store.
Tom met me one day when ] was
going to take a. bath and said he wouldn't
mind having a clean wash himself, 80 1
took him along He again told mo I was
easy 10 lei the Globe Mercantile company
continue To do business when might
have the trade In my grocery depart
mcnt. He said all ! would have 10 do was
10 leave Billy Mcdonald to him. told
him again | didn't want anything like
that He then got 10 talking TO me about
Governor Steunenberg and called him
vile names. and said II 1t hadn't been
for him he would have been millionaire
He said he had To sell his interest In the
Hercules mine for $500 and get out of
The country. | told him }, didn't make
any difference how much money he had.