The Washington herald., 1907-06-12

Boise. june u.-Further cross-eXamina-
tion of Harry Orchard to-day disclosed
new lines along which the defense I'm the
Haywood trial will be developed in an at
tempt which will undoubtedly be made to
prove that at various times. when Orchard
says he was regularly getting money from
Moyer. Haywood. and Pettibone i'm return
for crimes he committed, he was really
brOke-sO broke that ne had 20 move out
Of places whore he lived. because neither
he nor steve Adams could pay the rent.
Orchard repeatedly denied that this was
true.
once when he lived with Adams in Den
yer. i'm the spring OF 1865. he said they
moved. but il was not because they were
broke, but because Billy Afkman. who
lived with them. had got himself arrested
and told where he lived. and Adams and
ne were afraid that the authorities would
come up and arrest them for the blowing
up Of the Independence station.
Witnesses will surely be produced In
swear that.t the reason Adams and Orchard
moved was because they did not know
what 20 do when the rent came round
that they had few and cheap clothes. and
that at times they were hard pressed 70
get. enough to eat. Orchard admitted that
once he and Adams went to the stock
yards and stole a live sheep which they
butchered in the cellar.
But YOU say you could get money at
any time from Pettibone or HAYWOOD
Was it easier 10 steal that live sheep than
to 90 downtown and ask Pettibone TO
cough up asked Lawyer Richardson
It was easy enough to do both" said
Orchard, promptly.
Orchard Is Riddle.
The more one sees Of Harry Orchard
the deeper grows-1he riddle Of this man.
1t may be that Warden Whitney who
has been his keeper for nearly a wear and
a half. understands this strange man. II
is possible that the inscrutable NIrPart-
land does. But he Is a mystery to all the
lawyers who have come in contact with
him and to everybody who has seen and
heard him day after day in the court
room. Even counsel for the defense ad-
mire the mans Intellectual qualities. He
grows stronger as the cross-examination
goes on.
To-day he was at his best so far. AZ
no time was he in the least uncomforta-
BILE. Always in complete control il him
self, he answered every question with
the utmost freedom and with every an
pearance Of frankness. 1t was plain 10
everybody in the courtroom that he saw
the drift of every question before it-had
left the lawyers lips; the bearing of
every point upon the whole structure of
his story was perfectly clear to him be-
fore it had been completely voiced.
Nor did Richardson succeed anv battor
than heretofore in getting Orchard 10
subscribe to Richardson's ATTEMPT to tes-
tify. The witness knew precisely what
he intended to say, and not one lot or
title more would he stand for. and not
the most persistent or subtle attempts
would induce him to bulge from the
mental stand he had taken in advance.
For example, I'm discussing what han
pened to Fred Bradley when he was
blown up November IS. 1904:
MI. hitHdi uS"iI-N ell you said that
Bradley was blown into the middle of
the street
Orchard-No. sir; I did not.
Mr.. RichardsOn-Well, almost into the
middle Of the street?
Orchard-NO. sir. I did not.
Mr.. Richardson-WelI, what did YOU
say?
Orchard-I said he was blown into the
street
Mr.. Richsrdson-Oh, very well.
Orchard got in one or two good hard
raps on his own account. They were talk
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