The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-06-25
ORCHARD UNDER
SEVERE ORDEAL
Confronts Men Called to
|mpeach His Story

| BOISE, June 25.-When court re-
! opened today Orchard was brought
! in TO identify Bill Aileman, T. c. Fos-
ter and others who are going to take
/ the stand to impeach his story. Or
! chard denied having conversation
with Max Malich in the Windsor Tur-
| kish baths in Denver June Is. wherein
he told Malich he would kill Steun-
enberg if it was his last act becau,.
he made him a. pauper. He also de-
MED telling John D. Elliott, a rail-
way man he had been employed for
two years by the mine owners. He
also denied telling Elliott it was fully
decided by the owners to put the Of
| ficers of the federation out Of the way
j by having them arrested for crime
! they did not commit and intimating
that St'eunenberg would be killed, the
conversation alleged to have taken
place November %. 1905. He denied
| telling D. c. Copley in Frisco, Deem
Der T. 1904. that Bradley got what he
deserved and that Steunenberg WOULD
get his when the opportunity result
ed although he admitted Steunenberg' S
! name was mentioned.
Orchard denied a similar converse
ton with Charles A. Sullivan in Grip
pie Creek Frank Haugh in Wallace
and a dozen others.
1t was rather dramatic when the
defense was confronting Orchard with
witnesses who are here to impeach
/ him. AS they were called by name
] they came down the aisle to confront
| would clinch mis-
! hands tightly and gaze defiantly at the
men then turn to Richardson and en-
! phaticallv deny all the impeaching
/ questions.
Richardson decidedly Jared orchard
when he handed him two pictures OF
| him taken Immediately after his ar
rest. The contrast between the man
when arres+ I'd I'D the witness on the
| stand was startling. Hawley attempt
ed to have tncm ruled out but after
| studying the qeustiOns Judge Wood
! admitted the picture of Orchard with
| two other men, the witness having a
! smoking revolver in his hand.
! Richardson declined to intimate
what he would prove by this picture.
| Orchard was asked regarding the
{ statement lllotut AGAINST h'NNN'tOiA'~ .
! to II persons. He denied all
i Mrs. Mary King was the first witness
! She told of running a boarding house
! in Cripple Creek. and said Orchard
visited Detective Sterling at various
times at her house.
Orchard always came in the back
door.
Frances King, daughter of the first
witness confirmed her mothers story.
Mrs. Alice F'itzhugh, who lived in
! Cripple Creek 10 years. where she kept
rooming house. saw Orchard visit
Sterling in his room, a number OF
times and he always came late in the
day or at night
! C. w. Aller, Leadville, worked in an
office at Florence and Cripple Creek
| several years. He knew Detectives
Scott and Sterling. He saw Orchard
! consult Scott a number of times dur
| ing the strike. Dr. Magee and Ira
Blizzard were called but not respond
ing a recess was taken.
| Blizzard was the first witness after
lunch. He was a railroader at Cripple
Creek, IS years. He knew Sterling II
!
| Independence depot explosion and the
manner in which the bomb was plant
| ed and set off by a wire which ran
along 200 yards. He declared blood
hounds took the trail and went in the
direction of the indicator mine then
to Cripple creek, then toward Altman
on the Cheyenne and Cripple Creek
road. He reported this to Sterling.
Here Borah made a strenuous effort
/ to keep this testimony out by objec-
ing, but Darrow declared he intended
! to show Sterling knew all about the
matter. Judge Wood finally allowed
the testimony to go in. Witness then
declared Sterling told him to call the
| dogs off as he knew who did it. Later
Sterling told him Steve Adams did the
Job