Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-09
ORCHARD RELATES
ANOTHER CRIME
SAYS HE IS ALSO GUILTY OF
ARSON
Tells Court He Set Fire to a Saloon
In Order to Collect Insurance.
Stirring Scenes During
Trial
tcontinued from Pnge onel

ent. At every session there comes a
quick exchange of sharp words. AT
times the situation becomes intense.
]. H. Hawley, senior counsel for the
state, is quick to anger and downright
in his challenge. United States Senator
Borah, his colleague, is keen, quick of
tongue and sarcastic. Richardson, for
the defense, has a resonant voice that
rises in anger, and, impatient of inter-
ruption, he frequently filings a sneer at
Hawley or Borah or thunders his OBJ
jections when he thinks an interruption
out of place. Clarence Darrow sits be-
side him, as watchful as cat. Slow
of action and of speech, he seldom takes
part in the passages, and is ever ready
to smooth the ruffled feelings of either
side. Judge Fremont Wood is perhaps
the most alert of the principals in the
case. Not word or movement escapes
him. He is prompt in decision and per-
mits no infringement of the dignity o.
the court.
Orchard the Coolest Man
But the coolest man in the court is
Witness Orchard. Under Richard
sons grilling and grueling he has sell
dom changed the pitch of the evenly
moduated voice in which he told his
awful tale His answers come prompt
ly and without hesitation. So far he
has not been caught in any material
contradiction. From time to time ne
has actually corrected the record itself
when answers of the day before have
been read and the transcription shows
an error. At times in reply to an as
sertion made by Richardson he Is posi-
tive in the extreme. Il made no such
statement or said nothing of the
kind" is a frequent answer, and when
he finds some statement not to his sat
isfaction he will change it, always pre-
ceding the change with: II beg your
pardon, sir, but l would ike 10 chahge
that answer"
At the close of Orchards cross-exam-
ination the state will take him in hand
for the redirect examination, and then
will come hte recross-examination
1t seems hardly probable that he will
be dismissed before the end of next
week. He may be recalled afterWard
as the case develops. The warden at
the penitentiary says that Orchard
shows no sign of nervous strain. He
eats we'll and speaks without particular
emotion of the events of the day.
OF the interesting features of today S
examination was the development or
the fact that Orchard since his confine-
ment in the penitentiary has received
letters from his first wife, whom he de-
serted in Canada in 1895. He testified
that he had sold gold locket and chain
and some of his property for something
like S115 the greater part of which he
sent to his wife. The property, aside
from the locket and chain, consisted OF
a fishing rod, a gun and revolver, to-
gether with some other little things.
He said that the warden had disposed
OF these for him with the understand
ing that the person buying them could
have them latter his trial"
Orchard said that the warden told
him that he had received part of this
money from Governor Gooding. 1t is
possible that the governor may be
connected as witness to explain the
transaction.
How He Met Pettibone
Orchard said today that he had be-
come acquainted with Pettibone in 1904,
the early part of the year. He had
roomed over Pettibone's store for
while
was it because of that fact that
YOU met him?" demanded Attorney
Richardson
mo, 1 met him at headquarters, the
witness replied.
richardson went into the attempts
made on the life of Governor Peabody
of Colorado. He wanted to know why
Orchard had gone to Cripple Creek to
get Steve Adams to help him aSsassi-
nate the governor
WAS it because he was federation
man."
mo" replied Orchard, "It was be-
cause l wanted a partner"
Ibid you know Adams very well?"
mot so very we'll"
"Outside of your assassinations," Mr..
Richardson asked the witness, did you
have any little enterprise on the side?"
Orchard said he gambled some of the
money he drew from the federation,
but lost oftener than he won.
Didn't you ever hold anybody up
or take their money away from them?"
mo, I didn't"
Asked about the assassinatio of Lyte
Gregory in Denver, Orchard said he
had never known Gregory personally
and had no grudge of any sort against
him.
What was the reason for your kill
ing Gregory" demanded Richardson.
because of his opposition to the fed
Grafton of miners" the witness replied.
But the federation had nothing to
do with the coal miners, did it?"
81 believe not"
"And there was no coal strike on?"
"Yes, ! believe there was
But the coal miners belonged to Mr..
Mitchell'S organization|'
"Yes, I believe Mitchell was presi-
dent"
Orchard said Gregory had been
deputy of the coal operators. He had
also been a detective at Idaho Springs
during the strike the federation was
conducting there.
"Board Favored Assassination"
The witness said Pettibone had re-
ported the assassination of Gregory to
the executive board of the Western
Federation of Miners and had said the
board thought it would be good thing
Asked the names of the executive board
at this time Orchard gave the names of
Jack Simpkins, James Kirwan, e. C.
Coakley and Jack Williams.
Asked why he shot Gregory three
times with the shotgun, Orchard re-
piled, coolly:
He didn't go down till the third
shot"
you kept pumping till he went
DOWN."
"Yes. there were five or six shots
in the gun"
Gregory called out something when
he was shot the first time, but Orchard
said he could not hear what it was
Orchard said he got $100 from Petit.