The San Francisco call., 1907-06-08

miloer form Of amusement. perhaps,
TO take money from the hated opposi-
tion than 10 blow II up with dynamite.
There was no indication that it ever
interfered seriously with the true voca-
ton of murder.
Richardson spent q lot of time over
this connection of Orchard with Scott
He brought in also K c. Sterling, the
chief sleuth OF the Cripple Creek mine
owners association The witness
promptly admitted that he had seen and
talked with Sterling two or three times.
He met Sterling. he said, in Scott's OF
Ace in the railroad depot at Cripple
Greek.
The purpose of Richardson in all this
was to lay the foundation for the
charge which is coming that Orchard
was really detective in the employ of
the mine owners, and that it was his
business to perform deviltry generally
and lay il at the door of the federation
men 10 discredit them. 1t is evident
that that is how the defense is prepar-
ing TO explain away the terrible story
that Orchard has told.
Il was during the examination on
this point that Orchard assigned
jealousy as one OF the reasons
for his treachery to the federation
cause. He told how he had received no
money for the first attempt at the
Kindicator mine, when he had failed TO
set of the carload OF dynamite stored
there. He had never made any demand
for pay for that attempt, he said, but
he did think that he was entitled to
something for il.
MAKES A CONTRACT
Then he made a contract with
Sherman Parker and W. F. Davis to
set the bomb that did such cruel bust
ness subsequently, killing Mccormick
and Beck. He was 70 get $500 for that
sob. Before the bomb went of he saw
Parker and learned from him that an
other man had been selected to do the
train wrecking. Parker had put him
on about money. saying that it was
hard to get just then and would be
until something is pulled Off"
But II this goes through. then /.
VIII be all right" Parker added, re-
ferring TO the train wrecking scheme.
That made me SORE" said Orchard.
L was sore TO think they had sent
me down into the mine to do the other
job and had given me nothing for it,
and then had given this easy job to
another man.
That is you were jealous about it?"
queried Richardson.
Yes, I felt like that" replied Mr.
Murderer.
Richardson tried TO tangle Orchard
up on his dates as to the vindicator
shaft explosion and the first train
wrecking attempt. but Orchard stuck
10 his original proposition and never
gave Gate except ss to the best of
his recollection
I'm not sure about it," he always
said. Il think it was so and so.' This
thrusting and parrying about the Vim
dicator explosion and the train wreck
Ing attempt served to bring out clearly
the attitude OF Orchard at that time re-
garding the killing OF nonunion men
He admitted that the car of dynamite
II set of would have killed all the men
then in the mine
You would just as soon kill a car
load Of men as a few?" asked Richard
son.
Well, that was the way felt about
1t at that time" replied Orchard.
He made it clear before he got away
from the subject that those in the
mine were all nonunion men who had
gone to work after the strike began.
Richardson tried to show that some
union men were working in the mine.
but Orchard insisted that all the union
men had gone out on the call
MADE FRIENDS QUICKLY
Three times during the day the cross
examination touched on point that is
sure to be much debated when the case
comes to the closing arguments. They
were different incidents. but all of the
same character. The first was as to
Orchards first meeting with Billy Ack-
erman who helped him Ak the bomb
that killed Mccormick and Beck. He
calmly declared that the very first
time he ever saw Alderman he asked
him to help in that job and Ackerman
agreed. Richardson took the position
that such a thing was impossible; that
it was unbelievable that any man
would agree TO go on numbering ex-
pedition with another who came to
him as a total stranger and made the
proposition within five minutes of their
first words together.
The attorney did not argue it then
and there with Orchard and IN that
fashion. but the point was clearly in
dicated by the questions he asked and
the manner of asking them. With
Orchard ii was always sufficient an
swer and complete explanation of the
mystery that sherman Parker had
sent him to Ackerman and had pre-
viously told Alderman about him.
That too will be the contention Of
the prosecution when IL reaches the
argument stage. 1t will be urged that
such willingness on Ackerman's part,
instead Of being incredible, demon
and violence that existed among those
men and that all Ackernan wanted
was TO have the right man come with
the proposition
HAD A SB0MB PARITY
The Oney Barnes incident was ex-
actly similar. That was the case OF
the bombs that Orchard says he and
Barnes made to be thrown into the
vindicator coal bunkers. They had
never met and neither knew the other.
Orchards version of their meeting and
the conversation when they planned
the outrage afforded amusement 1t
was something like this.
Hello. Barnes, I'm Orchard. Let's
have a bomb party"
Sure. Come UP to the house and
we'll make a few now and blow UP
some nonunion fellows"
The third incident of this character
was when Orchard met Pettibone for
the first time. That was In Denver
Orchard said that he was talking with
Meyer at the headquarters ONCE
when the federation president told him
about 'Pettibone DOPE" The fluid"
was used to Kill strike breakers as
they were riding on the cars. Meyer
told Orchard TO go over to Pettibone's
store and get some of 1t to take back