The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-14
ORCHARD CRIES WHEN BIBLICAL
 TALES ARE TOLD
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1.) eration implying directly that he would never be hanged for killing Steunenberg. Then came a showing as to how the prisoner had been dressed and groomed for the trial, and lastly for climax, they showed Orchard pleading for and saving the life of Bob Wetter, condemned to death for murder. Orchard admitted that he had appealed to Governor Gooding about Wetter and that later Gooding first repreved Wetter and then commuted his sentence of death to one of life im- prisonment
 Orchard left the stand at 230 o'clock, after having occupied it for total or thirty-two and half hours.
 Just before he was excused and re- manded, he went back to the hands of the prosecution and identified the casing of the bomb he planted at the gate of Judge Goddards house in Denver. Orchard is to return to the witness chair later because the defense must lay the formal lines for impeaching him and the state must still have it's redirect examination
 Immediately Orchard left the stand, the state began the corroberation of the Bradley poisoning story. Mrs. Sadie Swan, who as Miss Sadie Bell, was a maiQ in the Bradley home; Oliver Crook, the milkman, who sold the milk that was poisoned, and P. l.. McCreary, the chem ist, who analysed the poisoned lkilk, car ried the revolting tale from the discovery because of it's bitterness, that the milk was poisoned to the analysis that showed from forty to sixty grains of strychninc in a quart of it.
 Mrs. Swan identified Orchard and con- nected him with the house. They all con- irmed the date as within three or four days of the explosion and Mrs. Swan swore that she opened the front door to get the morning paper few minutes be- fore the explosion and saw nothing on lne steps. There will be further testimony ns to the Bradley incident tomorrow.
 Immediately after the nooN recess, for mer Governor Peabody of Colorado met Harry Orchard in the office of counsel for the prosecution. The meeting was unex- pected as far as Orchard was concerned, md when he saw Peabody advancing to- ward him with hand outstretched he Leaving Wallace, en route back to Caldwell, to assassinate Steunenberg, Or chard said he and Jack Simpkins first went on a weeks hunting trip into the St Joe river country of Idaho They traversed the trail on which 1t was said Steve Adams had killed Fred Tyler, the man for whose murder Adams has once been tried, the jury failing to agree.
 Trip to Caldwell.
 The proposed trip to Caldwell was made by way of Spokane. SimplSns said that as an excuse for going along, he would say he was visiting locals of the Western federation. This would also enable him to draw expense money from the union. Orchard said there was no arrangement at the headquarters whereby Simpkins should help them in the Steuenberg plot. blanched and began to tremble. 'I am ashamed to speak to you, governor; am ashamed to look at you," faltered Or rhard.
 "Oh, that's all right said Peabody, laughing. You need not be ashamed to Epeak to me now"
 Orchard began crying. and when Pea body succeeded in reassuring him, he said: "I am glad they didn't kill you and that I am spared the thought of that crime at least"
 Orchard and Peabody spent fifteen or twenty minutes together and parted in a very friendly way.
 In opening what he had announced would be his last days cross-examina- ton of Harry Orchard, Attorney Rich ardson, counsel for William D. Haywood, turned suddenly on the witness and said:
 Have your usual talk with MT Me Partland this morning?'
 'I SEW him for five minutes in MT. Hawleys office
 Orcnard declareu that the i1dyWoou case had been discussed but casually. McPartland had said he was quite i'll with heavy cold and just able to keep out of bed.
 During yesterdays examination Orchard said he had written to Mover from Wal lace, Idaho. asking for some money. Or chard had gone to Wallace after the first proposed attempt on the life of Cover nor Steunenberg.
 nbor r1C aolra urt Mover letter today wanting to know if Orchard had ever received an answer 10 it.
 The witness said he had received nc direct answer. but as a result of the letter, Jack Simpkins gave him 5000 which he said Haywood had sent to him Orchard only had Simpkin's word as to where the money came from.
 On this second trip to Caldwell Or chard said he and Smpkins were there for about three weeks. The witness made several trips to Nampa and SmpkinS went to Hailey, where there was a fed eration local During the time his at torney was tracing Orchards movements prior to the assassination of Governor Steunenberg, Haywood seemed utterly unconscious. He read several letters which Mir Darrow, one of the defense's attorneys handed him.
 Orchard fixed the date of his second Caldwell isit to some time in November 1905.
 Well, if you and Simpkins went tC Caldwell in November to kill Steunenberg why didn't you do it?" demanded Attor ney Richardson.
 We did make an attempt to, but i was not successful" Simpkins then wen back home to Wallace. saying it would not be good for either himself or Or chard if they were caught in his com .pany.
 "simpkins had agreed to come" Or