Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-07
ORCHARD-HAY WOOD
HOW CENTRAL FIGURES IN BIG
TRIAL APPEAR IN COURT.

The cross-examination Of Orchard COM
menced yesterday afternoon after The Star
report closed, and will probably take up the
entire day and may be carried over until
court ad1ourns tomorrow. The state will
then again take orchard in hand and the
redirect examination will bring out more
Of the detail Of the terrible story.
When turned over to the defense Orchard
acted as though relieved from a strain and
having once told in public Of the murder
OF Steunenberg he seemed to welcome q
change His answers to Mr.. Richardson's
questions are delivered without hesitation.
He is Quck-witted and self possessed. and
appears not to feel the atmosphere of alb
horrence with which he is surrounded. The
cross-examination is developing into a bat
tie Of wits between Richardson and Or
chard. According to those who know the
facts Of his early life. Orchard Is not a
naturaltzed citizen OF this country. His
parents were Canadians, the father Of Eng
lish and the mother Of Irish descent. Or
chard himself had but little education. He
attended the country school In Canada but
passed through only few Of the lower
grades.
He is the second child Of seven, all Iiv-
Ing. When still boy he hired out and
worked for the neighbors. and, according to
his own statement on the stand. he was
and went to Saginaw. Mich
In the course of Orchards examination
Richardson asked questions to prove that
Orchard began a career of destination early
In life. The man himself says that 1t was
only after several years Of hard work that
he began to drink and gamble. At that
time he was building up good business
In the making Of cheese, but 1t is now
twelve years only since the turning point
The woman at the bottotm Of 1t all. he as
serts Is the wife Of the man with whom he
boarded while working at the new cheese
factory at his old home in Northumberland
county. Canada. infatuated, he ran away
with the woman, changing his name and
afterWard. ashamed to return to his wife
and children. drifted into the life of crime
that madly led to taking up killing as a
trade
Orchard is a man without nerves, so far
as the closest observer can discover At
times. while relating the most frightfu of
the crimes OF which he accuses himself.
his voice changes and lowers. But during
the eight hours he has been on the stand
under fire of continual questioning. the
mans manner has altered little, and ex-
cept for the first furry of nervousness
when he walked into the court room and
faced the crowd of curious faces. after six
teen months OF close Incarceration, he has
shown no sign that he realized he die
tating his record as the greatest criminal
of the country.
That the Characterization of Orchard
will be severe in the extreme was evil
denced by the first half hour. Counsel for
the defense say that they will be able to
tear down completely the story he has told |
in the direct examination. They have
called about $50 witnesses, and the major |
ity of these are here, they say, to disprove
what Orchard has told. In the story OF |
direct examination Orchard was not spar |
ing in mentioning names of people and ad- |
dresses. Counsel for Haywood claim they !
will be able to prove by the testimony Of |
there people that what Orchard has stated |
Is untrue
1t is even claimed that they will, or can. |
produce people who will say that they |
themselves committed murders of which |
Orchard accuses himself