Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-06-27

I all the heart were knocked out Of it.
Even old lawyers here as spectators
say the case is rotten. So far il is
only a rope Of saud. The evidence is
meager, disconnected and so far not
associated with Haywood at all.
Harry Orchard is all there has been
to it so far, and he is joke, and is so
received by all parties in the court
room except the lawyers at the table
of the prosecution defense, specta-
tors, and even jury. When called to
the stand to-day the starch which
marked his first entire seemed all taken
out of him, and his answers were un-
certain, vague and contradictory.
The judge is frequently against the
absolute inanity of the prosecution.
The fact Of the matter is that these
battered and corrupt pillars of decay
ing capitalism are up against the pro-
letariat militant, and they are lost and
baffled in the new situation. They are
presuming that old ideas of ethics and
prestige will clothe the alleged crimes
of these working men with a ghostly
horror. They have staged the scene
of tragedy, and 10! the world is tax.
ing their strenuosity as a comedy.
A Pinkerton conspiracy is simply a
gage to the working class, no longer
the symbol of authority.
Tuesday morning Jaspar Nichols, de-
putty sheriff of Canyon county, testi-
fed that Orchard received a letter
while in Jail there, which was opened
and copy preserved; he also received
telegram from Fred Miller.
Here Mr.. Hawley asked the defense
attorneys when Fred Miller would be
back from California. He was told
as soon as he had finished taking the
San Francisco depositions in connee
tion with the Bradley matter.
Orchard was then recalled. All the
witnesses for the defense to use in
the impeachment of Orchard's e testi
mony are not here yet, but Judge
Wood instructed the attorneys to go
ahead as far as they could. So the
military drama was re-enacted. The
grand march of the thugs took place,
and again the court room bristled with
guards and guns.
Pinkies to right of him, Pinkies to
left of him, Pinkies behind him, pro-
teeted this dear treasure Of capitalism
as he stepped once more into the lime.
light.
Mr.. Richardson asked him the fol
lowing questions for impeachment:
"Did you say to Max Malieh that
Steunenberg was one man you meant
to get if you hung for itf"
Denied.
"Did you say to Malich that You
accused Steunenberg of standing in
the way of your being rich from the
minesi"
Denied.
"Did You have conversation in
the office of General Engley Of Cripple
Creek, whom you went to consult on
legal business, in which you picked
up a pamphlet on the Coeur d'Alenes
strike, and said you would fix steunen.
berg"
Denied.
"Did yon tell Lotie Day in her room
in the Belmont hotel in Denver, in the
summer of 1906 that you would kill
Steunenberg on sight IL you swung for
iti'
Denied.
"Did you visit Kid Waters at his
house in the Cripple Creek district,
and ask his wife TO leave the room
that you might talk togetherf"
Denied.
"Did you say to DIR. Magee in oc.
tober 1905, in the hospital at Wallace
that you were spotter, and when
asked If you were with the Thiele out.
fit, say that there was another set in
the districti'
Denied.
"Did you say TO d. G. Coates in his
office at Wallace 'The more I see Of
my old partners in the Hercules mine
the more bitter get, and will yet
get even with steunenbergf
Denied.
The redirect examination was then
commenced by the prosecution.
The much talked. Of anonymous let
ter which Orchard said was from Petit
bone was read and contained nothing
moro thrilling than that the writer had