Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-11
Orchard Is Tool Of
Western Mine
Owners
Conspiracy Against the
Miners Officials
Hinted
Attorneys for Prisoner Declare Name
"Pat Bone" Was 'rhinly Yelled
Attempt to Compromise
Pcttibone
BY Associated Press.


BOISE, Idaho, June 1O.-Into the
further cross-examination of Harry
Orchalt- today, counsel for William D.
Haywood repeatedly threw the sug-
gestion of a great counter conspiracy
formulated and carried out by the
enemies of the Western Federation of
Miners and indicated determinatio
to construct their main line of de-
fense on that field. They carried Or
chard by slow steps and through the
minute details of the dynamiting of
the Independence depot, down to the
attempt on the life of Fred Bradley
and his family and in addition to a
series of particular attacks upon the
credibility of the witnesses and the
general probability of his stories, and
preparing the way for their own testi-
money in rebuttal, tley sought to show
that Orchard has a mani Tor boast
ing of the commission OF ines non
existent except in his own mind, and
that he is testifying under the control
and suggestion of Detective MOZART
land.
They began today by making it
clear JndC as IdT DIS OICiihiu hilO" "a
his own knowledge Haywood, Moye1
and Pettibone had nothing to do with
the inspiration, planning and execu-
ton of the Vindicator explosion, ano
that Haywood and Meyer had moth
ing to do with the planning of the
murder of Detective Gregory.
Passing then to the dynamiting OF
the Independence station, the first
crime with which the testimony OF
T1aUUOO6
Meyer and Pettibone, they endeavored
to show that Orchard in springing the
mine had purposely sought to spare
the oncoming train and the non
union men who were expected to en-
train. and that the whole plot was en-
gineered by agents of the mine own
ers and railway managers, who want
ed a comparatively harmless" out
rage to injure the union miners, who
were on strike.
Dscredit Story
Leaving the Independence station
crime, which was followed by the
flight of Orchard into Wyoming and
then by his unexpected return to Den
ver counsel for the defense sought to
discredit the story that Haywood di-
rected Orchard to kill Andy Mayberry
by showing that Haywood and May
Getting down to the Bradley crime
they devoted themselves largely to the
revolving story of Orchards attempt
to poison the entire Bradley house
hold. including the infant child, which
he had seen in a baby crib, and Mrs
Grow, the cook, with whom he had
made friends and whom he had es-
corted to a theater. Into stronger re-
lief than had the direct examination
they brought out the utter depravity
of the witness and gave the watching
crowd the one deep-noted thrill of an
otherwise wearying day. Orchard
swore while in San Francisco he re-
peatedly received money from Petit
bone under the name of pat Bone" "
In transmitting and making this clear
today the defense gave evidence of a
plan to show that this money was
sent under Pettibone's name thinly
disguised by persons plotting against
the leaders of the Western Federation
of Miners.
Orchard denied that mine owners
and railway men had anything to do
with the independence station outrage,
denied that he had a mania for con-
Tossing uncommitted crimes and de-
MED that he has been under the in
fuence of Mcfarland. He showed
some spirit in answering many of At
torney Richardson's questions, but he
firmly held to all his first stories and
was calm and certain throughout the
long. trying examination. More
crimes were brought home to orchard
today: he confessed that he burned
a cheese factory in Ontario to get
ssOO insurance and he confessed that
he began his life of crime by selling
cheese at short weight Counsel for
the state let todays examination take
It's course without a single serious
objection and at the close privately
signified their entire satisfaction. Or
chard has been on the stand five days
and has fully two more to serve.
steve Adams is a tenant of Ada
county Jail and a close cell nelgnpor
of Haywood, Meyer and Pettlpone' ne
is for the present incommun1cado ano
his custodians say that he is sullen
and will refuse to say word Wneh lie
is called to the stand
During the morning session, the de-
fense received numerous telegrams
from persons named by Orchard as
knowing of his alleged crimes, all ask
ing to be called to deny the allegations
The defense Is most pleased with thal
from James P. Murphy, formerly OF
Butte. who. orchard declared, approved
of the killing of Lyte Gregory. Murphy
is a bitter enemy of Haywood, SO II
cannot be said that he is actuated by
motives of friendship.
"ToId to Get Bradley"
In the course of his cross-eXamina-
tion today Orchard was taken over
many of his crimes
Orchard said he went to man named
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