The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-27

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And before that this murderer had told
Marion Moore. not another tinhorn gambler
but q high oficer or the Western Federation
~ Miners. that he wanted him TO help de-
ceive his wife by taking q letter 10 Alaska.
inserting the proper date and mailing u
there. Moore lid II. He told YOU 20 him
self. and that 10 not established by the testi-
Inony Of Harry Orchard either.
And here's another thing proved. mot by
Harry Orchard. and that In that Johnny
Neville. with whom Orchard rode away after
he had blown up The Independence station.
after that went 10 President Meyer and
asked for money.
Witnesses diner as 10 the exact character
Of the demand. but will agree that this man
asked Meyer for money and when Orchard
and Neville hurried way from Denver that
time IL Is established that PettibOne helped
them get their camping outfit. And Petit
hone was not called upon TO deny this thing.
Why? Because he has TO take care Of him
self. Sure. Yet there IN placed within his
reach the opportunity 10 Aplsin some Of the
most important things in this case. And he
does not do Il. Account for this on the theory
OF innocence " YOU can.
Well. what's the last We see Of Orchard in
Denver before he comes TO Caldwell? It's
when Mrs. Haywood says TO her husband
Orchard has gone" gone from immediate
close personal! association with these de-
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And how did he go! Armed like q Cuban
Msjor-General. He had a sawed OF shotgu
in his grip and a bomb in his trunk.
Mr.. barrow says Pettibone was a man they
called on for everything. They did. for shot
guns. dynamite and everything else the
Western Federation needed for its wsrlike
purposes. and Orchard SAYS. TOO. that Petit
bone got him tho gun and the dynamite and
helped him pack his trunk. is this denied
No. And you may speculate upon the causes
of The failure 10 deny II.
Yet. though Orchard goes from Denver.
armed rs for war direct TO Caldwell. they try
10 tell you that 1t was later on in Wallace
that he got the Inspiration for the murder.
Pshaw! Isn't IL childish too childish TO
combat?
Did the Pinkertons give him that bomb
Did the mine ownerst Not a bit OF It. You've
heard the man testify who made that bomb
case. and with the dynamite In his trunk
Orchard left Denver: at that very time a
benefit receiver. on the payroll OF the western
Federation. and went straight to Caldwell.
You may doubt that they sent him. but You
can't possibly doubt that he went directly
from them 10 caldwell. and mark this well.
with murder in his heart.
The Senator Their addressed himself to the
defence's contention that Orchard didn't
really sell his mine in the Cenr d'Alenes,
but only put H. up a. collateral and had TO
sacrifice II when ~Steunenberg drove him
out Of that country. Senator Borsh con-
tinued:
And right here | want TO call your attention
to the fact that there il not a fact testified
to by Orchard that could. in the nature OF
thin %. be c%orroborsted by documeu that
could not possibly be tempered with but
what in every single solitary case that cor
roboration has been forthcoming. He says
he sold his property and here's the deed.
lrhe Senator waved IL at the Juryl. He
says he got kilograms and letters from Petit
bone and here are the records. The Senator
shook them at the jury box
He "a VS. Haywood sent Steve Adams money
by telegraph and here is the telegram. What
do you make OF that? They call Orchard q
liar, but here are witnesses that cannot lis
and which say that Orchard told the truth.
Now. il seems foolish to argue this point
any further. but let me clinch 10 by calling
your attention TO the fact that TO this day
Harry Orchard has never made the least
attempt TO claim any rights In that mine.
which il he could prove them would make
him a millionaire to-day. They say Steunen-
berg forced him to sacrifice his interest. How!
Did his departure from Idaho sffect his rights?
Nonsense! Would his rights be affected
even IL he went to Australian Nonsense
again! II he had not unco nationally sold
his property he could claim 1t to this very
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not a sale. ! answer wouldn't 10 be as good
to-day as ever IL was and wouldn't he have
a dozen lawyers from Chicago or Denver
suing TO establish his rights in that valuable
mine?
Now about these threats they say he made
against Steunenberg. I'm not going TO dis
cuss all Of them. L. might throw TOO much
light on the method OF their manufacture
But ! will talk a little OF Billy Easterly. Or
chsrd telephoned him from Csld veil shortly
before the murder. He told East erly he would
kill Steun nberg. so Easterly has told you.
Yet when Easterly read In the newspapers
that Orchard was arrested he never opened
his head to help the officers OF the law In the
work Of getting evidence against the man ne
knew to be a murderer.
And don't forget this from the 9th OF June.
1904. to the 18th Of February. 1905. the leaders
Of the Western Federation OF Miners were in
possession OF evidence that would have hanged
Harry Orchard for the independence depot
explosion. Did they ever give 1t up? Did
they ever even peep? Not much. That was
not the federation's way. They offered a
reward OF $1,000. and then protected the
man they knew was wanted for that very
outra &c. That's what the leaders OF the
Western Federation did.
Now lets look at Dave Coates n while. He
was once Leutenant-Goyernor OF Colorado.
and you have he rd MIR. Darrow's eulogy Of
him. Well, Coates himself says that the sec
ond time he saw Orchard Orchard proposed
to him TO steal Gus Paulson's children and
hold them for a ransom. II didn't make much
impression on Coates at first. but pretty soon
he said that sfterward he told Orchard he'd
get out a special edition after the child was
stolen 70 denounce the theft. He'd lock
the nursery after the child was stolen. And
after that he promised Orchard he'd lie TO help
the man he knew 10 he a potential kidnapper
to borrow some money OF the proposed vic
tim.
All this Dave Coates tells you himself.
don't say II. Harry Orchard doesn't say ii.
Dave Coates does say IL. And he tells YOU
other thin gs. too. Does he break OF with this
scoundrel then? BY no means. He tells
you himself that he entered into a business
agreement with Orchard. whom he 20 de-
nounces, after he knew him 10 be a scoUndrel.
a would-be %kidnapper. and that he intended
to carry out that agreement. Well. let them
e~ulogize this man. but how much credence
will YOU twelve Jurors put in the word OF a man
Ike that?
Eugene Engley. one Acknowledgement
OF Colorado under c,oody Brides Waite,
was another witness who said he heard
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