The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-29

lSnen Tho publicity given to the trta1
4 the strong partisan feeling Of til,
1 country for one side or the other, wa
ia stumbling block III choosing Til
I panel; but on June Sd the task wa
icompletcd, and tho opening address I,
the Jury WAS made by j. II. nawle,
/ for the state.
This Itself caused a sensation, for
/ announced that 1t was proposed to shov
| that in the Western Federation o
| Miners. composed OF Its highest officer
| and most Influential men, there wa,
| an inner circle" the business OF wllici
was death aud the destruction OF min
| ing property, Working through hirct
agents paid at n regular rate. this cir.
Gle" It was contended, had directed ant
inspired the outragcs OF Idaho nnc
Colorado. the Telluride acts, the blow.
ing UP OF the Nindicatore mine, tho de-
struction OF the railway station at tile
same place, and nearly a score Of as.
! So ssiiiations. 1t was declared tina,
Harry Orchard was one Of these pai6
agents. Steve Adams" reported tc
have made q confession, was another
and half dozen more. 1t was con-
tended that Haywood in the present
trial would be connected with the oper-
atoms OF the men beyond reasonable
doubt, and the State turned to its Wit
nesses.
Several days We're taken up by un-
Important WITNESSES to describe the
murder and meet the technicalities OF
prosecution, and on June sth, the name
OF Harry Orchard was called
Horrible Tale.
For nearly one week, day after day,
coolly, steadily badly. Orchard narrated
career of crime that astounded the
country. Eighteen murders and count
less outrages were revealed by the
strong, heavy-faced man, with no more
feeling than II he were narrating Il
casual baseball game or street fight.
He acknowledged that his true name
was Alfred Horsley. and that he was
that he was a bigamist.ea gambler, 81
robber Of mines and a swindler. His
connection with the union began In
1899, at Burke. Idaho, and he described
the destruction of the mines at Ward
ner a t that time. Names and circuln-
stances We're given in detail. Two men
Were killed in this affair. Orchard said
he ignited one Of the fuses
There were four years Of drifting
and then came the section of the tes.
timony purporting to involve Haywood.
Ho blew up the Vindicator mine for
5000 This was done later, and he went
to Denver, where he revealed his part
of the affair to Haywood and Meyer,
the president, at the headquarters of
the union. They cornplimentcd him and
paid him $500. Their orders, he swore,
were for him to go ahead. 90 anything
and everything, stop at nothing, MUIR
der or arson. He obeyed: blew up the
station platform at Cripple Creek, muir
dered Lyle Gregory, detective: laid
in wait for Governor Peabody. tried for
Steunenberg. and roamed from place
to place with his bombs and his sawed
oft shotgun.
He swore he had received money fire.
quently from the union officers by
telegraph and postal money order, men
toned times and places, and gave many
surrounding circumstances capable Of
corronoratlo Ion. HIS cross-examination,
lasting for three days, was most siren
uous, but beyond adding to his record
OF crimes, was unproductive.
Orchard retired, and just as it was
thought he would be followed by
Steve" Adams on the stand announce
Inent came that the man had recanted
OF his confession. declaring 1t had been
manufactured from statements obtained
by duress. He was not placed on the
stand
Eighty-sevcn Witnesses.
The direct evidence was finished on
June 21st, and the defense ended July
It'll 1t took seven days for the State
to rebut the defense, and the case was
closed so far as evidence was con-
cerned. In the time testimony was
taken there had been examined for the
State eighty-nine witnesses, while the
defense called eighty-seven. Tho entire
trial hinged on the testimony of Or
chard, and the testimony was all aimed
to support or discredlt his words
There We're several arrests OF wit.
nesses for the defense for perjury
one Of thcm DR.. MCGEE, being dis.
charged on Friday.
In the closing addresses to the 1ur,
all the attorneys for the defense spoke
at length, and the principal address,
for the State was made by Senate,
d5orah. Judge Wood delivered an ex
llaustive charge to the Jury, and thu
case went to them.
| The trial has cost the State Of Idaho
alone about 100000. and 1t has cos
Canyon county at least $4,000. TIL
| Western Federation Of Miners ha,
spent more than 100000 for its law
yers, witnesses and other neccssar,
expenses, and what it has cost tn
mine owners has never been estimated
The friends Of Haywood were conf
! dent of acqusttal, or at the outside
disagreement, while the prosecution be
lleved 1T had established Its case TIL
! trlaIs or tho other men accused vii
go on Immediately.
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