The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-12
Was Afraid to XIII Judge Cab.
bert All and Mis- Acts We're
Cowardly.
ORCHARD ALSO STOLE SHEEP
Denied That He Did II Because OF Want
Displayed His First Feeling When
Questioned About Dessrting Cripple
Greek Creek wife.

BOISE, june 1.-THE attack of Oh,
Haywood defense on the testimony ol
Harry Orchard goes on anremIttingl,
and the witness will probably he con
tinned on the stand for two. full days
Orchard wi,hAtanls The strain with re
markahle fortitude and At the end d
six days shows no indications Of mental
or physical fatigue, This day begun
with the story Of the dynamiting oi
Fred Bradley In San Francisco ami ths
defense made long and determined
effort 10 expose several features OF u
10 doubt. inprcbabiiity and .fntar
dIscrc,llsing and 10 yitlats Il ail BY re-
ynaling tho hand Oi the rlnkertons
Then the play went back 10 Denver fol-
the winter Of 1904 and 1905 and the
spring that followed and there was an
extended effort 10 show that Orchard
had practically no communication with
the leaders OF the Federation. that he
received no pay for the Bradley crime
or anything else and with Steve Adams,
In extreme poverty. for several months
was reduced TO the necessity Of stealing
sheep from the Glcheyillc stockyards
that he might have food Orchard 10
the laughing court seriously confessed
that he stole the sheep but stonily 10.
MED Il was because Of want lie in.
sisted that all through that supposedly
hard winter and spring he continued to
draw money from pettlbone through
Adams. and explained that II he lid
not sec the Federation officers often II
was because he was lying low to avoid
capture, for previous crimes. This
Globcyille inquiry developed more
shocking crime. At this Denver sub.
urb there was a diabolical plot, Orchard
said that Il was planned by Max Ma.
iich; the defense claimed Orchard was
It's author, TO dynamite the boarding
house where l50 non.union miners lived
and the preparation for the murder OF
r. N, bloc, Orchard, Adams and man
named Joe Mahalick broke Into two
magazines and stole 600 pounds of dynar
mite which they luggcd home at night
and buried IN 4 cellar.
The crime was abandoned Orchard
said In one Of those flashes that
make his testimony remarkable, because
Haywood interyened and forbade him to
have anything to do with II. Carrying
out the lines Of the testimony tending
10 show regardless Of the great hold
which II u presumed he had on the
Federation leaders, Orchard was fire.
quently without funds. defense showed
that from late IN 1908 until the middle
Of 1904 Orchard continually drew strike
relief at Cripple Creek and then ,ira.
matically invited Orchard TO explain
his inconsistency TO the jury, Orchard
replied that Meyer, Haywood, Parker
and Davis all had advised him to con.
tinue drawing strike seiicf because ifI
he displayed money he would excite
suspicion.
The examination next covered the re.
view q the earlier attempts on the life
of ex-governor Peabody and the making
of the bombs to kill him, and the plots
against Judges Gabbcrt and Goddard
with an effort everywhere to tighten and
cast doubt upon the testimony of the
witness. Orchard told dramatic story
Of the first attempt to assassinute Pen.
body, Of an early morning drive through
The snow to place the bomb and the ex-
pectant wait for the victim who was
spared BY the unexpected appearance Of
two coal wagons that coming from an