The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-21

Carrying forward his address in
chronological order, Mr. Hawley next
took up the Independence depot explo-
, sion.
Mine Owners Defended.
He rediculed the idea that the Mine
Owners association was responsible for
the outrage, and asserted that the evil
dence adduced in support of that theory
was either from witnesses shown to be
perturerS, or utterly absurd on the face
of it. The facts were as stated by Orch
ard. Steve Adams, whom Orchard inn
plicated, was not called to contradict
him. AS to the dogs being called off by
a detective of the Mine Owners associ-
alton, Mr., Hawley admitted this to be
true. The dogs, supposed to be follow
ing Orchard had gone eight miles from
tho scene, whereas the evidence showed
Orchard had mounted a horse a mile
from the depot and had ridden SONS
thirty miles or more before nightfau.
Bringing his argument down to the
attempt on tho life of p ". Bradley, in
San Francisco, Ny. Hawley reviewed
first the testimony as to money sent to
Orchard in San Francisco by George A.
Pettibone. As to the motive against
Bradley, il was TO show to the world
that the federation did not forget its
enemies even after a lapse Of years.
Bradley had been the manager Of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine. which
was blown up in 1899.
Mr.. Hawley recalled TO the Jury the
testimony regarding the registered let
ter sent by J. Wolff in Denver to Orch
ard in San Francisco and containing
500. Wolff. a clerk in Petitioners store
testified that he sent the letter.
Why" asked Mr.. Hawley, didn't
they put Pettibone on the stand to tes-
tify as to his connection with these
matters? I will leave that for them to
explain"
Money Sent to Orchard.
Following the letter, there was sent to
Orchard by telegraph 500. This was
from Pat Bowen" Then $50 was sent
from y. Wolff" This signature on both
applications was in the handwriting of
George A. Pettibone, the attorney de
clared, and was sent by him to aid
Orchard in the commission of crime.
The money was obtained from Hay
wood and his colleagues.
This information as to Orchard de-
posting money with Pettibone and Pet
tibone acting as his banker is absolute
~ ridiculous, and it belittles an argu-
ment to refer to it. The only evidence
they have is something from Mrs Lot
tie Day. II is not worthy of considera-
ton. Why, gentlemen, If PettibOne was
acting legitimately as banker for Orch
ard, why didn't he send the money to
him in his own name? Why should
there have been an attempt to mystify
or cOnceal2 George. PettibOne took
good care to see that his name was not
connected with the money transactions
in any way"
Orchard a Truthful Man.
Mr.. Hawley declared that Orchards
statements as TO the Bradley explosion
were corroborated and borne out in
every detail even by witnesses intro
duced by the defense. AS to the gas
theory, Mr. Hawley said that imme-
diately after the explosion no other
cause could be conceived, and 1t was
natural that the gas company should be
sued. 1t was not to be expected that
he Witnesses who testified to the be-
lief that gas had been the cause would
admit now, in the light of Orchards
confession, that they had been absO-
lutely mistaken and wrong. Gas could
not have broken in the tiled floor of the
Bradley vestibule, as was the case in
the explosion. Nothing but dynamite
could have acted in that way. Mr..
HaWley said the testimony of the gas
experts introduced by the state did
away with the impossible theory that
the gas was 1gnlted by Bradley's cigar.
He also ridiculed the idea that enough
gas could have accumulated to have
caused such a terrific explosion without
the odor being detected throughout the
house.
Why. If the hallway had been filled
with gas. as we have been told, Mr.
Bradley himself would have been as
before he could have reached
The front door. The fact that nothing