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TELLS OF PLOT
Orchard Identifies Haywood
Letters Sent to His Wife.
USED TO DECEIVE HER

Prosecution Presents Ono Of Its
Nest Important Pieces of Evidence
Against Haywoed-orehard Had No
drudge Against steunenberg.
Boise, Idaho, June 19.-The prosecu-
taoa In the Steunenberg murder trial
e8ersd one of its most important
Dleees Of evidence against William
d Haywood, when, recalling Harry
ORohard for redirect examination, 1t
Introduced four letters tending to
sAew that Haywood during the fall OF
1SeA. when Orchard swears he was en-
easeA On various crimes for the feder-
alton leaders, had participated In
naaa 70 deceive Mrs. Orchard, OF Grip
IA Greek. a. to the whereabouts OF her
Husband.
Over q variety Of protests from the
defense, Orchard was allowed to tes-
III that early in the summer OF 1905
haywood told him that Mrs. Orchard
was writing for Information as to
oroaard's whereabouts. Orchard swore
that 10 wrote Mrs Orchard q series OF
lseesrs that were falsely dated, and de-
M~sred to Mrs. Orchard by agents OF
he Western Federation Of Miners.
Orchard said that he first wrote two
let&srs, dated San Francisco. and had
them delivered through Paddy NULL
nsz. who represented the federation at
Cripple Creek. Orchard identified the
tloas Of the defense. Judge Wood ad-
aitGsd them.
Newt Orchard swore that he wrote q
third letter purporting to come from
Meme, Alaska, and that under the
ooaeeel arrangement he had made
WITH the federation officers, Marian
More carried the letter to Nome,
wAsrs he went as organizer of the fed
esakioa. and posted 1t. This letter,
Aia1iAg the date of Nome, August s,
in. was produced, identified and ad-
1et4sl as evidence. Orchard then
NsatiAed a letter which Haywood
wrote to Mrs. Orchard, and that was
0ARittsd in evidence and handed to
the jury.
The defense attacked the letters and
Orchards story about them when 1t
~ . chance to cross-examine the wit
500 but Orchard held to the story he
1ell about them. The witness sue
soooivsly denied that he had made an
a1sapCsmsnt for the delivery of the
Letters to Pinkerton agents; that the
let4ses had only made their appear
Aneo siAcs he left the stand last week,
q that he had invented the story be-
cause his wife had Haywood's letter In
Aeg possession. He swore positively
nat Haywood had agreed to write the
llaska letter, and that Pettibone and
Meyer knew Of the arrangement
Tho state developed its contention
that, - tending to show a conspiracy
"a knowledge of the Steunenberg
01ne, Orchard was, without any re-
guest from him, furnished with coun-
81 within few days after his arrest.
80 combat the theory that Orchard
dllod Oteunenberg In revenge for his
- Of . valuable interest In the Her
oaloG mine, the state on redirect exam
lnA4ion secured from Orchard q decla-
Si41pa that he sold his interest in the
Hercules in 1897, two years before the
aaxiks began. and troops came. The
lsConss attempted to modify this by
1ektlAG the witness to admit that he
- not sold his interest In the Her
O1laD, but had pledged 1t and could
Aovo taken It back any time up to his
1laAt from Northern Idaho before the
oo-ooming troops, but Orchard ad-
AAeol to the statement that he had
- outright. He said he had no
1uAao against SteunenberR.