Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-23

Saratoga hotel of the suspicion of the
officers He did not blame the officers,
he said, but it was rather humiliating
/ to himself. Il don't know what kind
! Of 'roasts' my friends in Denver will
hand out to me when / get back there,
if this story gets out" he said.
An impossible Gordon had been
after the explosion, and all trains were
closely watched to see that no one
left. Orchard was released after his
examination, but he could rot leave.
| The authorities, not feeling assured by
| his story, finally ordered his rearrest.
Orchard had begun to drink heaviI"
| for the first time since his arrival in
Caldwell. On his person, when
searched, was found a trunk check.
The trunk was found at the baggage
room of the railroad depot It had
not been removed by Orchard since
his arrival in town, though the hotel
was only a half block from the depot.
| He had had access to the trunk on
the day of the murder Among his
effects were found a revolver, a pair
Of brass knuckles, an electric flash
lantern, a ladies' chateIaine bag, and a
pair of nippers Of the kind used in SET
| ting caps in giant-poWder.
| Orchard was formally charged with
The murder. At his preliminary ar
! raignment before Judge M L. Church
| he was asked how soon he could Sc
cure counsel.
eff this is published in the papers, -
replied Orchard, zone lawyer, maybe
two, will start for here at once"
How long will it take for them to
get here?" asked Judge Church
1T will take about a day and half
! from Spokane" answered Orchard.
He was told that he might telegraph
| for counsel but he did not On the
| following day Orchard received a tele-
gram signed Robertson, Miller &
Rosenhaupt," the Spokane law firm
which had represented Paul Corcoran
and others charged with the Occur
d'Alenes crimes of 1899, saying that
Fred Miller of that firm would leave
| the next day for Caldwell Miller left
! Spokane the next morning. On the
| train he read a Roise paper containing
| in sensational headlines Orchard s
statement before Judge Church, ard
left the train at WalIa Walla. He
failed to report at Caldwell for several
days, though he had told a friend
/ while on the train between Spokane
and Walla Walla that he was on his
way to Caldwell He afterwaTd eX-
planned that he was i'll and was corr
PEELED to leave the train
Orchard was bound over to await
the action of grand jury. He was
represented by Miller. He put in no
defense. He treated the proceedings
rather fiippantly unGil the evidence dis
closed the finding of the white powder
and the plaster Of Paris in his room.
| He was removed to the penitentiary
at Boise. The jail at Caldwell is a
small, caIaboose affair.
On Jnuary 6, 1906, press dispatches
announced that President Charles H.
| Meyer of the Western Federation of
Mines had given out statement that
an inquiry into the association OF
| former Governor Steuneuberg would
be conducted by the Federation to
prepare themselves against any
charges that might be brought against
| that organization
On January 9, according to one of
| the Boise papers, William D. Haywood,
secretary of the Western Federation
| of Miners, sent from Denver the fol
| lowing telegram, addressed to R. J.
HanIon, financial secretary of the
Miners Union at Silver City, Idaho,
! HayWocd's former home:
Press dispatches indicate there is
another conspiracy to connect the
| Western Federation of Miners with
grave crimes. Several persons in
| Caldwell have been arrested in pur-
suance of the conspiracy The West
ern Federation Of Miners defends no
member guilty of crime; but in the
past it has found that every one of its
members accused of crime was limo
! cent and they would have been victims
Of conspiracy had the organization not
aided in defense. Have Mr. Nugent
take up the defense of any member
Of the organization. so that, if limo
cent, be may be discharged"
| John F. Nugent was an attorney at
Silver City, a personal friend Of Hay
wood and is now located at boise,
representing Meyer, Haywood, and
Pettibone. The same newspaper art
Gle, referring to this despatch, said that
Mr.. Han1on interviewed members OF
| his union at Silver City and decided
not to see Mr.. Nugent.
| Shortly after the arrest Of Orchard
and before the arrival of Mr. Miller
| from Spokane, a Colorado lawyer
named Sullivan, who said he was Oh
| his way from Colorado to Baker City,
Oregon, on business, stopped off at
Caldwell to see, as ne claimed, if nG
! could identify Harry Orchard. who
| he said, had been a client of his III
some civil cases in Colorado. Those
connected with the prosecution have
said, and the press Of Boise has pub
lished the statement, that a young
woman stenographer employed in the
Office of William D. Haywood at Den
yer met Sullivan in Baker City and ac
companied him back as far as Cald