The Washington herald., 1907-06-12
RICHARDSON FAILS
TO SHAKE ORCHARD
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ing about Orchards accepting "relief," or
help from the Federation while the Grip
pie Creek strike was on in 1903. Orchard
said Ii was true that he accepted it; he
got free supplies from the Federation's
store.
Il took the relief" said Orchard. shoot
ing the words from his mouth as If he
were afraid he would be stopped. be
cause Pettibone and Haywood said 1t
would look queer If l were spending
money around there and not drawing re-
lief like the rest Of the union men,"
When they came to the subject of the
attempts on Gov. Peabody's life, orchard
said Haywood urged him to kill the gov
ernor because, he said. II Peabody re-
mained governor organized labor might
as well leave the State.
Don't you know" demanded Richard
son al the top of his voice, ''at that very
time Mr. Haywood was openly saying In
public addresses that he would as lief
have Peabody governor as Alvah
Adams?'
Yes, know he was saying that openly.
but he was talking very different 10
Steve Adams and me-"
Don't you know that Haywood al
ways referred in public to Alvah Adams
as the spineless GOVERNOR
Haywood Not Consistent.
"He used to say lots of things in public
that he didn't say to u.s." was the way
Orchard disposed of this address to the
jury.
We'll. you didn't advertise these things
until after you met Mcfarland. did
you?"
I never advertised EN- at all until
after l made up my mind TO quit that
business and do what was right" re-
torted Orchard, serenely.
Richardson dropped that lead. too, with
out the slightest hesitation.
This was the nearest that Orchard has
vet come I'm court to saying that his con
fessiOn Is the result of a desire to turn
his back on evil and square things up as
best he can. He made another remark
along the same line little later. Rich
ardsOn had asked him how II was he
didn't succeed in shooting Judge Cab
bert Orchard said he Didn't have good
enough chance
why didn't you knock on his door and
then run back 10 the gate and shoot him
when he opened the door?" demanded the
lawyer.
He was too Cowardly." said Orchard
You never allowed anybody to call you
coward in those days. did your sug
gested the cros5-examiner.
I call all them things I used 10 do
very cowardly," said the witness.
Asks Questions Over Again.
Richardson proceeded to ask number
Of questions like some he had asked the
day before 1t is difficult 10 understand
the theory Of defense on which they are
propounded. The very asking OF them
indicates. in the absence Of proof to the
contrary, that the man who asks them
must be getting his information from
somebody who at one time must have
been very close % Harry Orchard the
self-confessed murderer and assassin.
Here, for example.
In the spring Of 1905, didn't YOU tell
Max Malich you'd Ike to put powder un-
der a boarding house where 80 scabs
We're living IN GlObeville and blow them
all up?"
NO, sir; did not. Max MalIch tried to
get me to do it.
You tried 10 get Max MaliCh into that
proposition, didn't your
NO sir; l did not. He tried to get me
into it,"
Didn't you tell him that there was a
- good opportunity 10 get rid Of $50
scabs?"
NO sir. | did not. He asked me and
I told him I thought we could do IT, Then
Steve Adams and / stole some giant pow
der for that purpose, but Mr. Haywood
told us he didn't want 10 have it done so
We give II VI