The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-14

Witness TeStifying at Suggestion of
Notwithstanding of Indepen-
nee Station Sought to be Proven
as Act OF Agents of Mine Owners.

Bots. Idaho. June 1O.-Into the
further examination of Harry Orchard
today counsel for William d. Haywood
repeatedly threw the suggestion of a
| great conspiracy, formulated and car
ried out by the enemies of the Western
Federation Of Miners and indicating
a determination to construct their
main line of defense on that field.
They carried by slow steps through
minuteSt detail from the dynamlting Of
the independence Colorado station
down to the attempt on the life of
Bradley and his family in d Fran
cisco. II addition to a series or par
ticular attacks on the credibility of the
witness and the general probability of
his stories and preparing the way for
their own testimony in ~rebuttal, the
defense sought to show that
had a mania for Boosting of the COM
mission of crimes "nOn-existent except
in his own mind and that he is testify
ing under the control and suggestion
of Detective Mcfarland. The defense
began today by making it clear mat as
far as Orchard knew, Haywood, Meyer
and Pettibone had nothing to do with
the inspiration, planning and execu-
ton of the indicator mine explosion
and that Haywood and Meyer had
nothing to do with the planning of the
murder of Detective Gregory. Passing
on to the ~dynamiting of the Indepen-
dence station, the first crime with
which the testimony of Orchard di-
rectly connects Haywood, Meyer and
Pettibone, the defense then ~endeavor-
ed to show tina Orchard in springing
the mine a purposely sought to
| spare the on-coming train and the
nOn-union men who who were expect
ed on the train and that the whole plot
was engineered by agents of mine
owners and railway managers, who
wanted q comparatively harmless
Outrage" to injure the union miners
who were on strike.
Leaving the Independence station
crime which was followed by the flight
of Orchard into Wyoming and then
his unexpected return to Denver, the
! defense sought to discredit the story
that Haywood directed Orchard to kill
Andy Mayberry by showing hat Hay
wood and Mayberry We're intimate
friends.
Getting down to the Bradley crime
the defense devoted itself laI e 70
the story of Orchards attempt to pois-
on Bradley, endangering the entire
Bradley household. Orchard swore
: that While in San Francisco he repeat
eddy received money from P~ettibOne,
who used the name Of Pat Bone in
transmitting it. In making this clear
er the defense gave evidence Of a plan
10 snow that this money was sent I'M
der P~ettibone's disguised name by per
sons plottlRg against the leaders of
the Western Federation of Miners.
TWO more crimes were brought
home to Orchard today. tie confessed
that he had burned a cheese factory
in one case to get $500 insurance. He
said he began his life of crime by SELL
ing cheese at short weight. Counsel
for the state let today's examination
take its course without serious obiec-
ton and at the close privately signi-
fed their entire satisfaction. Orchard
has been on the stand five days and
has fully two more to serve.
Steve Adams tonight is again in the
county Jail and is a close cell neighbOI
Of the other prisoners. He is for the
present incummunicado. His custo.
dams say he is sullen and will refuse
to say a word whe called to the stand
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