The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-12


 Richardson asked the witness if he sent any money he received for the Bradley affair to any of his wives. He said he had not He said he sup posed Pettibone was looking out for his Cripple Creek wife. But nobody was caring for your Canadian wife?"
 bit his lower lip and seemed to show one of those very rare traces of feeling in his voice.
 Isn't 1t a fact" continued Richard son, that the woman you wronged in Cripple Creek had to sell her wash tubs in order to get things to eat?"
 No, slr," Pettibone had promised rado.
 On Incident Occurs.
 An incident typical of the entire cross examination next occurred. Richardson asked:
 Did you talk to Haywood about sending money to your wife?" "Yesf replied Orchard.
 back yard?"
 "Np, sir; it does not make anything of the sort" said Orchard positively. we talked about 1t the day they want ed me to go to California to see Brad ley"
 As to the details of his story. or chard seem infallible. He repeats them as often as Richardson desires and seems never to lose patience.
 Orchard said 1t was while he was living with Steve Adams. that he was detailed by Haywood to help Adams assassinate Judge Gabbert in Denver.
 Haywood said he wanted us to shoot Gabbert because he felt that use of dynamite would get everybody in trouble" said Orchard. His Idea in continuing to kill was to get the ranch Haywood, Mover and Pettibone had promised him.
 And you were ready to kill every body in Colorado for 8 $500 ranch" suggested Richardson.
 q don't know about that"
 Orchard said he lurked about Judge Gabbert's house several nights hoping for a chance to shoot him.
 why didn't you go up and ring the door bell and pump 1t into him?" asked Richardson.
 Because was too cowardly." said Orchard without a moments hesitas tion. "
 You never allowed anybody else to call you a coward, did you, in those days?"
 q don't know about that"
 You considered yourself very brave man, didn't you?"
 "I call all the things I've done very cowardly," said Orchard in a low, even voice.
 Richardson asked Orchard as to some of Haygood's public utterances about the time the Peabody attempts wore being made, one to the effect that the Western Federation of Miners did not care who was Governor.
 'Mr Haywood often said things on the outside that he talked about dif- ferently to us," said Orchard.
 You used to do the same thing, didn't you?"
 "Yes, I did up to the time changed and decided to tell the truth"
 Orchard was being questioned as to the makeup of the bombs prepared for Governor Peabody when the lunch con recess was ordered.
 Rfehardson Takes New Tact.
 At the afternoon session, however, Richardson took a new tack and asked Orchard long series of questions as to where and how much Billy Acker- man paid to have his teeth fixed. The witness declared he did not know whether Alderman had his teeth fixed at a dental college or not. He said he knew Alderman got money to have his teeth attended to and spent most of 1t. It was presumed to be Richardson's purpose to show that Orchard, Adams and Alderman naQ iittle nnouey the year of 19o4-05.
 After exhausting the subject of Ack- erman's teeth, Attorney Richardson re- turned to the Peabody affair. He carefully carried the witness over the planting of the first bomb in the snow at the corner of Thirteenth street and Grant avenue This was about Jan uary 1, 1905.
 Orchard denied that he was in a plot to trap Max Malich into commit ting the murder. Orchard also denied that he was offered $100 to murder a business rival of Mullen named Mo, Daniel.
 The first bomb was placed at about 8 o'clock in the morning by Steve Adams and Orchard. They drove up in livery rig to the corner and Orchard planted the bomb. There were twenty five to thirty pounds of powder in the bomb. They did not plant it at night. Orchard said, because they were afraid of its freezing. Richardson carried the witness into an expert examination on the manufacture of bombs.
 Adams and Orchard were to pull the wire as Governor Peabody passed the place where the internal machine was buried. This wire was strung to a point a block away and had to pass in front of an alley. Orchard and Adams stood where they could see Gov erhor Peabody as he came out. This was the instance when, just as Governor Peabody passed the bomb, the coal wagons came out of the al- ley and drove over the wire. The two assassins saw it would be useless to pull the wire and even If they could have done so, the drivers of the wag- ons as well as several other persons passing at the time would have seen them Orchard said he could not tell whether the wagons were loaded or not.
 After the failure of the attempt the quest of Peabody was temporarily aban- doned. This was just before Peabody was succeeded by Governor Adams. him all the winter. More Money Matters.
 Orchard declared that he received no money directly, either from Hay wood or Mover, during the winter of 1904-05. There was an arrangement he said, that Adams should draw the money from Pettibone. Haywood par ticipated in the arrangement. As to Mover. Orchard said he did not see hi mall the winter
 Richardson asked Orchard if he had not tried to get Max Malich. man of good reputation in Denver, into a plan to blow up a boarding house full of "scabs' in Globeville.
 No. sir" replied Orchard. Max Malich tried to get me into 1t. He suggested it."
 And what did you say?"
 T said I'd try to help him do it."
 He did not ask Malich for any money whatever Malich. according to Orch a. d. said the "scabs" were driving him out of business and he wanted them done away with.