The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-08

acts of any sort be committed saying that would surely be charged up to the Western Federation of Miners.
 Haywood spoke to the same effect. cauttoning the strikers against drink ing and gambling as well.
 Didn't Haywood say that the mine owners would like violence so they could bring in troops and break up the union?" asked Richardson.
 T don't remember that"
 Didn't he say that any violence would react on the union and was not to be countenaneedr'
 T believe he did.
 Attempted to Fire Powder.
 with man named Scholtz, Or- chard said he went into the Vindicator mine to attempt to fire the powder. shot him. This incident caused an Abandonment Of the plan of blowing up the mine at the time. Two months later the matter of blowing up the mine was again taken up.
 linen who suggested 1t this time?" demanded Richardson.
 sherman Parker and Davis.
 Orchard said the plan this time was to attach a pistol to a lift sbar at the seventh bar level The car would lit this bar, discharge the pistol into a box of giant caps which in turn would fire the powder.
 Orchard said William Easterly help ed him conduct experiments along this line.
 'Is Easterly in the room2" asked Richardson in a loud voice.
 A man stood up in the rear of the court room and was commanded by the the centre aisle and confront the wit ness.
 "Is that the Easterly you mean." Richardson asked of Orchard.
 The witness looked at the newcomer and quickly replied.
 That's the man"
 "whose revolver did you ussT'
 My own"
 Orchard said Easterly told him he could not be mixed up with the cxplos- ion.
 He declined without being asked?"
 "Yes, he said he was an officer of the union."
 For the second attempt on the mine Orchard said he was promised $500.
 Were you going to fire the carload of powder.
 "Nt. 1t was to be a bomb this time"
 Superintendent Mccormick and Mel Beck were killed a week later. Orchard supposed their death was due to his bomb. willy" Alderman helped him place the bomb.
 "Iu June. 1903, Orchard said he mar ried Mrs Ida Toney, a widow with three children. Her house was but a short distance from the Vindicator mine. The witness said the woman continues to live there. so far as he knows.
 Orchard said he went to Davis and Parker for money after the death of Mccormick and Beck They promised some the next day, Orchard admitted he had felt sore" because he had been refused money @or his first attempt on the mine.
 Asked why he informed the Florence and Cripple Creek railroad company of Orchard said he was perhaps a. little Jealous because he had not been em- ployed in the Job.
 Afternoon Session.
 Resuming the stand at the afternoon session of court Orchard said that prior to his marriage in Colorado he lived at John Neville's house in Grip pie Creek He admitted taking some high grade ore from a room mates trunk and selling 1t for $1O. After first reporting to D.. c. Scott, a de- tective of the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad, about the attempt to wreck a train, Orchard said he had seen the officer several times. He denied that he was reporting to the detec- tive Orchard also said he had been to see D. C. Sterling. who had charge of the detective force of the mine own CTS association.
 "Didnt you tell Scott and Sterling that you were going to the headquar- ters to get something against the leaders of the Western Federation of Miners?" asked Richardson.
 q told Scott was going to try to find out something about Easterly."
 Who paid your expenses In Dem ver?"
 T got some money from Mover"
 ''Didn't you tell Scott you were go- ing to find out something about Hay wood and Moyer?"
 Yes, told him that"
 Orchard said he was not employed by Scott and went to Denver only once in December. 1903. He said he had tried to conceal the fact that he had been to see Scott and Sterling but told Parker and Davis of the union about it when they got out of jail. Orchard denied that he had ever given any in- formation concerning Mover or Hay wood and said he was lying to Scott
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