The Glenwood post., 1907-06-29

Aienes. Harry Orchard was a cheap
soldier of fortune, a shoestring gam
bier who had never done days work
IN his life. He owned a sixteenth
share OF the Hercules mine, but sold it
because of his needs and continued ls
gambling The mine did not yield until
l9Ol' But Orchard, hoping on, stayed
aronnd TO get share of the mine.
we don't think that Orchard was a.
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mills We
Will show he was not there, and we
VIII show that he was engaged in his
tavorite work of gambling with the
easiest mark he could find. We will
SHOW that he did not participate in
most of the crimes of which he has
hero boosted. l don't like to take any
OF the bloom off peach like that, but
while we will show that he is not the
murderer he boasts himself, we will
compensate him by proving him to be
the most monumental liar that ever eX-
listed
Before our first witness leaves the
stand, gentlemen. we will convince
you, we will even convince Mr.. Hawley
himself that this man Orchard has lied
cut most of the essential points of his
story We will have from twenty-five
TO thirty witnesses who will take the
stand and contradict this man abso
lutely Some of these witnesses will
be miners, but others will be eminently
respectable people who have never
cone days work in their lives
"Moyers position in 1899 was just as
obscure as Haywood's.' declared the
miners attorney, and as for Pettibone,
he was not even miner at that time
He ran a little store down in Denver,
continued Mr.. Darrow, selling clothes
wringcrs lace curtains, rugs. Bibles
and other novelties on the installmenr
plan. Pettibone had been a miner III
1882 in the Occur d'Alenes. He was ar
rested there and put in jail and my
friend, Mr.. Hawley, got him out He
then decided to quit mining"
Mr. Darrow went on to describe the
three defendants in the Steunenberg
murder in detail He declared Hay
wood was born in Utah-an American
citizen whose forefathers came to
America prior to the revolution.
He is a plain, blunt, courageous
fighting man." declared Mr.. Darrow,
fighting the militia when necessary,
fighting for the rights of the working
man; fighting for the protection of the
widows and orphans.
And Meyer What of Meyer? \
plain, blunt, honest man, whose ances-
try were honest men. Meyer was the
man who at the head af the Western
Federation of Miners, fought every
conceivable fight as men like him,
born OF such stock, will always fight.
Mover was man whose sturdy, honest
and quiet bravery won the confidence
and held the respect of everyone.
And what about Pettibone? George
PettibOne had never been member be,
fore of the Western Federation of Min
ers. He had mined and then started
his store. A happy. careless, sunny
man, with laugh and joke for every
one There wasn't a man, woman or
child on the street who was not his
friend-not lame dog or cat but could
md home in his woodshed. That was
George Pettibone."
Orchard Tool of Pnkertons.
Mr.. Darrow then took up Orchards
ite at Cripple Creek. He declared that
Orchard burned a saloon and high
graded at the very outset of his career.
He went into the story of the alleged
attempC to wreck the train of the Flor
ence & Cripple Creek railroad. which
had falsely been laid TO the Western
Federation of Miners and declared the
ti"st time Haywood, Moye. or Peiti.
rome had seen Orchard was when tho
mar came to Denver on pass and
money issued by S. d. Scott chief OF
detectives of the Florence & CripDig
Creek Railroad.
AN oily, Shiny fellow" Mr.. Darrow
termed the detective.
Cripple Creek had become the Wa
terloo OF the Western Federation of
Miners in Colorado" said Mr.. Darrow.
The organization had fine halls. co.
operative stores, libraries. 1t was flour.
isning and doing something until it
look a chance in going to help the
atriking smelter men in Colorado
city"
Mr.. Darrow said the attempt 10
wreck train was a plot of the railway
company and the mine owners associa
non to wreck the union. He said the
defense would show that Orchard was
constantly in company with tie detec-
ives of the railroad and the mine own
Crs.
and while honest, hard WORKING
miners were denied the privilege of
passing the military lines this leper
Orchard went in and out as he pleased
General orders We're issued that Harry
orchard should go and come when he
wanted TO.
I'VE will show that Orchard came 10
Denver and formed slight acquain6
dnce with Haywood Meyer and George
Pettibone. Later Moyer went to Grip
pie Creek to attend the trial of some
men charged with wrecking the train
There he met Orchard. who ingratiated
himself with Meyer, who trusted him
Orchard gained Meyers confidence,
but we will prove that Meyer never
said the things that Orchard claims
We're said. Meyer will tell you this
himself.
Then when Meyer went down 10
Telluride to visit the union there he
took this man who had won his con
tidence along to protect him from the
thugs of the mine owners. No sooner,
however, had Meyer arrived at Tellu-