The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-10

bolSe, l0dhO, June e.-CCmeS a pause
to-day in the weeks occupation. a sur
cease of blood and crime and treachery
that stagger belief-an opportunity 70 sit
/ down and try 20 estimate the weight Of
/ Harry Orchards amazing story and its
/ probable effect on the jury that has the
life Of William D. Haywood and the
Western Federation Of Miners in its keep
ing
No better notion Of the effect produced
upon this community by the evidence
given hy Orchard IN the course Of the
last five days can possibly be given than
to say that to-day the question that
everybody is asking is not When are
they going to convict Haywood but
What manner Of man can this Orchard
be2"
Whatever the belief as 90 the implIca-
ton Of Haywood and his co-defendants in
the deed Of Harry Orchard. whether they
planned them and made Orchard their
tool in their execution. there is nothing
but unanimity In the belief that Orchard
did the things he has sworn that he
did. and nobody can make the man out.
There are several theories. one is that
Orchard is trying % save himself. This is
the notion advanced by those who sym
pathIze with the defense. The prosecu-
tion and Orchard himself deny absolute
E that there has been promise Of i'm
munity. and at least one Of the counsel
for the State has stated that II he can
accomplish It, Harry Orchard will assur-
edIy swing for the murder Of ex-Gov.
Steunenbsrg.
Cannot BE Hanged Now.
It IS equally true that public sentiment
would forbid any attempt 20 spare his
life. but that his testimony gives Harry
Orchard a new lease on his life cannot
be disputed. His testimony duplicates
TOO many people 10 admit Of his being
hanged out OF hand.
Should Haywood. Mover. and Petit
bone De convicted, their cases viii be
fought 10 q finish with every legal re-
source known 20 the courts. When their
cases are finally disposed 0f one way or
the other. there are others still 20 deal
with. with whom Orchard has been init
mateiy associated. It is within the bours
Of probability TO say that Orchards tau-
fessiou has prolonged his life five or six
Years. Is that MS real mOtire2
A second theory is that the man IS
dead TO an moral sense and that he feels
in his criminal achievements a satanic
PRIDE that Ee glori6s i'm his evidence and
i'm being spoken of as going down in
history as the most homicidal monster
IlFs f-
by his manner on the witness stan.
There is no posing. no ACCENT of pride I'm
the mans gentle. throaty voice. He tells
his terrible story in the most matter-of-
fact manner lie displays neither exulta-
ton nor shame. the only suspicion of emo
ton was manifested when he came to
tell OF how he wrought Steuuenberg's
death. there was a tWitChmE of the
throat muscles then and his voice sank
somewhat lower. but that was all
l. Polite Murderer.
He was so far from breaking down that
when he had finished the story Of Steun-
enberg's death and the courtroom was
shuddering with quiet horror. and tie
lawyers whispered a moment before se-
ing on, Orchard spoke up 10 correct a
trihing detail Of his story.
Excuse me-" said this polite mu-
derer. L want to take back something.
l said 1 was arrested the next day. Sun
day. I wasn't arrested until Monday
The third theory. and the one that viii
be maintained by the State. is that Orch
ards motive in making q clean breast Of
his life is a religious one. In talking with
your correspondent I'm the State Penften-
uary some weeks before he appeared IN
court Orchard explained that his devo-
tion 20 the reading Of Ecclesiastical His
tory by the Saints is like this. It's like
man who has done wicked things all
his life, who turns around and does other
things. He can't undo al the evil he has
done. but he can do the best he can to
clear things up"
As Orchard said it. his little cloudy blue
eyes shown with something like the
serene fervor Of the religious fanatic. He
had the air Of man who has balanced
the books Of his life and has made1up
his mind 20 pay his creditors, even if IL
bankrupts him
Theory Not Unlikely.
This theory seems 10 be not altogether
unlikely, and it does not entirely exclude
the theory Of personal pride In evil doing.
Most persons who have attended revival
services where they heard converts tes-
tifying to the evil deeds Of their unre
generate days viii remember having seen
that some Of these converts seemed to
take a holy delight in describing the
depths of utter infamy to which they had
sunk before their conversion. They rolled
ii under their tongues like sweet morsels.
1t may be so with Orchard, but nobody
knows To-day this monster Is the riddle
OF the age.
Steve Adams. whom Orchard describes
as his chief assistant murderer. is more
easily Comprehended. Those who know
him viii say that his part in the crimes
testified to has been due distinctly to his
sense Of class consciousness. It was war
between his class and capitalists, Adams
thought, and i'm that war, any measures.
however criminal. were jUstifable. Adams
has left the jail at Wallace. and officers
are bringing him to Boise. where he will
arrive tomorrow. The State will place
him upon the witness stand and interro-
gate him regarding the crimes to which
Orchard has testified
Orchard duplicates Adams.
Orchard says Adams is the man who
helped him blow up the independence
depot, when fourteen miners were killed:
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