Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-05
MAX MALICH, ON WITNESS STAND,
CONTRADlCTS ORCHARDS
TESTIMONY.
REFUSED TO AID IN
BLOWING UP HOTEL
Declares He Has No knowledge of
"Pettibone Dope"-Brother of De-
tective McParNnd Tells of His
Eviction from Victor.

leSGllilOuy Ol HARRY OIChdIu, llduS HIS
appearance Tuesday as a witness in
behalf of William .. Haywood, on trial
for the murder of former Gov. Steun-
enberg. He directly contradicted all
of Orchards story relating to him.
Malieh was the leader of the Austrian
smelter workers at Globeville and con-
Quoted a saloon ands store and hotel
there during the strike Orchard tes-
tifed that Malich proposed to him
that he dynamite hotel at Globeville
filled with nonunion men and offered
him 500 to blow up the store OF Will
privately informed the prosecution
that Malich had burned himself with
''Pettibone dope" while preparing to
burn his own store, and had later
burned his store with "PettibQne
DOPE" and that Malich had agreed to
help him with an alibi when he killed
Detective Lyte Gregory.
Malich swore that Orchard had pro-
posed destroying the nonunion hotel
and the killing of Mcdonald and that
he had refused to have anything to
do with either crime. He also denied
all knowledge of 'Pettibone dope" or
it's use in his store and swore that
Orchard told him that but for Gov.
Steunenberg he would be rich man
and that he would kill him.
Brother of Detective on Stand.
An interesting witness called just
before court adjourned, was Edward
MCFARLAND, a brother of Capt. James
MCFARLAND, the head of the western
division of the Pinkerton agency, who
has been In charge of securing evil
dence for the state. Mcfarland gave
a graphic description of his de-
portation from Victor when~he was a
Shoemaker at the tifhe of the riots.
many indignitfes and sent sway from
the town with other men.
The witness said he was not a men,
Der of the Western Federation Of
Miners, but a shoemaker by trade.
He was at work in his, shop in Vic
ing the independence depot explo-
sion After the shooting started Nc
Parland said five men came to his
shop and said they wanted him. He
was marched between lines of SOL
diers to the train and taken to Colo
rado Springs, where he and several
hundred miners were transferred to
the Santa Fe road and taken to with
in a short distance of the Kansas
line. The engineer of the train re-
+ fused to take the men across the state
line.
After we left the train three vol
leys were fired over our heads and
we were told to never come back"
said MCFARLAND. 1--WE. went into the
fields for some time, when along came
a train which slowed down. The en-
gineer asked us if we were the de-
ported men. He then told us to get
aboard, and he took us into Holly, Col,
where we remained for some time"
Did you ever. go back to Vic
tor?" 80 ,
On oss-examfration MCFARLAND
said he could not identify any one
who did any shooting in the Victor
riots.
At this point luncheon recess until
1:3O p. m. was taken.
New Feature in Case Promised.
The visit of Orchard to Wallace,
where he swore he discussed with
Dave Coates, a former lieutenant gov
ernor of Colorado, and at that time a
newspaper publisher at Wallace, on
the subject of kidnapping one of
August Paulson's children, will be
taken up next. Mr. Coates, who has
been hereafter several weeks, has
! given out several interviews in which
, he has denied Orchards story abso-
| lutely and promised to develop some
new features in the case. He will
be closely cross-examined by the
state. 1t is from Wallace that the
defense will commence the contradic-
ton of Orchard so far as his story of
the murder. of Steunenberg is con-
cerned. The effort will be to show
that Orchard already having private
grudge against Steunenberg, secured
enough money from August Paulson
to enable him to make a get away
after he killed Steunenberg, but that
he bungled his plans.
If the defense can close by the end
OF this week, it is possible that Hay
wood and Meyer will take the stand
on Friday and Saturday, but as the
Haywood statement and cross-exam-
ination is expected to take up at
least couple of days, the direct tes-
timony for the defense is not expect
ed to close before Monday or Tues
day of next week.
Meyer and Haywood Retained.
Denver, Col, June 3.-Charles H.
Meyer was retained as president and
William D. Haywood as secretary
treasurer of the Western Federation
of Miners by the federation conven-
ton Tuesday afternoon, although they
are imprisoned in Idaho on the charge
of completely in the murder of Gov.
Steunenbers.
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