The Ordway new era., 1907-06-21
WHAT ISPI1
ONE COMMISSIONER. :.
cHAao PROVED NJ
wARR'He FOR AAu,,

The Vivid co'orlns a,E,
Travail Shown ia orlss
ceniesslsa.
Boise. idaho.-orch.rd n.
Orchard has gone, and N,
that we have not been e,,,..
Orchard has come and b.
gone. and since bis sol,, !,
been building in grain BY p,j|
by atom. as coral insect, t,Iu
southern seas, the white n.
which are to fill in til. ,,,I
evidence his incredible ,,or
beam to beam to breast.o,t
Orchard has come sps M.
gone. and he Went as ~
breathless morning a v,.s
small snort thick-set, inseuus
In a gray tweed suit. loolis !.
fore him with fathomlsm
wide-set eyes, believing. ,h
the Everlasting God. and ttI,r,
as he said. that life here uIa,
well and chesply II 4, brO,n
nifty throughout eternity.
He told his tale 10 Hsvn
and without gestures. and HI
Into our ears as a dreaz =
dream of prodigious irharu
bility. He told his tale IA,
ardson. the pOnderous an! n
particular Richardson, Ir!k
a dream no more. bu, 4 ls.s
poignant story Of fathonls
black murder; and We krr
were watching the frs, frs I
Defense Was sssetz /
Before Orchard cane u
told us that he never would uj
stand what he had said to xd
He was mad. they said. g d
or diseased. They doubted I'd
had ever killed Steunenhsrt q
MED that he has ever eret IL
Bradley in San Francisco. nd
further and said that b, "
even been in San Frareisca
They laughed at the sitH 1
had ever blown up the litsd
depot.
They did not know he suI
charge himself with The s1
Lyte Gregory. They sns'a(
attempted assassination d
and Gabbert and Peabody IL!
Bell.
They said he was a tstzl
craven. covering fugitive. I
heart for any fight and no tt1'
God.
They predicted immetii', 2
nnnihilation Of McParlant y
Mcfarland had grown old al
gibbering OF vain things, "a
his past.
They were prepared TO SO
the whole case OF the state !; Z
twenty-four hours. They v
| pared TO prove that the ~
was a foolish and vain and ".
spiracy. They were pTeVais
thing. They were pTepaisa y
thing.
But they were no, prtpfs,
| chard. the man who said Y
In a life alter death aha y
make his peace with God ~
Ito tell the truth. He Vi. u
problem in the fourth dimes
they left him quite uhsoHe4
did we. -,
He admitted arson; he iss.
amy: he admitted murder, ~
burglary: he admitted ~. 49,
attempted and assassnA,n,, ,
plished; he admitted lying, +,
led poisoning: he was ,as's .
mere dates OF his offending. y =
lous to a point as TO the ven. !
confession. He eyaded /.
charged against him. he ea..
self with many that were n% y, /,
He made not one SOLITARY ~ ~,
his evidence in chief tha' ~ =
in the least by the iaboIed y y
| ination of Richardson. ana i.
his last wanderings before !
last killing had some 'ols. =,
human tragedy In II: Inc =
Of a human soul. N
Richardson drew II ron !
Inv drip BY drip. word by ,s''
by episode. But II SEN seem', =
to eclipse the court room 4 !,
1.-The world. and left ohly ~ !,
moving picture Of two ~ 4,
ing each other devioasl. - !
night. until in the end ols y,
the other fell and was y" :.
and orchard sat in ihs. Z
answering monotonously' y ~
or mo. sir. l did moi . :, 80, ~,
What / said was" II w y
focus. unbelievable. ana , n \
admitted again and asain '
4 liar. ,.,,,, srsy
matte. blood freezing, I'M M,
to with parted lips, brea,ns,, b.',ssns,
And yet 1t wasn't e',.dN i. M
prove that orchard killeG y. ~
Not even that. Their, ,s,,nS ~
dence that a bomb ,lDcs- nl,us
there has been no evlaeusdi .Sd
that orchard even plaeeer ri
no evidence other tnan
statement. .,e vitl
II has been the same ae, ,, nj,