The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-10

rah objected to this testimony on the grounds that there was no foundation, Tt Is part of the conspiracy" declared MT. Darrow, which we expect to show agains. the -inkertons and mine owners, part O. the conspiracy to get men out of the way and manufacture false evil dence against them"
 Objection Sustained.
 Tn the present state of the case" said Judge Wood, the court will sustain this objection"
 "Then the witness will have to wait until Mcfarland testifies," commented Darrow.
 allen F. Gill of Spokane, Wash, former city engineer of Spokane, and once mas ter mechanic of the Tigh and Poorman mine in the Occur D Alene district of Idano. was then called. Gill said that in March, 1889, Orchard had offered to sell him his interest in the Hercules mine. The witness met Orcahrd and Jack Slmpkns in Spokane in 1905, and talked with them on the street about the Hercules mine.
 'I told Orchard that my wife and myself felt that unfortunate that he had never come around to close up that deal" said the witness. Orchard replied that he was hard up at the time he offered his interest for sale. but that he after ward sold 1t and had gone to work in the mines. He said that he ought to have his pockets bulging with money and would have had 1t and would have been able to erect blocks of buildings as his partners were doing. If that d-d Steunenberg had not driven him out of the country He also spoke of Gardiner. the man to whom he sold the interest in the mine and said the 'dago' was hay ing a good time spending the money that ought to be his"
 Cross examined by Senator Borall, MT. Gl-l said that SimplSins was a party to this interview. He knew both Orchard and Simpkins well. This ended the talk ing of testimony for the day and At torney Darrow went to work once more on the San Francisco depositions
 Doyle's Testimony.
 One of the most important dispositions ro 1 during the afternoon was that of Peter w. Doyle, a foreman of carpen- ters, who had charge of the repairs fol- lowing the explosion. He declared that not the slightest trace of lead was found anywhere in the woodwork or in the debris Asked his opinion as to where the force came fro mwhch caused the damage, he declared it seemed to come from the direction of the Cummins apart ment, where the gas pipes run up the east wall. Doyle gave in detail the ex- tent O. the damage.
 The reading of dispositions was again in- terrupted to permit the calling of Mrs. Allen F. Gill wife of a preceding witness. She said she knew Orchard when he was in the wood business at Burke Orchard offered to sell his interest in the Her cules mine to her. she testified. in Febru- ary, 1899. She consulted her husband about the matter, and he decided to make the purchase. Orchard did not return how ever, and she did not see him any more until the following March.
 The deposition of C. A. Creamer, the contractor who provided the Linforth fats after the explosion. was read next. The deponent gave an extended description of the building, and the damage caused by the explosion His descriptions indicated that the explosion was caused by gas, but on cross-examination he said he could not tell whether gas or dynamite damaged the building. The affidavit of B. Lewis plumber told of the discovery of gas leakes at the Dinforth flats, and the ef- forts to locate them before the explosion
 The last deposition was that of w A. Abernathy, a contractor, who testified that he met Orchard at San Francisco m November, 1904. Orchard had been brought to the witnes sas a man with silver lead property in Idaho. so the witness said
 Orchard told Abernathy that if it had not been for Steunenbeg. whom he called a vile name, he would have been rich, and he intended to fix Steunenberg. Orchard offered to look up the silver lead prop erty in Idaho for $1o0.
 Court adjourned at o'clock until 930 tomorrow morning.