The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24

Harry Orchard to fasten suspicion upon him.
 Now I will say to you gentlemen that if I had been here in 1906; if I had been incareerated in the Idaho bull pen in 1899; if I had suffered the indignities practiced upon the prisoners in that bull pen; if on December 3O 1905, Governor Steunen- berg had been assassinated and l had connected with that fact the time I had spent in the bull pen, If I had added the fact that I was a member of the execu- tive board of the Western Federation of Miners and added the further fact that had been in Caldwell with the man ar rested for the crime, l would have done, and l believe you would have done, pre- cisely that which was done by Jack Simp- kns-would have fled to cover to pre- serve your liberty"
 Man With a Motive.
 Orchard" said Mir Richardson. "was a man who had a motive against Governor Steunenberg. It mattered not whether he had deeded away his property beyond re- demption prior to his leaving the Occur d Alenes or not. The thought was always going through his brain, that he would have been rich man If it had not been for Steunenberg. This thought was eX- pressed to many witnesses and Richardson denied that these witnesses were lying or that circumstances point to anything but the absolute truth of their testimony. Richardson reviewed Orchards move- ments prior to the killing of Steunenberg. and said his strengthened financial condi- ton when ne was reduced to the neces- sity of robbing cash register or burglar izing railroad station and borrowing money from q friend, gave the lie to the theory That the federation was paying for the crime and that he could get money whenever he desired.
 As court took a recess at 11:20 o'clock until D. m, MT. Richardson announced: 50 the question would not fall dead, that he would positively conclude tonight"
 Night Session.
 MT Richardson continued his argument at the opening of the session at o'clock. He took up the incidents connected with Orchards visit to Caldwell, when he was making preparations to assassinate Cover nor Steunenberg, Orchards conduct at Caldwell before the murder of Steunen- berg" said MT. Richardson, Heads inevit- ably to the conclusion that this man was determined to draw the attention of the whole proposition to himself Whether he was In the employ of the Pinkerton agen- cy at the time or not does not appear in the record, but I think I can show before this argument is over that before and after the murder the purpose of Orchard and others was to create evidence such as might lead to the arrest and conviction of the Western Federation of Miners off, cials."
 Richardson traced the movements of Orchard at Caldwell and coming to the arrival of Fred Miller to act in his de- fense. he said:
 The reason Miller was retained by the Western Federation of Miners to defend Orchard was that at the preliminary trial there was not sufficient evidence to con- vict or connect the prisoner with the mur- der of Steunenberg.'
 Extracts From Papers.
 After reading lengthy extracts from the Denver newspapers, printed at the time of the arrest of Orchard, all of which, he said, by the hand of the Pinkerton De- tective agency. in an endeavor to link the name of the Western Federation of Min CTS with the murder, Richardson said that the governor of Idaho and the Pinkerton agency knew when Steunenberg was mur- dered and Orchard was arrested that he would make the confession
 Taking up Orchards life in the peniten tiary at Boise, Richardson said the vile loathsome creature had been petted and coddled fed from the warden's table, wis ited by the governor of the state and called in familiar terms Harry by the governor and by the counsel engaged fol the prosecution.
 Think of this creature associating in a friendly way with senator oi the United States! I do not kow that Orchard calla aanAkog Borah 'BUl