The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-19

BOISE. June is.-The prosecution II
The Steunsnberg case offered one Of Ia
most important pieces Of evidence
against Haywood today when on r..
calling Orchard for w'dirccs examlna-
tscn, Il insrodnced and secured the ad.
mission Of four letters tending to show
that Haywood during The fall Of 1905
when Orchard ewears be was engaged III
the various crimes for the Federation
leaders, had participated In plan "a
deceive Mrs. Orchard tbs second, oi
Cripple Creek, ~ 10 tho whereabouts Of
her husband. Over variety Of protests
from the defense Orchard was allowed
10 testify, that early In the summer Of
1905 Haywood told him Mrs. Orchard
was writing TO him for information a.
TO Orchards whereabouts. Orchard ewore
that he proposed that he should write
his wife series Of letters that we're 10
be- falsely dated aud delivered 10 Mrs.
Orchard By tho agents Of the Fedora
tion. He said he first wrote two letters,
dated at San Francisco and had them
delivered through Paddy Mnlinney who
represented the Federation at Cripple
CMek Orchard Identified the two let.
tiers and oyerruling the objections Of
the defense Judge Wood admitted them.
Next Orchard swore he wrote third
letter purporting TO come from Nome,
Alaska, and that under the general ar.
,rangement he made with the Federation
AiIicials, Marion Moore carried the let.
ter<t Nome whore he went as the or.
gambler for the Federation and posted
II. This letter bearing the date Nome,
August ., 1905. was produced and iden.
titled and admitted as evidence. Orchard
then identified the letter which Haywood
wrote TO Mrs, Orchard and that too was
admitted as evidence and handed to the
Jury. II was as follows
Denver. Nov. is, 1905, Mrs. II. Or
Orchard, Dear Madam and Sisters. Il
have not heard word since saw you.
Last information | got was from Nome,
Alaska. | think Fairfield was the name
Of the place, ! see that some awful
conditions prevail among the law and
order element. Yours truly,
WI d, Haywood,
The three letters written hy Orchard
were common place and contained prac.
tically nothing bearing on The case or
Orchards testimony except the refer.
ences 10 the arrangement which Orchard
said he made with the Federation oflc.
ials for the care of bis wife while alb.
sent. The defense attacked the letters
and Orchards story about them when
II got the chance to cross-examine the
witness but Orchard held to the story
he told about them. The witness de.
MED he made arrangements for the de.
livery Of letters to the Pinkerton agents,
that the letters had only made their
appearance since he left the stand last
week or that he had invented the story
because his wife had Haywood's letter
in her possession. He swore positively
shat Haywood had agreed to write to
Alaska.
II was a day Of correspondence and
documentary evidence Besides the four
San Francisco. Alaskan letters, the state
secured the admission Of certified copy
Of the unsigned letter which Orchard
got at Caldwell jail and which Orchard
swesfs was in the handwriting Of Pot.
tibSne. This letter wasi
NDec. 30 Friend Tom: Yor letter
received. That was sent to Jack, Dec.
q for you. He should send II to you