Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-06-20

Weeps
Breaks Down on Witness Stand
McParland's Methods Exposed
Under Richardson's Fire

Doircy Juho ~.
The attitude of the Boise press to-
wards this trial is disgrace to the
name of human freedom The way the
defense has riddled Orchard and shown
his utter incompetency and reliability
as a witness is potent to all observers.
Even the Judge looks Disguised at the
revelations Of this abandoned wretch,
as he reluctantly makes admission af-
YER admission on the cross-examina-
tion to crimes he had not mentioned
before. It is common comment that
NO jury could convict man on such
contaminated evidence. Yet the local
papers, notably the Statesman comes
out with Aaring articles about Rich
ardsons "blundering" ways, and his
after failure with the witness, how
the friends Of the defense are disgust
cd, and how the socialist reporters
throw down their pencils in despair
ever his stupid efforts, 1t is needles
10 say that this is all fiction, pure and
simple; Richardson's g work has been
magnificent. He has held the strong,
aggressive from the very beginning.
Orchard has had to put forth ter
rible defensive against him in order
10 bear up at all, and the tactics OF
the famous attorney have laid bare the
very soul Of the cringing and covering
murderer.
And yet to the scientific interpreter
Of the well-springs Of human action
there is burden upon the mind that
is narrowing, painful, sorrowful. This
man who sits here day after day en-
during excrutiating torture, is also
human being, and a most wretehed
product Of the horrors to which eapi-
talism forces the creatures that have
become its victims The economic ex-
PLANTATION of phenomena Eliminates
the processes that have produced this
unhappy wretch Born of the work
ing class, growing up with the untrain'
ed mind of the working class and the
limited opportunities of the working
class, his restless energies found no
outlet save in the paths of crime He
was not a worse criminal than any of
Che capitals examples all around him.
He was only less competent. Capital
list society rewards every sort of crook
better than the man that works, and
Orchard found this out. But the anti
social attitude he had assumed wreak-
ed its vengeance upon him. He was
no part of any directing force; and
to-day he is ground and crushed be-
tween the contending forces
As he sits in the witness chair these
sontending forces are fighting like
beasts to achieve victory over him.
He must be tortured that certain in
terest may prevail. Every witness
must be bullied and terrified IL pos
sible not that truth, but that interests
shall prevail.
Thursday the location of this grue-
some tale Of death showed that the
crosse examination was nearing its
close. A new line If crime for Orchard
was disclosed. 1t seems he has been
making arrangements with Jack Maf-
fat. a bartender at Wallace to go in
to smuggling at Seattle. And still
the criminal record was unfolded. The
man stole money from the store of his
friend Murphy, who had made him
many loans.
After he and Simpkins reached Cald-
well and their murderous expedition,
according to Orchards narrative, he
called Easterly up by phone and asked
him IL he could help him out on
contract. But Easterly, 1t seems, was
not prepared to assist Orchard on any
thing. The latter testified, however,
that he had a couple Of letters from
him which he tore up and threw away,
but on telling the officers OF them,
they had recovered some pieces
The defense developed the point that
on the occasion Of Orchards trunk be-
ing lost on the railroad he had employ
ed Fred Miller Of Spokane as an at
torney. This completely knocked ont
the attempt the prosecution has made
all along to show that Miller in some
mysterious way had shown up as Or
ehards attorney from general orders
Of the Western Federation to defend
him.
II was shown that after being ar
rested for steunenbergs murder at
Caldwell, James @. Sullivan Of Denver