The Washington times., 1907-07-12
Acquaintance With Adams.

January. 1904
Acquaintance With Adams.
Darrow asked questions including all |
the crimes Orchard related. and Hay |
wood emphatically denied all connection |
in any way with any of these felOnIeS. |
He then proceeded to tell of his aC- |
Quaintance and relations with Steve" !
Adams. He said he telegraphed SO 10 !
Steve at ogden and later sent Mrs. !
Adams $50 relief money
Haywood explained the 500 draft sent |
TO Jack Simpkins on December 81 !
1905 which the State contends was a
remittance for Orchard The defendant |
says Simpkins drew SZ2l.35 per diem and |
expenses. and left 500 with Haywood to |
be sent by draft
SimpIins was going TO Index and did !
not want to carry all ms money; A |
few days later Haywood took Simpklus |
500 from the safe. bought a draft and /
mailed IL. He denied any knowledge !
of the unsigned letter received by Or |
chard at Caldwell which contained the |
information that was sent 10 Jack |
on the Jwenty-ftrst
Both Sides Cry Perjury.
Both sides are threatening perjury !
proceedings and both maintain that
much matter altogether new will be
brought IN rebuttal
Rebuttal is expected to begin Monday.
as It is believed both sides will have
concluded their cases IN direct. In all,
about forty witnesses have been sub
poenaed for the rebuttal
Counsel for the State expects 10 Oc-
cupy the greater part of next week In
examination OF their witnesses. Should
the defense call a number Of witnesses,
as intimated. the trial may be delayed
and court adjourned EeVeral days 10 az
ford witnesses at a distance time 10
reach here
Both Meyer and Haywood have most
positively denied that they know Harry
Orchard other than as a member of The
Western Federation Of Miners. The de-
Tense appears to be determined that 4
most minute detail OF Orchards rsla-
lions with the federation be brought
out, stating that the organization CON
siStently stood by its members until they
We're proven guilty and did not desert
orchard until ne confessed the crimes
heretofore published.
Interest an Trial Revives.
With the appearance Of the defendant
Himself on the stand interest in the trial
revived once more.
He is the last witness for the defense
unless his cross-examination develops
something to force the calling Of Fred
Miller, the Spokane lawyer, who first
went TO the defense Of Harry Orchard
after his arrest IN Caldwell. barrow
said the other day. that he would call
Miller, who had been subpOenaed by
the State, but he changed his mind. TEe
matter about which Miller will testify
II called Is a very delicate one. OF the
kind 70 be avoided II possible.
Haywood is entirely self-possesstd
and quite at ease while on the stand.
answering all questions readily ana
speaking in a steady. distinct voice that
carries his responses clearly to the jur-
ors and all those seated in front Of him
or al the sides Meyer seemed some
what nervous. and frequently called for
q drink of water, but Haywood was al
calm and undisturbed. apparently,
he ever was In his life. aud Chewcd
tobacco throughout his examination with
the same nonchalance which has char
acterized him much OF the time during
the trial He did not seem nearly as
interested or concerned when on the
stand himself as when Meyer was there.
Sitting Hot Day.
It was a sitting hot day. that made
the courtroom extremely uncomfortable
for the spectators, with the result that
there was but small attendance out
side Of the witnesses for both sides.
Darrow asked the judge. with much
earnestness, for an early adjournment,
but the court remarked that unless the
Jurors wanted 10 quit he would not adj
gourn. IheTeupon one or the jurors said
he was quite comfortable. ana barrow
had to go on for the full five hours.
As far as II progressed the Haywood
examination followed much the lines
taken IN the direct examination OF Moy-
or. There was not a surprise for the
twice did II touch new material. Both
these occasions were conversations with
Orchard. one at Federation headquarters
and the other at Petitioners house.
Neither conversation was OF any special
importance In itself. The first was when
Orchard was expecting TO go to Ouray
as guard for Meyer. Haywood saw the
two men together at Meyers OfIice.
4 asked Orchard If ne had any fire.
arms" said Haywood. and he pulled a
.45. about n foot and a half long"
HAYWOOD recollection
and spread out his hands 10 give the
Jurors an idea Of the size OF Orchard 6
gun.
Would Protect Himself.
II said. What you going to do with
thatT and he replied that he Was go
ing to protect himself. These men
won't wait for you to get that thing into
notion said. They Will beat you over
the head before you can get It out
Having thus expressed his opinion of
the value Of the forty-flve as a fighting
weapon At close quarters. Haywood told
of seeing Meyer and Orchard measure
their suitcases to see how much the
shotguns had to be cut of. with evident
approval of that sort OF weapon.
The conversation was In Pcttibone 8
kitchen one day in August. 1905, when
Orchard was living with Pettibone dur
ing Mrs. Petitioners absence.
There. was general talk in Petit
3
discussed a letter from Arthur Parker
who had bought an eleven-acre patch
OF ground up near Seattle, and as sing
ing the praises OF a farmers life a
compared with the miners.
Orchard apparently did not have mucf
20 say about that. for Haywood re
peated nothing that he said
II was Orchard who first told OF this
letter from Parker, on his crOss-ex
animation Haywood corroborated Or
chard at several other little points as
did Meyer. II is curious how thosi
little points Of confederation ruI
through so much OF tho testimony Of
the witnesses for the defense. while
they all steadily and enphatically den,
every allegation he made concerning an
OF them.
They make Orchard 10 be a most &C
cofnplished liar, who took simple anS
plain string OF truths and embroidere,
them into most wonderful edglns o