The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-08
Witness Sticks to h. human Story. ADMITS HE SUGGESTED
 BLOWING UP MINES Richardson Draws Admission of
 Treachery. The Defendant VIII Produce Hundreds of Witnesses to Prove the Fal- sity of Testimony Already

Boise, I1aho. June 7-Counsel for William D. Haywood continued their attack on the testimony of Harry Or chard at both sessions of the trial to- day and entered their strongest assault on the events beginning with the ex- plosion in the Vindicator and ending with the earlier meetings between the witness and the leaders of the West ern Fedration of Miners in Denver. To the extent that traffic with "the other side" in the war of labor and capital in Colorado was discreditable, they succeeded in discrediting the witness
 Taking up the admission that Or chard made on direct examination that he had been treacherous to his com Tades in Cripple Creek, by tipping off q train wrecking plot they developed the fact that Orchard entered the em- ploy of D. c. Scott, who had charge of the railway detectives.
 Orchard says that with Scott, he and K. C. Sterling, detective in the employ of the mine owners association, and that Scott had paid his expenses and accompanied him to Denver, on the trip when he first had met Mover and Haywood. He said that he had agreed to report to Scott, but that he was lying to him, never intending to make reports to him and never did make reports. The defense also tried to show that because he stood in with hn rN tested by the militia in Cripple Creek during the strike. Orchard admitted that Scott had told him that if the militia interfered with him he was to send for him, and that the militia new ST did fnterfer ewith him or search his house.
 Orchard said that he went to Scott first lAecause he had not been paid for his work at the Vindicator mine, and he was jealous because he was given hard work like the Vindicator job, while other men got the simple task of train wrecking by displacing & rail.
 More Crimes Added.
 More crimes, grand and small, were aded to Orchards list today. The Cripple Creek woman with whom he committed bigamy had three sons; Or chard stole high grade ore from messmate; he stole two case of pow der from the Vindicator mine; he stole powder to make one of the bombs thrown into the Vindicator coal pile and he told @ lie. The defense en- deavored in various ways to throw the shadow of a doubt and tmprobability around the whole Vindicator story and the alleged connection of W. F. Davis and William Easterly with the affair and the circumstances under which Or chard testified he met Mover and Hay wood and was paid for the commis- sion of tho crime, and to discredit Or chard's story that he was sent back to Cripple Creek with unlimited credit and orders to commit any act of violence that he cared to.
 They confronted Orchard with East erly and Owney Barnes. and paved the way for the contradiction by them of the story told by Orchard. and several times during the day paved the way for the controvertion of his testimony on material points. Orchard stood the test and strain very well, and held tenaciously to tho story he related yes' terday and day before. Suddenly to- ward the close of the day the defense took up the trip Orchard made to Southern Colorado with Mover In the early part of 1905 and showed that Mover feared to go south unguarded
 
 had beaten up innocent union men and had sent for Orchard to aid in protect ing him.
 It was agreed that they should carry cut off shot guns and sit in the center of the railway car so that If they were attacked they could defend themselves. Attorney Richardson in questioning the witness made It very clear that this had been a perfectly straight proposi- tion free from any fake.
 Counsel flared up several times dur ing the day and in the last passage at arms Prosecutor Hawley said that richardson told a faleshood when hc intimated that Orchard was fixed witness.
 morrow when cross examination of Or chard, who has been on the stand for three days, will be concluded.
 Richardson Fires Questions.
 When Orchard resumed the stand to- day Attorney Richardson began at once to ply him with rapid fire of ques tions. Before answering, Orchard ask cd permission to correct two state ments of yesterday. He said he had neglected to give thes name of his sixth sister, Minnie Horsley, who married man named Rogers and who lived Tn New York State somewhere. Orchard also said that he stated yesterday he
  fin Burke, Idaho. He remembered to- day that there were two men to whom he owed money and to whom he had promised an interest in the business. While Orchard was making the latter statement richardson interrupted him with a question.
 The attorney for the State al once objected to counsel cutting the witness, Orchard also protested to the court, saying he would like to have the op- portunity to state his answers before being interrupted.
 We both can't talk at the same lime" he said to MT. Richardson. "and you asked me new questions before 1 could answer the old ones."
 Counsel again joined in the protest and Mir. Richardson became somewhat excited, declaring that if 1t was the purpose of counsel to start row be- tween him and the witness, he thought they might just as well have 1t out at )nce. 'The witness will be allowed to an-