Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-01
ORCHARD A COASTER
Haywood Defense Claim Con-
 spiracy of Detectives.
TO DESTROY MINERS FEDERATION
Witness Friedman. Who Wrote Book on Labor Troubles, Was Spy of
 Miners - Prisoner to Go on stand, It Is Said.

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 BOISE, Ida, July = The alleged conspiracy of the Pinkerton National Detective agency, under retainer from the Mine Owners association and the Citizens alliance of Colorado and Ida, ho, to destroy, the Western Federation of Miners was taken up this morning, when the trial of William D. Haywood was resumed on the charge that he murdered former Governor Frank Steu. nenberg. The defense has set up this as the counter conspiracy, of which Harry Orchard, it is charged, was sim ply an agent.
 The chief witness to this counter charge was Morris Friedman, former ly a stenographer for the Pinkertons at the headquarters of the western division in Denver. It is alleged that Friedman, as an agent of socialists and the Western Federation of Min CTS, procured the position with the Pinkertons for the purpose of spying on the detective agency. Some of the daily reports of the operators em ployed by the detective agency to the join the Western Federation of Miners and attend meetings of the local un Ions and to obtain their own election te office in these unions, Friedman has testified, were given to him to copy He made copy for himself and pro duced number of these reports, which have been marked for Identification as evidence Clarence Darrow of counsel tor the defense told Judge Wood that De had not himself read the reports The admissibility of these copies o1 reports as evidence were argued. Coun sel for the state refuse to attach i'm portance to Friedman's testimony which is incorporated in book writ ten by Friedman.
 Evidence thus far introduced by the defense tends to prove that Orchard knowing of the blowing up of tht Bunker Hill and Sullivan concentratol in 1899, of the explosion in the Vindi cator mine, of the blowing up of the Independence station, of the killing oi Lyte Gregory and of the explosion al Bradley's residence in San Francisco accused himself of having committed the crimes and the murder of seven teen men, when in fact he had littlt If any personal connection with any oi the outrages.
 It is asserted that when Orchard was arrested on the charge of murder ing Steunenberg he was induced by the Pinkertons to make confession i'm plicating Haywood, Mover, Pettibone Steve Adams, Jack Simpklns and ( number of other officers and members of the federation to such an extent that indictments could be voted against them in Idaho.
 Further discriminating evidence wal manufactured by the Pinkertons ir support of Orchards confession. Several witnesses swore that Orchard was not at Wardner on the day the Bunker Hill and Sullivan concentratol was blown up; that the facts connect ed with the vindicator mine tend tt show that the explosion was accident al; that while Orchard may have beer present when the Independence station was destroyed Steve Adams was 1T fact employed by the mine owners tc blow up a piece of useless property but that blunder resulted in a larg, loss of life.
 Other witnesses testified that Lyt' Gregory was murdered by persons con nected with the United Mine Workers and not at the instance of the Western ! Federation of Miners. and that Or chard. possessing mania for boastint { of the commission of great crimes, wat lying when he said he had any connec ton with the bomb at Bradley's house
 Haywood may go on the stand dur | ing the week. Steve Adams is still tn, unknown factor in the present trial The prosecution believes that should Adams go on the stand 1t will be abl' ] to get before the jury the confession which he repudiated. but which. 1t | 1 said, strongly supports Orchards story