Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-02
cRoss-EXAMINED BY BoRAH.

Ross-EXAMINED BY BoRAH.
| The witness was cross-eNamined by
| Senator Borah. He was required to
| trace his movements from the time ~
| his arrival in this country IN the early
| SOS down to the present time. He
| first met George A. Pettibone, when
| Pettibone was selling clothes wtihgers
| and rugs. He denied ever having
given Pettibone his proxy 10 the l9O5
| convention of the Western Federation
of Miners.
| GLOW long was il after you went
out to your rancho before your saloon
| and business place burned DOWN.
| asked Senator Borah
Three days.
| Did YOU have talk with Orchard
| Just before leaving
| mo, sir"
| How much insurance did you have
OIL the placer
about $500.
Had you taken out some Insurance
recently?"
| mo"
Hadn't some goods been taken from
your place just before the fire aud TAX
| en- to Pettibones store?'
NO, STRIP
you never heard OF that?"
mo, sir?"
",rhere was fire IN your place the
! day after the saloon ana puslhes9 part
| was burned?'
Eyes, sir they told mo So
Malich next was questioned as TO the
acid incident.
"Didn't you go TO Petitioners store
with your burned hand bandaged up
| and didn't he Taught at you and didn't
you reply: It's not NO - funny?
II don't remember any conversation
with Pettibone about my hand
"Didnt Pettibone say to you. You
don't want to monkey with my dope.
mo SIR
when Steve Adams ana wife NOV
ed away from Globeville didn't they
| bring some bottles over to your place
and leave them In your bedroom, and
| wasn't It one of these bottles YOU got
Mold OF and thought 1t had come
through the window"
Say, do you honestly think ] would
| leave anything like that in my room
after the doctor told me what II was?'
| asked Malich in reply, and in injured
| tones.
mo. not after you once got hold
| Of It," said Senator Borah.
"Then go anead' remarked Ma
| Itch amid laughter He declared that
| the Adamses had never left anything
| at his place SO far as he knew
| did you believe Orchard was in
earnest when he proposed blowing UP
! that hotel?'
YES. until he told me he was jok-
ing
was a pretty bad mani"
Yes. ! did
William Mcdonald did you believe
he really would kill him II you gave
him s100?"
"Yes. | thought he would either
Go it or beat me out of the 500 and
not do it,
And after this didn't you agree to
back orchard in the saloon business
OFFERED TO BACK ORCHARD.
II said / would stand good FOR him
for 5000 or $500 but l would not 90
over that
Didn't Orchard come to you. the
night Lyle Gregory was killed and say
TO you: Max. If am arrested for this
you are TO remember ] was out at your
place playing c.irds?'
mo. sin. Lsoe Gregory was killed in
1904 and ! never saw Orchard unit!
1907
on redirect examination Atty. Rich
ardson said TO the witness:
You told Sehator Borah you first
met Pettioone in 1887. You meant 1898.
didn't you?'
yes. sir" replied Malich; u meant
1897"
When the laughter had finally sub
sided the date was fixed at 1897 and
Malich left the stand.
JOE MEHELlET.
The next occupant of the witness
chair WAS Joe Meheliet who also is
native of Austria and former shelter
man. Meheliet is now q miner and
member of the Western Federation OF
Miners. He said he first met HaGr.
Orchard at Globeyille In January 1909.
but denied that he had ever assisted
Orchard or Adams to steal powder from:
the Union Pacific powder house, or any
where else.
Did you ever have any conversation
with orchard about blowing up ho-
tel?"
Yes sir, orchard came 10 me one
day aud asked me II | could Tell him
how the hotel was situated ] had
worked there two months and told him
what 1 knew. He then asked me IL
didn't want To come along ana heIp
him blow 1t UP. ] told him no; that
wouldn't stick my fingers In II as
never intended TO kill anybody"
Meheliet said he never talked with
Orchard as 10 any attempt on Gov.
Peabody or anyone else.
HOW HE MET ORCHARD
Meheliet first met Orchard through
Detective Gratias. He knew nothing OF
the circumstances of the falling out
of Orchard and Steve Adams but UNI
derstood II was over business affairs
The next witness for the defense arous-
ed unusual interest. He was Edward
l.. Mcfarland, brother OF Pinkerton
Detective James MCFARLAND who has
been IN charge OF securing evidence for
the state. The witnesa said he was not