Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-25

Tense will begin with Colorado and Cripple
Creek Witnesses are here to swear that
Orchard was the confidant OF the mine
owners and their detectives; that ne plan
ned and he was selected to execute num-
Der of crimes. The defense positively
states that it is not it's intention to con-
Wet the mine owners of murder at the VIM
dcator mine and the independence depot
where sixteen men were Killed. Out IL pro-
poses to show that the deaths were &C
cidental 1t even goes far as to assert
that Orchard draws on his imagination In
his relation of his connection with the Vim
dicator and the Independence depot, ana
that he was not there at all.
More Surprises Coming.
1t is ntimated that the surprises in the
case are not at an end, but that If the de-
Tense brings in witnesses to prove the
claims made by counsel in the opening
statements the case for the state will be
materially strengthened. A number Of i'm
portant witnesses for the state will be here
within the next week and will be called in
rebuttal. These will include possibly Gov.
Peabody and certainly Buckley Wells, the
adjutant general of Colorado during the
Cripple Creek troubles, and who dug up the
Goddard bomb.
Capt Mcfarland of the Pinkerton de-
tective agency may also be a witness in
rebuttal.
Gave the Double Cross.
1t has not yet been decided when Hay
wood. the defendant, will go on the stand
to make his statement to the affairs
of the Western Federation of Miners. Coun-
sci for the defense are non-committal as to
the placing of Meyer the president of the
Western Federation, as witness. 1t was
quite evident from the statement made by
Mr. barrow that the defense proposes to
admit the connection between Orchard and
Haywood. and it admits that Orchard was
at one time employed by Meyer; but 1t Is
claimed that all these connections were per-
fectly legitimate and had nothing to do with
a conspiracy; that Orchard was a traitor,
and that he sought employment and con-
nection with the officers of the Western
Federation under the guise of a union work.
man and a member of the Masonic frater-
nifty, all the time being detective employed
by mine owners and their detectives.
Length of the Case.
Witnesses are here to testify that Orchard
all his life a gambler and man who
lived easily, ready to do any crime for
pay. Witnesses will be here to show that
he did not poison the milk at the Bradley
home and that there was no bomb explo-
sion there. Bradley, while he will not be
here, has made dispositions that the explo-
sion was not caused by dynamite, but by
gas. To offset this the state has expert
testimony on the possible effect of gas and
dynamite explosions. ~
The one great crime the defense admits
Orchard committed Is the murder OF
Steunenberg, and running through the
Orchard had in seeking revenge on the
man who. as he thought. had robbed him
Of his rich interest in the Hercules mine.
The state expects to take week in re-
buttal, and the end of the case is not looked
forward to with any degree of certainty un-
til the last week in July.
Yesterdays Proceedings.
All of yesterday was occupied by Clarence
Darrows opening speech for the defense.
barrow spoke for three hours and twenty
minutes. He was pretty well exhausted, and
it was decided to postpone the taking of tes-
tmony until this morning. Mr. barrow said
he thought the defense would not require
more than seven or eight days to conclude
its case. Court adjourned until $50 this
morning.
MIR. barrow occupied the forenoon going
over the history of the Western Federation
of Miners. of which Prosecuting Attorney
Hawley was the first counsel Turning to :!
the career of Orchard. he said:
Orchards Story False.
Harry Orchard was In Occur
d'Alenes. Harry Orchard was a cheap SOL
der of fortune, shoestring gambler who
had never done days work in his life. He
owned a sixteenth share of the Hercules, but
sold it because of his needs and continued his
gambling. The mine did not yield until 1901.
But Orchard, hoping on, stayed around to
get share of the mine.
I'VE don't think that Orchard was at the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine. We will
show he was not there, and we will show
that he was engaged in his favorite work of
with the easiest mark he could
find We will show that he did not partici-
pate in most of the crimes of which he has
here boosted. don't like to take any of the
bloom off a peach like that. but while we
will show he is not the murderer he boasts
himself, we viii compensate him by prov
ing him to be the most monumental liar
that ever existed.
Before our nrst witness leaves the stand,
gentlemen, we will convince you, we will
even convince Mr.. Hawley himself that this
man Orchard has lied out most of the essen
tial points of his story. We viii have from
twenty-five to thirty witnesses who will
take the stand and contradict this man alb
soiutely. Some of these witnesses will be
miners. but others will be emnently re-
spectacle people who have never done a
days work in their lives"
Here, as at other points in his speech Mr.
DarroWs sarcasm caused wave after wave
of laughter. Sometimes the bailffs had to
rap for order.
Blames Mineowners.
Mr. Darrow then took Orchards life at
Cripple Creek. He declared that Orchard
burned a saloon and high graded" at the
very outset of his career. He went into
the train of the Florence and Cripple Creek
railroad, which had falsely been laid to
the Western Federation of Miners, de-
clared the first time Haywood, Meyer or
Pettibone had seen Orchard was when the
men came to Denver on pass on Monday
issued by S. D. Scott, chief Of detectives
of the Florence and Cripple Creek railroad
AN oily. Shiny fellow" Mr.. Darrow term
ed the detective.
Cripple Creek had become the Waterloo
of the western miners in Colorado" said
Mr. barrow. The organization had fine
halls. cooperative stores. libraries 1t was
flourishing and doing something until 1t
took chance in going out 10 help the
striking smelter men in Colorado City"
Mr. barrow said the attempt to wreck a
train was plot of the railway company
and the Mine Owners Association to wreck
the union. He said the defense would
show that Orchard was constantly in COM
pany with the detectives of the railroad
and the mine owners.
And while honest. Woodworking miners
We're denied the privilege of passing the
military lines this leper, Orchard, went in
and out as he pleased. General orders
were issued that Harry Orchard should 20
and come when he wanted to-
I'VE will show that Orchard came to
Denver and formed a slight acquaintance
with Haywood. Meyer and George Petit
how II fa-