The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-06-20

come rich from that property and thar
he. himself. might have become q
rich man had he not been obliged to
fee from the country because Coy
ernOr Steunenberg had brought In the
soldiers and established military law.
Orchard, said he had talked with
Simpkins about his earlier partners
becoming rich but had never blamed
Governor Steunenberg because he,
himself. had not been so fortunate
He said he had sold the property be
fore he had left the district-had NOT
sold II because he was Obliged tn
leave. He said he had sold his inter.
est in the Hercules when ii was moth.
ing more than very good prospect.
had sold ii at a profit over what II
had cost him. and at the time of the
sale he had considered that he had
driven a very good bargain.
corresponded With His Wife.
very interesting feature of the
was the develop
Iment of the fact that Orchard, since
his Imprisonment in the state peni.
Itentiary, had received letters from his
first wife-his real wife. whom he had
not seen since he deserted ner In On.
tario. away back in 1895. to run away
with another mans wife. In answer
| to questions by Richardson, Orchard
stated that he had sold some articles,
lof jewelry-some lockets, some gold
chains and other property aRd had
fsent the greater part of the proceeds
/ to the wife back east Part OF the
property he had sold, fishing rod
and reel, some guns, field glass and
some minor trinkets, Orchard said
had been sold by Warden Whitney
for him, with the understanding the
property should not be delivered TO
the purchaser until after the trial"
Orchard said he understood Governor
Gooding had furnished Whitney with
$50 of the money.
First Signs Of Emotion.
On Tuesday Orchard showed more
emotion than at any time since he
began his testimony. 1t was when the
defense, in rough-shod DEPRESSION,
asked him If he had not deserted his
Cripple Creek wife, stripping her OF
every nickel she had. and leaving her
in poverty that compelled the sale OF
her washtubs to buy bread. Orchards
| lips quivered. and with tears near he
falteringly denied that he had done
SO, and said that the federation lead
ers had promised to care for her In
his absence.
Says He Was a Coward.
Orchard. who confesses that he hes
itated at no crime and took hundred
desperate chances in those he com
mitted, made an interesting contribu
tion to the psychological study of his
personality when he called himself q
coward He said he was too cowardly
to openly kill Judge Gabbert; said
that he regarded all of his acts as
icowardly.
i During the examination on Tuesday
there was an extended effort to show
that Orchard had, during the winter
of 1904-5. had practically no commu
nication with the leaders of the 2ed
Grafton; that he received no pay fol
the Bradley crime or anything else
and that, with Steve Adams. in I
period of extreme poverty extending
over several months, was reduced L
the necessity of stealing sheep from
the Globeville stock yards that hi
might have food.
i Orchard a Sheep Thief.
|
| Orchard, to laughing court room
seriously confessed that he stole thu
sheep, but stoutly denied that 1t wa
because OF want. He insisted that al
through that supposedly hard winte
and spring he continued to draw
money from Pettibone through
Adams, and explained that II he di,
not see the federation leaders Otter
lit was because he was lying low u
avoid capture for previous crimes.
Mrs. Adams Laughed.
4 Orchard brought Mrs. Steve Adam
Into play during Tuesdays cross-es
lamination. He said that while he an
! Adams were watching Judge God
CARDS house Mrs. Adams went wit
them a couple of times as a blind +
divert suspicion from them. Mrs
Adams, who had seat among tn
!. witnesses. laughed when Orchard toll
: the incident.