The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03
TO D|SCREDIT ORCHARD,
witnesses For Defense Deny Story
Told BY Murderer.

BOISE, June 25.-Counsel for Will
liam D. Haywood devoted the early
part OF this mornings session of court
TO the completion of the basis for
harry Orchards impeachment, and
then, calling the first witness, entered
upon q showing of relationship at
Cripple Creek prior to the Independ.
ence station explosion between Or
cnard and K. c. Sterling, then chief
detective for the Mineowners' a~ssocia.
ton.
The impeachment of Orchard relates
almost entirely to the proposition
that be repeatedly professed that he
had been wronged by Governor Steun.
enoerg, q that when he talked of his
wrongs he Invariably threatened to
kill Steunenberg.
When the court reconvened today
Orchard was brought into court to
identify Bill Altman, T. G. Foster
and others who are going to take the
stand to impeach his evidence.
Orchard denied having q converse.
ton with Max Malich in the Windsor
Turkish baths in Denver, June Is,
wherein he told Malich he would kill
Steunenberg it it was his last act, be-
cause Steuuenberg had made him a
pauper.
He also denied telling John D. Ell
liott, a railway man, that be had been
employed two years by the Mineown.
ers' association.
He also denied telling Elliott that
it was fully decided by the Mineown.
ers' association to put the officers of
the federation out OF the way by hav-
ing them arrested for a crime they
didn't commit. He denied intimat.
ing that S~teunenberg would be killed.
In a convers alton alleged to have
taken place November %, 1905, with
D. c. Copley he denied telling him
that Bradley got what he deserved
and that S~teunenberg would get his
when the opportunity arrived, al
though he admitted thai Steuuenberg's
name was mentioned.
1t is intimated that the surprises in
this case are not at az end, but that
il the defense brings in witnesses to
prove the claims made by counsel in
the opening statements, the case for
the state will be materially strength
ened. A number of important wit.
nesses for the state will be here within
the mex week aud will be called ia re.
buttal.
These viii! include possibly Cover.
nor Peabody, and certainly General
Bulkeley Wells, the acknowledgement
OF Colorado during the Cripple Greek
troubles, who dug up the Goddard
bomb.
Captain Mcfarland ofche Pinherton
detective agency may also be a witness
in rebuttal. 1t has not yet been de-
cided when Haywood, the defendant,
will go on the stand to make his state
ment as to the aft fairs of the Western
Federation. Counsel for the defense
are non.comnittal as to the placing
OF Meyer, president of the Western
Federation, as a witness. 1t was cutie
evident from the statements made by
Mr.. barrow tha al the defense proposes
to admit the connection between Or
chard and Haywood and they admit
that Orchard was at one time employed
by Meyer.
But it is claimed that all these con-
nections were perfectly legitimate and
had nothing to do with a conspiracy;
that Orchard was q traitor and that
he sought employment and connection
with the officers of the Western Fed
Grafton under the guise Of a union
workman and a member Of the Ma.
sonic fraternity, all the time being a
detective employed by the mineowners