The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-11
CONSPIRACY OF MINE OWNERG
BEGINS TO TAKE ON FORM
AT TRIAL.
STATE BADLY CRIPPLED


BOISE, luan0. Jnne lu.~~lnt0 the tur
! ther cross examination Of Harry Or
chard today the counsel for Haywood
repeatedly threw suggestions of q
/ great counter conspiracy, Formulated
and carried out by th enemies Of the
IWestern Federation OF Miners ana In
d'cated a determination to construct
their line Of defense on tha field.
They carried Orchard by slow steps
and through minuiest tails from dy
tnamiting Of Independence station
down to the attempt nn the life Of Fred
Bradley ana his family, and In adli.
tion to d series of particular attacks
on the creditibil ty OF the witness and
the gen raj probability Of his stories
and preparing the way for their own
testimony in rehuttal they sought 70
show Orchard has mania fer boast.
ing Of the commission Of crimes non
existant, except In his own mind, and
that he is tes flying under the control
and suggestion OF Det ctiye McPart-
land.
Blame OW0efS r OF 0Flfne.
They began today by making ii
clear that as far as Orchard knew OF
his own knowledge Haywood, Meyer
and Pettibone had nothing to do with
the inspiration, planning and xecu.
ton of the Vindicator explosion and
that Haywood and Meyer had nothing
to do with planning the murder of De
tective Gregory.
Passing then to dynamiting Of the
independents station, the first crime
with which the testimony OF Orchard
directly connects Haywood, Meyer
and Pettibone they endhavored to
show that Orchard, in sprinsing th
mins, had purposely sought to spare
the oncoming train and the non
union men who wera expected an the
train, and that the whole plot was en-.
by ag nts of he mine own
ers and railway managers, who wan
ed comparatively harmless ''out
rage" to injure the union miners who
were. on strike.
Haywood and Maybsrry Friends.
Leaving the Independence station
crime which was followed by the
tight OF Orchard into wyoming and |
hen by his unexpected return to Den |
gtr. the counsel gor the defense
sought 70 discredit the story that Hay |
wood directed Orchard to kill Andy |
Nayberry by showing that Haywocd d |
md Bayberry are old and intimate
riends Getting down to the Bradley |
rhine they d voted themselves large
y TO the revolving story of Orchards
lttempt TO poison the entire Bradley
including the infant child.
which he had seen in the baby car
age, and Mrs. Grow Cook with whom
le had made friends and whom he had
accompanied to the theater.
Into stronger reli than had been
he direct examination they threw
he utter depravity of witness and
gave the watching crowd the one
leep noted thrill of an otherwise
weary day.
See Mine Owners Hand Again.
Orchard swore that Will In San
Francisco he repeatedly received |
money from Pettibone who used tho
lam Of pat Bone in transmitting
t. and in making this clearer oday
he defense gave evidence Of plan
o show this money was sent und
name thinly disguised by |
persons plotting against the Leaders
# the w stern Federation Of Miners.
Orchard denied that mine owners o
ailwsy men had any part in he lnde
,endence on outrag : denied h
lad a mania for confessing uncommit
ed crimes, and denied that he Is under
he innu nee of Mcfarland. Two
more crimes we're brought home 60
orchard today He confessed that hs
,urned a ch ese factory in Ontario I
o get $500 Insurance and confessed
hat he began his life Of crime by
cling che Sc at short weight
monumental LIAR Says Adams.
steve Adams declared by Orchard |
o have been his accompi &c ia mans
4 the crimes. arrived her from the |
all at Wanlce. idaho. to become e
tate witness. but emphaiicaily de
Jared that Orchard is "a monumental /
ar.~ lie probably will be the FIRST
rifuess called after ID Cross-exam
nation of Orchard. which Is expected
o end tomorrow. unless the states
ounsel uudergoes a change Of hear'
fer learning his attit de. DarroE
nd Richardson. Haywood's counsel !
D. also Adams lawyers having dc
ended hm in March when he was
-ied Wallace on the charge Of mur-
crrg Tyler which Orchard has told
bout in his testimony.
These attorneys had had repeated
ssurances from Adams that ne sd
ever turn states evidence and Mrs /
dams who recently saw her husband !