Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-28
SAYS ORCHARD LIED
DAVIS FLATLY CONTRADICT.
STATES CHIEF WITNESS.
DIDN'T COMMIT CRIMES
Senator eorah Puts Him Throuoh
Severe cross-Examination--ed.
Itor OF Miners Magazine
Testlfes..

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portant witnesses for the defense :,
william d. Haywood, accused Of the
murder Of Frank Steunenberg, waa
called to the stand at noon Wednen
day, and his cr0ss-examination had
not been completed when court ad.
journed in the evening. Harry Or
chard testified that Davis led and com.
manded the mob that destroyed the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill in 1899.
inspired, as the agent Of Haywood
and Meyer, The indicator explosion
and the train wrecking plot at Cripple
Creek, and was an accomplice in the
independence station crime.
On direct examination by Clarence
barrow Davis went over the story
of his working life, including the
pathetic story Of the death Of hin
wife and babe at Cripple Greek, at
which he wept. and made positive
denial of every statement Of Orchard
that involved him Or, his assistants
In any form Of crime.
The cross-examination Of Davis by
Senator Borah was severe and search.
ing and was chiefly devoted, as far
as 1t proceeded, to the Bunker Hill
and Sullivan affairs. Davis said that
he remained in hiding after the mill
was blown up because he did not want
to be deported or thrown into the
"bull pen," and that he changed his
name when he departed. for Butte
shortly after because he feared the
mine owners blacklist" made up
from petition that the employees Of
the Bunker Hill mill had sent to Gov.
Mcconnell protesting against the I'm.
safety of the mine. Borah showed
that the petition had been presented
six years before, and that Butte was
federation camp where the black
list was ineffective.
John M. O'Nelll, editor o: the
Miners Magazine, testified that Orr
chard came to his Office early in 1905
and asked for the addresses of Gov.
Peabody and Gen. Sherman Bell, who
he said should be bumped off,"
Tells Of Orchards Threats.
Boise, Idaho. The first direct
testimony in the defense of Will
liam d. Haywood was offered
Tuesday, and 1T was chiefly directed
toward showing that Harry Orchard,
blaming Frank Steunenbers for the
loss Of his interest in the Hercules
mine, had threatened to have revenge
by killing him, and that the conduct
of Orchard and X. G. Sterling, both
before the independence explosion,
when they were frequently seen to-.
gether, and afterwards, when Sterling
called off the bloodhound that was fol-.
towing Orchards trail. justified the
inference that the mine owners in.
spired the crime.
The calling of the first witness for
the defense was preceded by a further
examination of Orchard to permit the
defense to complete its formal i'm.
peaching questions. These questions
were nearly all in connection with the
claim that Orchard killed Steunen-
berg because of an alleged grudge
growing out of the sale of his interest
In the Hercules mine.
Orchard, who came into court under
protection of the same flying SQUAD
ron Of guards that always acts as his
escort, maintained his old calmness
and spoke in low-pitched soft tone.
He again denied that he ever threat
ened to kill Steunenberg because OF
the Hercules mine and again asserted 3
that he sold his interest In the mine 4
two years before the trouble that
drove him out Of northern Idaho. Two
witnesses called later in the day
swore that Orchard did threaten to
kill Steunenberg because Of the Her.
cules matter, and the defense has pre-
pared the way for such Testimony
from a dozen more witnesses. The
two heard we're: F. r. Redd. once q
Cripple Creek, and now Of Goldheld
New, and Charles a. Sullivan, former
~ Of Cripple Creek and now watch
man in the Brown hotel in Denver