The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-30
ORCHARD LIED,
SAY WITNESSES
FOR HAYWOOD
Much Evidence Intro
duced to Refute TeSti-
mOny Of State.
Former Pinkerton Man
Makes Statements Al
Ieging Conspiracy.

BOISE. June 2a-More REGULATIONS OF
Harry. Orchard were introduced in evi-
dence this morning by the Haywood de-
tense. Doninick Flynn, a cigar dealer,
and Patrick McHale a bartender DIT
Mullan. Idaho. both swore emphatieaIly
that Orchard was playing poker IN
Flynns card room at Mullan the after
noon Of April .. 1899 when the Bunker
Hiu and Sullivan mill was blown up.
Orchard claimed that he set of one
OF the powder mines that wrecked the
mill and killed two men, and the State
charged that this was the initial yio-
lence OF Tire general conspiracy within
the Western Federation OF Miners.
Flynn and McHale told that thsy play
Cd poker all that afternoon. and Colonel
Moore. of the Mullan Electric Light and
Power Company, ana Horace Clark par
Jicipated in the game. Neither witness
was shaken or confused by Senator
Borah's rapid-fira discrimination.
Surprise on Prosecution.
barrow and Richardson sprung a sur
prise on the prosecution by calling TO
the witness stand Morris Friedman,
who worked for three years in the
Pinkertcn office at Denver as private
and confidential secretary of Superin-
tendent James Mcfarland. the chief de-
tective in this and other Western FEEDER
alton prosecutions.
Friedman. during his employment at
McPartlGpd-s elbow, made copies Of
hundreds of reports from operatives
who were members of unions. and he
gave details or the methods Of TIE
Pinkertons In ingrauating themselves
into the confidence of unions and get
ting official positions. In the afternoon
Friedman's copies of the PinkertOn cor
respondence were offered in evidence 10
prove that the mine owners and dercc-
tlves were in conspiracy TO destroy the
miners organization. by fixing acts OF
violence and other means GpOn the
members and officers Of the union.
.PuinS up the impea chment OF Or
chard the defense called J. II. Ramey
a stage driver and farmer of the Occur
d'Alene district. who testified that q
few days after the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan explosion Orchard came u
nm ana offered 10 sell his interest in
the Hercules mine for 800. Orchard nal
repeatedly denied this
REFUSES TO Get Tangled UP.
senator Borah sought to get admls-
sions from this witness that Orchard
had told that ne previously sold his in
terest in the mine 10 Dan Cardonia, bu
Ramey said nothing of that kind was
discussed. Ramey heard independently
OF Orchard that CardOnia held SINAI
mortgage on the mine. This is another
flat denial of Orchard. He declared
over and over that he sold his interest
i'm 1897. and that he did not try to sell
10 10 Ramey,
Frank Hough. a paperhanger. who
was a baker at the time of the Occur
d'Alene troubles and was imprisoned ir
the "bullpen" for two months. related
the abuses heaped upon the working
men by the negro soldiers. Hawley OBJ
iectcd to this testimony. and barrow
informed the court that it was 10 show
that Jack Simpkins had a motive tc
seek revenge on Governor Steunenberg
The court then permitted the story tc
go into the record.
Hough told how Simpkins was taken
out 20 the wOodpiIe one morning about
O'Clock, and compelled to stand in the
clustering July sun till 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. The witness heard the col
ored sergeant order the privates to keer
Slmpklns standing, and when the pris-
oneI trled TO sit down the soldiers point
cd thelr bayonets at nim. After this
punishment Simpkins had TO be taker
10 the hospital.
Trying to Impeach Orchard.
Finishing this tale of cruelty Houet
added evidence tending to impeach or
chard. He told Of a difficulty he had bad
with the alleged assassin while the,
were playing a game Of solo I'm A saIoor
lin Wallace In the fall of 1906. .severa
weeks before Steunenberg was murdered
at which time Orchard said he haC
just returned from Alaska He testi
fed that Orchard also said:
If il hadn't been for SteunenberE
would have been wealthy man anC
would have been enjoying ease an,
money instead Of wandering around tn,
world This is another conversation
that Orchard has denied
The defense reverted to the Crippl,
Creek labor war and brought in two
more Witnesses to testify to the brutal
ties and lawleSsneSs of the mine owners
deputies and soldiers. James A. Baker
member Of the Western Federation O
Miners executive board for British Co
lumbia. told that he had gone 10 Crippl,
Creek district 20 open up a relief store
he was arrested and told 20 leave towi
by the next train. Colonel Verdeck Civ
ing him instructions 10 Hike out" II,
did
William Amole. who was the hea,
Waterman at the Portland mine IN. Grip
pie Greek ~ The time OF the strike re
lated the details OF a terrible heating h,
received from masked men. He was no
r member Of the union. although IN,
Portland was a-uniOn mine and wal
working when the others were shu
down The militia were there 10 arres
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