The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-13
|Oays Developments in Cross-Exam-
I,fion of Orchard Reveal Deeper
DEPTHS of Ills Criminal
Depravity.
IMPORTANT POINTS BROUGHT
OUT IN FAVOR OF THE DEFENSE
admits Being Poverty Stricken and Driven
4 Theft While He Was on Trail of
Governor Steunenberg.

of murder. Swiftly reviewing his meet
! ings with his old partners who had
! IN the meantime become rich, the de
fense asked the witness if. disappointed
| and angered at his own hard luck In
selling out the Hercules mine, when
| Steunenberg sent troops into north
! Idaho he had not suddenly decided To
| take him to Caldwell. where he would
| murder the man he blamed for his mis-
| fortune. Orchard strcnuously denied
that this was his motive.
The earlier part of the day was con
sumcd with a review from the stand
| point of the defense Of the alleged plots
against Governor Peabody. Judge Cab
bert, Judge Goddard and General Sher-
man Bell. II developed that during
August, 1905, when with a shotgun and
buckshot he was stalking General Bell.
Orchard went TO live at the house Of
Pettibone and the explanation of this
relationship offered hy the defense III
its questions was that Orchard had
| come there to keep PettiboDe company
while Mrs, Pettibonc was absent on
mn eastern visit. The review of the
Steunenberg plot brought from Orchard
the additional declaration when Hay
wood was proposing the crime. he said
that Ed Boyce. former president OF
now one of the owners Of the Hercules
mine, had always desired the removal
Of Steunenberg for his part i'll the
north Idaho labor troubles
Soon after Orchard left the stand
David Coates said 81 do not care at
this time TO discuss the statement made
by Orchard. | will have an opportunity
to reply in full when | go on the stand
for the defense You may say. how
b,. to1 ,I
on the subject of the kidnapping Of
Paulson s children. Orchard did not
speak to me about it IN Denver, but
did come 10 me in Wallace and outlined
the plot. He said that he wanted to
kidnap Paulson' s children and get
bunch of money. ! told him that he
was fool and that if he attempted TO
do so | would denounce him publicly
and that he wonld be run out of Wal.
| lace The story is absolutely untrue y
Coates served a term as Lieutenant
| Governor Of Colorado. having been
elected on the Populist ticket. After
leaving Colorado he went 20 Wallace.
and until few months ago. was pro-
prIetor of newsI - there, He re-
Gently sold out mis- sraper interests.
Richardson Resumes Grilling.
Attorney Richardson began at once to
J question Orchard today regarding his
/ conference with Charles II, Moyer at the
/ latters home In Denver about April. 1905.
! Orchard testified yesterday that Meyer,
| Haywood and Pcttibone told him at this
time 10 go TO Canon City. Colo, TO get
| Gov. Peabody" Meyers home was in the
| Aberdeen fats Orchard said he went
there OF his own voltion, He had not
! seen Mover for year or more before
| this. The witness was not sure how the
| Peabody matter came up or who spoke of
it first. Meyer said he wanted to get rid
of Peabody so no one one else w would follow Low,
OF office at this time.
Orchard said he talked with Haywood
and Pcttibonc at the latter's store They
! gave the same reasons for wanting to
| get rid of Peabody. Meyer also had a
feeling OF personal epmily toward Pee
body Orchard said, blaming him for be-
ing the cause OF his arrest.
Orchard said Fettibone asked him 10
get n position as life insurance solicitor
before going TO Canon City, He got let
ters OF recommendation from several per
sons, among them Mr.. Hawkins, law
partner OF Attorney Richardson, who has
| conducted the cross examination of Or
| chard Richardson wanted TO know the
| circumstances of securing the Hawkins
letter and demanded To know II Orchard
TO get work in order to support his fam
ily. Orchard said he told Hawkins he
was deslrous OF getting the position as
a solicitor. The witness said he met
Hawkins at some trials In Telluride and
the attorney remembered him. Haywood
later told Orchard he had made mis-
for IL anything happened In Canon CITY
IL might involve the attorney who had
been representing the federation.
Pettibone tolo Orchard he must nave
some semOance OF an occupation II he
was 10 remain in town the size OF
Canon City without arousing suspicion
II was for this reason that he took up
insurance solicitation.
Ready to Kill Children.
The casing OF the Peabody bomb pre-
pared at Canon City has been placed in
evidence. Richardson wanted 10 know
today why the would he assassin OF the
Ex-Governor had made such a large bono
Orchard said he had planned The bomb
outside the house and beneath the VIII
dow where Peabody often sat in the
evening, The fact that the bomb migh'
, also XIII Mrs. Peabody and the children
made no impression upon him at the
time Orchard declared.
, The witness said he made n prctehse
Of insurance solicitation while in canon
, City and vicinity. He did not succeed
in writing any insurance policies. so lie
went into the hail insurance business
with n man from Kansas Guy named
Vaughn.
.sTEis Insurance Of farmers against
j, halstorms was q fake, wasn't lt? asked
0 Richardson. ~
''You Just gave the farmers piece o'
worthless paper and took their money
- YES, sir" -
: Orchard said he made a great deal o.