Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-06-20
NEWS FROM HOME
AND ABROAD
ORCHARDS STORY ON THE
STAND NOW BEING vERi-
FLED BY OTHERS.
DEFENSE CAN'T STOP 1T.
The Attack on the Bradley Home and
an discriminating Registered Letter
With Details.
Following Orchard.

With the cross examination OF hdT-
ry Orchard completed, the state IS
now ready to go ahead and furnish all
the details it has to corroborate OE-
chard's story. This testimony will take
two weeks, it is said, and the defense
will require about four weeks.
l.. b. Guibbinni. the San Francisco
groceryman who introduced Harry Ut
chard. then known as Barry to the
servants in the Bradley household, was
the first witness. Guibbinni described
the result of the bomb Orchard placed
at the front door leading to the Brad
lev apartments in Washington street.
The whole front of the house was
blown out. Guibbnni said he saw VI
chard at his store the day the eX-
| plosion occurred.
The defense renewed its tactics by
moving to strike out the witness as
not connecting Haywood with the OIL
Tense charged. The motion was over
ruled.
Attorney barrow, on cross-examlna-
ton, devoted himself to learning the
conditions under which the witness
was brought to Boise TO testify GulD-
binni said the detectives came to MN
and told him he had to come TO BOISE
and there was no use trying 10 dodSe
it," .
$50 they were going to kidnap your,
commented barrow.
mo. sir" said the witness. They
Just told me ! had TO come
The prosecution called as the neXs
witness Hull McClaughrey. the assist
ant postmaster at San Francisco, VINO
was interrogated as to the registered
letter Orchard said he received from
Pettibone while in San Francisco. Ut
chard said he was going by the name
of John Dempsey" at the time ana
Pettibone used the name OF j. WON
IN transmitting the letter, which con
tanned 800.
Mr.. McClaughrey produced the regis
try records OF the San Francisco OF
fee which show the receipt of the let
ter in question on August 13, 1904. The
envelope was postmarked Denver
August TO- 1904" I.
The records showing the delivery OF
the letter from -. Wolff" TO John
Dempsey" were admitted in evidence
bv Judge Wood over the protest OF
the attorneys for the defense, who OBJ
iected on the ground that there was
nothing 10 connect the defendant hay
wood with the matter. The recelp
signature John Dempsey" was writ
ten so badly that Haywood's attorneys
insisted 1t be not read but submitted
TO the Jurors for their inspection ant
individual conclusion.
The only question put to McClaugh
rev on the cross-eXamination had t
do with who requested his presence
in Boise. The witness said the Pink
ertons first came TO him about tn
matter.
Following McClaughrey came Fran
Isaacs. registry clerk in the Sal
Francisco postofice, who further ider
tilted the records introduced in ev
dence. On cross examination Isaac
said he was subpenaed by Pinke
ton.
That's ALL" said barrow, OF tn
defense.
Hold on" called Senator Borah, VIII
was conducting the examination &c
the state.
Did the fact that you were sun
moned by a Pinkerton change tn
postofice records in any way.
mo. sir" laughed the witness.
The next step in tracing the lette
was the introduction of Miss Pea
Moore, of the Denver postoffice. ST
identified an entry which she wrot
in the. received registry book whic
| showed the receipt of a letter from 8
] Wolff" 1925 Stout street, Denver, a
| dressed to y. Dempsey, San Franci
| CO."
| do you know who lived at II.
| Stout street at that time?" asked Sc
ator Borah
!. "Mr. Pettibone.," replied the witnes