The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
the mine workers i'll that ota,c. Identity. af Orchard.

Identity of Orchard.
 But it is said that Harry Orchard is not the true name of the picturesque character of the Steunenberg case It is rumored about Boise that he. was born and reared in Central New York. and that he received excellent train ing as a boy. but in his early youth ran away from home. He lived. So It is said, for a number of years at De- troft' later going west. where he lived under. the name of Harry Orchard. It is safa that his true name is Moore. Following the testimony cf Orchard, but little Is known of the course of the prosecution. Indeed, 1t Is expected their course wfll be influenced to great extent by the character or Or ch9d's testimony and the extent to which he may be permitted to go fnto the opefations of the inner circle that had control of the Miners Fedef- ation.
 In his statement to the newspaper men week or so ago, orehare when questioned regar rding his confession, declared he had not been coerced In any statement he had made, but ne said mind you, I am not admitting have made any statements. ne manner in which he declined to admit having confessed though Il may nave been, and probably was but means of avoiding further questions along that line and of refrainine from com mittinp himself too far has given rise to the speculation that he may decline to substantiate his confession when ne goes on the witness stand
 should he do this, 1t would De a distinct blow to the prosecution. or rhard' ST GO nfessiep is not of-course. ail the testimony the State has, but II IS generally understood in Boise that the other testimony revolves aoout' anu .o q certain extent Is based upon. as It IS corroborative of. the confession by or chard Hence. should he recant on the witness stand, or should be even show such reIIctance in testifying as to de- atrov the, force of his testimony. p would materially weaken the chances of the State to secure NconYlctlon.
 A confession was also secured rom Steve Adams. one of the cons 'iratois :. S,'. arr;rg tba winter. while he was on trial at wallace. Idaho. for the murder of Fred Tyler, he denied that nort,on of his confession relating 10 tba murder he was -aNege1 to nave committed for which he was peiiI. tried H hra bAen douhted because ot this denial in bart. if Adams wou,, ue placed on 4he stand at all in thH ha .',o wood case, butg the attorneys TUT ''e prosecution say he will be-
 Some Os the WhtnesseS'
 There is many a picturesqus ehar octer included in the list of neariy @oo witnesses surimoned by the state 'o testify in the case. There. for lhstanIt Is James Mcfarland, the famous
 erton detective. who first acaui.e ,,i.ss hy runnfng down the Molly Maguires in the ,7os- That was m orsanlzatio'l amonqi the Pennsylvania miners tha' ,,r,s nroven to be essentially criminal in ita nurnosee and it's mode Of procedure As the result of McParland's work 'h perrsv,vania. twenty-odd of the ring l leaders of the Mollies were hanged.
 There too, is Angus Sutherland who has served many terms as sheihi "' shoshone county. Idaho, in whlcn ls located the Couev d Alene nining reg
 ion, that has been the scene of so much
 disorder in the past, and where oc-
 o,rrad inc trouble that Governor
 stenncnberg put down with an iron | hand earning tEe enmity that IS o1ai,,ad to have caused his murder nVe
 yoarg after his retirement from the l subernatorial office
 There is a law in Idaho like in Ala hama. that forbids sheriff peins elected to succeed himself. So, the 1aw-abidtng people of Shoshone county
 whose idol Sutherland is. have alter natelv elected Sutherland as sherlti and chosen some one else to the post tion who has promptly selected Suther- land as his chief deputy. He retired from the shrievalty last January, and is now serving as deputy sheriff Sutn- erland was first made sheriff. though Republican n politics, by appoint r,en+ of Governor Steunenberg, | Oem- | ocrat. in 1899, after the man who hau benn elected had been summaolly re-
 moved for neglect of duty, in that he