The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-06-22

como rich from that property and that
he, himself, might have become q
rich man had he not been obliged to
fee from the country because Gov
ernor Steunenberg had brought In the
soldiers and established military law.
Orchard said he had talked with
Simpkins about his earlier partners
becoming rich but had never blamed
Governor Steunenberg because he,
himself, had not been so fortunate.
He said he had sold the property be
fore he had left the district-had not
sold II because he was obliged to
leave. He said he had sold his inter
est in the Hercules when 1t was moth
ing more than very good prospect
had sold 1t at q profit over what II
had cost him, and at the time of the
sale he had considered that he had
driven very good bargain.
corresponded With His Wife.
A very interesting feature Of the
cross-examination was the develop
ment of the fact that Orchard, since
his Imprisonment in the state peni'
Tertiary, had received letters from his
first wife-his real wife, whom he had
not seen since he deserted her In On.
tario, away back in 1895, to run away
with another mans wife. In answer
to questions by Richardson, Orchard
stated that he had sold some articles,
of jewelry-some lockets, some gold
chains and other property and had
sent the greater part of the proceeds
to the wife back east. Part Of the
property he had sold fishing rod
and reel, some guns, a field glass and
some minor trinkets, Orchard said
had been sold by Warden Whitney
for him, with the understanding the
property should not be delivered to
the purchaser until after the trial."
Orchard said he understood Governor
Gooding had furnished whitney with
$50 of the money.
First Signs Of Emotion.
On Tuesday Orchard showed more
emotion than at any time since he
began his testimony. 1t was when the
defense, in a ropgh.shod depression,
asked him II he had not deserted his
Cripple Creek wife, stripping her OF
every nickel she had, and leaving her
In poverty that compelled the sale OF
her washtubs to buy bread. Orchards
lips qdivered. and with tears rear he
falteringly denied that he had done
so, and said that the federation lead.
ers had promised to care for her in
his absence. |AE
Says Hs VS. q Coward.
Orchard. who confesses that he hes
itated at no crime and took a hundred
desperate chances Mn those he com.
mitted, made an Interesting contribu-
ton to the psychological study of his
personality wheA he called himself a
coward He sand - was too cowardly
to openly kill Judge Gabbert; said
that he regarded all of his acts as
cowardly.
During the examination on Tuesday
there was an extended effort to show
that Orchard had, during the winter
of 1904.5. had practically no commu-
nication with the leaders of the fed
Grafton: that he received no pay for
the Bradley crime or anything else.
and that. with Steve Adams. in a
period of extreme poverty extending
over several months, was reduced to
the necessity of stealing sheep from
the Globeville stock yards that he
might have food.
Orchard Sheep Thief.
Orchard, to laughing court room.
seriously confessed that he stole the
sheep. but stoutly denied that 1t was
because of want. He insisted that all
through that supposedly hard winter
and spring he continued to draw
money from Pettibone through
Adams. and explained that II he did
not see the federation leaders often
II was because he was lying low to
avoid capture for previous crimes.
Mrs. Adams Laughed.
Orchard brought Mrs. Steve Adams
into play during Tuesdays cross-ex-
animation. He said that while he and
Adams were watching Judge God.
CARDS house Mrs. Adams went with
them couple of times as blind to
divert suspicion from them. Mrs.
Adams who had seat among the
witnesses. laughed when Orchard told
the incident.