Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-25
ORCHARD STORY
Lawyers For William D. Hay wood Began To-Day an AL
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ORCHARD A PUPPET

with the appearance of the first wit ness for the defence on the stand to- day, the story of Harry Orchards life will be traced by succession of witnesses called, not to sustain, but to contradict all the material facts testified to by the chief witness against William D. Haywood. Or chard himself Is in court again to-day and counsel for the defense will lay the foundation for his impeachment. The presentation by Clarence Dar- row, the attorney who is conducting the defense, has cleared the stage for the new interpretation of motive on the part of the chief actor, or, as the defence claims, the puppet who play ed the principal part In the many tragedies and stirring events between the years 1899, when the troubles in the Occur d'Alene's reached their height, and the close of 1905 when former Gov Steunenberg was assas- sinated, followed by the arrest and con- fesslon of Orchard and the arrest of Haywood, Mover and Pettibone early | in 1906. Darrow's development of the motive the defense attributes to Or chard and his explanation of the cir cumstances on which. the state of Idaho bases it's claim that he is guilty in common with Pettibone and Mover of conspiracy to murder the leaders in the fight against the methods of the | Western Federation, opens a field for conjecture The defense claim they will, through their witnesses, be able to completely convince the jury and public that for years conspiracy ex- isted among the mine owners and employers of labor in the states of Idaho and Colorado to wipe union To- Dor from the mining fie1d. After Or chard Is examined to-day the evil dence for the defense will begin with Colorado and Cripple Creek.
 | Witnesses are here to swear thnt Or chard was the confident of the mine owners and their detectives, that they planned and he was selected to exe- cute a number of crimes. The de- fense positively states that 1t is not their intention to convict the mine owners of murder at the vindicator mine and the Independence depot, where 16 men were killed, but they propose to show. that the deaths were accidental. They even go so far as to assert that Orchard draws on his imagination in his relation of his connection with the yind,cator mine and the Independence depot and that he was not there at all. On the other hand, counsel for the state do not seem to be disturbed. It is stated most positively that cross examination aud rebuttal will show that the defense has built up clever fabrication that will fall under rebuttal like n house of cards.
 It was quite evident from the state ments made by Mir Darrow that the defense proposes to admit the con- nection between Orchard and Hay wood and they admit that Orchard was at one time employed by Mover. But 1t is claimed that aif these con- nections were perfectly legitimate and had nothing to do with con- spiracy, that Orchard was a traitor and that he sought employment and connection with the officers of the Western Federation under the gtlise of union workman and member of Masonic fraternity. all the time be- ing a detective employed by mine owners and their detectives.
 The one great crime the defense admit that Orchard committed is the murder of Steunenberg and running through the whole of the testimony will be the motive Orchard had in seeking revenge on the man who. as he thought. had robbed him of his rich interest in the Hercules mine.
 The claim that the defense will rest within eight days is looked upon as quite speculative, as the cross exam ination of many of their witnesses probably will take considerable time. The state expects to take a week in rebuttal and that the end of the case k not looked forward to with any degree of certainty until the last week in July.
 The Haywood trial was resumed at half past nine and Orchard was call- cd to the stand for the purpose of allowing the defense to complete the foundation for his Impeachment.
 After he was dismissed, Mary King | vvas called at fha first witness