The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-14


For hours the defense hammered
away on the motive of saving his own
Lfe. They sought to show it in the
force of example drawn from the inn
munity of the informers In the Mollie
MaGuires cases, but this the witness
would not admit Next they sought
for it in Orchards effort TO bring
Steve Adams over to the State and then
IN the subsequent meetings with Nc
Parland and Governor Gooding, Again
they emphasized the fact that the wit
ness had twice written his testimony
out, but Orchard repeled the sngges-
tion that it had been changed by Nc
Parland, Attorney Hawley or anybody
else. After that ii was suggested that
! Orchard had placed his future in the
keeping of MCFARLAND; that the Pink
ertons had sent money TO his family
IN Canada, that he had been supplied
with dates to strengthen his story and
that MCFARLAND had trained him as
stage manager would for his appear
ance on the stand, but all these Or
! chard denied, Then they tried TO show
him pampered, petted, hero-like pris-
oner, fed from the table of the war
/ den, addressed as Harry" by Gov,
given freedom and liberties that no
other prisoner ever had IN the world,
and all this consideration implying di
rectly that he would never be hanged
for killing Steunenberg. Then came q
! showing as to how the prisoner had
been dressed and groomed for the trial
/ and lastly for climax they showed Or
chard pleading for and saving the life
Of Bob Wetter, condemned to death for
murder. Orchard admitted that ne had
| appealed to Governor Gooding about
| Wetter and that later Goodine first
repreved Wetter. and then commuted
his sentence of death 10 one of life
imprisonment.
On Stand Thirty two Hours.
Orchard left the stand at / 80 0 clock
after having occupied 1T for total
Of thirty.two and half hours. Just
before he was excused and remanded
he went back to the hands of the pros
ecution and identified the casing of the
bomb he planted at the gate of Judge
Goddard S house in Denver. Orchard
is TO return to the witness chair later,
because the defense must lay the for
NAL lines for impeaching him and the
State must still have its redirect ex
! animation.
Immediately Orchard left the stand
| the State began the corroboration Of
! the Bradley poisoning story. Mrs. Sa-
die Swan who, as Miss Sadie Bell, was
maid in the Bradley house. Oliver
Crook. the millkman who sold the milk
that was poisoned, and F, l.. McCreary,
the chemist who analyzed The poisoned
milk. carried the revolving tale from
the discovery, because of its bitter.
ness, that the milk was poisoned through
to the analysis that showed from forty
to. sixty grains OF strychnine in quart
of it. Mrs. Swan identified Orchard
and connected him with the house,
they all confirmed the date as within
three or four days of the explosion,
and Mrs. Swan swore that she opened
the front door TO get the morning pa
per a few minutes before the eXplo-
sion and saw nothing on the steps.
There Will he further testimony as
10 the Bradley incident tomorrow.
Immediately after the noon recess,
former Governor Peabody of Colorado
met Harry Orchard in the Office of
counsel for the prosecution. The meet
ing was unexpected as far as Or
chard was concerned and when he saw
Peabody advancing toward him with
hand outstretched, he blanched and be
gan to tremble. 81 am ashamed TO
speak 10 you. Governor. ! am ashamed
to look Mt you faltered Orchard.
"Oh, that S all right, - said Peabody,
laughing "You need not be ashamed
to speak To me now.
Orchard began crying and when Pea
body succeeded in reassuring him, said:
81 am glad that / did not kill you, and
that / am spared the thought of that
crime at least.
I OrcnaTd ana IeaDO1N spent nIteen
or twenty minutes together and parted
in friendly way
Opens With Sharp Question.
In opening what he had announced
|, would be his last days cross examination
Of Harry Orchard. Attorney Richardson,
counsel for William u. Haywood, turned
suddenly the witness and said.
''Have your usual NtallS with Mr.. Nc
, PAraud this morning.
81 SAW him for five minutes I'm Mr.,
lIawleys office"
Orchard declared that the Haywood
case had been discussed but casually.
; Mcfarland had said he WAS quite Ill
with heavy cold and just able TO Keep
out OF bed.
During Yesterdays examination Orchard
said he had written 10 Mover from Wal
lace. Ida. asking for some money. Or
Chard had gone TO Wallace 3fter the
first proposed attempt on Governor Steu-
ncnberg Richardson asked further about
the Noyer letter today, wanting To know
II Orchard ever received On answer
TO II.
5 The witness said he had received no
direct anawer. but a result of the le-
r ter Jack SimpllIns gave him $l0o. which
he said HAYWOOD had sent to him, Or
. chard only had Smpkins word as &c
/, | where the money came from,
Leaving Wallace. en- route 6ack 10 Chlu'
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