Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-06-20

that Steunenberg was in Mountain
Home much of the time and tina
he was in Boise good deal. Fin
ally he went to Boise He frs
saw Steunenberg in front of The
Idanha He found that the Cover
nor was staying there so he took {
room there and got one next to the
governors. He first thought oI
putting the bomb under the bed ir
Steunenberg' room but he gave
that up. Then Richardson turned
the cross-examination to Orchard s
trip into the northern part of the
state, to Wallace and up the st. Joe
river. Ga Friday the cross-exami-
nation was continued, Mr.. Rich
ardson passing quietly over the
time OF he killing of Steunenberg.
He used most of his time in trying
to show that Orchards confession
had been obtained by undue influ-
ence of MCFARLAND. He tried to
get Orchard to admit that he had
been promised immunity if he
would confess; that Orchards food
and treatment were much better af-
ter his confession. Orchard admit
ted that Adams had been put into
the cell with him in order for Or
cbard to work on him and get a con-
fession from him.
Richardson tried to pry into the
reasons why Orchard confessed.
1t was then that Orchard broke
down. Richardson accused him OF
trying to save himself by weai ing
away the lives of innocent men.
Orchards lips quivered. He
hesitated; he seemed for mo-
ment to be oblivious of his sur
roundings. Tears welled to his
eyes and he hastily secured his
handkerchief. When he spoke il
was in low, faltering tones and he
spoke more as if to himself than tc
an auditor II thought, - he said,
''of putting myself out of the way
when l thought over my past life.
did not believe in hereafter al
all but | was afraid to die and
thought at times that had been
such an unnatural monster-my
crimes had been so great-that
would never be forgiven ''So
you thought that you would make
your peace with the future by
having somebody else hung, did
you?" asked Richardson. mo,
SIR" Orchard replied, 81 had nc
thought of getting out of it by lay
ing it on somebody else. began
to think about my past life and the
unnatural monster had been, and
didn't care much what happened
to me. l was afraid to die, too, for
I came to believe the grave did not
end it all. 1t was after received q
Bible from missionary society in
Chicago that came to the conclu-
sion that would be forgiven if
truly repented and decided to
make a clean breast of it all. And
have never been in doubt of being
forgiven from that moment"
Orchard denied that he had been
promised any immunity if he would
make his confession. He also de-
MED that he had been examined
and cross-examined by the attor-
neys for the state inpreparation for
his going uponthe stand. He de-
MED that Mcfarland had instruct
ed him how to act or conduct him
self while on the stand.
For seven days Orchard with
stood with marvellous strength OF
mind, nerve and muscle, the siren
uous, exhaustive ordeal of the cross
examination by the Denver attorney
and up to the very end he steadfast-
ly and without the slightest varia-
ton stuck to the original story he
told on direct examination.
Since Friday afternoon, with the
exception of Monday, the time has
been taken up in introducing cor
roborating testimony of Orchard IS
story. Monday was the date sci
for the trial of Harry Orchard on
the charge of the murder oi
Steunenberg.
Judge Wood went down to Cald-
we'll and continued the Orchard
trial over the term. Orchard s
former attorney, Mr.. Cox of Cald-