The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-24
SUDDEN CHANCE
 OF ARGUMENT Richardson Charges Cons piracy
 as Orchards Motive ONE AND AL DENOUNCED

Attorney for Haywood Makes Quick
 Turn In Arguing the Case and De-
 clares Pinkertons Principally
 Responsible for Murder.
 Boise, Idaho. July 2s-Forsaking the theory of vengeance as Orchards motive for the murder of former Governor steu- nenberg, E. F. Richardson argued that Orchard was in the employ of the Pin kerton Detective agency when he killed steunerberg and that the murder was a part or a conspiracy to hang Haywood. l This sudden departure was followed by tremendous denunciation of Capt. James ] McPartland and the Pinkertons, and pas sionate vtuperatlon of Orchard, Governor Goodlng of Idaho. enator Borah, Cover nor Peabody of Colorado. and In fact, all who have acted on the side of the prosecution of Haywood came in for share of the avalanche of Rchardson's peroratlon
 Mir. Richardson denounced and charged the PinSerton Detective agency with ! systematic plot to secure the conviction of Haywood Mover and Pettibone, as means to the desired extermination of tine Western Federation of Miners Clar- ence Darrow will commence his argument l in Haywood's behalf when court meets tomorrow morning. It Is expected that ha xViI the eefcnse
 Dr. l. L. Mcd,ee, the witness for the l defense, who was arres ted on the charge of perjury, was discharged from custody 1 by the magistrate before whom the pre- l liminary hearing was held. The justice ruled that the evidence brought by the prosecution was insufficient 10 warrant him in fplding McGee Orchard was on the stand again this afternoon as a wit ness ir the McGee case.
 Richardson Resumes Speech.
 Resuming his argument this morn ing. MT. Richardson reverted to the Bradley explosion in Ssff Francisco < htiefN to call aftentic5 re.o tfse testie i mony of a witness wh said Orchard declared Bradley got what was com ing to him and there is q chap named | SteuHeHpeFB WHO IS gong 10 get h Is.
 The attorneys voice was quite husky today as a result of yesterdays effort. Tracing Orchard back to Denver where he made the second attempt on the life of Governor Peabody MT. Richardson declared that absolutely i no corroboration had been offered to Orchards story of setting the bomb under the sidewalk and it's failure to explode because of a coal cart driving across the wire. The attorney also declared that no sufficient explanation had been offered as to why Orchard abandoned from time to time the at tempts on the lives of Governor Pea i body, Judges Goddard and Gabbert, sherman Bell and Hearne.
 Do you suppose. gentlemen of the jury" asked MT. Richardson. that if T murderous inner circle of the Vest ern Federation of Miners had mark ed these men for death and had hired as- sassis to do their work. they would have been so easily and without ap- parent cause deterred from carrying out their designs? Do you imagine they would stop until their purpose had been accomplish ed? When you consider all the testimony in this case I think you will reach, with me. the conclusion that this man Orchard was possessed of q mania to go out and kill. Some times his lust was greater than at others.
 Orchard Was Waverine.
 And so it was that sometimes he was strong in his purpose and some times wayered His testimony shows desultory, maniacal purpose of pur- suing the victims set for death for some fancied grievance against him self or perhaps to the organization to which he belonged.
 "Orch ards is the most absurd story on the face of earth. He says there was never any fixed amount to be paid him for given crimes. he was always invariably told not to talk too much as could get more whenever he want ed 1t. In this light of this testimony what becomes of Howley's opening statement to you that the Western Federation of Miners had a scale of prices for crime, so much being fixed for the murder of a governor, so much for judge and so much for common laborer?"
 Mr Richardson called attention to the meagerness of Governor Peabody's testimony when he appeared as a wit ness and exclaimed in stentorian voice: "Will you men of the jury put a halter about the neck of this man on such testimony as this and send him to his death at the behest of the Mine owners association and its represen tatives? 1t will be long time, l tell you. before the law Will sanction conviction on any such evidence as has been here adduced."
 Mr. Richardson ridiculed Orchard story as to being ordered to get David II. Moffat. president of the First Ma tional Bank of Denver. He declared that Haywood deposited all the funds of the federation in this bank and was a con- stant visitor there.
 Slime of Past Crimes.
 Think of that men, and yet this creat- ure covered with the slime of his past crimes comes here and would have you believe that Haywood was banning to commit murder uf the man to whom he was entrusting the funds of the organization of which he was secretary-treasurer, upon David H. MJffatt, with whom he was on terms of almost intimate friendship. Everything connected with this matter gives the lie to Orchards monstrons story"
 Mr. Richardson next pointed out bow easy il would have been for Orchard to have killed Gen. Sherman Bell had 1t been SO decided and he declared that If there was any one man against whom the fcde- ration might feel resentment 1t was Sher- man Bell who was in command of the militia during the strike period in Colo rado But nothing has heT 3e to Bell, nothing was done to Is.oniey Wells. Not even Orchard could testify to so much as an attempt on the life of the latter who was prominent both In the militia