Evening journal., 1907-06-18
ORCHARD AGAIN
ON THE STAND
Witnesses iIS) Cal ed By tie
Define 10 ImpeaCh
his les intny
PiNKtRTOkS NEVER
EMPLOYED PETTIBONE
5y our own wiIe. Pnbllsbers' Press.

sy our own Wire. Publlshers Press.
BOISE, Idaho, June lS.-"The report |
from Denver that / ever was In the
employ OF the Pinkertons or gave them
Information or was to be a stool pig
con for the mine owners. is unquali- !
hedly and maliciously false. You cam
not deny il too strongly"
In the above statement George Pet
ubone, from his cell here to-day gave
the lie 20 the statements published to-
day that he was a paid spy and had
agreed 70 testify for the State, but that
by great persuasion he finally had
been won over by Meyer and Haywood.
and would stand pat" with them
Pettbone waxed indignant as he
talked, but he was hardly as angry as
was John Murphy. Of Denver for
years The Western Federation lawyer.
"such stories are despicable," de-
clared that veteran lawyer, "and show
TO what means detective agencies are
willing TO go to prejudice public opin-
ion have known Pettibone ever since
he first Joined the Federation, and he
is loyal member now and always has
been.
Orchard Again on Stand
When court reconvened this morn
ing Harry Orchard was called TO the
witness stand on cross examination.
Several witnesses were called by the
defense who v'e-e expected TO impeach
certain portions OF his testimony.
The placing OF Orchard on the stand
at this time by the state lends color 70
the general belief here that the state
has played its strongest card, and that
| Il has no more important evidence TO
present. If that is true, IL Is the gem
eral opinion that the prosecution has
failed In making its case against the
defendant as strong as was expected,
for so far 1t has not connected Hay
wood with the murder Of Steunonberg
by the testimony Of a single witness
outside Of Orchard himself
II Is said that the State would show
that after Orchards arrest for the
murder OF Steuenberg Haywood wrote
letter 10 the secretary Of the local
union at silver city instructng him to
employ counsel and see that Orchard
was properly defended The defence
docs not deny that such a letter was
written. In fact Mr.. Darrow said that
the defence was willing 20 produce the
original letter should the State request
lie
The lettor simply stated that Or
chard was a member OF the organiza-
tion and that as other members IA the
past had been treated unfairly. the
union was bound to defend him and see
that he was given a fair trial.
Judge Goddard. OF the Supreme
Court of Colorado. has arrived, and
win be placed on the stand TO testify
regarding the dlsging up OF the bomb
az the gate Of his residence as test-
fed to by Orchard,
The attitude Of Steve Adams contin-
Iu-s 20 be the chief topic Of interest. II
appears doubtful " he viii be called as
"a witness for the State owing 70 the
belief that he viii refuse TO testify. If
ne is Tot called the attorneys for the
defence declare there Is no law that
will allow OF his confession going be-
fore the jury
Mcfarland Summoned
Counsel for william n. Haywood
have summoned as q witness n. +. l..
! Mcfarland Of Manitou. Col, a brother
OF James Mcfarland, the Pinkerton de-
tactive. who developed the case of con-
spiracy against the alleged Inner cir
Gle" OF the Western Federation Of
Miner:.
During the strike riots In Cripple
creek. Mcfarland. who Is a shoe
maker. was ported from the district
along with the trainload Of union
miners and sympathlzers who were
taken over the line into Kansas.