The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-13

noisE, june l2.--The defense today
carried the cross.examination Of Harry
Orchard down 10 the actual crime
charged against Haywood, tho murder
Of Governor steuncnberg and ~ Il
progressed .assailed Orchards testimony
and tho theory Of the state resting up.
on Il. The Stsunenberg crime was
reached at midday and counsel for the
defense directed their efforts TO an at.
/. tempt to cloud the earlier purposes aud
movements OF Orchard with uncertainty
and indeinileness. then they emhasixrd
the abandonment Of all effort 10 kill,
after Orchard first tracked Stcunenberg
10 Boise and with skeleton key had
gained access 10 the very room 10 which
the Governor was living. Here they
delayed for moment to prove that Or.
chard twice wrote and once telephoned
10 Bill Easterly. at Silver City, 10 urge
him 70 come and join In the crime and the
direct 'implication was that Orchard was
cndeayoring to inyeigle another FEEDER.
alton man into the crime. which would
bring dishonor and discmdit to that or
ganlEation Then the Stcunenberg crime
was temporarily thrust aside and the
witness carried over bis long diverting
journey into Northern Idaho aud his
crimes there, including the dark plot to
steal and hold for ransom, the paulson
children, we're iorccfully emphasized.
Orchard swore that Dave Coates, fcrs
mer Lieutenant Governor Of Idaho and
then Publisher at Wallace, Idaho first
suggested the kidnapping to pettlbone
and himself at Denver. Paulson, oire a
poor miner, had made fortune in the
Hercules Mine In which 0whard held
an interest when the property was
valueless. and II was believed that II
his children were stolen he would "come
through with $4,000 or 100000 In
ransom. Orchard aald, when he went 10
North Idaho he got Jack Simpkins to
come in on the plot and together they
went TO Coates to renew the scheme
Coates who was in court was asked to
stand up for identification and facing
him Orchard said he was the man. Or.
chard was then asked II he had not
himself proposed the crime to Coates
who Immediately irbuired him, and It
Jack Simpkins had not warned paulson
the minute he heard OF the plot, Or
chaM denied the suggestions and re-
iterating his first story, insisted that
Coates had consented TO stay in the
plot and handle the money they hoped
to get out Of Paulson.
Then the defense showed the witness
in the commission Of series Of mean
crimes and reduced to poverty IN which
no had to resort to the pawnshop, bor
rowing and theft TO live for long
period First he pawned some jewelry
and guns. This brought $25 or $50,
Then with man named Cunningham,
whom he said Vincent st, John had
recommended TO him as safe and tried,
he discussed the project to give Cum
ningham the old Peabody bomb which
he still had In his trunk for use by
Cunningham against some Of the non
union men at the Tiger Ind Poorman
mines, then he accepted the hospitality
Of the aPulson home at the very time
he was plotting to steal Paulson's chill
dren. After that with Jack Simpkins
he broke into the 0. r. \ N, depot.
They were after trunk full Of jewelry
dsamples, but instead got trunk full Of
shoes. Next he tapped cash register
at Burke for $50 or $40, It was long