Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-06-20
FIERCE Assault IS
MADE ON ORCHARD
DEFENSE TRIES TO SHOW THAT
HE is LYING TO SAVE HIM
SELF.
ADAMS BROUGHT INTO COURT
WESTERN UNION is ORDERED TO
PRODUCE RECORDS OF MON
Ely ORDERS.
ADAMS BROUGHT INTO COURT

Boise, Idaho, June Is. - The men
who are battling to save the life of
William D. Haywood and the good
name of the Western Federation OF
Miners made their greatest assault
upon Harry Orchard yesterday, when,
parrying the review bf ross-examina-
ton of his life of crime down to his
confession, they bitterly assailed his
guiding motives Six days they spent
in stripping him before the jury of
every shred of morality, and then,
suddenly turning upon him in final,
fierce attack, they fought with every
means known to the legal craft to con-
vince the jury that Orchard was COM
hitting a crime
In Falsely Swearing
away the lives of innocent men in the
hope of saving his own. The carried
their attack to the very language with
which the witness answered their
questions, and everywhere they al
legged by forceful implication that it
was put into his mouth by men con-
trolling him.
Orchard broke down when the at
torneys recited to him the tale of Da-
vid and Uriah that Detective McPar
land related to him when he came
seeking confession.
He defended his motives by saying
and had resolved to make all possible
reparation by fully confessing all.
Hammered by Richardson.
He said that Mcfarland said he was
doing a great service for the state
and that states were kind to men who
served them. There was no other
promise.
"You knew that if you confessed to
the Steunenberg murder the state
would put you out of the way?" ham
mered Attorney Richardson.
Eyes, sir"
But somewhere along the line the
thought came to you that you could
get out of it by laying it on to some
body else?"
mo, sir; that was not the thought
at all.'
Was Afraid to Die.
And here it was that Orchard gave
remarkable explanation of the mo-
tives that impelled him to confess.
Il thought" he said, "of putting my
self out of the way, but thought over
hereafter at all, but I was afraid to
die, and I thought at times that l had
been such an unnatural monster-my
crimes had been SO great-that l
would not be forgiven"
WHO told you that?'
mo one"
"Who wrote that out for you?"
Inspiration From Bible.
mo one; but after l had been sent
Bible and had read it some l came
to the conclusion that would be for
given if l made confession of every
thing"
so you thought you would make
your peace with the future by having
somebody else hung, did your
mo, sir. l think any man can make
his peace with the future if he wants
to. l believe it was my duty to tell
the truth. 1 did not see any other
way, regardless of the consequences
to myself or anybody else. l owed it
to society, owed it to God and to my
self
Leaves Witness Stand.
Orchard left the stand at 2:30
o'clock, after having occupied it for a
total of thirty-two hours and half
He is to return to the witness chair
later because the defense must lay
the formal lines for impeaching him
and the state must still have it's re-
direct examination.
Immediately Orchard left the stand
the state put on three witnesses from
San Francisco to corroborate the
Bradley poisoning story.