The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-06-13
Down to Actual Crime.

Down to Actual Crime.
The defense Wednesday carried the
cross examination of Harry Orchard
down to the actual crime charged
against William d. Haywood-the muir
der of Frank Steunenberg-and as it
progressed assailed the testimony and
the theory of the state resting upon it.
The Steunenberg crime was reached
at midday, and counsel for the defense
directed their efforts to an attempt to
cloud the earlier purposes and move
ments of Orchard with uncertainty and
indefiniteness Then they emphasized
the abandonment of all effort to kill
after Orchard first tracked Steunen-
berg to A hotel in Boise. and. with a
skeleton key had gained entrance to
the very room. in which the governor
was living. Here they DELAYED for a
moment to prove that Orchard twice
wrote and once telephoned to Bill East
erly at Silvery City to urge him to
come and join in the crime, and the
direct implication was that Orchard
was endeavoring to inveigle another
federation man into the crime which
would bring discredit and dishonor to
the organization
The kidnapping Scheme.
Then the Steunenberg murder was
temporarily thrust into the back
ground. and the witness was carried
over his long journey into North Ida
no and his crimes there. including the
dark plot to kidnap and hold for ran
som the Paulson children. were forci-
bly, emphasized. Orchard swore that f
David Coates. former lieutenant COVER
nor of Colorado. and then a publisher
in Wallace. Idaho. first suggested the I
kidnapping to Pettibone and himself at I
Denver. Paulson. once a poor miner.
had made a fortune in the Hercules
mine. in which Orchard held an inter
est and when the property was value
less. and it was believed that if his
children were stolen he would come
through with $4,000 or $4,000 in
ransom.
Orchard said that when he went to
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 ask
ed to stand up for Identification. and.
facing him. Orchard said he was the
man.
Orchard was then asked if he had
not himself proposed the crime to
Coates, who Immediately rebuffed him.
and if Jack Simpkins had not warned
Paulson the minute he heard OF the ,
plot.
Orchard denied both suggestions.
and. reiterating his first story. insisted
that Coates had consented to stay in
the plot and handle the money that
they hoped to get out of Paulson.
Poverty and Theft /,
Then the defense showed the wit :
ness in the commission of a series of
mean crimes, and reduced to poverty. E
in which he had TO resort to a pawn I
shop. borrowing and theft to live for {
a long period First. he pawned +
some jewelry and guns This |
brought him SO or $50 Then with {
a man named Cunningham whom he 7
said Vincent St. John had recommend s
ed TO him as safe. he discussed a pro
ject to give Cunningham the old Pea !
body bomb. which he still had in his {
trunk for use by Cunningham on some I
men who were at the TIGER c
and Poorman mine. Then he accept c
ed the hospitality of Paulson's home at I
the very time he was plotting TO steal /
the Pauison children. After that. with
Jack Simpkirs. he broke into the Ore
gen Railway and Navigation eompa-
ny's station. They were after a trunk
full of jewelry samples. but instead
got a trunk full of shoe samples Next
he tapped cash register at Burke for I
$50 or $40 1t was a long period of
crime and poverty and hard luck. and
1t up. the defense wanted to
know why. if he were in Idaho and on
a mission Of murder for Haywood,
Meyer and Pettibone. and with unIim- 9
tied credit from them. he did not send I
TO them for more money. instead of b
borrowing and stealing a