The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-26
iTELL0F THREAT.TO
KILL I |! LSI|E|:.U|N'.ENlB||E.R|C| /. | !
Heard "a q Orchard Declare
HeWould Have
Vengeance.
CRIME Il INSPIRED
II BY MINE OWNERS.
Defense Claims That Actions OF
Orchard and Sterling Justify
This Inference Haywood
Scores Point in n
Ruling Of
Court.
Defense Claims That Actions OF
Orchard and Sterling Justify

s BOISE. IDAHO. Jane 25.--The first
direct testimony In defense OF William
D. Haywood was offered to-day. II
WAS chiefly directed toward showing
that Harry Orchard. blaming Frank
steunenberg for the loss OF his interest
In the Hercules mine. had threatened
to have revenge by killing him. anil
that the conduct Of Orchard and 4 e.
c. Sterling. both before the 1ndepend- 2
tence explosion when they were fre-
5quently seen together, and afterwards.
when Sterling called off a bloodhound
that was following Orchards trail.
justified the inference that the mine
owners inspired the crime.
Seek to rmpcach Orchard. S&5s
The calling OF the first witness for
the defense was preceded by the: fur
$ther examination OF Orchard to permit
the defense to complete It's formal Inn
peachlng questions These were near
sly all In connection with the claim that
Orchard killed Steunen berg because OF
an alleged grudge gro owing out OF the
sale OF his interest in the Hercule 3
mine. Orchard, who came into court
under protection OF the same squad
ron Of guards that always acts as his
escort. maintained his old calmness
and spoke in the low-pitched, soft
tone He again denied that he even
threatened to kill steunenberg because
OF the Hercules mine. and again as
serted that hessold his interest In the
mine two years before the trouble that
drove him out OF Northern Idaho. Two
witnesses called later in the day swore
that Orchard did threaten to Kill steun-
enberg because Of the Hercules mat
ter and the defense has prepared the
way for such testimony from q d oxen
more witnesses. The two heard to day
were F. r. Redd, once OF Cripple Greek
and now OF Goldfield, Il N eY,;S and Charles
"A. Sullivan, formerly Of Cripple Greek
and now Waterman in the Brown
Hotel in Denver. IS ~. s .55 .3$s3
Heard Orchard Make Threnf.tssfs
Redd said he heard Orchard ma ke
tina atement and threat in the min
ers.. hall a n Cripple Greek. and Sui II
van swore that while he and Orchasd
were fellow-boarders5 at John Meyille's
place in Cripple Creek, Orchard re-
rea tedly said that but for Steunen-
berg he would be a rich man, and that
he intended to Kill him. The cross
examina ton showed that both were
members OF the Western Federation
OF Miners, and that Sullivan was q
friend OF Haywood. Aioyer and many
OF the union leaders at Cripple Creek
Or. I. Z. McGee, a mining broker
OF the Occur d'Alenes. anoth er I'm.
4peaching witness, swore that Orcha &c
|:told him in 1904 at Wallace, Idaho
|sthat he was "spot ter" for a detec.
tive agency. Orchard denied thi:
converse tion; denied that he was tr
Idaho at any time in 1903.
Conferences with Mine Owners.
Several witnesses, principally women
who kept lodging houses at Crtpplt
| Creek, located Orchard at various con
ferences. with Sterling. the detective
for2the Mine Owners Association, priol
Ito the independence explosion AM
there was further showing as t.
meetings between Orchard and D. G
1 Scott, the detective for the Florenc'
| and Cripple Creek Railway. Anoth g
WITNESS told OF the effort to locat'
| the men guilty Of the Independence
station outrage by starting q blood
! hound from the chair rung used II
pulling off the mine explosion. II
said the dog took the road to- Col o
RADIO Springs, the one over which Or
/ chard fed in the nigh t, and that whe,
4 he reported to Sterling he got order
to call the dog of. Sterling said h
/ knew who blew up the station, an,
Ilater said that Steve Adams ha'
done 50.
! The State fought the admission o
| the bloodhound story. and also oppos
i ed the admission OF evidence covering
general features Of the Colorado lab Q
i |=law, but in both Instances the cour
i ruled with the defense.