The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-02
Swears Orchards Story Regard
ing Him Was a Fabrication.
TURNS THE TABLES.
Says States Witness Proposed
to Commit Various Crimes
And Declared That He Would
Kill Coy. Steunenberg.
McParland's Brother Tells of
His Deportation From Victor.

Boise, Idaho, July MAX Malich. an
other of the men implicated by Harry
Orchard. made his appearance today as
a witness in behalf of William d. Hay
wood. He directly contradicted all OF
Orchards story relating to him. Malich
was the leader of the Austrian Smelter
Workers at GIobeville and conducted a
saloon and store and hotel there during
the strike Orchard testified that Malich
proposed to him that he dynamite a
hotel at Globeville filled with nonunion
men and offered him 1000 to blow up
the store of William Mcdonald, a busi-
ness rival and privately informed the
prosecution that Malich had burned
himself with "Pettibone dope" while
preparing to burn his own store, and
had later burned his store with Petit
bone DOPE" and that Malich had agreed
to help him with an alibi when he killed
Detective Lyte Gregory.
Malich SWOre that Orchard had pro-
posed destroying the nonunion hotel
and the killing of Mcdonald and that
he had refused to have anything to do
with either crime. He also denied all
knowledge of ''Pettibone dope" or its
use in his store and swore that Orchard
told him that but for Governor Steunen-
berg he would be rich man and that he
would kill him.
Max MaIich Is Called.
Max Maich was called to the stand
Immediately after the opening of court
today. Malich is a carpenter and miner.
He was a smelter man at Globeville,
Colo. at the time of the strike in 1903.
Malich said he was an Austrian as were
most of the men in the GlObeville smell
ters.
Did you know a man named Harry
Orchard, alias Thomas Hogan?" asked
Attorney Richardson. who conducted
the examination.
IT..
Hogan by Pinkerton detective named
Gratias'
Malich said he did not know that
Gratias was a detective at this time for
ing president of the local smelter union.
The witness said it was in February,
1905, that he met Orchard who was then
living with Steve Adams and his wife.
Malich had become proprietor of a small
hotel and bar at this time.
Orchard testified, it will be remem-
bered. that Malich had suggested to
him the blowing up of hotel, where
$50 nOn-union miners were living and
he had helped him steal 5 pounds of
dynamite from the Union Pacific pow
der house.
Malich declared today that the tes-
timony was al! false. He said Orchard
or Hogan came to him one day and
said:
What is the matter with you folks
out here? The scabs are getting the
best of you. Why don't you blow
that d-n hotel off the earth %
He said he replied:
tom, wouldn't stand for it under
the circumstances. If you do any
thing like that 1 am going to de-
nounce you"
After this, the witness said, Orchard
told him he was just joking.
Malich said he knew nothing about
taking any powder from the Union
Pacific.
NIalich Once Councilman.
The witness was once a member of
the city council of Globeville. He
declared two attempts had been made |
on the 27th of April. 1905, after Or |
chard had left Globeville.
There had been a card party in the |
hall of the hotel on the night of the |
27th, Malich said, given by the ladies |
auxiliary in charge of the strike re- |
lief
"I had got to my bed room to re- |
tire" said the witness, when some |
body threw a bottle of acid or some |
thing through the window. The bottle |
burst about three feet in front of me |
and some of the fluid splashed on my |
wrist burning through to the bone. |
I grabbed up my three-year-old boy. |
who was asleep and ran out of the |
room with him. When We went back !
the room was filled with smoke from |
the carpet which was smouIdering"
Nallch declared ne was never able /
to find out who attempted the outrage. |
He saw Orchard in the month follow
ing. This time Orchard told him the |
smelter's company store was taking |
all his trade away from him. He Of
fered to "do up" William Mcdonald
the proprietor of the store for 500. |
Malich said he told Orchard that he
had all the trade he wanted and he
wouldn't have anybody killed on his
account The next time he saw Orch
ard was when the man was writing
nail Insurance. He lent Orchard $50
which was sent back to him from
Rocky Ford.
Asked as to Orchards financial con-
dition the winter he lived with Steve
Adams Match said he had to let Or
chard have money five or six times /
being paid back when the latter |
"made a raise" at gambling
Orchard bought the cheapest food
stuffs in the store
Malich next related a conversation |
he had with Orchard in a Turkish
hath establishment
II was taking baths for rheumatism.
said the witness. Tom met me one
day when I was going to take a bath
and said he wouldn't mind having a
along. He again told me I was easy
TO let the Globe Mercantile company
continue to do business when might |
have the trade in my grocery depart
nent He said all I would have to do
was to leave Billy Mcdonald to him. |
| told him again I didn't want any
thing like that. He then got to talk
ing to me about Governor Steunenberg
and called him vile names and said if