The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-06-15
He STOLE SHEEP
HARRY ORCHARD HAS ADDED AN
OTHER CLAIM TO HIS LIST.
MAN-KiLLlNG CONTRACTOR
Says Woman Was Taken Along as .
Blind When Murderers Were
Proving Around Judge God
dard's Home


examination that he was sheep
stealer." and the tension in the court
room WIS relieved by a hearty laugh
from the spectators and attorneys, and
even Judge Moods face relaxed u
trihe.
II Orchard were on trial in ireland
we would surely hang him for that
crime, which in the old days was
classed as a capital offense in the little
green isle" said Attorney Peter Breen.
one of Haywood's defenders, and him
self an Irishmau.
The admission concerning the sheep
stealing episode came during the after
noon while Orchard was narratng tho
incidents connected with his life in
Denver during l9oi-5. He had found
refuge in the home of Steve Adams.
The resources of the Adams family, 1t
developed, were slender. but they were
freely shared with Orchard they
moved from place TO place, ana finally
went 10 live in little shack in Globe
vile, according to Orchard One night
Orchard and Adams went to the stock
yards and stole sheep and slansh
tered it, and thus kept themselves IN
fresh meat for some time.
The defense laid much stress on this
point in an endeavor to prove that Or
chard WAS not kept in funds by Hay
wood and the others.
IF the leaders of the federation
were prepared to give you money at
any time. why did you find it neces-
sary TO steal sheep in order to avoii
starvins?" asked Richardson.
And to support his position the attor-
ney for Haywood pointed out that Or
chard was the recipient of relief funds
at Cripple Creek during the time b"
a laT. sun q
from the federation treasury as pay ior
his diabolical crimes.
Orchards reply came quickly Hay
wood and the other leaders, he said,
had cautioned him to simulate pow
erty In order to avoid suspicion.
The name OF Max Malich, the so
called king of Globeville," was dragged
into the case again
Orchard said Malich had asked him
to dynamite a boarding house wnich
sheltered $50 nonunion men and thf
| members of their families. The VII
ness declared that he readily accepted
the contract and, with Adams ana
Globeville nan. stole 600 pounds OF
powder from "A powder house with
which 10 do the job" Haywood. h'
siad. prevented the tragedy by call
ing off the Conspirators
Richardson sought to force III" WI
ness to admit that he had sug%eSte''
the crime to Malch and that lie latte
had refused 10 consider 1t, but Orchard
was positive in his statements. II" in
| sisted he was merely man-kllllng con
tractor looking for employment ana
| that Malich had offered him nJoh
This cold-hloodpd treatment of the
most heinous crime known to mankind
chilled the blood of the roomful OF
spectators.
Orchard drew an indignant sneer
from Mrs. Annie Adams, wife of Steve
Adams, when he testified that he AMI
Adams had taken her with them when
they were stalking Judge Goddard.
she was taken along as q blind
while we were prowling around Col
dard's house." said the witness.
Orchard continues to prove hinsct
a wonderful witness, and the attorneys
for the state are loud in their praises
of his staying powers. He has tena-
ciouslv adhered to the essential details
of his confession. but he has been
forced to make admissions which in
the opinion of the attorneys for the de
fense will eventually destroy the entire
value of his testimony.
Richardson has endcavorcd TO force
the witness to give names ana dates.
| and, despite Orchards skillful parryins
he has been made to part with some OF
the desired information II is SAID the
defense is prepared to contradict Or
chard's most important statements
with the evidence OF members Of me
federation whom he has named. In
many instances the men he alleges
were his pals" are dead, but some OF
them are still alive and the defense is
said to have induced many of them to
come to Boise.
HAYWOOD, Moyer and Pettibone will
probably all go on the stand, and their
testimony should not be whit less
interesting than that Of Orchard. They
will swear they advised the striking
miners not to resort to violence ana
that their efforts in the interest ot
peace were seriously hampcred by the
Piukertons and other detectives, who
had Joined the miners unions at the
suggestion of the Mine Owners Asso-
citation, and who were constantly max
ing inhammatory appeals to the RANK
and file
In this connection it is understood
that Captain McParlands record will
/ be put before the jury. if the conqueror
OF the Molly Maguircs is put on the
| stand by the prosecution. The captain
has been in the employ of the Pinker-
tons for more than quarter of a cen
| tury and the defense claims to have So
cured much damaging information con-
corning him.
The attorneys for the state are ap-
parently not at all disturbed by the
confident claims of the defense. They
sa. the case is not based entirely on
he evidence of Harry Orchard
Fatal Mobile Wreck.
| Indianapolis, Ind-Two women were