The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1907-06-14
ORCHARDS RELIGION
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Weeps When Counsel For bss
Tense Talks of the Bible.
WAS HAMMERED FOR HOURS
Gave a Remarkable Explanation OF
the Motives That lmpeiied Him to
Confess-Was on the Stand over
Thirty-Two Hours.

the Motives That lmpeiied Him 10
Confess-Was on the Stand Over
Thirty-Two Hours.
Boise, Idaho, June II. - 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, when, carrying
the review by cross-examinatton OF
his life of crime down to his confess
sion, they bitterly assailed his guiding
motives. Six days they spent In strip
ping him before the jury Of every shred
of morality, and then, suddenly turn
ing upon him In final fierce attack,
they fought with every means known
to the legal craft to convince the jury
that Orchard was committing q crime
in falsely swearing away the lives OF
innocent men in the hope Of saving his
own. They carried their attack to the
very language with which the witness
answered their questions, and every
whore they alleged by forceful impli-
cation that it was put into his mouth
by men controlling him.
Orchard failed, when. they recited to
him the tale of David and Uriah, that
Detective Mcfarland related to him
when he came seeking . confession.
He fought to save himself, but tears
filled his eyes and he rocked unevenly
like q fainting woman. His voice low
cred to huskiness and he hid his face
in his handkerchief.
And here Orchard gave remark
able explanation Of the motives that
impellsd him to confess.
IT thought" he said, "of putting
myself out of the way, but I thought
over my past life. did not believe in
q hereafter at all, but was afraid to
die, and l thought at times that l had
been such an unnatural monster-my
crimes had been so great that would
not be forgiven"
''Who told you that?"
"No one. But after I had been sent
q Bible and read it some came to the
conclusion that l would be forgiven If
I made a confession of everything.
began to think that the grave did not
end everything. and 1 made up my
mind to tell the truth about the whole
thing"
$50 you thought you would make
your peace with the future by having
somebody else hung, did your" asked
Mr.. Richardson.
"No, sir. / think any man can make
hts peace with the future II he wants
to. believed 1t was my duty to tell
the truth. did not see any other way,
regardless of the consequences to my
self or anybody else. owed 1t to So
ciety. I owed 1t to God and to my
self"
For hours the defense hammered at
the motive of saving his own life. They
sought to show 1t In the force OF ex-
ample drawn from the immunity OF In
formers in the Mollie MCGUIRE cases,
but this the witness would not admit.
Orchard then left the stand. after
having occupied 1t for 81 hours and
half. He will be recalled for redirect
examination.
Immediately Orchard left the stand
the state began the confederation OF
the Bradley poisoning story. Mrs.
Sadie Swan, who as Miss Sadie Bell,
was a maid in the Bradley home;
Oliver Cook, the milkman who sold
the milk that was poisoned. and P. L.
McCreary, the chemist who analysed
the poisoned milk, carried the revolt
ing tale, from the discovery because
of its bitterness that the milk was poi
soned to the analysis that showed from
40 to 60 grains of strychnine in quart
of It. Mrs. Swan identified Orchard
and connected him with the house.
Immediately after the recess former
Governor Peabody, of Colorado. met
Orchard in the Office Of the counsel
for the prosecution. The meeting was
UNEXPECTED as far as Orchard was con-
cerned, and when he saw Peabody ad-
yancing toward him with hand out
stretched he blanched and began to
tremble.
81 am ashamed to speak to you, gov
ernor; 1 am ashamed to look at you,"
faltered Orchard.
.Oh, that's all right" said Peabody,
laughing. You need not be ashamed
to speak to me now"
Orchard began crying, and when
Peabody succeeded in reassurlng him,
he said: 81 am glad that did not kill
YOU, and that am spared the thought