, 1907-06-07
GOING THROUGH ORDEAL Of
cRoSSExAMiNATiON IN THE
HAYWOOD TRIAL WITH
OUT TURNING A HAIR.
Haywood Shows Little Concern and
Laughs When Asked What He
Thinks Of Testhnony-Says Or
chard Connects Him With Crimes
Through Spite and Partly at sue-
aestion of Detectives and Enemies.

Boise. Idaho, June Harry Or
chard took the stand this morning for
the third day Of his examination as
the principal witness against William
D. Haywood, charged with the Steu-
nenberg murder. The cross-examina-
ton will take the entire day, possibly
all of tomorrow also.
Orchard Not Fatigued.
The prisoner-witness shows no signs
OF fatigue. Haywood shows little con-
Germ. He even laughs outright when
asked what he thinks Of the testimony.
Only Out Of Spite.
He asserts that Orchard connects
him with the crimes partly out OF
spite and partly at the suggestion OF
detectives and the enemies Of the
Western Federation Of Miners.
Richardson Goes Too Fast.
When Orchard resumed the stand
today, Attorney Richardson began at
once to ply him with a rapid fire OF
questions. Orchard protested to the
court, saying he would like an oppor-
tunity to answer before being inter
rupted.
Judge Speaks Up.
THE witness will be allowed to an
swer questions without interruption"
said Judge Wood sternly. Orchard ad-
-iA%1l xl1A ,,,h{1o hn uyoo In tho Idaho
mining country he became quite a
gambler, playing poker most Of the
time.
SAYS He Lit Fuse.
He declared, in answer to q, question,
that he was not at Burke or Mullen
playing poker when the Wardner ex-
plosion occurred, and reiterated his d.
rect testimony that he lit one OF the
fuses that blew up the mill.
Before He Knew Haywood.
He said he did not know Haywood,
Meyer or Pettibone at that time and
as far as he knew. they were not in
Wardner when the mill was blown up.
Worked Part Of the Time.
Orchard said he left Idaho after
blowing up the mill to avoid arrest.
From 1899 to 1902, he said. he worked
an average of ten or eleven months In
the year in the states of Utah, Nevada
and Arizona. He gambled part OF the
time, but nearly always lost, he said.
Joined in a Strike.
Orchard said he went on strike with
other union men at Cripple Creek in
August, 1903. The strike committee
was composed of w. F. Davis, Sher-
man Parker and a man named Ken
niston.
Knew Location Of Powder.
He reported to Davis the knowing
of the location of a carload Of powder
in the Vindicator. mine, where, he said,
High Grade" and Davis offered him
5000 to touch of this powder.
Meant Death to Many.
There we're about fifty non-union
men working in the mine, and he be
lieved the touching of Of a carload OF
powder would have meant death to all
of them.
Cautioned Against Violence.
Orchard said Meyer End Haywood
both came to Cripple Creek during the
strike, and in speeches cautioned the
strikers against violence, drinking and
gambling.
Plan Abandoned.
Orchard said the plan to touch on
the powder in the Vindicator mine
was abandoned because the mine was
guarded and he could not find the pow
der. Two months later the matter was
taken up again, at the suggestion OF
Davis and Parker.
Pistol to Be Used.
Will Easterly, he said, helped him
experiment along the line OF attaching
a pistol to the lift-bar, which the cage
would lift, ~discharging the pistol into
the box against some caps, which in
turn would fire the powder.
EasterIy Was Present.
Richardson called Easterly from the
audience and he was identified by Or
chard. Easterly, Orchard said, de.
clined to have anything to do with the
explosion. which he caused subse'
quently in the vindicator, in the man
ner outlined, saying that as he was an
officer Of the union he could not be
mixed up In the matter.
Had Not Heard Of Quartette.
Up to the time he went to Colorado
in 1902, Orchard said, he had never
heard of Haywood, Pettibone, Meyer
or Simpkins. There was no trouble IN
Cripple Creek when he arrived there
Joined the Federation.
He got work in the Trachyte mine
and Joined the Western Federation Of
Miners local, headed by w. F. Davis
who had been in charge OF the party
that blew up the Bunker Hill and Sui
Ivan mills. Attorney Richardson ask
oa the vifna.. remarkably about hfl