The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-06-21
He HAS FINISHED
Cross-Examination of Harry Orchard
at Haywood Trial Completed
After Six Day.
ONLY ONCE He FALTERED
The Remarkable Witness Continued
Cool and Self Possessed to the
Last in the Face of
Strong Attack.

Boise. Idaho. June 12.-The attack
of the Haywood defense on the testi-
mony of Harry Orchard goes on I'M
remittingly and the witness will prob
ably be continued on the stand for
two full days. Orchard withstands
the strain with remarkable fortitude
and at the end of six days shows no
indication of mental or physical flag
ging. This day began with the story
of the dynamiting of Fred Bradley in
San Francisco and the defense made
a long and determined effort to ex-
pose several features of it to doubt,
improbability and future discrediting
and to vitiate it all by revealing the
hand of the Pinkertons.
Orchard who confesses that he
hesitated at no crime and took a
hundred desperate chances in those
he committed, made an interesting
contribution to the psychological
study of his personality when he call
ed himself coward. He said he was
too cowardly to openly kill Judge
Gabbert; said that he regarded all
his acts as cowardly.
Boise, Idaho. June 13-The cross
examination of Harry Orchard
Wednesday was carried over the at
tempt on the life of Gov. Peabody at
Canon City and the events immedi-
ately succeeding, including the God
dard and Gahbert dynamite plots,
and follows the usual methods de-
signed to confuse and discredit the
witness. Attorney Richardson again
suggested that Orchard was being
coached by Detective MCFARLAND and
counsel for the prosecution and pro-
voked the sharpest wrangle that the
attorney and witness have had in
their long contest
Just before the noon recess the
monotony of the examination was
broken by Orchards description of
his attempts to kill Sherman Bell in
Denver. For some IL nights he was
at Bells residence waiting an OPP
portunity to shoot him. More than
once Bells life was saved by the
barking of small dogs.
Attorney Richardson began at
once to question Orchard regarding
his conference with Charles Fl. Meyer
at the latter's home in Denver about
Ap:fl. 1905. Orchard testified Tues
day that Meyer, Pettibone and Hay
wood told him at this time to go TO
Canon City. Col, to get Gov. Pea
Eody. Meyer said he wanted to get
rid o! Peabody so no one else would
follow in his footsteps. Peabody had
gene out of office at this time.
Orchard said Pettibone asked him
to get a position as life Insurance
solicitor before going to Canon City.
He got letters of recommendation
from several persons, among them
Mr.. Hawkins, Law partner of Az
torney Richardson, who has conduct
cd the cross examination of Orch
ard. Haywood later told Orchard he
had made a mistake in getting a let
ter from Hawkins, for if anything
happened in Canon City it might in
volve the attorney who had been rep
resenting the federation.
Boise. Idaho, June 14.-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 Thursday when
cerrying the review by cross-exam!na-
ton to his life of crime down to his
confession they bitterly assailed his
guiding motives. Six days they
spent in stripping him before the jury
of every shred Of morality of charac-
ter and then suddenly turning upon
him IN final fierce attack they fought