Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-10
DEFENSE PLANS TO PROVE
OTHERS LAID THE TRAP
independence Catastrophe Meant to Be
Harmless Affair---The Murder
Was Fatal Error

attorneys are making a strong effort
to show that instead Of being procured
by the Western Federation Of Miners,
the Independence outrage was planned
by the enemies of the federation and
intended to be comparatively harm
less, and was converted by mischance
into a great tragedy. Orchard testi-
fed he and Adams pulled the trigger
of the mine before the train reached
the station and the defense seeks TO
make It appear 1t was plaAned to blow
up the station not only before TIN
train arrived, bat before the norN
union men working in the neighboriMg
mines came down TO the train.
Efforts TO force Orchard to admit
that Hawley and McPssaaHd had been
coaching him were denied with spirit.
the witness saying they had only oau-
toned him ito teA nothing but the
truth.
When court opened this morning,
Harry Orchard asked permission
to correct two statements made
by him on Saturday. He de-
clared it was Billy Ackerman. not
Billy Easterly, who made bombs Of :.
Pettibone dope with him at Cripple
Creek. He also said he and Adams
were not carrying guns in holsters
when they were stalking Governor
Peabody, as he had stated
Richardson secured an admission
from Orchard that he had a confer
NE0D
asked Orchard If Mcfarland had not
spoken to him about matter In which
Orchard could Withstand cross exam
| nation. This Orchard denied. Rich
ardson next asked if Orchard had not
made the correction because he dis
covered Eastley in Boise.
Orchard said he had known Eastley
was in Boise all the time. Richardson
examined Orchard as TO the different
conversations held by him in the past
4 Ind went further into the murder,
but the questioning developed little.
i Richardson followed this mp with
searching inquiry to develop where
orchard had been coached by McPar-
lland or Hawley. Witness was emphatic
in the answers that both Hawley and
, MCFARLAND had cautioned him only to
I tell the truth.
. Richardson examined Orchard ex-
} tendedly regarding the Independence
and the vindicator explosions, asking
! particularly as to whether it was not
3 intended to blow up the Independence
: depot before it was occupied. Or
Q chard, however. insisted that 1t was
e the plan to blow up the non-union
e men, because of the friendship OF
: fisherman Parker toward one OF the
trainmen who had previously testified
: lin Parker's behalf and that the chargs
: was exploded before the train arrived
e In answer to questions Orchard SAX
n he never gave a thought to how man!
would be killed by the explosion. Or
e chard also stated that neither Moyei
h, Haywood nor Pettibone had anythin
le to do with planning the outrages fur
e ther than to instruct Orchard to e
ahead and cut things loose"
Richardson, after taking up tn
matter of the pay orchard was to re
ceive and going into minor matter
Oh connected with Orchards life aftt
IN the independence explosion. jumpe
is back to Orchards early history. T
70 forced a confession from the witne
De that he had burned his cheese factoi
is. in Canada to get the insurance mon'
ne and that his first crime was "weigi
ns ing up cheese short"
on Orchard testified that tre murder
Fred Bradley was discussed on a Su
ne day afternoon in July Of 1904 at
ne conference between Haywood, Pet
bone and Orchard in Petitioners ba
yard in Denver. Haywood said G
chard should go alone and kill Bra
ley because he was at the head Of
mine owners and was driving the II
sration out of California.