Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-13
Haywood's Attorneys Made the
Most of His Confessed Treach-
cry at Cripple Greek.
DAYS CROSS EXAMINATION.
The Defense brought Out More Crimes
Committed by Orchard-IInve Paw
cd the way for Introduction of
Contradictory Testimony
Counsel in "a scrap

fsoise, Idaho, June 7.-Counsol for
PWm. u. Haywood continued their at
tack on the testimony of Harry or
chard at both sessions of the trial to-
day. They made their strongest as
sault on the witnesses connection with
events beginning with tho explosion
in the Nindicator mine and ending
with the earlier meetings between him
ard the leaders of the Western Fed
erstion Of Miners I'm Denver. To the
extent that traffic with the other
side" in the war between labor and
capital in Colorado was discrcditablc
they succeeded in discrediting the wit.
ness.
Taking up the testimony that orchard
made in direct examination that he was
treacherous to his comrades in Cripple
Creek by disclosing n train wrcCIing plot
they developed that orchard entered the
employ Of u. G. scott, who had charge OF
the railway detectives orchard said that
with Scott he met X. 9. Sterling. de-
tcctive in tho employ % the Mine Owcnrs'
association and that Scott paid mis- eX-
penses ana accompanied him 10 Denver
on the trip When he first met Meyer and
Haywood. He said that he had agreed
10 report to Scott hut that ne had lied to
MIN, never intended to report to him and
. vever dll report
J The defense also tried to show that he
cnuse he stood we'll with the mine own
ers orchard was never molcsted by the
nilita in Cripple Creek during the strike
Orchard admitted that Scott had told him
| that If the militia interfered with him he
| vas to send for him and that the militia
DID not Interfere with MIN or search his
house. Orchard said that he went to
SCOTT first because he had not been paid
f,r his work at the N!ndicator mine aud
he was jealous as he had hard work like
the NinGicator mine job, whereas other
men were assigned the simple jobs of
train wrccki0E by displacng rails.
More crimes, great and small. were
added to Orchards record to-day. The
Cripple Creek woman with whom he
committed hgamy had three sons. Or
chard stole high grade ore from n mess
mate; lie stole two cases of powder
from the indicator mine; he stole pow
der to make one of the bombs thrown
into the Nindicator coal pile and he
lied
The defense endeavored in various
ways to throw doubt and improba bilitY
around Orchards whole Vindicator mine
story and the ALLEGED connection Of w.
+ Davis and William Easterly with the
affair and the circumstances under which
Orchard testified that he met Meyer and
Haywood and was paid for the commis-
sion Of crime. 1t also tried to discredit
Orchards story that he was sent back
20 Cripple Creek with unlimited credit
and orders 10 commit any act OF violence
that he cared to.
They confronted orchard with East
erly and Owney Barnes and paved the
way for contradiction by them of the
story told by Orchard. Several times
during the day they paved the way for
controversion of his testimony on ma
terial points.
Orchard stood the test and strain
very well and held tenaciously to the
story he related yesterday and the day
before.
Suddenly toward the close of the day
the defense took up the trip Orchard
made to southern Colorado with Meyer
I'm the early part Of 1904, and showed
that Meyer feared to go south I'M
guarded because mine owners official
thugs had beaten up Innocent young
men and that h sent for Orchard to
aid I'm protecting him. It was agreed
that they should carry cut off shot
guns aad sit in the center Of the car
SO that # they were attacked they
could 'of,ud themselves. Attorney
Richardson in questioning the wit
ness, made it very clear that this was
an entirely straightforward arrange
ment free from any fake"
Counsel fla red up several times during
the day. and in the last passage at arms
Mr. HAWlcy said that Mr.. Richardson
told a falsehood when he intimated that
Orchard was a fixed witness The trial
will go on tomorrow and cross examlna-
ton of Orchard who has been on tho
stand three days, probably will be con
cudcd.