Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-11
ORCHARD A MARVEL
N COOL NERVE
Star Witness in Haywood Case
Sticks to Story and Shows
No Fatigue
uNsHAkEN UNDER QUESTIONS
Fourth Day Of Severe Cross Examina'
tion Find. Witness Fresh, Cool and
i Collected - Goes Into Further De-
tail. Of His Act. as Alleged Murder
ers' HireIins.


examination this morning He shows
not the slightest sign Of fatigue. On
the contrary, he grows apparently
stronger. clear and unshakable every
minute. Even counsel for defense ad-
nit he Is marvel. Yesterday, when
he was called upon to show where he
stood when he fired the mine that blew
up the independence depot and killed
fourteen men, he bent over from the
witness stand to Nthe stenogra piers
table, and with hand steady as a
rock drew complete plan, making
dotted lines to show which way he
ran. giving the direction of the rail-
road and spur track on which he and
Adams ran after the explosion.
When Orchard resumed the stand to-
day, Attorney Richardson continued to
question him about the attempts he
had made upon the life Of Fred Brad
ley In San Francisco. Orchard said
that he roomed near the Bradley home,
and witness declared that he had
bought some dynamite for a bomb be-
fore the attempt to poison Bradley
with strychnine In milk, failed. In
buying the powder, Orchard was re-
quired to give his name He could not
remember what name it was-a fic-
titious one. AS an excuse for buying
ten pounds Of dynamite, Orchard told
the clerk that he wanted to blow out
some stumps on his ranch. Orchard
gave as nearly as he could q descrip-
stfu6 Of the various places where he
had lived while in San Francisco be-
fore moving to the Bradley neighbor-
hood He could not remember the
names of the streets or numbers of the
houses. Next, Orchard told Of plsas-
ure trip he had taken to Caliente
Springs, while waiting for Bradley to
return from Alaska. He played cards
while there, but denied that he was
card sharp.
Orchard was living near the Presidfo
at the time he bought the dynamite
for the Bradley bomb, and kept it in
the room and took it with him when
he moved to Washington street-with-
ing half block of the Bradley home.
The Bradley Plot.
Orchard said it was after he had
seen milk delivered to Bradley's back
door several mornings in succession,
that he conceived the idea of poisoning
S his victim rather than employ q bomb.
With the failure of the milk plot he
went ahead and manufactured bomb,
first buying piece of 5-inch lead pipe
IA inches long. Richardson wanted to
know if Detective MCFARLAND had at
tempted to trace the San Francisco lo-
cations for witness.
..All know is that he investigated
the powder or dynamite purchase. He
brought a list of sales of the Judson
Powder Company, and asked me if I
could pick out the name had given.
I picked out A. Debs as the one I
thought remembered"
Orchard said that he had heard from
MCFARLAND about the suit Of the owner
Of the apartments against the San
Francisco Gas Company after the ex-
plosion Of the Bradley bomb. On Or
chard's confession, MCFARLAND and
Governor Gooding made affidavits for
use by the gas company, in moving
for new trial.
Did you know the motion for new
trial. based on three affidavits, had
been overruled by the court?"
Court? No, sir heard that
judment was stayed"
ssBut that was on appeal"
'T don't know about that"
Orchard said that the morning he
placed the bomb at the front door of
the Bradley house, people were pass
ing on their way to work The lead
bomb was inside wooden box. Or
chard took down town car, and was
out of ear shot before the explosion oc-
Cured.
From the examination of the place
after the explosion, don't you know the
wells were blown out instead of in?"
asked Richardson.
They were all shattered" Orchard
said1 "As Bradley opened the door he
would be sideways to the bomb and
the explosion would be more likely to
blow the wall out than in"
Witness. with the same calmness
that has marked his demeanor thru.
out, drew diagram for the attorneys,
showing just where he had placed the
bomb, and where Bradley would be
with the opening Of the door. At the
suggestion Of Judge Wood, Orchard
left the witness chair. and walked over
to the jury box, where he explained the
diagram to the Jurors He did not hes
f1tate in supplying any detail demanded
by Richardson. Orchard next told of
returning to Denver, after receiving
more instructions from Pettibone. He
disguised himself as soldier, and wore
glasses.
Orchard Shows Emotion.
AS 70 the details of his stories Or
chard seemed infallible He repeats
them as often as Richardson desires.
and seems never to lose patience. For
the first time since his cross -examina-