Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-06-28
Defense PLANS TO
I|||PEACH ORCHARD
ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE TO
SHOW sTEuNENBERG WAS
MURDERED FOR REVENGE.
WITNESS DENIES HE
EVER MADE THREAT

R6oming-House Keepers at Cripple
Creek Tell Of Visits Of Orchard te
Detective Sterling Of Mine Own
ers' Association.
Boise. Idaho, June 26.-Counsel fol
William D. Haywood, on trial for the
murder of former Gov Steunenberg
devoted the early part of Tuesday
mornings session of court to the com
pletion of the basis for Harry Or
chard's impeachment, and then call
ing the first witnesses, entered upon
showing Of relationship at Cripple
Creek prior to the independence sta
ton explosion between Orchard and
X. G. Sterling, then chief detective
for the Mine Owners association
The impeachment of Orchard relates
almost entirely to the proposition
that he repeatedly protested that he
had been wronged by Gov. Steunen-
berg, and that when he talked of his
wrongs he invariably threatened to
kill Steunenberg.
Orchard positively denied that he
ever made threats against Steunen-
berg to any of the men named at any
time or place.
The men by when the defense plans
to imgeach Orchard in this connec-
zion, and, incidentally, show Orchard
In an independent position in the
Steunenberg case, are Max Malich of
Denver, DR.. MCGEE of Wallace; D. C.
Copley, formerly member of the
board of the Western Federation of
Miners; Charles A. Sullivan, formerly
a miner at Cripple Greek; Frank A..
Hough of Wallace, James A. Rained,
stage driver at Wallace; Lottie Day
of Denver, F. R. Redd, formerly a
miner at Cripple Creek; David A..
Coates, formerly lieutenant governor
of Colorado. and William Easterly and
w. F. Davis, who were leaders of the
Cripple Creek strike.
First Witness Is Called.
Orchard was dismissed from the
stand at 10:42 and the first witness
for the defense, Mrs. Mary j. King,
who formerly conducted rooming
house in Cripple Greek, was called.
Mrs. King, an elderly, refined wom-
an with gray pompadour, was exam
fned by Clarence barrow She first
told of her family. saying she had sew
eral grown sons who are miners, but
are not now and never were members
of the union
Mrs. King said that K. c. Sterling,
chief of detectives for the Mine own
ers' association of Colorado, lived at
her house in Cripple Creek. She saw
Orchard visit his room seven or more
times, generally in the evening. Ster-
ling engaged and paid for room &C.
cupied by Mrs. Mckinney, the wife
of the man charged with putting
spikes on the Florence G Cripple
Creek railroad-the attempted wreck
which the union claims the railroad
officials and mine owners undertook
themselves with the intent of plac-
Ing the blame On the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners. Mrs. King said
she saw Orchard knocking several
times at Mrs. McKinney's door. The
cross-examination consisted of but a
few questions tending more closely
to fix the date of Sterlings stay at
the King house.
Saw Orchard with Detective.
Miss Francis E. King, daughter of
the preceding witness, took the stand
and identified pictures of Orchard as
the man she had seen in the vicinity
OF the house in Cripple Creek several
times. She was not cross-examined,
and gave way to Mrs. Alice Fitzhugh,
who succeeded Mrs. King as propri-
etress of the Star rooming house.
Mrs. Fitzhugh said that Detective
Sterling continued to live in the
house for some time after she took
charge. She saw Harry Orchard go
to Sterling's room at least dozen
times. She also saws Mckinney, the
man accused of the spike-pulling in
Sterling's room following his release
from Jail.
On cross-examination Mrs. Fitzhugh
said she kept no record of her room
ers, and was testifying wholly from
memory.
G. w. Aller of Leadville, Col, for
merly a telegraph operator in the en-
ploy of the Florence G Cripple Creek
railway, was the next witness. He
told of seeing Harry Orchard, K. C.
Sterling and D. G. Scott, detective
Of the railway company, together in
SCOTS room at the Cripple Creek de-
pot. He saw him there twice before
the attempted train wreck.
On cross-examination Aller said he
could not remember what time of day
1t was that Orchard first came to the
depot. He did not know whether
Scott and Orchard had ever met be-
fore. Aller said his recollection was
not very clear as the matter had
made no particular impression upon
him. Aller said he could not remem-
Der the dates of Orchards visits even
as to the approximate time with ref.
erence to the train wreck.
you are just guessing about the
matter, aren't your" said Attorney
Hawley for the state. and you are not
sure of anything?"
Il am only sure about 1t being
Orchard" replied the witness.
Two of the next witnesses desired
by the defense were not in the room
and an early luncheon adjournment
until 1870 p. M. was ordered.
Body Of Last Seaman Recovered.
Washington. June pa telegram