Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-06-12
COUNTER CONSPIRACY.
Defense Il Is Said VIII Seek
10 EsfabIish Thia.

Boise. Idaho. June 1l.-Into the fur
there cross examination OF Harry Or
chard Monday. counsel for w. ID. Hay.
wood repeatedly threw the suggestion
OF great counter-conspiracy. formu.
lated and carried out by the enemies
OF the Western Federation Of Miners.
and indicated determination TO con.
struct their main line OF defense on
that field. They carried Orchard by
slow steps. and through the minutost
details from the dynamiting OF the In.
dependence station down to the nj.
tempt on the life OF Fred Bradley and
his family. and In addition to series
OF particular attacks on the credibility
OF the witness and the general prob.
ability OF his stories. and. paving the
way for their own Testimony In re-
buttal. they sough TO show that Or.
chard has mania for Boosting OF the
commission of crimes nonresident OK.
cept In his own mind and that he Is
testifying under the control or sug.
gestion Of Detective Mcfarland.
They commenced by making Il clear
that rs far as Orchard knew OF his own
knowledge Haywood. Meyer and Petit.
bone. had nothing 10 do with the In.
spiratiqA planning and executing OF
the VI icator explosion. and that
Haywood and Meyer had nothing 10
do with tho planning OF the murder
OF Detective Gregory.
Passing then to the blowing up OF
n. laAanan1Aa..
crime had purposely sought TO spare
the on-coming train and the nonunion
men were expected TO ntr II and that
the whole plot was engineered by
agents OF the mine owners and railway
managrs who wanted that compare.
lively harmless outrage" &c injure the
union miners who were on n strike.
Leaving the Independence station
crime which was followed by the flight
Of Orchard into Wyoming and then his
uexpected return 20 Denver. counsel
for the defense sought To discredit
the story that Haywood and Mayberry
are old and Intimate friends Get
ting down TO the Bradley crime. they
devoted themselves largely 10 the re
voting story OF Orchards attempt 10
poison the entire Bradley household,
including the infant child. which he
had seen In the baby carriage. Into
stronger relief than had been the di. |
rect examination they drew the utter
depravity of the witness and gave the
watching crowd one deep noted thrill
OF an otherwise weary day.
Orchard swore that while In San
Francisco he repeatedly received |
money from Pettibone who used the
name OF Pat Bone" In transmitting
II. and In making this clearer. the do.
Tense gave evidence OF plan 10 show
that this money was sent under Petit.
bones name thinly disguised by per.
sons plotting against the leaders Of the
Western Federation Of Miners.
Orchard denied that mine owners or
railway men had any part in the indie
pendence station outrages; denied that
he had a mania for confessing uncom.
mitted crimes. and denied that he II
under the influence Of Mcfarland. He
showed some spirit In answering many
OF Attorney Richardson's questions. but
he firmly held to all OF his first stories
and was calm and certain throughout
the long. trying examination. Two
more crimes were brought home TO
Orchard Monday. He confessed that he
burned a cheese factory In Ontario 10
get 5000 insurance and he confessed
he began his life OF crime by selling
cheese at snort weight. Counsel for
the state let his examination take
Its course without single objection
and at the close privately signified
their entire satisfaction. Orchard has
been on the stand five days and has