The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-14

the penitentiary?r he asked
In the new cell house
What sort OF cell?''
/ "A steel cage"
/ with solid walls?'
The walls were solid, the front and
door were barred"
You were in solitary confinement
81 don't know what you call it,
Were you taken to the penitentiary
with your consentg'
mo, SIR
Not Told of His Rights.
Were you advised as to your rights
about being confined in the penitentiary?"
They didn't tell you where they were
taking your
] No"
And after being put in the cell you
were not allowed to speak to anyone?"
| Yes, sir; could speak to the man in
/ the next cell and TO the guard in front"
You couldn't see the man next door
| could you?
Yes when he went out in front"
/ Who was the man next door,"
| Bob Wedder."
| "A condemned murderer"
| Yes"
And for the most part the guard out
side your cell sat silent?'
| NO, sir; he spoke good deal to the
man next door and he spoke TO me often
Where were your meals served?"
I'm the cell.'
They were passed into you the same as
| to the condemned murderer"
Yes, sir; the door was opened and the
meals were handed in
Orchard said his cell was SKI feet.
You were not allowed to exercise or
| leave your cell2''
mo sir; not at first"
And you were not allowed to read?"
yes. sir; I had new books from the Ii
brary."
NO newspapers?"
mo. sir.
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ment ten days. who first came to see
you?"
Mr. MCFARLAND"
Did You know him-that he was a
Not until that time"
SO he came and sat outside your cell
mo. sir; I was taken to the clerks
office and saw him there"
Orchard said he complained to McPar-
! land about being placed in the peniten-
uary. He told the detective the authori-
ties had no right to put him in the peni-
tertiary as he had not been tried or con-
victed
Did Mcfarland talk to you about your
past life?''
Yes. SIR
And his past Hfe?"
Yes. SIR
And the Molly McGuires?"
No, sir; not at first"
Did he first talk of the Bble?"
aiKeo OF Nlnq Davld.
No. sir; not at first. He did talk later
about the Bible"
And MCFARLAND told you about King
David who was a murderer, had repented
and become man after Gods own
hearth
He told me about King David, yes
sir"
And about what a bad man ST. Paul
VASE
We talked about St. Paul: yes. sir
And about David killing Uriah and
stealing his wife?''
He told me David had been a muir
derer and had gotten forgiveness"
Here at last the heart OF the criminal
was touched-the thick armor was
pierced. Tears welled to Orchards eyes
He shook them off and wiped the stains
away with his handkerchief. But Or
chard did not hesitate with his replies
they came as promptly as ever and he
soon regained control of himself when
Richardson plunged into a line of ques-
tioning, intended to develop what McPar-
land had told Orchard concerning the
story of the Molly McGuires in the an
thraCite coal fields of Pennsylvania
Orchard said MCFARLAND had told him
a good deal about the lawlessness of the
Molly McGuires.
"Kelly the Bum"
Did he tell you about Kelly the
BUMP"
Yes. sir
AnG tnat Kelly mad committed many
murders. but turned states evidence and
escaped punishment
He told me he was a witness"
Did he tell you he had promised to
protect Kelly and had kept his word?"
No. sir"
And that after the trials he gave Kelly
1900 on which to leave the country"
mo, sir"
What did he tell your
He said a subscription had been taken
up and said 800 or $500 contributed for
Kelly"
And that he was allowed to leave the
country
Yes. sir"
And that Kelly had reformed and be
come good citizen?'
Il think he said Kelly never did re-
form"
Did he tell you about a man named
KeTrigan getting off for testifying?"
mo. sir"
Orchard said that when he was first
introduced to MCFARLAND the detective
wanted to know il the prisoner believed
in God
Il had been thinking about such
things" said Orchard. MCFARLAND also
said he believed l had something TO do