The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-06-27

Sdiiibk marry OTCudIu lOt Ie-uiitCo
examination, IL introduced and Sc
cured the admission OF four letters
tending TO show that Haywood, dur
Ing the fall Oe 1905, when Orchard
swears he was engaged on various
crimes for the federation leaders,
bad participated In plan to deceive
Mrs. Orchard, the second, OF Cripple
Creek as to the whereabouts OF her
husband.
Over a variety OF protest from the
defense, Orchard was allowed to ties.
tify that early In the summer OF 1905,
Haywood told him that Mrs. Orchard
was writing him for information as
TO Orchards whereabouts. Orchard
swore that be proposed that he
should write his wife a series OF let
ters that were TO be falsely dated and
delivered to Mrs. Orchard by agents
OF the federation.
lie said that he first wrote two let
tiers which he dated at San Francisco,
and had them delivered through
Paddy MulliDey, who represented the
federation at Cripple Creek. Or
chard identified the two letters, and,
everything all objections OF the de-
fe"se, Judge Wood admitted them.
Next Orchard swore that he wrote
a third letter, purporting to come
from Nome, Alaska, and that under
the general arrangement that he had
made with the federation officials,
Marion Moore carried the letter to
Nome, where he went as organizer of
the federation, and posted it, This
letter, bearing the date OF Nome,
August o, 1905, was produced, identi-
fled aud admitted In evidence.
Orchard then identified letter
which Haywood wrote to Mrs, Or
chard, and that, too, was admitted
In evidence, and banded to the jury.
II was as follows
denver, November IS, 1906.
Mrs. ii. Orchard, Dear Madam and
Sister: l nave not heard word
since | saw you. The last informa-
ton | got was from Alaska. think
Fairfield was the name of the place.
l see that awful conditions prevail
among the law and order element
Yours truly,
william ID. Haywood.
The three letters written by Or.
chard were commonplace, and con-
tanned practically nothing bearing on
the case or Orchards testimony ex.
cept references to the arrangement
which Orchard said he made with
the federation officials for the care OF
his wife while he was absent.
The defense attacked the letters
and Orchards story about them when
1t got chance to rose-examine the
witness. but Orchard held to the
story he told.
The witness successfully denied
that he had made arrangements for
the delivery OF the letters to Pluker-
ton agents, that the letters had only
made their appearance since he left
the stand last week, or that he had
invented the story because his wife
had Haywoodes letter In her possess
sion. He swore positively that Hay
wood had agreed to write the Alaska
letter, aud that Pettibone and Meyer
knew OF the arrangement.
1t was day OF correspondence and
documentary evidence. Besides the
four San Fancisco-Ala letters, the
state secured the admission of Ger.
titled copy vi the unsigned letter
which Orchard got at Caldwell Jail
and which Orchard swears was In
the handwriting of Pettibone. rhe
letter was as follows:
December 30. Friend Tom: Your
letter received. That was sent to
Jack December II for you. He should
send 1t so that you ought to have IL
by this time. VIII not write any
more this time, Write me as soon as
you get To your new tleld. I"
The letter was postmarked at Den.
ver on December 30, the day that
Steunenoerg was killed, and 10 Is
claimed 10y the state that the Jack
mentioned was Simpkins, and that
the that referred to 800 which
Orchard swore he asked SimpkIns to
secure for him when he was leaving
Caldwell.
The state developed its contention
that, as tending to show conspiracy
and knowledge of the Steunenherv
crime, Orchard was, without any re.
quest from him, furnished with
counsel within a few days after his
arrest.
IL first showed that Orchard after
his arrest sent no communication
from Caldwell Jail and then pro-
dnced the admission Of the original
OF tho following telegram;
Receivers No. So. Time filed,
1;3o .. M Paid, charge Robertson,
Miller 4 ROseufelt, Spokane, Wash.
Jaouary ], 1870.
ITO I. Hogan.
Care Sheriff. Caldwell. Idaho.
Attorney Fred Miller will start
for Caldwell In the morning.
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