Milford chronicle., 1907-06-14
UKUHARU STICKS
TO HIS STORY
Confessed Murderer Subjected to Sc
we're Cross Examination.
HIS CREDIBILITY ATTACKED

OF q great conspiracy, formulated and
carried out by the enemies Of the
Western Federation of Miners, and in
dioated a determination to construct
their main line of defense on that
ground. They carried Orchard by
slow steps through the minutest de-
tails from the dynamitlng of the InGe-
psndence, Colorado, station down to
the attempt on the life of Fred Brad
ley and his family in San Francisco.
In addition to a series Of particular at
tacks on the credibility of the witness
and the general probability of HIS stor
les. and preparing the way for their
own testimony in rebuttal. the defense !
sought to show that Orchard has a
mania for boasting Of the commission
Of crimes non-existent except in his
own mind, and that he is under the
control and suggestion of Detective
Mcfarland
The defense began by making It |
clear that as far as Orchard knew
Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone had
nothing to do with the inspiration
planning and execution Of the Vindica-
tor explosion. and that Haywood and
|
planning of the murder of Detective
Gregory.
Orchard denied that mine owners
or railway men had any part in the In.
dependence station outrage; denied
that he had a mania for cOnfessing un.
committed crimes, and denied that he
IS under the influence Of Detective Nc
Partland. He showed some spirit in
answering many Of Attorney Richard.
sons questions, but he firmly held to
all Of his first stories, and was calm
and certain throughout the long, try.
ing examination.
The dynamiting OF Fred Bradley, in
San Francisco, were taken up. The
defense made a long and determined
effort to expose several features of it
to doubt and improbability, and to
vitiate it all by revealing the hand OF +
the Pinkertons.
Then the play went back to Denver :
for the winter of 19O4-05 and the spring =
that followed and there was an ex .
tended effort to show that Orchard
had practically no communication u
with the leaders of the federation; f
that he received no pay for the Brad f.
ley crime of anything else, and that II
with Steve Adams, in a period Of ex- @
IRENE poverty extending over Pc S
riod of several months, he was reduced II
to the necessity of stealing a sheep d
from the Globeville stock-yards that "
he might have food n
Orchard, to a laughing court room, cl
confessed that he stole the sheep but C,
denied that it was because of want
He insisted that, all through that sup tu
pOsedly hard winter and spring he II
continued to draw money from Petit e,
bone, through Adams, and explained h;
that If he did not see the federation 70
leaders often It was because he was 90
Lying low" to avoid capture.
The Globeville inquiry developed
another shocking crime. At this Den
yer suburb there was a diabOlical plot NJ
Orchard swore # was inspired by
Max Malich; the defense claimed that
Orchard was its author-to dynamite Iei
d boarding house where $50 non-union OF
men lived. and in preparation for the HI
murder en- bloc. Orchard, Adams and Is
a man named Joe Mahalich, broke in An
10 two magazines and stole 800 pounds
1f dynamite. which they lugged home Sa
It night and buried in their cellar. Sh
The crime was abandoned. Orchard
aid, In one Of those flashes that make op'
lis testimony remarkable, because MI
Haywood intervened and forbade him Una
o have anything to do with it. are
The examination next reviewed the TIN
arlier attempt on Governor Peabody
md the making Of the bombs to kill put
i'm, and the plots against Judges Cab ma
art and Goddard, with an effort every e
Vhere to tighten and cast doubt upon
he testimony. Orchard told a dra- Tw
latic story Of the first attempt TO e,
ssassinate PeabOdy-an early morn r
ng drive through the snow to place evn
he bomb. and a wait for the victim, at
tho was spared by the unexpected ap- Pow
earance of two coal wagons, which, con
Oming from an alleyway, were driven now
cross the trigger string at the mo- inc,
lent that Peabody was crossing the was
line. sior
Orchard. who confesses that he hesi- of .
ted at no crime and took a hundred n
ssperate chances in those he COM sba1
itted, made an interesting contribu- brol
on 10 the psychological study OF his of t
srsonality when he called himself a
ward. He said he was too cowardly
openly kill Judge Gabbert, that he A
garded all his acts as cowardIy. ing
In five minutes Orchard showed more POtt
notion than at any time since he be- neal
n his testimony. 1t was when the run
fense. in a rough shod depression. bacl
ked him If he had not deserted his ming
ipple Creek wife and left her in lost
verty that compelled the sale Of her an
shtub TO buy bread. Orchards lips OF I
Ivered and. with tears near. he fall 1uml
ed for a moment and then denied thro
It he had done so and said that the cut
Grafton leaders had promised to a.
e for her in his absence. ra