The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-06

Iudl dSSdSSlH OI FRANK OleuHenDerB
went on the stand today as witness
against William d. Haywood ant
made public confession of a Ions
chain of brutal, revolving crimes
done, he said, at the inspiration ant
for the pay of the leaders of the
Western Federation of Miners.
An undertaking by the specia
prosecutors for the state that they
would by later proof and connection
legitimize his testimony, opened the
way like a flood gate to the whole
diabolical story and throughout the
entire day Orchard went on from
crime recital to crime recital, each
succeeding one seemingly more re-
voting than those that had come be-
fore.
Orchard confessed that as a mem
ber of the mob that wrecked the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill In the
Occur d'Alenes, he lighted one OF
the fuses that carried fire to the
giant explosion, confessing that HE
SET THE DEATH TRAP AT THE
VINDICATOR MINE AT CRIPPLE
CREEK THAT BLEW OUT THE
LIVES OF SUPERINTENDENT Nc
CORMICK AND FOREMAN BECK
confessed that because he had moi
been paid for his first attempt al
violence in the Vindicator mine he
had been treacherous to his assist
ants by warning the managers of the
Florence and Cripple Creek railway
that there was a plot to blow ul
their trains, CONFESSED THAT HE
CRUELTY FIRED THREE CHARG-
DIJCI(CIInun 4
BODY OF DECTECTIVE LYTE
GREGORY OF DENVER, KILLING
HIM INSTANTLY, confessed that fol
days he stalked Governor Peabody
about Denver waiting chance tC
kill him, confessed that HE AMI
STEVE ADAMS SET AND DIS
CHARGED THE MINE UNDER THE
DEPOT AT INDEPENDENCE THAT
INSTANTLY KILLED FOURTEEN
MEN and confessed that failing in al
attempt to poison Fred Bradley OF
San Francisco, he blew him up and
his house, with a bomb of gelatin
and he has more brutal crimes to
tell about that will bring his bloody
career to it's end at Caldwell, where
with great bomb he killed Cover
nor Steunenberg. These will come
tomorrow, for he Is to resume the
stand when the district court sits
again.
The story was told to a tense
nerved, rigid crowd that watched
with staring eyes for every move and
word of the confessing witness, a
crowd that was sickened and weary
of its disgusting details long before
James IL. Hawley, pleading illness
of himself, at 8 O'Clock in the after
noon secured adjournment for the
day. Orchard retained control OF
took the stand and If he suffered
much he did not show it.
His eyes were bloodshot and his
face nettled in color when he came
into the room to confront the men
whose life he jeapordizes. He was
plainly very nervous. He seemed at
first to lose little of his physical
control, for he walked unsteady as
he neared the stand and he
reached in an indefinite manner for
the arm of the chair. He had trouble
in finding his voice for a few mo-
ments. He quickly steadied himself
and was soon talking in the soft
easy tone that has characterized his
speech. His manner was easy and
his gaze steady in any direction that
a question claimed his attention. His
eyes blinded a bit when he told how
he trailed and murdered Lyle Greg
ory, but his voice altered none in
tone. His eyes met those of Hay
wood several times and the two
gazed fixedly at one another in tests
with honors even.
Orchards entry into the court
room was dramatic.
Five witnesses who traced Horsley
and Jack Simpkins several times
prior to the Steunenberg murder al
Caldwell, Nampa and Silver City and
further fixed their movements by
Identifying hotel registers, where
they had signed their names, con
sumed the first hour of the morning
session. then Senator Borah, look
ing toward the bench, said in quiet
tone:
ut will be a few moments before
the next witness arrives"
The crowd knew Orchard was tC
come and in keen expectancy
watched the two rooms of the room
III was TO be realized at last. Inc
prisoner-witness, long ago confined
at the penitentiary, was to make his
appearance.
Haywood's mother, Mrs. Carruth
ers of Salt Lake City, and her daugh
ter, sat beside the prisoner and his
wife, they having arrived here from
Salt Lake. Mrs. Carruthers Is {
handsome woman of middle age an(
her daughter is a pretty girl Of
twenty. The prisoners two daugh
ters were absent Haywood held 6
not book and at intervals took notes
of the proceedings. None of the
Haywood group could see either door
without turning in their seats, and
while they steadily faced the front
they showed their expectancy for the
appearance of the man whose testi.
mony may mean so much to them.
Horsley had spent the night and
morning at the Office of James H
Hawley and was brought to the court
house in a carriage with three armed
guards. In the chambers of the
Judge he was turned over to Deputy