The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-12
KNOCKING ORCHARD.
Defense in Haywood Case Trying hafa ta
Diseredit Bloody Story u
States Star Witness

States Star Witness
The foundation laid by the testimony
Of the former stenographer Of the Pin
kerton agency. who, to use his own
words gave back to the rightfuI
owners" the secrets entrusted to him
by his employers were used in the
Haywood trial at Boise, Tuesday, and
on it will be built the structure by
which the defense hopes to convince
the jury and the public that there
has been a widespread conspiracy to
wreck the Western Federation and
convict its officers of murder.
Judge Wood has ruled that the de-
Tense may go into this conspiracy only
SO far as its ramdhcations extend in
the states Of Colorado and Idaho.
Counsel for the defense, however,
state that they can show conspiracy
extending through many states OF the
union and intended to affect union Ia
Dor everywhere, and they propose To
try to get the whole thing before the
jury.
The counsel for the prosecution say
that while they made no objection to
the introduction OF Pinkerton reports
affecting the Colorado strike, and
even asked for more, the matter intro
duced so far has failed to show that
the Pinkertons were employed or re-
tanned by the Mine Owners or the Cit
liens Alliance Of Colorado.
Consequently, the foundation not
having been laid for the conspiracy
which the defense has alleged, they
will resist any further Introduction Of
any similar evidence as to conspiracy
in any other state.
The defense at Tuesdays session OF
court, continued the Colorado story
in which Orchard told OF the proposal
to blow up non-union boarding house
at Globeville, just outside of Denver.
In this he incriminatrd a number OF
people.
Max Malich, Joe Mehlict, and Billy
Altman, three of the men variously i'm
pllcated in alleged misconduct at
Globeville Denver and Cripple Creek,
on the word of Harry Orchard, went
on the stand as witnesses for Haywood
and made denial OF Orchards testi-
mony Malich swore that Orchard,
and not he, suggested the inhuman plot
Of dynamiting a boarding house full
OF non-union smelter men at Globe.
vile, and that Orchard originated the
idea of killing William Mcdonald, one
Of Malichs business Ciyals He said
he had been burned out by some mys.
terious acid thrown into his house by
an unknown hand, but denied that this
acid was really ''Pettibone dope" that
had been left in the room by Steve
Adams and Annie Adams He also
denied that "Pettlbone dope" had been
used in burning his store, and testi,
fed that he was at his ranch when
the fire occurred. He also swore that
Orchard had told him that but for
Governor Steunenberg he would be
rich, and that he intended to kill
Steunenberg.
Mehhct and Altman, who followed
Malich, also made positive and circum.
stantial denial of all the things Orch
ard swore they did with him.
An unusual feature was contributed
by the appearance as witness for
the defense Of e. L. MCFARLAND, a
brother of Detective e. L. Mcfarland,
who worked up the case against Hay
wood, Meyer and Pettibone and OBJ.
tanned Orchards confession.
This Mcfarland is a shoemaker
at Manitou, and he came to tell that
while he was following his peaceful
craft at Victor during the strike, he
was unceremoniously taken from his
place by the military, thrust into the
bull pen" and then depsrted.