Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-06-14

the first attempt To blow up the vindi.
Gator mine. encountering some risk
In the job. and. although the contract
called for the payment OF $500. ho had
not received any money. Tho night
before he called on Scott he said he
learned of the intention Of sherman
Parker and ". +. Davis to pull the
spikes. but he was not invited TO par
ticipate In the job.
u suppose you We're sore at being
left out?'' asked Richardson. sar'
casticaily.
swell. yes. suppose was little
Jealous. agreed Orchard. They gave
me nothing for the work ! had done
and when they wanted this job done
they got somebody else to do IL"
Then II Was that Orchard said he de-
cided To tell Scott of the attempt On
the train. Richardson drew from him
that Scott at once accorded him the
protection oi the authorities In Teller
county. and that he always responded
when Scott or Sterling sent for him.
Orchard was reluctant witnes sdur'
Ing the examination conccrnin. his re-
iations with the detectives and he en-
pioyed NIL his native shrewdness TO
good advantage in the numerous Tits
with the attorney.
Hardly had Richardson begun his
examination OF Orchard when both
Hawley and Borah entered objections
to his method. declaring that the de
IfendnntS attorney was pnrposcly cut
ting on the witness without giving
him an opportunity to answer. Tn.
court sustained the prosecutions OBJ
jections and Richardson was yisibiy
nettlcd.
Orchard was questioned concerning
his first attempt TO blow up the Vindi'
Gator. Richardson asked II the car
load of po Gder which he had diseov.
cred In the workings would not have
destroyed :hc min. and killed every.
one In Il. to whom Orchard replied that
he supposed II would.
How many men were working
thcrc!" asked Richardson.
about nifty or sixty To "a SHIFT was
his answer.
"And you would Just ns uoon blow up
n mine full OF people as iew!" pur'
sued Richardson.
"That'H IN. way felt about H." was
the calm reply.
Establishing Orchards connection
with the detectives and bringing out
tho fact that this relationship was
known to some Of the union miners
Of the district, were the most impor'
TINT point scored by the dcicns. IN n
result Of the days work.
In the main. Orchard adhered closely
to his story told upon the examination
In chief. Some discrepancies were
brought out and suspicion was thrown
on other statements. hut considering
that the narrative Of tn. witness has
progressed from 1895 down To the irsi
of 1904 these variations are scarcely
to be wondered Mt.
In the matter Of the sawcd.oa shot
guns, with which Orchard testified he
and Meyer armed themselves on sot
ting forth ON the trip into the San
Junn country. where Meyer later was
arrested and thrown into the Telluride
bullpcu. tho witness became slightly
ratified. Richardson got from him the
statement that he heard Meyer direct,
ing Pcttibonc over the telephone 10
buy tho gun. ms Pcttibonc could get
n discount. and yet Orchard declared
the sun was In the room when h,
showed up at headquarters.
Another admission by Orchard was
that Meyer might still have that gun In
his possession. that II had never been
used, although ON direct examination
he said he lad used the gun to kill De
tcctivc Lytc Gregory.
Orchard explained these discrop
nncics. however. by declaring that
there were always three or four such
guns kept at federation headquarters
and he reiterated his statement that
the gun he used on Gregory was pro
cured from that source.
I rst - . oil
is the wife OF the man with whom he
boarded while working ut the new
cheese factory mt his old home In
Northumberland county. Canada. In
fatuaied, he ran away with the
woman. changed his name and after
ward. ashamed to return TO his wife
and child. drifted into the life crime
that gradually led up to the killing as
n trade mt which he could earn easy
money and avoid hard manual labor.
Orchard is man without nerves,
lso far as the closest observer can dis
cover. At times. while relating the
most frightful of the crimes OF which
he accuses himself. his voice changes
and lowers. But during the eight
hours he has been ON the stand under
fire of continual questioning. the man =
manner has altered little. and. except
for the first furry of nervousness.
when he walked out into the court
room and faced the crowd of curious
faces after sixteen months close incar.
ceration. he has shown no sign that
he realized he was debating his rec
lord as the greatest criminal OF the cen
tury.
Attorneys Pass the Lie.