Smyrna times., 1907-06-19
EVIDENCE CONFIRMS
ORCHARDS PLOTS
witnesses in Confederation Called
at Haywood Trial.
WHY ORCHARD CONFESSED

Boise. Idaho, June 15.-The prosecu-
ton in the Steunenberg murder trial.
entering in earnest upon the corrob-
Grafton of Harry Orchards testimony.
showed a continuous thread of evil
dencp connecting George Pettibones
store in Denver with Orchard at San
Francisco while engaged on the Brad
lev murder plot, partly developed an
other direct line by which it is hoped
to show that Haywood engaged and
paid Steve Adams for the same des-
rerata work, and added special touches
Of confirmation to Orchards general
story
officers of the postoffices at San
Francisco and Denver produced orig
inal records, showing that in August.
1904. 2 registered letter was sent under
the name OF j. Wolff'' from the ad-
dress of Pettibone's store in Denver to
y. Dempsey" at the Golden West ho-
tel in San Francisco. Orchard swore
that he stayed at the Golden West
hotol under an alias that was either
Dempsey" CT Hogan" that Petit
bone used the aliases of Wolff" and
Pat Bone" and that under the name
Of Wolff" Pettibone in the month
mentioned sent him a registered letter
containing 500 to pay his expenses
while attempting to kill Bradley.
The state also produced several wit
nesses who confirmed features of
Orchards story as 70 the Bradley af-
fair the first descent into the Vindi-
Gator mine with the object of doing
violence; the final success of the Vim
dicator plot and the circumstances un-
der which Detective Lyte Gregory was
killed Aside from its fight against
the admission of all the evidence Of
fered by the state, on the general
ground tht it was in no way connected
with the accused, the defense content
ed itself with showing that all of the
witnesses had been found and inter
viewed by PinkertOn detectives.
Orchard failed, when they recited to
him the tale of David and Uriah, that
Detective MCFARLAND related to him
when he came seeking a confession
He fought to save himself but tears
filled his eyes and he rocked unevenly
like fainting woman. His voice low
cred to huskiness and he hid his face
in his handkerchief.
And here Orchard gave a remark
able explanation of the motives thai
impelled him to confess.
u thought" he said. "Of putting
myself out of the way, but ] thought
over my past life. I did not believe il
a hereafter at all, but l was afraid t
die and I thought at times that l haC
been such an unnatural monster-m!
crimes had been so great that YoCl'
not be forgiven"
who told you that?"
NO one. But after I had been sen
Bible and read it some l came to tn
conclusion that l would be forgiven
I made a confession of everything.
began to think that the grave did no
end everything. and l made up m
mind to tell the truth about the Who'll
thing"
so you thought you would max
your peace with the future by havln
somebody else hung. did you?" aske
Mr. Richardson.
No sir. think any man can max
his peace with the future if he want
TO- I believed it was my duty to te
the truth. I did not see any other wa.
regardless of the consequences to my
self or anybody else. / owed 1t to Sc
ciety. owed it to God and to my
self"
For hours the defense hammered
the motive of saving his own life. the
sought to show it in the force OF e.
ample drawn from the immunity OF il
formers in the Mollie Mcclure case
but this the witness would not admit.
Orchard then left the stand. art
having occupied it for 30 hours and
half He will be recalled for redire
examination.