Gilpin observer., 1907-06-13
he STOLE SHEEP
HARRY ORCHARD HAS ADDED AN
OTHER CLAIM TO HIS LIST.
MAN-KILLINe CONTRACTOR
Says Woman Was Taken Along as a
Blind When Murderers Were
ProwIing Around Judge God
dard's Home,

"'A s'SusSs
Boise, Idaho.-Harry Orchard has
added one more crime to his long list.
He confessed during the tedious cross
examination that he was sheep
stealer," and the tension in the court
room was relieved by hearty laugh
from the spectators and attorneys, and
even Judge Woods face relaxed a
trifle.
IF Orchard were on trial in Ireland
we would surely hang him for that
crime. which in the old days was
classed as a capital offense in the little
green ISLE" said Attorney Peter Breen,
one of Haywood's defenders, and him.
self an lrishman.
The admission concerning the sheep
stealing episode came during the after
noon while Orchard was narrating the
incidents connected with his life in
Denver during 1904-5. He had found u
refuge in the home OF Steve Adams
The resources of the Adams family, 1t
developed. were slender, but they were
freely shared with Orchard. They
moved from place to place. and finally
went to live in little shack in Globe
vile, according to Orchard. One night
Orchard and Adams went to the stock
yards and stole sheep and slaugh-
tered it. and thus kept themselves in
| fresh meat for some time.
The defense laid much stress on this
point in an endeavor to prove that Or
chard was not kept In funds by Hay
wood and the others.
IF the leaders of the federation
were prepared to give you money at
| any time, why did you finI it necss-
sary to steal sheep in order to avoi1
starving?" asked Richardson.
And to support his position the attor-
ney for Haywood pointed out that Or
chard was the recipient of relief funds
| at Cripple Creek during the time he
| swears he was drawing large sums
| from the federation treasury as pay for
his diabolical crimes.
Orchards reply came quickly. Hay
| wood and the other leaders, he said.
had cautioned him to simulate poy-
erty In order to avoid suspicion.
The name of Max Malich. the So
called king of Globeville," was dragged
into the case again.
Orchard said Malich had asked him
| to dynamite a boarding house which
sheltered $50 nonuniOn men and IN"
| members of their families. The wit
J ness declared that he readily accepted
| the contract and, with Adams and
Globeville ran. stole 600 pounds of
| powder from powder house with
which to do the lob" Haywood. ha
siad. prevented the tragedy by call
| ing of the conspiratOrs
Richardson sought to force the wit
ness to admit that he had suggested
| the crime to Malich and that the latte-
had refused to consider 1t, but Orchard
was positive in his statements. He in
sisted he was merely man-killlnS con-
tractor looking for employment and
| that Malich had offered him job
| This cold-blooded treatment of the
most heinous crime known to mankind
chilled the blood of the roomful OF
! spectators.
| Orchard drew an indignant sneer
from Mrs. Annie Adams. wife of Steve
Adams, when he testified that he AMI
| Adams had taken her with them when
they were stalking Judge Goddard.
"She was taken along as e blind
while we were prowling around Col
dard's house." said the witness.
4 Orchard continues to prove himself
| q wonderful Witness and the attorneys
for the state are loud in their praises
| of his staying" powers. He has tcna-
ciously adhered to the essential details
| of his confession, but he has been
forced to make admissions which in
| the opinion of the attorneys for the de-
| fense will eventually destroy the entire
value of his testimony.
Richardson has endeavored to force
the witness to give names ana dates.
and, despite Orchards skillful parryinS
he has been made to part with some OF
the desired information. 1t Is said the
defense is prepared to contradict Or
chard's most important statements
..sl. L.. ~ yVtny har nf "a
federation whom he has named. In
many instances the men he alleges
| were his pals are dead but some of
them are still alive and the defense is
said to have induced many of them to
come to Boise.
Haywood. Meyer and Pettibone will
probably all go on the stand, and their
| testimony should not be whit less
interesting than that Of Orchard. They
will swear they advised the striking
| miners not to resort to violence and
that their efforts in the interest of
peace were seriously hampcred by the
Pinkertons and other detectives. who
had Joined the miners unions at tho
suggestion of the Mine Owners Asso-
citation, and VINO were constantly max
ing inflammatory appeals to the rank
| and file.
In this connection 1t Is understood
that Captain McParland's record will
be put before the jury, II the conqueror
OF the Molly Maguires is put on tho
stand by the prosecution. The captain
has been in the employ OF the Pinker-
tons for more than quarter of cen
tury and the defense claims to have Sc
cured much damaging information con-
cerning him.
The attorneys for the state are ap-
parently not at all disturbed by the
confident claims of the defense. They
sa. the case is not based entirely on
The evidence of Harry Orchard.
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