The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-17

amount of reading I see the news
papers, hut I read books the most. I
have been reading Rowland. and Ro-
maine S history. the life of John Wes~
ley, and George Whitfield, q number
of works on the Reformation, and some
thing about the history of England
hundred years ago. Much Of il has
been ecclesiastical and religious. 1 used
TO read great deal OF other literature,
and a lot Of novels
why did you change?'' asked one
of the intcrviewers.
Orchard hesitated for a moment, and
then in quiet tone, said: ut is like
n little boy who always lied to his
father about everything and then sud-
denly decided To tell him the truth
about everything. That is about the
best way that | can express the idea.
l used to like novels and all the other
kind of books, but now I do not care
for such trash -
<'It is like a man. he went on a
moment later. in earnest tones, ''who
has been doing wrong all his life, and
suddenly decides to do right, He can
not undo all The wrong he has done,
but he can at least do something to
clear things UP,
Has Kept Silence,
The question of the confinement
and treatment Of the prisoner was re-
verted to later, and Orchard said; ~
al
since | have been here. i felt that /
did not have anything TO say and
did not want too much prominence be
fore the public. I could have seen the
newspapermen if | had wanted to. L
am free 10 go anywhere in the yard and
speak to anyone that | like TO. Bus
do not speak 90 many of the men.
! don Z feel that | am any better than
the rest, but you know how 1T is, a man
takes n notion to certain men and does
not to others, And besides, | have felt
that | ought to be careful, Some OF
the men seemed anxious to learn too
much | do talk to several of the men.
There are some good men out here.
brought TO prison by misfortune. and
/ talk to them. | attend religious ser
vices and talk TO some of the men in
the hope of doing them some good, -
The last formal question of the inter
view went directly TO the position OF
Orchard in the pending cases and was
directly answered. 1t was; "Was
force ar duress of my kind used on
YOU by Captain Mcfarland, or anyone
else, in securing your alleged contes-
sion or statement. and have any prom
ises OF any kind been made to you in
that connection7''
"I have never admitted, and do not
admit now. that / have ever made
confession ' said Orchard. mind
that But at no time was l ever sub
.iected to force or pressure of any kind
and anything 1 ever said to Captain
MCFARLAND was without force or threat
of any kind Anything l said was OF
my own free will and accord 1t was
Just as | talk to you here; there was
nothing else. No promise of any kind
has ever been made by me, by Captain
Mcfarland, or anyone else. -
Takes Pride in the West.
Orchard said he had been down the
st. Lawrence, and had been about Wis
consiu and other Middle States. Al
most with pride, he asked his inter
viewers what they thought Of the great
West He was curious to know about
tbe Thaw trial and If Delmas, of the
West, had held his own against Je-
rome of ,be East, He talked in a gen
cral way about the formation OF thu
Haywood Jury. and said that ne was
following the proceedings in tho local