Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-10
MUST TELL CRIME
AND MURDER TALE
IN EVERY DETAIL
Gradually Orchards Whole
Story of Heinous Vi|Iainy Is
Being Brought Out.
NOW HE HAS RELIGION
Eats Heartily and Speaks About His
Experiences Without Any
Show of Emotion. y
WRECK OF INDEPENDENT DEPOT
Referring to the Lyte Gregory Murder,
Witness Said That He Buried the
Shotgun and Then Went
to His Home.
WRECK OF INDEPENDENT DEPOT

BOISE, idaho, June 10.-Harry Orchard
commenced his fifth days griling on the
witness stand in the Haywood murder trial
this morning. The tragedies of two years
of his life prior to the time the gates Of
the Idaho penitentiary closed upon him
have to be rehearsed in every detail. I'm
der the cross-examination of E. F. Rich
ardson, the tax upon the mans memory
would appear to be more than the ordinary
mind is capable Of but, so far. Orchard
has stood the test. If he goes through the
ordeal today with little confusion in
his statements as he has exhibited in the
last two days, it will have been perhaps the
most remarkable exhibition ever given on
a witness stand. Counsel for the defense
themselves do not hesitate to pronounce
Orchard the most difficult proposition they
have ever been called upon to face in the
course of their experiences as lawyers
Practically they have given up hope of be-
ing able to shake the witness testimony
| so far as material points are concerned,
| and they say that the present examination
| is made, not for the purpose of confusing
Orchard, but to place before the jury state
ments which they will contradict in detail
by their own witnesses.
Peabody Is Expected.
Among the witnesses expected to arrive
in the city today is former Gov. Peabody
of Colorado, who, according to Orchards
statement, had several narrow escapes from
death.
On one occasion the assassin stood ready
to shoot him as he stepped from his car
rage, but the governor had given up his
place to two ladies, and, to the lurking
murderer's surprise. the ladies stepped from
the carriage alone. Another time the bomb
had been placed and the governor walked
beside it. He would have been blown to
fragments had not two coal carts passed
Just at the time and stopped, the wheels OF
one of the carts resting on the wire, one
end of which was held by Orchard to pull.
while the other end was attached to the
trigger of the bomb. Another time the gov
ernor attended a dinner and as he stepped
outside he was accosted by man who he
thought had been one of the party and who
was standing on the sidewalk putting on a
coat and wearing automobile glasses, who
said Let me drive you. governor. 1t was
fine night, and the governor declined.
Waited in Street Below.
The man was Harry Orchard, who had
waited in the street below with an auto
mobile to drive the governor into the out
skirts and murder him. Gov Peabody says
that he has received threatening letters
since the trial of Haywood commenced, but
not much importance is attached to this, as
threatening letters matter of daily
occurrence, and Gov Godding of Idaho,
while not receiving as many he did a
few weeks ago, now gets one or two day.
They are mostly from far-away points.
| many coming from New York or Brooklyn,
| and are generally attributed to ''cranks.'
Mrs. Orchard Not There.
The statement that Mrs Orchard had ar
| rived in Boise yesterday appears to be with
| cut confirmation. The report given
out from an apparently reliable source but
counsel for the DEFENSE now say lndI Sne
| is not here and she may not come to tes-
| tify. Counsel for the state say that they
would like to have her here as witness.
| Harry Orchard passed a quiet Sunday. He
| eats heartily according to the guards, and
| speaks about his experiences on the stand
| without any show of emotion. He spends
| much of the time in his cell reading the
newspapers containing accounts of the
| trial.
| HAYWOOD was visited yesterday morning
and afternoon at the county jail by his
| wife, daughters and mother. He, too, reads
/ the newspapers closely. He appears to be
| in good spirits and confident of his ac-
| oufttal Early this morning he seemed to
| he in better condition than any other
! da-, of the trial.
| Wants to Correct.
! Immediately after going on the stand at
935 o'clock this morning Orchard asked
| permission to correct two statements made
| by him on Saturday one to the effect that
| BILL Easterly and himself had made
| bombs with "Pettibone dope at Cripple
| Creek, and the other that he and Steve
| Adams had carried their shotguns in hol-
| sters when they were stalking Gov. Pea
body. He said Billy Alderman. and not
| Biz Easterly, made the experiment with
| him. and that he and Adams did not carry
their guns in holsters.
Attorney Richardson brought out the fact