The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-08
|foofessed Slayer of Eighteen Men
[a;ts [s That He Was Taking Money
from the "Other Side."
> RECAUSE HE WAS "GIvEN
THE HARD JOBS" TO PERFORM
I'm Intimates That Orchard is a "Fixed"
Witness and is Given the Lie
by Fiawley.

day you asked me new questions before
could answer the old ones"
Counsel again Joined in the protest
and Mr.. Richardson became somewhat
excited. declaring that II it was the pur-
pose of counsel 10 start row between
him and The witness he thought they
might Just as well have IL out at once.
The witness will be allowed 10 answer
the questions without interruption" said
Judge Wood. sternly, and the cXamlna-
tion proceeded.
Spent Much Time Gambling.
Orchard admitted that while he was in
the Idaho mining country he became
quite gambler playing poker most OF
the time He was asked how he voted
The day the unions decided 10 go down
10 Wardner to blow the Bunker Hill and
!, sullivan u, iva, mine and mil mn up and said he
ed the witness 10 name all who attended
The meeting. He gave the names of five
or six,
And those are all you remember?''
asked Richardson
Not all ] remember. but they are the
only ones whose names ] can recall at
his time, replied the witness coolly.
The attorney next took the witness
he train which took the rioting miners
10 Wardner. Orchard said it was COM
posed of fifteen cars, some being freight
and others passenger coaches.
Are yol sure, finally asked Richard :
son. that YOU were not al Burke or Null
EN- playing poker when this explosion
occurred"
II am sure" came the reply. "G lit
lne of the fuses which fred powder un-
Ter the mill"
Mr.. Richardson wanted 10 know the
lames of all who helped unload the pow
Ter a Wardner and who helped 10 place
I under the mill
Orchard gave several. and said they
we're all he could remember,
Did YOU know Haywood Meyer, or
Pet,ihone at this time?'
No sir
They were not with YOU at Wardner
when the min was blown up. were they?''
No sir. Not that i know OF"
Movements Carefully Traced.
Orchard said he LEFT Idaho after the
blowing M OF the Bunker Hill and Sulu-
van mill 10 avoid arrest He was taken
over the years from 1899 10 1902 In de-
.sil. explaining 10 MIR Richardson where
ne worked. where he got his money. and
where he went from time 10 time. Or
chard said he worked on an average Of
Ten or eleven months year In the
mines OF Utah. Nevada and Arizona. He
sambled part OF the time.
Did you lose when YOU FIRST began
10 play?' demanded Haywoods attor-
mot always"
But YOU finally got so the other fell
low always lost. did you not?"
Counsel for the State objected to this
form OF questioning, but II was allowed
by Judge Wood.
"I nearly always lost. quietly replied
the witness.
In reply TO Richardson's questions Or
chard traced his lourneyiugs from place
how much money the witness had at
each place. Orchard supplied the iufor-
ma tlnn 10 the best Of his recollection.
admitting that large percentage OF his
wages went over the gambling table. lie
seldom remained more Than from one Ia
three months In any mining camp
Up 10 the time he went 10 Colorado in
1907, Orchard said he had never heard
kIns.
Orchard said he did no, hear Of Gov
ernor Steunenberg' action In suppress
Ing the Coeur Il 'Alene troubles until some
Was Not Called to Colorado
The witness said 1t was his own intia-
tive work which took him 10 Colorado
and said that no one connected with the
Western Federation OF Miners had urged
Of 1902 there was no trouble I'm Cripple
Creek. Arriving in Colorado he went tc
work In the Trachite mine and renewed
his membership In the " estern Fedora
ZION OF Miners, joining local headed by
w. +. Davis. who had been in charge
Of the party which blew up the Bunker
1iill and sullivan mill.
Attorney Richardson asked the witness
fepedl edly about his gambling expert
ences. laying much stress on this feature
of his cross examination.
When the Western Federation Of Miners
ordered a strike at Cripple Creek I'm Au-
gust, 1905, Orchard said he went ont
with the other union men The STRIFE
committee was composed Of w +. Davis
Sherman Parker and msn named Ken,
niston. Orchard said he had heard thai
Parker and Eennigton we're dead.
Mr. Richardson next took the witness
through hIs high -erodIng" experience.
in the Nindicator mine.
When YOU said the other day tha
YOU had high graded in the Vndicaiol
during the strike YOU simply meant thai
you were an orc thief. didn't you?'
~ don't know what YOU call it," re-
piled Orchard. we took the hiCh-Clas,
ore out secretly and sold it,"
You often made as high as $25 or 81
day. dldn't you. from high grading"
Orchard said ne also nigh graded
while at work in the EndiCator before
the strike.
In his testimony Orchard said he hac
reported 10 Davis The finding OF car
load of powder In the Vindicator mine
Orchard Proposed Violence.
up Ia tho time you told this TO pav
had the-c been any talk to you of pro
posed violence to the mine asked Nh
Richardson.
mo. sir.
You broached the subiec,P.'
YES ia heard the leaders Of the West
ern Federation of Miners had blown M
mines before"
The witness couldn't recall who ha'
told him OF this. He believed IT wa
Arthur Dooin,
Your object was 10 suggest TO pavI
tho firing nf this powder?
Il felt some cnmIty 10 the mine own
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