The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-06-14
SAYS HE IS AT PEACE
WITH COD.
Orchard Owed Confession To
Society, God and Himself.
THE WITNESS SHEDS TEARS
Remarkable Scene In Boise Court rs
Confessed Murderer Claims He Is
Row Hepentant.

BOISE, Ida. June ii.-The men VINO
are battling TO save the life OF william
ID. Haywood aud the good name Of the
Western Federation of Miners made
their greatest assault upon Harry or
chad when, carrying the review by
cross examination OF his life of crime
down 10 his confession. they bitterly
sssailed his guiding motives. Six days
they spent In stripping him before the
jury OF every shred OF morality. and
then, suddenly turning upon him In
final fierce attack. they fought with
every means known 90 the legal craft
90 convince the jury that Orchard was
committing a crime In falsely swear
Ing away the lives OF innocent men In
the hope OF saving his own. They
carried their attack TO the very Ian
guage with which the witness answer
ed their questions. AMI everywhere
they alleged by forceful Implication
that II was put Into his mouth by men
controlling him.
This series OF quickly delivered at.
tacks gave TO the trial amid the scenes
centering around the high witness
chair In Judge Woods court a depth Of
dramatic intensity. a com'~ung hu-
man interest that gripped aud held
every man aud woman who watched
aud listened.
Orchard failed when they recited 90
him the tale Of David aud uriah that
Detective Mcfarland related 10 him
when he came seeking a confession.
lie fought TO save himself. but tears
flied his eyes and be rocked unevcnly
like a faIntlng woman. His voice low.
cred TO husklness. aud he hid his face
In handkerchief.
Then he steadied himself aud went
on strongly 10 the end He defended
his motives by saying that be had
fnaily experienced conversion aud pen
ltence aud had resolved 20 make all
possible reparation by freely confess.
Ing all. Mcfarland had told him that
he was doing n great service for the
state and that states were Kind to mcu
who Served them. There was no other
promise.
"You knew that n you confessed TO
the steunenlcrg murder the state
would put you out Of the wayf ham
mered Attorney Richardson.
Yes, SIR
And would do " qnlckyF .
Il believed they would put me out OF
the way"
"But somewhere along the line me
Thought came 10 you that you c"nlo
get out OF " by laying u ON 10 some
body elseT
NO. sir; mat was not the th"ush'
at all
And here orchard gave remhrkh'
Die explanation OF the motives 'na'
lfnpei'ed MN 10 confess. hr N"'''
tel TO low Tone nut 'hete was u"
other show OF emotion. 'onip'"'e ~
fence gave every N"u 10 'ne e",'fe
room. The WIZ at an electric tah
overhead was TIE sole accompaniment
OF the recitation
i Thought. be sald' OF puuihg my
self out OF The way. hut Thought over
my past life. DID not believe IN
hereafter At oil. but ] was nfrald t
die. aud thought ~ tunes inst ia"
been such an unnatural monster my
crimes had leen - great that J would
not L. forgiven"
who told you thatf
mo one"
who wrote that out for your
mo one. but after J had been sent
a bible and had read u some ] camc
10 the conclusion that ] would L. fos
given u made . confession OF ev'
crythlng. ! began To think that the
grave did not end everything. aud
made NJ my mind 60 tell the truth
about the whole thing"
80 you thought you would make
your peace with the future by having
some one else hangcdr' asked Mr.
Richardson.
"No. sir. I think any man can max,
his peace with the future u he want,
20. I believed II was my duty a. tel
the truth. I did not see any othei
way, regardless OF the consequences,
10 myself or anybody else owed Il
20 society. owed II 10 God and &
myself"
The defense suggested that n or