The Washington herald., 1907-06-14

BOISE. ldaln. June l&-Wheu Harry Or
chard left the witness chair at the noon
recess to-day, be was taken as usual 70
the office Of James A. Hawley. Of counsel
for the State
As he walked through the hall with his
guards he passed a man ne knew and
smiled pleasantly as he went on.
He was still smiling as ne entered Mr..
Hawley's Office, bU. the smile faded away
and his face grew pale as he saw a tall.
broad-shouldered. spactacIed man who
stood near the door
This man was none other than ox-Gov.
Peabody. Of Colorado. on whose life Or
chard made two attempts with a bomb.
and whom he tried yainIy for some weeks
10 get chance TO XIII with a sawed-oR
shotgun.
How are you, Orchard. said the gov
er1or kindly As De spoke he stepped
forward and held out his hand. Orchards
knees shook under him. his eyes filed
with tears. For moment he did no.
move. At last he managed TO take with
trembling hand the hand that the gov
ernor held out
Ashamed 20 shake Hands
I'm ashamed 10 shake hands with ron.
governor" he fsIrered. when ne was ab-s
10 speak. Il tried often enough % kill
you. but 7 didn't succeed. I'm ashamed
to look at you."
'Oh. that's an right" said Gov. Pea
body; that's al i'm the past. and it's all
over now. I just want 20 tell you that 7
don't lay 10 mp against You. and that am
glad you have repented and made Up YOUR
mind 10 tell The truth
The two chatted a few minutes. and tia
governor then went ont. Before he went
he shook hands with Orchard once more.
Orchard to-day told The world and tie
jury what IL was that had determined
him 20 make q clean breast Of aU his
crimes from the very first cne down to
the latest
'I believed II was my duty to tell tie
truth" DE SAID. regardless of the con-
sequences To- myself or anybody else. I
did not see any other way. I felt owed
IL to society. I owed 1t 20 Goa and -
myself
.H was E. emu .| L.FIE bitter
Eriiling that Orchard said these words.
As he uttered them his voice faltersi
and grew husky and his ewes grew dim.
He f1mhiei - his pocket drew ont q
handkerchief. and dahh-d II his ewes.
He was deeply moved. and though lie
was able t0 60 ON answering the luez-
tions that Lawyer Richardson kept
shooting at him. il was some minutes
..HT E.H ..-..
himself that had never before deserted
him through a week Of severe eXami-d-
ton
There was perfect silence in the court
room. every one held his breath. tina
jury 90 a man leaned far forward i'm their
seats with their eyes fixed upon The Wit
ness. Even the judge sat mp a little
straightcr On the bench They had been
listening 20 the telling Of the most extra
ordinary story Of crime ever narrated in
AN American courtroom, and tEey
knew it.
Did Not Hope for Immunity.
For days this man Orchard had ueea
telling them all an unsolved riddle. Eua
AT last here was something to help solve
IT. Just before that they had heard-La-.-
yer Richardson say:
And SO you thought you would pro-
cure immunity for yourself If you told.
did you notg' And Orchard replied:
NO. sir, these things did not influence
me, except perhaps. they made me con-
fess a little sooner. hut had thought
it all over. 7 had-beeu thinking of my
past life and I intended 90 put myself
out of the way. 7 did not care about
living any longer"
Didn't YOU think you could set out OF
it by LAYING it all on somebody else7"
demanded the harsh voice Of the cross
examiner.
NO. sir said Orchard family but
promptly Il had been thinking over my
past li0e and 7 did not believe the grave
ended It ALL and 7 was afraid 20 die.
had been such an unnatural monster.
Finally, I came % believe that if I sin
cerely repented Of nv sins I would Ia
forgiven. and I have never been in doubt
since.
Orchard made it as clear as daylight
that IL was not religion that induced him
20 make his first confession to McPlrt-
land I'm the State penite1dary.
When I first told Mr.. Mcfarland" h
said. Il cared very little what became Of
me-"
Planned to Commit Suicide.
He cared So little what became of him.
the witness stated. that at about that
time he had practically made up his mind
10 commit suicide. He went so far as to
write letter of farewell to his brother.
This he hid I'm the lining Of his w8iztco7t.
and told Steve Adams. VINO was also
confined In the pcuitenuary. TO tell the
authorities TO have it delivered after he
was dead. He intended to break the
crystal Of his watch. seven an artery. and
bleed TO death. Steve Adams informed
the warden of the peuitentiary that
Orchard intended to kin himself. and
steps were taken to prevent him.
10 was after this that ne got 10 thinking
so much about what lies beyond the
grave. His replies to questions indicated
plainly that Detective Mcfarland was
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