Evening journal., 1907-06-13
DENOUNCES
The TALES OF
ORCHARD
1 Former Lieutenant Cover
nor Will Contradict lin
at Boise Trial
WILL TRY TO SHOW
PERSONAL GRUDGE

BY Our own Wire. Publishers Press.
BOISE, Idaho. June 13.-Bursting
through the tangled web Of -ques-
tioning and befuddling dn;errogatons
came a ray Of hight to-day on the prob be
attitude Of the Haywood defense to the
testimony of Harry Orchard.
The parry for Orchards damaging
thrusts will be general denial Of every
statement made by the witness and an
attempt to prove that his murder Of Cow
ernor steunenberg was prompted solely
by desire for personal revenge and not
as the result Of any collision with the
Western Federation of Miners whom Or
ehard declares paid him to commit the
crime.
The opinion, which became general to- |
day developed as the result of the line
pursued late yesterday afternoon by At |
torney Richardson in cross-examining the
witness. During the past few days the
lines OF Richardson's examination have
crossed and re-crossed so many times IS
TO make it almost impossible to determine
what the attitude of the defense would
be toward Orchards story The trend Of
the examination late yesterday afternoon
and early to-day. however, emphasized
the incidents connected with Orchards
interest in the Hercules mine near Ward
ner. Richardson brought out that Orchard
had owned a considerable interest IN IN s
property and has many times declared
that he would now be a millionaire Like
his former partner but for Governor
steunenberg's action in driving him from
Idaho.
The attorneys for the defense sought
to show-and they will probably go deep
er into this feature later-that Orchard
has frequently threatened TO make Cover
nor steunenberg pay dearly for causing
him to lose the fortune which was within
his grasp
Orchard Realized Danger
Orchard appeared to realize the danger
Gus track on which the attorney was
seeking TO lead him and skllfully avoided
b all pitfalls, but the questions of Richard
son were sufficiently pointed TO make
clear the line which he viii probably de-
velop later.
Denounees Orchard
David Coates. formerly Lieutenant Cow
ernor Of Colorado. has Joined the "hes a
liar'' federation, composed Of persons
Harry orchard in his testimony in the
Haywood trial. has accused of aiding his
nefarious schemes.
To the Publishers Press Association
Coates said to-day:
I'm so far as Orchard says that
agreed to participate in any plot TO kid
nap the children Of August Paulson, he
lies orchard ds a liar. He admits it. every
body knows it, but when he says that
was willing to suggest the most hideous
crime in the calendar, the one crime that
believe should be punished by death, he
goes too far and the truth should be told,
although 1 dislike the notoriety.'
Coates will take the stand for the de-
fense in a few days In outlining the tes-
t timony he will give. he said;
! ''I went to Denver from Chicago after
7 the organization Of the Industrial Work
5 ers Of the World. I went around to Petit
e bones store and there is a chance that
met Orchard there. am not certain. He,
however. came to my office at Wallace
about the time he did. He looked like hi
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see him inasmuch as he said he was in
hard luck and trying to rehahilitate HIM
self in the district
when I told him to go ahead loaned
! him lots Of money in small amounts. He
t was gambling dn the district, but I did
r not know then that he had been. Then he
came to me and suggested that he could
= pull Off the Kidnapping job. had sus-
picion that Orchard was a devil and I WIS
indignant that any man claiming to know
me should think that ] would be willing
ito be mixed up in such work. When I
told him that 1 was on the level and
would drop him, I expected him to leave
town. However, he came in a few weeks
later. said he was anxious to get out Of
town and that he could get the money he
needed from August Paulson.
D Says Orchard Was Drunk
$ At that time Orchard was drunk. When
4 he asked me if he might tell Paulson that
he was in the employ Of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners, 1 told him mo-" Or
= chard did not know what the Federation
was doing in the district at that time.
He did not leave town then. but gamb.ed
and worked a little.
. fludliN OiGudfu ltAL Wdiidce. btlNIt
he left warned him that if he tried to
do a kidnapping job would send him to
the penitentary I warned Simpkins about
the mans intention and simpkins told
Paulson."
There is much speculation as to what
Steve Adams win say when placed on
the stand as a witness for the state in
the trial of William d. Haywood. Or
chard has said that Adams was his
partner in many Of his most desperate
undertakings, such as the blowing up
, of the Independence Station. Adams
' who came to Boise from Shoshone
I county, where he was awaiting trial for
n murder. is in a sullen mood and not
r likely TO answer any OF the questions.
EARTHQUAKE IN JAMAICA.
BY Our own Wire, Publishers Press.
KIGSTON Jamaica June l3-A