The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-06-27
new SENSATION
IN MURDER CASE
DEFENSE CHARGES THE STATE
WITH CONSPIRACY.
THREATS MADE BY ORCHARD.
Witnesses Swear He Said He Would
Kill neutrality-suspicious. Com
pletes Preparations to lrnpeach
His Testimony.
'cripps-McRae Telegram.

Scripps- McRae Telegram.
Boise June pa new sensation
was sprung in the Haywood murder
trial today, when the defense made
the direct charge that the states de-
tectiyes are attempting to intimidate
its witnesses, and that representatives
of the mine owners are sitting in the
court room listening to the testimony
of the defense's witnesses so they can
frame a rebuttal. The defense claims
that Major Naylor of the Colorado Ma
tional Guards is one OF them He took
occasion to dely the charge In court
The defense called number of min,
or witnesses this morning in order
that they might give their evidence
and return to their homes. Nothing
sensational developed.
Threats BY Orchard.
Boise, Idaho, June 26.-The frst
direct testimony in the defense of
William d. Haywood was offered
Tuesday, and it was chiefly directed
toward showing that Harry Orchard,
blaming Frank Steunenberg for the
loss of his interest in the Hercules
mine, had threatened to have revenge
by killing him, and that the conduct
of Orchard and X. G. Sterling, both
before the Independence explosion,
when they were frequently seen to-
gether, and afterwards, when Sterling
called of bloodhound that was fol-
lowing Orchards trail, justified the
inference that the mine owners in
spired the crime.
The calling of the first witness for
the defense was preceded by further
examination of Orchard to permit the
defense to complete its formal inn
peaching questions. These questions
were nearly all In connection with the
claim that Orchard killed Stennen-
berg because Of an alleged grudge
growing out of the sale Of his interest
in the Hercules mine.
Witnesses Contradict Orchard. Z
Orchard, who came into court under
protection of the same flying squad
ron of guards that always acts as his
escort, maintained his old calmness
and spoke in low-pitched soft tone.
He again denied that he ever threat
ened to kill Steunenberg because of
the Hercules mine and again asserted
that he sold his interest in the mine
two years before the trouble that
drove him out of northern Idaho. Two
witnesses called later In the day
swore that Orchard did threaten to
kill Steunenberg because of the Her
cules matter, and the defense has pre-
pared the way for such testimony
from dozen more witnesses The
two heard we're: f. r. Redd, once Of
Cripple Creek, and now of Goldfield,
New, and Charles A. Sullivan, former
ly of Cripple Creek and now a watch
man in the Brown hotel I'll Denver.
Redd said he heard Orchard make
the statement and threat In the
'rainers' hall in Cripple Greek. and Sui
swore that while he and Or
chard were fellow boarders at John
Neville's place In Cripple Creek Or
chard repeatedly said that but for
Steunenberg he would be a rich man
and that he intended to kill him. The
cross-examination showed that both
were members of the Western Fed
Grafton Of Miners, and that Sullivan
was a friend of Haywood, Meyer and
many of the union leaders at Cripple
Creek.
Orchard as spotter.
DR.. /. L. McGee, mining broker
of the Occur d'Alenes, another i'm
peaching witness, swore that Orchard
told him in 1904 at Wallace, Idaho.
that he was "spotter" for a detec-
tive agency, Orchard denied this
conversation and denied that he was
in Idaho at any time in 1904
Several witnesses, principally wom-
en-, who kept boarding houses at Grip
pie Creek, located Orchard at yari-
GUS conferences with Sterling, the de-
tective for the Mine Owners associa-
tion, prior to the Independence explo-
sion, and there was further showing
as TO meetings between Orchard and
d. G, Scott, the detective for the
Florence & Cripple Creek railway.
Another witness told OF the effort
to locate the men guilty of the Inde-
pendence station outrage by starting
a bloodhound from the chair rung
used in pulling on the mine explosion.
lie said the dog took the road to Col
orado Springs. the one over which Or
chard fed in the night, and that when
he reported to Sterling he got orders
to call the dog of. Sterling said he
knew who blew up the station. and
later said that Steve Adams had done
SO.
The state fought the admission OF
the bloodhound story and also op-
posed the admission OF evidence GOV.
ering general features Of the Colorado
labor law. but In both instances the