The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-14
ORCHARD BREAKS DOWN
 UNDER RICHARDS0N'S FIRE

Cooding first reprieved Wetter and then commuted his sentence of death to one of life Imprisonment. Orchard Leaves stand. Orchard left the stand at 2:30 o'clock, after having occupied 1t for total of thirty-two and one-half hours Just before he was excused and remanded. he went back to the handsaof@the proyS ecution and identified the casing of tssS bomb he planted at the gate of JHf J Goddard's house in Denver. orchs is to return to the witness chair lat oe- cause the defense must lay the tmal lines for impeaching him and State must still have its redirect q Amina- tion. S/A the State began the corroboration of the Bradley poisoning story. Mrs. Sadie Swan. who as Miss Sadie. Bell, was a maid in the Bradley home; Oli- yer Crook, the milkman, who sold the milk that was poisoned. and P. L.. Mo- Creary, the chemist who analysed the poisoned milk. carried the revolting tale from the discoyery of its bitter ness that the milk was poisoned to the analysis that showed from forty to sixty grains of strychnine in a quart of 1t.
 Mrs. Swan identified Orchard and connected him with the house. They all confirmed the date as within three or four days of the explosion and Mrs. Swan swore that she opened the front door to get the morning paper few minutes before the explosion and saw nothing on the steps, There will be further testimony as to Bradley incl dent tomorrow.
 Orchard Meets Governor Peabody. Immediately after the noon recess. former Governor Peabody, of Colorado. met Harry Orchard in the office of the counsel for the prosecution. The meet ing was unexpected as far as Orchard was concerned and when he saw Pea body advancing toward him with his hand outsretched he blanched and be- gan to tremble.
 T am ashamed to speak to you. Gov ernor; I am ashamed to look at you," faltered Orchard.
 "oh, that's all right" said Peabody. laughing. You need not be ashamed to speak to me now" .4 orchard began crying, and. when Pea body succeeded in reassuring him. he said:
 T am glad they did not kill you and that I am spared the thought of that crime at least"
 Orchard and Peabody spent fifteen or twenty minutes together and parted in very friendly way. eE Orchard Resumes stand.
 In opening what he had announced would be his last days cross exami- nation of Harry Orchard. Attorney Richardson, counsel for William D. Haywood, turned suddenly on the wit ness and said: Have you had your usual talk with MT Mcfarland this morning" T saw him for five minutes in Mir. Hawley's office" orchard. declared that the Haywood case had been discussed, but casually. Mcfarland had said he was quite i'll with heavy cold and just able to Keep out of bed.
 During yesterdays examination, Or | chard said he had written to Mover from Wallace. Idaho, asking for some money Orchard had gone to Wallace after the first proposed attempt on Governor Steunenberg. Richardson asked further about the Mover letter today. wanting to know if Orchard had ever received an answer to it.
 The witness said he had received no direct answer, but as a result of the letter, Jack Simpkins gave. him $100 which he said Haywood had sent to him. Orchard only had Simpkins' word as to where the money came from.
 Leaving Wallace en route back to Caldwell to assassinate Steunenberg,
 
 first went on a weeks hunting trip in to the St. Joe River country of Idaho. They traversed the trail on which 1t was said Steve Adams had killed Fred Tyler, the man for whose murder Adams has been tried, the jury failing to agree.
 The return trip to Caldwell was made by way of Spokane. Simpkins said that as an excuse for going alone, he would say he was visiting locals ot the Western Federation. This would also enable him to draw expense mon- ey from the union. Orchard said there was no arrangements at the head quarters whereby Simpkins should help in the Steunenberg plot. Second Trip to Caldwell. On this second trip to Caldwell, Or for about three weeks The witness made several trips to Nampa, and Simpkins went to Haley. where there was a federation local. During the 1 time his attorney was tracing or chard's movements prior to the assas- sination of Governor Steunenberg. Haywood seemed utterly unconscious. He read several letters which MT Dar- row, one of the defense's attorneys | handed him.
 orchard fixed the date of his second l Caldwell visit to some time in Novem- Der, 1905.
 well if you and Simpkins went to Caldwell in November to kill Steunen- berg why didn't you do it2" demanded Attorney Richardson.
 we did make an attempt to, but 1t was not successful" simpkins then went back home to Wallace saying 1t would not be good for either himself or Orchard if they
 were caught In his company.
 "Simpkins had agreed to come" Or chard continued, but he began to get scared after we were on the ground" Now as a matter of fact" asked
 Richardson, was Simpkins with you any longer than 1t required him to
 visit the federation locals at Hailey and Silver Citys
 He was with me in Caldwell about
 a week."
 All at onceT'
 | NO he was there twice"
 Simpkins started for home about he had not seen him from that day to l this. While in Caldwell, Simpkins
 helped him manufacture a bomb
 Was that bomb the one which killed
 Steunenberg?"
 Ut was the same powder, I later
 changed the casing from wood to tin. :" | Orchard denied that he ever mad 1 tried to sell what he claimed was
 non-freezeable explosive. Orchard also
 left Caldwell after the failure of the
 attempt with Simpkins. He telephoned l Bill Easterly of Silver Creek. and asked
 him if he didn't want to come over to Caldwell and take part In q contract"
 Easterly declined. saying he was too