The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-14
WITNESS SHED
G.. TEARS In COURT
Leaves Stand After Occupying Il
81 EIours-Dcc1ares That
.s He Had Prayed Forgive
ness for Sins and Con- Is
8.ss fessed by Way of
Atonelnent.


William D. Haywood and the good
namo OF the Western Federation OF
Miners to-day made their greatest as S
sault upon Harry Orchard when, carry
ing the review Of ross-examination OF
his life of crime down to his confess S48
sions. they bitterly assailed his guild II
ing motives. Six days they spent in
stripping him before the jury Of every
shred OF morality. and then suddenly.
tack, they fought with every means
known to the legal craft to convince N
the Jury that Orchard was committing
q crime in falsely swearing away.the n
lives Of innocent men In the hope Of
saving his own. They carried their
attack TO the very Language with
which the witness answered tlleir Gues-.$
tions, and everywhere they alleged by
forceful Implication that 1t was put @
| into his mouth by men controlling him.
# This series Of quickly delivered at
tncks gave to the trial, amid tho scenes
lcentring around the high witness chair
| in Judge Woods court, a depth Of n
dramatic interest that gripped and set
and listened. 4
salsd. Wullcu DNtl&. OTluu Z
Orchard walled when they recited to N
him the tale Of David and urinh tia r3S
Detective MCFARLAND related to him
when he came seeking confession. FL
4 fIc fought to save himself, but tears
Ifllcd his eyes, and he rocked uneven "
like a fainting woman. His9voise low
i cred to hIskiness, and he hid his face
lin a handkerchief.
4 Tl,en he steadied himself and went
\ lon strongly to the end. He defended
Ihis motives by saying that lie had
4 finally experienced consersioll and pen 4
4 fitsnce. and had resolved 10 ma Ike al IL
Il nossiblc repnration by Il freq confess
II sion. McPartland had told linn That
/. he was doing n great service for, the
a State, and that States Were kind to-
. men who served them. There was no
/ other promise. SCI
I you knew that II you confessed to-
the steunenberg murder the. State
n would put you out Of the way?" ham
!, lmered Attorney Richardson Z Il.
"Yes. SIR"
"And would do it quickly?" u
II believed they would put me out
i of the way.
"But somewhere along the line the
|, Thought came tosyou that you could get
l else ~
4 "No. sir; that was not the thought
h at all" 4i.s
ii Dramatic in the Extreme.
9 And hero Orchard gave remarkable;
"A explanat tion Of the motive that i,n-
4 PEELED him to confess. His voice fell
s to low tone, but there was no others
9 gave every word to the en- tire room. The
" whiz Of an electric fan overhead was
n the sole accompaniment Of the recita-#
= tion. "a
Q II thought" lie said. "of putting my
q self out OF the way, but I thought
q over my past life. / did not believe in
IS d hereafter at all, but ISwas afraid to
g die. and T thought at times that I had
!" been such an unnatural monstcr-rly
70 crimes had been SO great that would
d not be Forgiven
8 WHO told you tEat?''
r. mo one?" q d
IS "Who wrote that out for your. s,
= Touched by Religion.
!. mo one; but after I had been sent
- a Bible and had read It some, came
: to the conclusion that I would be for-
10 given If / made confession of every
~ thing. I began to think that tho grave
In did not end everything. and made up
I'd my mind to tell tho truth about the
Y whole thing"
y, $50 you thought you would, make
- = your peace with tho future by having
la somebody else hung, did you?" asked
rd Mr.. Richardson 3e
20 20 Duty IIe Owed to God. a
at mo. sir. think any man canJmake
as his peace with tho future II he wants
CO to- believed 1t was my duty to tall
tho truth. did not sea any other
81 way, regardless of the consequences to
w w myself or anybody else. I owed 1t to
an society; / owed 1t to God and to my
he self"
sic The defense suggested that II Or
mt chard did get the references to his
! duty to society, God and himself di-
of rectly from Mcfarland or any othes
- person, 1t was suggested to him by tbs
oath he took when he Joined the West
- ern Federation Of, Miners. They. reao
him the oath from the ritual. but twher
they did he expressed the belief thai
=, the language had been given to him
y by the Almighty.
Hammer ut the Motive.
For hours the defense hammered a
IrS the motive of saving his own life
They sought to show 1t in tho force
OF example drawn from tho immunit!
OF informers In the Mollia Maguir'
cases, but this tho witness wouid no nc
J.. admit. Next they sought for It II
30 ~ Orchards effort to bring steve Adam
We to the state, and then In tho subse
,ne uuent meetings with Mcrartland an
2, Governor Gooding, once again the,
"a ~ emphasized tho fact that the witnes
.u ,ar had twice written his Testimony ou1
but Orchard repelled the suggnstio
al that 1t had been changed by Mozart
t.1 .aN land, Httorney IIawley', or hnypod:
Ia else, ts Il b
s,- Il After that II was sug gested that oF
MS chard had placed his future IN th
vas keeping Of AlePartlands that the pink
ere ertons had sel't MONEY ~ W ...s =