The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-06-19
M0YER HELPED DECEIVE
WIFE OF WITNESS.
Orchards Damaging Evidence
Against Boise Prisoner.
TELLS or ADAMS CONFESSION
Says Haywood. Meyer and PettIbone
Promised To Aid Him u In
Trouble.


I tion In the Steunenbcrg murder trial
offered one of It's most important pieces
Of evidence against William II. Hay
wood when. recalling Harry orchard
/ for redirect examination. II introduced
| four letters tending Ia show that Hay
wood during the fall OF 1903. when Or
chard swears he was engaged ON yarl'
Gus crimes for the federation leaders,
had participated In plan to deceive
| Mrs. Orchard of Cripple Greek as To
4 the whereabouts of her husband.
over variety Of protests from the
defense Orchard was allowed 90 ties
tify that early In the summer Of 1903
Haywood told him that Mrs. Orchard
was writing for information as 10 Or
/ chnrds whereabouts. Orchard swore
that he wrote Mrs orchard a series Of
I letters that were falsely dated and de
llvcrcd a. Mrs. Orchard by agents of
the Western Federation of Miners. Or
chard said that he first wrote two bet
ters. dated san Francisco. and had
them delivered through Paddy Null
ney. who represented the federation nj
\ Cripplc Creek. Orchard identified the
two letters aud. overriding all objec
lions ~ the defense. Judge Wood ad
miitcd them.
"why dld you tell Haywood. Meyer
and Pctiibpne that you had given the
letter 10 your wife 10 Paddy Mulllney
aud had dated the letter from San
FranciscOT'
'sThe reason ls." said Orchard very
deliberately. "that my wife had told
parties that II she knew where ! was
she would sooner see me In jail than
not know where was"
Next Orchard swore that he wrote a
third letter purporting 10 come from
Nome. Alaska. and that. under the gen
ernl arrangement he had made with
the federation officers. Marian Moore
carried the letter a. Nome. where he
went NJ organizer 81 the federation.
and posted n. This letter. bearing the
date ~ Nome. Aug. 3. 1906. was pro.
duccd. identified and admitted as evil
dencc. Orchard then Identified letter
which Haywood himself wrote 90 Mrs.
Orchard. aud that was admitted IN eyi.
dcncc and handed 20 the jury as show
lnr that the prisoner had knowledge 81
The Alaskan story.
Crchard aiso testified that the replies
NJ Mrs. Orchard were sent 60 him
through Haywood.
when Orchard took the stand II was
made evident that the defense pro
poses to bring a number ~ witnesses
10 Drove that Orchard had for year,
nursed ycngcful spite against Sicu.
ncnhcrg and had repeatedly made
threats against him.
"Do you know Max Malich Of Den.
very asked Richardson.
"Ycs. sir"
'Did you In June or July ~ 1905 say
10 Max Match. you and he being alone.
that you werc going 90 Nil steunen.
l,crg even II you had 20 swing for ny
"No. sir. ! never had any such con
yersation."
senator Borah asked II he could not
place the time closer than June or July
iDu5.
NO man can tx the exact day 81
such an occurrence" said Mr.. Richard
son, somewhat hotiy. I'VE will have
Max Mnllch here. and he may fx u for
you. but u IL not likely that he can
givc You the day Of the conversation"
"nid you say that Stcunonberg was
mean aud that had II not bccn for
Sieuucnl,crg you would have been n
millionaire. because you had owned n
sixteenth share ~ the Hercules mine
aud that steuncnberg had driven you
out ~ the sintcT'
Mr.. Richardson asked him II he
knew Lottlc Day ~ Denver aud ~
hotel and telling her that he intended
to Kill Sieunenbcrg This also the wit.
ness denied
Orchard was asked II he had not
made similar threats In the hearing
aud presence of Kid Waters 81 Cripple
Greek aud others. lie was asked II
BE- had not told Dr ]. \. McGce. for
mcrly If Wallace. that be was n spy
aud that be- was going 10 get even
with Stcunenlrrg
In this Orchard Il alleged TO have
Hnid; '"rhc morc see ~ my old part
ners In the Hercules the more bitter
feel. They all ARE rich and am q
wandering paupcr. III got even Will
Sicuncnbcrg yet"
Orchard said quietly. II never mad,
any such statement either then or else
where"
Orchard wns asked II he had ever ~
ceivcd instructions from Haywood
Meyer or I'cttlbone ~ to what HI
should do II be- got Into trouble.
Yes. I had" replied Orchard 'rhe,
told me any time got into trouble no
10 write or wire them. that they woul'
send some one Ia look after mo-"
Mr. Hawlcy next asked n he used
part OF the same fsh line used for IN
siennenbcrg ON the Bradley or God
dard bomb.
Il didn't use the hsh line on Oh
bradley bomb. but I did use n part o
the same line on the Goddard bomb"
Tho question ~ the right Of the stat
10 20 Into any statement made by Al
aus 20 Orchard was argued by bot
sides. and an objection by the defens
j was oyerLnled.. Continuing. orchsr