The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10

will be relied on to strengthen the
claim of the defense that the mine
owners and not the western fedora
tion of miners were the conspirators
who employed Orchard to murder. Or
chard married a second time at Cripple
Creek when he was at work as miner.
At that time he was member of the
miners union. The couple were mar
ried shortly before the great strike
broke out in 1904. The woman was
keeping a miners boarding house.
New light has been thrown on the
murder of Lyte Gregory in Denver. Ac-
cordipg to statements made by the po-
lice in Denver. Orchard and Simpkins.
or whoever his accomplice was. were
suspected of the murder. Bloodhounds
tracked them to the yard behind Petit
bones store, where Orchard says he
hid his revolvers and the other evil
dence which was discovered. The po-
lice were about to arrest the two men
when orders came from some mysteri-
Gus source that the men were not to
be molested and Orchard was allowed
to get out Of town. This statement Is
said to have been made by Chief Of De
tectives Loomis of Denver, and Paul
Gregory, a brother OF the murdered
man, has made similar statement. It
is likely that both will be called as
witnesses and the mysterious order
allowing Orchard to get away will bc
investigated.
The arrival of witnesses is an inter-
esting feature Of the case. Men whose
names have been connected with the
history of the mining troubles and the
bloodshed in Idaho and Colorado are
seen on the streets. in the courtroom
or hotel Hobbies. Angus Sutherland.
the little Scotchman who was sherfn
of Shoshone county, in the Occur dAl-
enes, himself famous gun hghterTthe
marshal of Victor, Col. who went
there in 1908 and 1904; Bulkeley Wells
rado, who dug up the bomb planted to
kill Governor Peabody, and who was in
charge of the special train that ran
from Denver to Boise with Meyer,
Haywood and Pettibone, and which is
generally called the kidnapping trip,
and a dozen other men of that ilk are
here and will participate in the trial
as witnesses.
DETECTIVE JOINS FEDERATION
One of these. Pinkerton detective,
will testify that he has been member
of the western federation of miners for
some years and during that time he
was president of a lodge. He, while
not a member of the executive board.
was in their confidence up to certain
point and at the same time was max
ing regular reports to the detective
agency.
This man will be a formidable wit
ness for the state. His employment to
Join the western federation of miners
and learn their secrets is in line with
the detection of the Molly Maguires in
Pennsylvania which led to the convic-
tfon of the men accused. Captain
James MCFARLAND, who has had charge
of the present case since the arrest Of
Orchard, and is the superintendent OF
the Pinkerton agency with headquar-
ters in Denver, was the detective who
Joined the Molly Maguires and secured
the secrets of the organization.
That Harry Orchard has written a
book appeared in the course of the
cross examination Orchard. in reply
to Richardson, said: 1T is the true
history Of my life"
Richardson examined him carefully
as to this book and asked him il it
had not been suggested or dictated by
MCFARLAND, who secured Orchards
sworn confession. Orchard fatty de-
MED that Mcfarland had suggested or
corrected the manuscript He admitted
that he had read the manuscript many
times and it was practically the same
as the narrative he told on the stand
during the direct examination and
which he is celebrating under the fire
of cross examination by Attorney
Richardson.
The cross examination of Orchard
is bringing out a mass of detail that
will again be taken up in the redirect.
It would appear even as If the prose-
cution had purposely merely SKINNED
through the story of Orchards life in
order to allow the defense to bring out
certain features. This is instanced in
the connection of Orchard and Meyer,
the president of the organization Of
which Haywood is the secretary. Also
the intimacy between Orchard and Pet
tibone, the third of the prisoners
charged with the same crime under
the same indictment. That this con-
nection will be brought out very clear
and that the selection of Orchard Is
the bodyguard to Meyer at a critical
time, when both of them travelled with
sawedoff pump guns and revolvers,
must be explained, is admitted
After Orchard the state will probably
put Adams on the stand. Counsel for
the prosecution admit the possibility
that Adams will refuse to testify, but
they point out that If he refuses on the
ground that it will incriminate him,
his appearance will have served its
purpose His confession cannot be used
against him, but If he admits making
the confession and repudiates 1t, the
sworn confession will be placed before
the jury for what 1t is worth.
MRS. ADAMS ATTENDS TRIAL
There is some doubt as to what
course Adams will follow. His wife,
who has been brought into the case as
having boarded Orchard and Simpkins ),
but has not been connected with the
commission of any of the alleged
crimes. has been In Boise since the be-
ginning of the trial. She is In the
courtroom every day in company with