The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-08
ORCHARD VAS
TRAITOR EVEN
TO FEDERATION
ACCEPTED MONEY FROM nOTH
SIDES IN CRIPPLE CREEK
TROUBLES.
EXAMINATION REITERAFEs STORY
Creator List or Crimes Than Hereto.
FORE Told When Defense Takes
Hold Of Witness.

BOISE. Idaho. June Counsel
for William d. Haywood continued
their attack on the testimony Of
Harry Orchard at both sessions of
the trial today, aud centered their
strognest assault on the events be-
ginning with the explosion In the
Vindicator mine and ending with the
earlier meetings between the witness
and the leaders Of the federation in
Denver. To the extent that traffic
with the other side in war Of labor
and capital in Colorado was diseredit-
able they succeeded IN discrediting
the Witness.
Taking up the admission that Or
chard made in direct examination
that he had been treacherons to his
comrades in Cripple Creek BY tipping
|off a train-wrecking plot, they devel-
oped the fact that Orchard entered
the eEapIoy of d. g. Scott, who had
charge Of the railway detectives. Or
chard said that with Scott he had met
X, @. Sterling, a detective in the em-
ploy OF the Mine Owners association.
and that Scott had paid his expenses
and accompanied him to Denver on
the trip when he met Meyer and Hay
wood. He said that he had agreed
to report to Scott but that be was
lying to him, never intending to
make reports to him and never did
make genuine reports to him. The
defense also tried to show that be-
cause he stood In with the other side
Orchard was never molested by the
militia in Cripple Creek during the
strike. Orchard admitted that Scott
had told him II the militia interfered
with him he was to send Tor him and
that the militia never aid Interfere
with him or search his house.
Orchard said that he went to Scott
first because he had not been paid for
his work at the Vindicator mine and
he wns jealous because he was given
hard work like the Vindlcator job,
while other men got the simple task
OF train wrecking by displacing Q
rail.
More crimes, great aud small, were
added to Orchards record today. TIE
Cripple Greek woman with whom he
committed bigalny had three sons;
Orchard stole high-grade ore from q
mess mate; he stole two cases Of
powder from the Yindicator mine; he
stole powder to make one OF the
bombs thrown into the Vindicatof
coal pile and he told lie.
The defense endeavored In various
ways to throw the shadow of doubt
and improbability around the whole
Vindicator story and the alleged
connection of w. F. Davis and VIII
liam Eaaterly with the affair and the
circumstances under which Orchard
testified he met Meyer and Haywood
and was paid for the commission 0I
| the crime, and to discredit Orchard /
story that he was sent back to Grip.
/ pie Creek with unlimited credit and
orders to commit any act Of violence
that he cared to- They confronted
Orchard with Hasfeliy aud 0Wney
barnes and paved the way for the
contradiction by them Of the story
told hv Orchard and several times
during the day paved the way for the
conffoyeftion of his testimony on
material points. Orchard stood the
strain and Test very wen and held
tenanionsly to the Story he related
yesterday and the day before.
Suddenly, before the close the de-
Tense took up the trip Orchard made
to southern COI1radO with Meyer II
the early part Of 1904. and showed
that Meyer feared to go south IN
guarded because mine owners Of.
| fetal thugs had beat up innocent
union men and had sent for Orchard
Ito aid Ia projecting him.
1t was agreed that they should
carry saWed4off shotgnns and ST n
the center Qf the railroad car 80 that
II they we're attacked they could de;
/ fend themselves.
Attorney Richardson. IN question.
/ ing the witness. made Il very clear
that this had been perfectly
straight proposition. free from any
/ fnks.
Counsel flared up several times
during the day and II The last pas
HBea 1t arms Heqeet0tuf 1HNIe<
tnld that Defender Richardson told
a iaIAeh1nd When he IHiIm4ttd thai
Orchard was fixed NIlses'
THt trial goes un al o.10 tolnQl'
row. 4''HH cloze-ex animation 1f or
ohaId Vito has now been on the
stand FOR three days. NiII pc con-