Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-18
Denies Statement.

Denies Statement.
1--WE will have Max Malich here and he
may fix it for you, but it is not likely that
he can give you the day of the converse
ton
Did you say that Steunenberg was mean
and that had 1t not been for Steunenberg
you would have been a millionaire, because
you had owned a sixteenth share of the
Hercules mine, and that Steunenberg had
driven you out of the staten
NO. sir; l never said any such thing"
Orchard was very positive in his replies
and showed no hesitation.
Mr. Richardson asked him if he knew
Lottie Day of Denver, and meeting her in a
room at the Belmont Hotel. told her that
he intended to kill Steunenberg This also
Orchard denied.
Orchard was asked if he had not made
| similar threats IN the hearing and presence
| of Kid Waters of Cripple Creek ant
| others. He was asked if he had not told DR.
| ]. S. MCGEE, formerly Of Wallace, that n
| was spy, and that he was going to "ge
even" with Steunenberg. He positively de
MED that he had. A conversation with u. Z
Coates, formerly lieutenant governor o.
| Colorado, was repeated by Richardson.
Denies It All.
In this Orchard is alleged to have said:
THE more 1 see of my old partners in the
| Hercules the more bitter 1 feel. They all
are rich, and 1 am a wandering pauper I'll
get even with Steunenberg yet"
Orchard said quietly:
II never made any such statement, either
then or elSwhere.
At this point the state took orchard over
for the redirect examination.
]. II. Wawley asked as to his interest In
the Hercules mine. which he said he SOLD IN
March, 1897. This was some time prior to
the troubles in the Occur dAleneS when, in
1880, orchard was there. and left the state
/ after the blowing up of the concentrator
at wardner The copy of the letter iden-
titled earlier in the morning by Deputy
Sheriff Nichols was handed to Orchard, and
the contents were identified by him.
The Letter.
The letter read in effect:
Dear Toni have received yours and
have sent that to Jack. hope to hear from
you as to your movements, and that you
will be successful There was no signature.
Orchard said in his direct examination
that the letter came from Pettbone.
A copy of telegram from Spokane was
identified by Orchard. The telegram read:
Attorney Fred Miller-Wnl start Tor
Caldwell in the morning. M
Orchard said he had not made any ar
rangement with Miller. but that in October,
1905, Simpkins had told him that If he ever
got into any trouble the firm in Spokane, of
which Miller was a member, would be good
men.
What did he mean by your getting into
any trouble?" asked Mr.. Hawley.
Il suppose he meant trouble over the
killing of Steunenberg.'
About His Trunk.
You did not speak to Fred Miller about
trouble of this kind when in Spokane?"
mo, sir. 1 only talked to him about SUI
ing the railroad for the loss of my trunk. y
From this the state jemped to April, 1905,
and asked what Haywood had said to him
about writing to his wife. Orchard was
proceeding to tell of a letter Haywood had
written to Mrs. Orchard, when the defense
objected. hotly, on the ground that it was
new evidence. Senator Borah argued that
the defense had brought out in the cross
examination that Haywood had spoken of
corresponding with Mrs. Orchard