The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-15
ORCHARD FOR
ONCE LOSES HIS
SELF-CONTROL
WEEPs AND ROCKS IN WITNESS
CHAIR LIKE PAINTING
WOMAN.
AN INTENSE SITUATION IN COURT
Says He Confessed In Order to Make
His Peace With the
Future.

BOISE, Idaho, June 1.-THE men
who are battling to save the life of
William Haywood and the good
name of the Western Federation of
Miners made their greatest assault
upon Harry Orchard today when car
rying the review by cross-examina-
tion of his life of crime down to his
confession they bitterly assailed his
guiding motives. Six days they
spent in stripping him before the jury
of every shred of morality of charac-
ter and then suddenly turning upon
him in final fierce attack they fought
with every means known To the legal
craft to convince the jury that Or
chard was committing crime In
falsely swearing away the lives of in
nocent men In the hope of saving his
own. They carried their attack to
the very language with which the
witness answered their question, and
everywhere they alleged by foreeful
implication that it was put into his
mouth by men controlling him, The
series of quickly delivered attacks
gave to the trial, amid the scenes
centering around the witness chair in
Judge Woods court, depth of dra-
matte intensity, compelling human
interest that gripped and held every
man and woman who watched and
listened. Orchard failed when they
recited to him the tale of King David
and Uriah that Detective MCFARLAND
recited to him when when he came
seeking a confession. He fought to
save himself, butsthe tears filled his
eyes and he rocked uneyenly like a
fainting woman. His voice heared to
huskiness, and he hid his face In a
handkerchief. Then he steadied him
self and went on strongly to the end.
He defended his motives by saying he
had finally found true convictan, and
in penitence had resolved to make
all possible reparation by freely con-
Tossing all. MCFARLAND had told him
that he was doing great service for
the state, and that states were kind
to men who served them; there was
no other promise.
you knew that IL you confessed to
the Steunenberg murder the state
would put you out of the way?" ham,
mered Attorney Richardson.
Yes, SIR
And would do it quickly?"
81 believed they would put me out
of the way"
But somewhere along the line the
thought came to you that you could
get out of 1t by laying 1t on to some
body else?"
mo, sir; that was not the thought
at ALL"
And here it was that Orchard gave
a remarkable explanation of motives
that impelled him to confess. His
voice fell to a low tone, but there
was no other emotion. Complete 81
lence gave every word to the entire
room. The whizZ of an electric fan
overhead was the sole accompani-
ment of the recital.
II thought" he said, "of putting
myself out of the way; but thought
over my past life | did not believe
in q hereafter at all. but was afraid
to die, and | thought at times that l
had been such an unnatural monster
my crimes had been so great that j
would not be forgiven"
who told you that
No one."
"Who wrote that out for you?"
"No one; but after I had been
Bible and had read it some, | came
to the conclusion that I would be for
given if | made a confession of every
thing. I began to think that the
grave did not end everything, and l
made up my mind to tell the truth
about the whole thing"
$50 you thought you would make
your peace with the future by having
sombody else hung, did you?" asked
Mr.. Richardson.
mo, sir; l think any man can
make his peace with the future If he
wants to. | believed 1t was my duty
to tell the truth. / did not see any
other way, regardless of the conse-
quences to myself or anybody else; l
owed it to society; I owed 1t to God
and to myself.
The defense suggested that If Or
chrad did not get the reference to his
duty to society, God and himself d.
rectly from MCFARLAND or any other
person, 1t was suggested to him by
the oath he took when he joined the
Western Federation of Miners. They
read him the oath from the ritual,
but when they did that he expressed
the belief that the language had been
given to him by the Almighty.
For hours the defense hammered
away on the motive of saving his own
life. They sought to show it in The
force of example drawn from immu-
nifty of the informers in the Mollie
Mcclure cases, but this the witness
would not admit. Next they sought
for it in Orchards effort to bring
Steve Adams over to the state, and
then in the subsequent meetings
with MCFARLAND and Governor Good
ing. Again they emphasized the fact
that the witness had twice written his
testimony out, but Orchard repelled
the suggestion that 1t had been
changed by MCFARLAND, Attorney
Hawley or anybody else. After that
it was suggested that Orchard had
placed his future in the keeping of
Mcfarland; that the Pinkertons had
sent money to his family in Canada !
that he had been supplied with dates
to strengthen his story, and that Me
Parland had trained him as a stage
manager would for his appearance on
the stand. But all these Orchard de-