Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-06
ORCHARD TELLS
Of BLOODY CRIME
RELATES STORY OF MURDER
AND VIOLENCE
Blames Western Federation Of Min
ers for All Cory Deeds-Says He
Was Paid for Taking
Human Life
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little of his physical control, for HI
walked unsteadily as he neared the
stand and reached in an indefinite wa!
for the arm of the chair. He haC
trouble in finding voice for few
minutes, minutes bat only for few He quickly
steadied himself, and was soon talking
in the soft, easy tones that characterize
his speech. His manner was easy anc
his gaze steady in any direction that a
question claimed his attention. His
eyes blinked little when he told how
he trailed and murdered Lyte Gregory
but his voice altered none in tone. His
eyes met those of Haywood several
times, and the two gazed fixedly at
| each other.
| Orchards entry to the court room
was intensely dramatic. Five witnesses
| who traced Horseley and Jack Simp-
kins at various times prior to the
| Steunenberg murder at Caldwell,
Nampa and Silver City, and further
| fixed their movements by identifying
| hotel registers where they had signed
their names, consumed the first hour
of the morning session, and then SEN
ator Borah, looking toward the bench,
said in a quiet tone:
1T will be a few moments before the
next witness arrives"
The crowd knew Orchard was to
come, and in great expectancy watched
the two doors Of the room. 1t was to
be realization at last
Haywood's Mother Present
Haywood's mother, Mrs. Carruthers
of Salt Lake City, and her daughter sat
beside the prisoner and his wife, they
having arrived here yesterday from
Salt Lake City. Mrs. Carruthers is a
handsome woman of middle age, and
her daughter is pretty girl of 20. The
prisoners two daughters were present.
Haywood held a notebook and attor-
neys took notes of the proceedings
None of the Haywood group could see
either door without turning in their
seats, and while they steadily faced
front they showed their expectancy for
the appearance Of the man whose tes-
| timony may mean so much to them.
Horsley had spent the night and
morning at the office of James H. Haw-
| ley and was brought to the court house
| in carriage with three armed guards.
| In the chambers of the judge he was
turned over to Deputy Sheriff Ras
| Beamer, who is to be his special guard
at the trial. Strangers entering the
court room during the morning were
ard reached the building the doors of
the trial room were locked and extra
| deputies posted outside the rail. Sher-
iff Hodgin had cleared an aisle back of
the seats of the Haywood party and
when he got signal from the judges
chambers that all was ready nodded
| his head to Mr.. Hawley.
"Can Harry Orchard" said the states
| leading counsel.
The chamber door swung open and
| out marched Orchard, led by Beamer
and followed by two penitentiary
guards and two detectives, all armed.
| They faced the crowd while he climbed
| to the witness chair. Far back in the
room a man stood up to get better
view and deputy shouted, ''Sit down."
| The other deputies instantly started
forward and If the man had not taken
his seat quickly they would have
| jumped for him.
| A woman inside the rail dropped her
parasol. It's clatter drew all the atten-
ton of the nervous crowd and the gun
! fighting men who were there to shield
Horsley until they understood what
was happening.
Haywood Gazes at Him
Haywood leaned down between his
counsel that he might get clear, un-
| obStructed view of the witness stand,
and for fully five minutes he gazed
steadily at Horsley The latter was.
however, giving his attention to the
states counsel on the other side of the
room and it was not until the first in
| terruption came from the defense that
| the two saw each other. There were
| a few preliminaries as to Horsley's
| birthplace and real name and his first
| days in the North Idaho country and
then Hawley led him down to the de-
| cf ~ ion Of f1n Hill
van mines. He was telling of the meet
| ing of the Burke union of the Western
| Federation of Miners when the defense
made it's first strong attack. Attorney
Richardson objected to the testimony
on the ground that the events occurred
years before Haywood was a member
of the central body of the federation
and that he in no way was connected
with it.
Senator Borah contended that the
state had right to prove the facts
about the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mine for the purpose of showing why
the Western Federation of Miners had
taken umbrage at Governor Steunen-
berg. Judge Wood ruled that the gen.
eral facts were admissible, but put a
limitation on the amount of details
that should be shown. Horsley then
told the story of the blowing up of the
property in which he said that when
Davis, later the president of the union
of the Western Federation of Miners
at Cripple Creek, had command of the
job. He told of the seizure of the train,
the theIt of the giant powder, the at
tack on the mine, and concluding said:
81 lit one of the fuses myself
Horsley then told of his flight into
Montana and of various journeyings
in the western country until he turned
up in Cripple Creek in 1902, went to
work in the mines and Joined the West
ern Federation. Under fire of renewed
objection from the defense, all of which
was overruled by the court on the
strength of a repeated promise by the
state to show the connection of the de-
fendant later, the witness told of the
plot to blow up the Vindicator mine
He confessed that after the strike