The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-17
Murderer of SteunenbeIg Denies Detectives Used Force to
 Get Evidence
EXPECTS NO IMMUNITY
 IS DEEPLY RELIGIOUS
The Prisoner, Upon Whose Confession Idaho Expects to Convict Haywood of compIicty In Murder,
 Talks Guardedly.

Boise, Idaho. May 16.-Harry Orchard. the witness upon whom the state of Idaho chiefly relies to prove it's charge that the inner circle of the Western Fed eration of Miners planned in conspiracy the murder of Gov. steunenberg broke his long silence today and for more than half an hour discussed himself and his Imprisonment with representatives of the Associated Press with whom he had ex- pressed a desire to confer.
 Orchard denied that he had been sub { mitted to any mistreatment during hls long confinement; denied that duress or force had been used upon him to secure the statements he had made and denied that Detective Mcfarland and the off, cers of the state have promised him lm- munity for his confessed crime or reward for the value of his alleged confession in the hands of the state. Orchards man. ner and conversation during the inter- view tended to strongly confirm the as- sertlon that he has been reconverted to and is deep in the zeal of the Christian religion.
 Two illustrations used by him to explain a change in the kind of books he reads were christan-lke in character and rsli- gious in tone.
 No Discussion of Case.
 Orchard Is perfectly ssand in hadg. clear and alick of brain ffseeer t4afs was anyth lg m the reports thet he < breaking In health and mind there is nothing now in his appearance or man ner to give them a shadow of suggestion The one condition imposed upon today5 interview by Warden Whitney of the Idaho penitentiary was that there must be no discussion of the case, and the prisoner himself asked that the same condition be observed. As far as appear ances go, the prisoner might have gone any walk in life except the one his own story says he travelled He came in quiet ly smiling q little as he advanced, and looking straight ahead out of pair of twinkling blue eyes He looked not at all like a man who had committed series of reYolting murders, including that of Gov. Steunenberg His greeting was self-possessed and his manner courteous. Orchard Is somewhere about six feet in height and will weigh about ITO or ls0 pounds His hair Is dark brown. brushed down to a polish. His mustacne is light colored and failed to conceal his teeth and d good sized mouth His head is little roundish, but quite well formed and there are crowsfeet at his eyesides to tell of his years in life. The mans complex ion Is clear and his face bronzed. He is quick and certain in movement, of cay manner a man toned down. and smiles [ a little nearly all the time he Is talking He wore a new well fitting suit made 4 gray, a pair of highly polished shoes.
 q do not care to talk about the case as it stands at this time" he said after i,,frA Adtt1f fnag md ha 1p1nT fli arO hau been exchanged.
 "I am a little leary about talking to newspaper men, so if you ask me any thing that l think I should not talk about. I'll tell you. l know you will understand"
 "Is there anything as to your treat ment in general that you would care to say to the public at this tlme?'' he was asked.
 Treated We'll
 No there is nothing special to be said. I have been treated very well by every one since my arrest. The sheriff at Cad- well was very kind to me, and since l have been here my treatment has been very fine. l am given the greatest free dom. l have large room with open windows and exercise every day.
 Do you read muchY'
 Yes. l have done an immense amount of reading I see the newspapers, but l read books the most l have been reading Rowland and Romaine's history the life of John Wesley and George Whit field, a number of works on the reforma- ton and something about the history of England a hundred years ago. Much of 1t has been ecclesiastical and religious I used to read great deal of other lit- erature and a lot of novels"
 Why did you changer" asked one of the interviewers.
 Orchard hesitated for a moment and then in queer voice said:
 Tt is like little boy who always lied to his father about everything, and then suddenly decided to tell the truth about everything. That Is the best way I can explain the idea. 1 used to like novels and all the other kinds of books, but now I do not care for such trash"
 The question of the confinement and treatment of the prisoner was reverted to later and Orchard said:
 'I have not talked to any newspaper men since I have been here. could have seen the newspaper men had 1 wanted to. am free to go anywhere in the yard and to speak to anyone that I like to. But l do not speak to many of the men. do not feel that l am any better than the rest. but you know how it is. q man takes a notion to certain men and does not to others. And besides I have felt that I ought to be careful. Some of the men seemed anxious to learn too much 1 do talk to several of the men. There are some good men out here. brought to prison by misfortune and talk to them I attend the religious ser- vices and I talk to some of the men in the hope of doing them some good"
 No Force Used.
 The last formal question of the inter view went directly to the position of Orchard In the pending case and was directly answered. It was:
 Was force or duress of any kind used on you by Captain Mcfarland or any one else In securing your alleged con-