Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-11
Counsel Devotes Much Time
to Fixing Places and Dates
Preparing for Contra
dictory Testimony
SHOWN TREACHEROUS
TO HIS COMRADES
One of Prisoners Wives AL.
so Charges That he Was
in Pay of Pinkertons-
Liar Says B ell

Boise, Idaho, June S.-The Haywood
trial was resumed at $3.50 this morn.
ing with Harry Orchard still under
cross-examination.
Richardson went over the Orchard
testimony on direct examination al
most word for word with the witness,
each question in the direct evidence
suggesting from five to twenty inter-
rogatories in the cross examination.
Orchard adhered to every one of his
first statements and elaborated them
under hail of questions from the de-
tense.
Richardson devoted much time to
fixing places and dates in the witness
story, evidently laying the foundation
for contradictory evidence when the
defense has it's innings.
| He asked about the assassination Of
Lyle Gregory in Denver. Orchard
said he had never known Gregory per-
sonally and had no grudge of any sort
against him.
What was the reason given you for
killing Gregory" was asked.
Because of his opposition to the
federation and to the coal miners,
orchard replied.
Pettibone Behind Gregory Murder.
Orchard said Gregory had been dep
uty of the coal operators and also a
detective at Idaho Springs during the
strike the federation was conducting
there The witness said Petit
bone had reported the proposed assas-
sination of Gregory to the executive
board of the Western Federation OF
Miners and had said the board thought
| 1t would be a good thing.
Asked to name the members of the
executive board at this time Orchard
gave the names of Jack Simpkins,
James Ktrwan, p. G. Coakley and Jack
| Williams.
Richardson led Orchard through ev-
cry detail of the first attempt on the
life Of Governor Peabody and the kill
ing of Detective Gregory, seeking to
involve the witness in doubt. Some
discrepancies developed but in the
main Orchard adhered stoutly to his
original testimony and warily avoided
serious contradictions.
Tried to Show Private drudge.
The defense sought to lay the foun-
dalton for showing that Simpkins, be.
cause he was in the Idaho bull pen,
and Orchard, because he was driven
from Idaho and forced to sell his in
terest in the Hercules mine. which lat
er became very valuable had a deep
seated private grudge against Steun.
enberg.
Court adjourned until Monday with
Orchard still on the stand.
Treaeherous to Comrades.
BY taking up the admission that
Orchard made in direct examination
n that he had been treacherous to his
comrades in Cripple Creek by tipping
off train wrecking plot, they develop
ed the fact that Orchard entered the
employ of d. G. Scott. who had charge
of the railway detectives.
4 Orchard said that with Scott he had
met K. G. Sterling. a detective in the
employ of the Mine Owners associa
ton, and that Scott had paid his ex
penses and accompanied him to Den
yer on the trip when he first had mel
Meyer and Haywood. He said that he
had agreed to report to Scott, but thai
he was lying to him, never intending
to make reports to him and never die
make reports.
The defense also tried to show thai
because he stood in with the Other
side Orchard was never molested by
the militia in Cripple Creek during ths
strike. Orchard admitted that Scot
!, had told him that if the militia inter
: fered with him he was to send for him
and that the militia never did inter
fere with him Orchard said that b.
went to Scott first because he had no
been paid for his work at the Vindi
5 Gator mine and he was jealous because
; he was given hard work like the Win
Dictator job while the other men go
: the simple tasks of train wrecling b,
! displacing rail-
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