Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-06
Orchard Takes Stand IN Haywood
Trial and Makes B|ood.curd.
ling Revelations.
ACCUSES FEDERATION OF MINERS
sparing No One, Least of All Himself,
the Witness Lnys Bare Secrets
About Wholesale Destruction of
Life and Property in Idaho by Hired
Assasslns Under Control of the Ac.
cueed.s
(Ry Associated Press

(Ry Associated Press.)
BOISE, IDAHO, June 5.-Allred
Horsley, alias Harry Orchard, the ac-
.thai assassin of Frank Steunenebrg.
wentton tie stand today as witness
against William ID. Haywood and
maue, public confession OF long
chain of brutal and revolving crimes.
committed, lie said, mt the inspiration
and Tor the pay OF the leaders OF the
western Federation of Miners.
An undertaking by the prosecutors
lor ihe State that they would by later
proof and connection make his tes-
timony legitimate, opened the way
IKE flood gate to the whole dia-
bolical story, and throughout the en-.
tire day Orchard went on from crime
recital, each succeeding one seeming
iy more revolving than the one that
preceded.
Confesses Fiendlsh Crimes.
Orchard confessed that as mem.
Der OF the mob that wrecked the
indicator mine at Cripple Creek that
Coure D'Alenes, lie lighted one of
the fuses that carried fire to the
Giant powder eXplosive; confessed
that he set the death trap In the
Vindicator mine a CRIPPLE Crock hat
blew out the lives of Superintendent
Mccormick and Foreman Beck; con:
fessed that because he had not been
paid for his first attempt ut violence
In the Vindicator mine he had been
treacherous to his associates by
warning the managers of the Flor.
ence and Cripple Creek Railway that
there was plot to blow up their
trains; confessed that he cruelty fired
three charges OF buckshot into the
body of Detective Lyle Gregory, of
Denver, killing him instantly; CON
fessed that for days he stalked Gov
ernor Peabody, of Colorado, about
Denver waiting chance to kill him:
confessed that he and Steve Adams
set and discharged the mine under
the station at Independence that in
stanty killed fourteen men, and con-
fessed that, falling in an attempt to
poison Fred Bradley, of San Francis
co, he blew him and his house up
with bomb Of giant powder.
More to be Told.
Orchard has more brutal crimes to
tell that will bring his bloody career
down to its end at Caldwell, where,
with bomb he killed former Gov
ernor Frank Steunenberg.
These will come tomorrow, for he
Is to resume the stand when the Dis
trict Court sits again.
Orchard retained control of himself
almost from the moment he took the
stand. His eyes were bloodshot and
his face notified when he came into
the room to confront the man whose
life he jepoardized. He was plainly
nervous and walked unsteadily to the
stand He quickly steadied himself
however, and was soon talking in the
soft easy tones that characterizes
him.
His manner. was easy and his gaze
steady in the direction whence a
question claimed his attention. Or
chard's eyes met those of Haywood
several times, and the two gazed
steadily Mt each other with honors
even I'm the test.
Orchard was telling of the meeting
of the Burkett Udaho) union of the
Western Federation of Miners when
the defense made its first strong at
tack through Attorney Richardson to
the testimony on the ground that
the events occurred years before Hay
wood was member Of the central
body of the Federation and that he
was i'm no way connected with 1t.
Senator Boras contended that the
State had n 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
Stunenberg.
General Facts Admissible.
Judge Wood ruled that general
facts were admissible, but that linz
itation on tho amount of details that
could be shown. Orchard then told
the story of the blowing up of tho
property In which, he said. w. r.
Davis. later president of the Union of
the Western Federation of Miners
at Cripple Creek. had command or
the mob. He told of the seizure of
the theft of giant powder. the attack
on the mines and concluding said:
II lit one OF the fuses myself"
Orchard then told of his flight into
Montana and Of various Journeys in
the western country until he turned
up In Cripple Creek. in 1902, went to
work in the minas and Joined the