Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-25
0EFENSE ATTEMPTING
ORCHARD IMPEACHMENT
Seek to Prove His Private Animus to
Steunenberg and He Operated
With Mine Owners
llilIIY

RoIsE, Idaho, June 1B.-The counsel
! az haywood devoted the early part OF
,he morning session Of court to the
completion III the basis for Orchards
lmpsachmsnt and then calling the first
vatness entered upon q showing OF the
relationship at Cripple Greek. prior to
ne Independence station explosion be-
tween orchard and X. O. Sterling. then
chief detective Or the Nine Owners as
ISOLATION.
The impeachment OF Orchard relates
almost entirely to the proposition that
he repeatedly professed that he had
been wronged by stuenenberg and that
when he talked Of his wrongs he In
yariably threatened to kill Stuenen-
berg.
The men by whom tho defense plans
to impeach orchard In this connection
and incidentally TO show Orchard in
an independent position In the Stuen-
enberg case are Max Malich OF Dem
yer, Dr. MCGEE Of wallace, ID. c. Cope
III formerly members OF the board
Of the federation Of miners; Charles A..
sullivan, formerly miner at Cripple
Creek; Farnk A., Hapg, Of Wallace;
James AL Shnney stage driver at'wa1-
lace; Lottie DaH OF Denver; r, 8.
Redd, fs:fnerly a miner at Cripple
Creek; David Coats. lieutenant gov
ernor of Colorado. and william Easter
" and w. r. Davis, yho we're leaders
Of the Cripple Greek strike.
Orchard positively denied, he ever
made threats against Steunenberg to
any Of the men named at any time or
place. Orchard yas dismissed from the
stand at 10;42 and the first witness
for the defense. Mary J. King, Of
Cripple Greek, was called
Mrs. King formerly conducted a
rooming house in Cripple Greek, and
is an elderly refined lady Examined
by Attorney Darrow she said Detec-
tive Sterling lived at her house and
she saw orchard visit his room seven
times or more. generally in the even
ing.
Sterling engaged and paid for the
room occupied by Mrs Mckinney. wife
Of the man charged with pulling spikes
on the Florence & Cripple Creek rail-
road. He attempted the wreck with
the intent Of placing the blame on the
Western Federation of Miners The
witness saw Orchard knocking several
times at Mrs. McKinney's door.
The cross examination was brief and
Of few questions tending more closely
to fix the date Of Sterling's stay at the
Kings house. Miss Florence King
daughter of the preceding witness while
on the stand identifed pictures or Or
chard as the man she had seen In the
vicinity Of the house at, Cripple Greek
several times. She was not cross ex-
amjned.
Mrs. Alice Fitzgerald, who succeed
ed Mrs. King. was the proprietor Of the
roomins house, said Sterling continued
to live at the house some time aftel
she took, charge. She also saw Or
chard go to steriing,s room at least {
dozen times, .al sgss.tis.
She also saw Mckinney in Sterling
room following 6is release from ths
Jail. The CROSS examination showed
she had no record of her roomers, bu
was tsstifying from memory
c, w. Aller OF Leadville. Colorado
formerly telegraph operator on th'
Florence & cripple Greek railroad, tes
tiled to seeing Orchard in scott''
room at the Cripple Creek depot. HI
saw him there twice before the at
tempted wreck. but could not recall tn
date of tue me Getting and his rpendors
was hazy except he was sure Il wa
Orchard who met the detectives.