The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-10
HaywOOd's Attorneys Give Or
chard Up as a Bad Job.
Are Merely Laying Foundation
for Contradictory Evidence.
ADAMS ON THE WAY.
Another Prisoner Witness for
State to Be Heard.
His Story Expected to Eclipse
the One Already Told.

Boise, Idaho. June 10.-Harry Orchard
commenced his fifth days griliing on
the witness stand in the Haywood muir
der trial this morning. The tragedies
of two years of his life, prior to the
time the gates of the Idaho penitentiary
closed upon him, have yet to be re-
hearsed in detail. Under the cross eX-
animation of E. F. Richardson the tax
uron the mans memory would appear
to be more than the ordinary mind could
be capable of, but so far Orchard mas
stood the test. If he goes through the
cross examination with as little confus-
ion in his statements as he has evil
denced the last few days, 1t will have
been, perhaps, the most remarkable tx
hibition ever given on a witness stand.
Counsel for the defense themselves do
not hesitate to pronounce Orchard the
most difficult proposition they nave ever
been called upon to face in the course
of their experiences as lawyers Prac-
ticaIly they have given up hope of being
able to shake the mans testimony so Tar
as material points are concerned ana
they saw that the present examination
is made not for the purpose of confusing
Orchard, but to place before the jury
statements which they will contradict
in detail by their own witnesses
Among the witnesses expected to ar
nor Peabody Of Colorado
steve Adams to Testify.
Steve Adams. another prisoner witness
for the state, is now on his way to
Boise. coming from the jail at Wallace
where he is held pending trial on the
charge of murder. Adams will give his
confession on the stand. Adams, &C
coreing to Harry Orchard. was the part
ner of the assassination in many OF the
pumping on expeditions, successful
f117 I'd IA
made confession. Adams also confessed
last year, but, unlike Orchard. he re-
pudiated the confession when he FACED
the gallows. The confession is, however,
sworn and in writing 1t shows careful
correction and interlineation in Adams
own handwriting.
Astounding though it may seem,
those who have seen Adams confess
sion say it surpasses Orchards story
of cold blooded man hunting and muir
der Since Adams wrote his confess
sion he has told still more to the
attorneys for the state. The list of
Adams alleged victims is not as long
as that with which Orchard credits
himself but this is said to be because
Steve Adams stillhunted a single quar-
~, while Harry Orchard, to use his
own words. did not care whether he
killed one man or fifty"
Mrs. Orchard to Be Witness.
Another witness. who arrived in
Boise today is Mrs. Ida Toney Or
chard, the widow with three children,
whom Orchard married, notwithstand-
ing the existence of another wife in
Canada. 1t was definitely decided to-
day that Mrs. Ida Toney Orchard will
be a witness for the defense. 1t is I'M
derstood she will testify that Orchard,
while he lived at Cripple Creek, was
in the employ of the mine owners. 1t
is expected by the defense that she
Will be able to throw some light upon
the motives of Orchard and will be re-
lied on to strengthen the claim of the
defense that the mine owners and not
the Western Federation of Miners
were the conspirators who employed
Orchard to murder. Orchard married
the second time at Cripple Greek
when he was at work as a miner. At
that time he was a member of the
miners union. They were married
shortly before the great strike broke
out in 1904. The woman was keeping
a miners boarding house.
Some new light has been thrown on
the murder of Lyle Gregory in Denver. |
to statements made by the
kins, or whoever his accomplice was !
were suspected at the time of the MUIR
der. Hounds tracked them to the yard |
behind Pettibones store, where Or
chard says he hid his guns. The DO
lice were about to arrest the two men |
when orders came from some myster- |
ious source that the men were not to |
be mOlested, and Orchard was allowed !
to get out of town. This statement is /
said to have been made by the chief of |
detectives of Denver, Loomis, and Paul |
Gregory, a brother of the murdered |
called as Witnesses and the mysterious |
order allowing Orchard to get away |
will be Investigated.