The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-06-13
LAWYERS INTEND TO BREAK
DOWN ORCHARDS STORY
Defense Is Laying the Foundation foi
the Charge That steunenberas
Assassin Was Hired by Mine
Owners.

Boise, ldaho.-Sl Slowly but surely
the defense in the Haywood trial is
developing the lines by which it
hopes 10 break down the story Of
Harry Orchard, so far as it affects
Haywood, now on trial, Meyer and
Pettibone, who are yet to be tried on
the same charge. If 1t is possible to
heap further obliquy on the witness
they have done so by proving him
capable of petty crimes. BY his own
admission he is bigamist, thief, a
liar and an incendiary. He has played
the traitor to his employers. He has
deserted two wives and his child. To
all these offenses he has been forced
to confess. but under a gruelling ex.
animation by Richardson he has stuck
to his story and given chapter and
verse. Possible witnesses after wit
nesses have been named, and counsel
for the defense state most positively
that the pile of sworn testimony they
will bring to contradict Orchard must
convince the jury of the entire falsity
of his testimony. BY their questions
they have plainly indicated their in.
tention to prove that Orchard was the
hired agent of the mine owners, who,
harassed by the Western Federation
OF Miners, determined to wipe union
labor from the mines OF Idaho and
Colorado, planned assassinations
train wrecks and mine explosion.
that could be laid to the door OF the
Western Federation of Miners and
would keep militia on the ground
while non-union men worked in the
mines.
1t has been shown under the cross.
examination that Orchard trafficked
with railroad detectives in the mining
legion of Cripple Creek during the
great strike there, while almost at
the same time he was in the conf.
dence of the leaders of the Western
Federation of Miners, and led by Mr..
Richardson, Orchard has stated that
he was hired by Meyer, the president
of the Federation, to act as his guard
against thugs alleged to have been
hired by the mine owners to attack
and terrorize him.
From half dozen states, witnesses
will be called to deny Orchards asser.
taoho' ~AiiCuu1 IVY luGL dINuStu DN |
Orchard of completely In the plots he
says were hatched within the inner
circle" of the Western Federation |
have been called upon the stand in |
open court where they sat as spec |
tators. Orchard has identified them |
as the men he named, and Billy Eas |
terly and Owney Barney have openly |
Bneered their denial of the testimony |
The court room scene is remark. |
the most remarkable
ever seen In any court. Session after
session since Orchard first went on
the stand crowd has sought admis-
sion. Every seat is filled long before |
the sheriff calls the court to order. |
Hundreds are turned away. The |
prisoner, Haywood, has battery Of
six lawyers. The state has four. Hay
woods family, his wife, mother, sis
ter and two daughters, sit close be-
hind him, but the prisoner watches
every detail, consults counsel contin-
lously and Is always alert, seldom
showing the slightest sign of emotion.
Between counsel for the state and
defense the feeling is very apparent.
At every session there comes quick
exchange of sharp words. At times
he situation becomes intense. j. II.
Hawley, the senior counsel for the
state, is quick to anger and down
light In his challenge. United States
Senator Borah, his colleague, is keen,
luick of tongue and sarcastic. Rich
irdson, for the defense, has a re-
'onant voice that rises in anger and
inpatient of interruption, he frequent.
y filings sneer at Hawley or Borah,
'r thunders his objections when he
kinks an interruption out of place.
Clarence Darrow sits beside him as
yatchful as cat. Slow of action andj
If speech, he seldom takes part in
he passages, and is ever ready to
smooth the ruffled feelings of either
ide.