The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-06-20


for two full days.
Orchard withstands the strain with
remarkable fortitude, and at the emo
Of six days shows no indication OF
mental or physical fatigue.
This day was begun with the story
OF the dynamiting Of Fred Bradley
In San Francisco and the defense
made long and determined effort TO
expose several features Of IL To doubt,
iM probability and future discrediting
and to yitiate IL all by revealing the
hand Of the PinkertOns.
Then the play went back tn Denver
for the winter OF l90l-5 and the
spring that followed, and there was
an extended effort 10 show that Or
chard had practically no comniunica-
alton with the leaders OF the fedora
tion, that he received no pay for the
Bradley crime or anything else, and
that with Steve Adams In period
0f extreme poverty, extending over
several months, was reduced TO the
necessity OF stealing sheep from the
Globeville stock yards that he might
have food.
| Orchard, to laughing courtroom,
Seriously confessed that he stole the
sheep, but stoutly denied that 1t was
because of want. He insisted that
all through that supposedly hard
winter and spring he continued to
draw money from Pettibone through
Adams, and explained that II he did
not see the federation leaders often
II was because he was lying low TO
avoid capture for previous crimes.
This GlobevilIe inquiry developed
more shocking crime.
At this Denver suburb there was a
diab0lical plot--Orchard said IL was
inspired by Max Malich; the defense
claimed that Orchard was Its author
to dynamite boarding house
where 100 non-union men lived and
In preparation for the murder en-
bloc, Orchard, Adams and man
named Joe Makolick broke into two
magazines and stole 600 pounds Of
dynamite, which they lugged home
at night and buried In their cellar.
The crime was abandoned, Orchard
said, In one OF those flashes that
make his testimony remarkable, be-
cause Haywood INTERVIEWED and for
babe him TO have anything TO do
with IL.
Carrying out the lines OF testimony
tending to show Orchard, regardless
OF the great holT with which 1t Is
presumed he had on the federation
leaders, was frequently without
funds, the defense showed that Irom
late In 1908 until the middle OF 1907
Orchard continually drew strike re-
lief and then critically dramatic In
vited Orchard to explain the consist
ency to the jury.
Orchard replied that Haywood
Meyer, Parker and Davis all advised
him To continue drawing relief, be
cause II he displayed money he woulC
excite suspicion.
The examination next covered
review OF the earlier attempt on tn,
life OF Gov. Peabody and the makinI
! of the bombs To XIII him and tn,
, plots against Judges 6abberrt an,
Goddard, with an effort everywher
: to tighten and cast doubt ON the tes
F.. timony OF The witness.
Orchard told dramatic story o
the first attempt to assassinate Pea
body--an early morning driv
through tile snow to place the bonn
and an expetctant wait for the vic
tim. who was spared by the unex
; pected appearance OF two coal wag
!, ons that, coming from an alleyway
were driven across the trigger strin
at the moment that Peabody wa
: crossing the mine neld.
Orchard brought Mrs. Steve Adam
into play today, lie said that Will
no ana Adams were watching Judg
! GoddaId's house Mrs. Adams wen
with them couple of times as
blind TO divert suspicion from them
Mrs. Adams, who had a seat anon
the witnesses, laughed wheu Orcbar
!, told the incident.
al Orchard, who confeses that he hes
A itated at no erin and took hundte
n desperate chances In those he cou
= mitted, made an interesting coutri
/, button to the psychological study c
IL his personality when he called hin
i, self a coward. lie said no was "a
Il cowardly to openly Kill Judge Cal
u bert; said that he regarded all of hi
acts as cowardly.
y In ave minutes today Orchar
showed more emotion than at au
time since he began his teStimon,
. II was when the defense In rouyl
y shod DEPRESSION asked him Il he Ia
!, not deserted his Cripple Greek wi
. stripping her of every nickel 81
;" bad, and leaving her in poverty IN.
compelled che sale Of her washtuhs
ID buy bread Orchards lips quivere,
,e and with tear-wet eyes he ialterins
At denied that he bad done 50 aud sa
n that the federation leaders had prom
he ised To care for her IN his absence.
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