The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-09
Defense Tfies>to Show Crimes Were Done to Be Blamed
 on the Miners Union
MURDERS OF THREE MORE
 YEARS ID BE ALYzED
With EquaIlzed Assessments He Be- While In Jail and Sends Money to His First Wife-Funds From
 Governor Gooding.

Boise, Idaho, June s.-The cross-exami- nation of Harry Orchard by his own con- fession the slayer of eighteen men by bullet and bomb, is likely to last through Monday and Tuesday of next week, and possibly longer. Court adjourned today until Monday, after the morning session. Orchard has now been on the stand for fourteen hours in direct and cross-exami- nation Of this the state had him in hand for several hours. In that time, he told what appeared to be incred- ible story spread over fl years of his life, the first 30 years being merely com monplace, the story of poor Canadian farmer and beginning with the year 1897 he unfolded a career in which to use the language of the leading counsel for the state assassination as a trade and mur- der as a means of livelihood"
 Orchard spared no incident of his re- cent life under the questioning of the prosecuting attorney that might prove to the jury his readiness to slaughter for low wage, and how indifferent he had been as to the number or conditions. of his victim. The story brought out by counsel for the state, however, was mere ly a synopsis of the acts to cover the years since 1899. In every act, the cli- max sent shudder through the crowd ed court room. Under cross-examination by E. J. Richardson, counsel for Hay wood, Orchard has so far developed this series of tragedies but only up to the year 1904 Three more years and many murders are yet to be analysed. For purposes of it's own, so far revealed, the defense Is determined that Orchard shall retell his life story so that the most diabolical detail may. not fail to be inn pressed on the minds of the men who are to pass upon the question whether w. D. Haywood is guilty of conspiracy to mur- dt Governor steunenberg.
 Slowly but surely. the defense is devel- oping the lines by which it hopes to break down the story of Orchard so far AS it effects Haywood. now on trial and Mover and Pettibone, who are as yet to he tried on the same charge. If 1t IS nossible to heap further obloquy on the witness they have done so by proving him capable of petty crimes. By ms own admission he is a bigamist, thief and A liar He has played the traitor 10 his employers; he has deserted two WiVes and children.
 eoroed to confess but under gruei- linz examination he has stuck 10 ms story and given chapter ana verse. Possible witnesses have been haiiieo and counsel for the defense state most positively that the pile or sworn testimony they will bring to contfadlce orchard must convince the jury Of the of hi testimony. their questions they have plainly lnul- cated their intention to prove that or chard was the hired agent of the mine owners, who harassed by the Western Federation of Miners, determined to wipe union labor from the mines or Idaho and Colorado. planned assasslna- ton, train wreeks and mine explosions that could be laid at the door of the Western Federation of Miners and keep militia on the ground while non- union men worked the mines. It has been shown under the cross examination that orchard trafficked with railroad detectives in the mining regions or Cripple Creek during the great strike there while almost at the same time he was in the confidence of the lead- CTS of the Western Federation of Min CTS and led by MT. Richardson, Or chard stated that he was hired by Mover, or the federation, to act as his guard against thugs, alleged to have been hired by the mine owners to at tack and terrorize him.
 At the close of Orchards cross-ex- animation the state will take him in hand for the redirect. and then will come the recross- s-examination. It seems hardly probable that he will be dis missed before the end of next week. He may be recalled afterwards as the case proceeds. The warden at the
 Ina rd cba no sign of nervousness or strain. He eats well and speaks without particu- lar emotion of the events of the day.
 one interesting feature of today's examination was the development of the fact that Orchard since being con fined has received letters from his nrst wife whom he deserted in Canada in 1895 to run away with another mans wife. He testified that he had sold iocket and chain and some of his Yroperty for something like $115, the greater part of which he had sent to his wife. This property, aside from the lockct and chain, consisted of fighing rod. a gun and revolver. to- gether with some other little things. He sad that the warden had disposed of these for him with the understand ing that the person buying them could have them after the trial" Orchard said that the warden told him that he had received part of this money from Governor Gooding. It is possible that the governor may be called as wit ness to explain the transaction.
 Life Narrative.
 Before court adjourned yesterday, Orchard has been questioned by the at- torneys for the defense concerning his life narrative down to the early part of the year 1904, when the witness had gone from Denver to Ouray. Colo, with Charles H. Mover, then, as now, president of the Western Federation of Miners. Mover had been afraid of attack from the thugs of the mine owners and had taken Orchard along as body guard.
 Orchard said today when court opened that he had not become acquainted with Pettibone until 1904, the early part of the year. He had roomed over Pettibones store for while.
 .Wasr't that because of that fact that