The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-13
ATTACK ON
ORCHARD is
CONTINUED
DESPERATE EFFORT TO DIscREp.
IT TESTIMONY OF THE MAN
WHOSE TESTIMONY MAY HANG
! WILLIAM %. HAYWOOD = OR.
cHARo STICKS TENAclousLY
TO HIS STORY OF CRIMES.
More Crimes Added to the mans His.
tory Through the Searching Prob.
ing Of Richardson and the Other
Attorneys for the Labor Leader Who
is Being Tried For His life.


BOISE, Idaho. Juas 11.-The de.
tense today carried the Gloss exam.
Inatlcn Of Harry Orchard down to the
actual crime Charged against william
b. Haywood, the murder Of former
Governor Frank Steunenberg. The
Sieuaenberg crime sas reached at
midday, and counsel for the defense
directed their efforts to an attempt 10
cloud the earlier purposes aud move.
ments- of Orchard with uncertainty
and lndefniteness. Then they EN-.
phasi2ed the abandonment Of all. ef.
fort to kill after Orchard first tracked
Steunenberg TO a hotel in Boise, and
vita skeleton key had gained en-.
trance to the room In which the gov.
ernor was living. Here they delayed
for moment TO prove that Orchard
wrote TO Bill Easterly at Silver City.
TO urge him TO come and join In the
crime, and the direct Implication was
that Orchard was endeavoring 10 In.
reigie another Federation man into
tie crime which would bring discredit
and dishonor io.the organization.
Crimes In North Idaho.
Then the witness was carried over
his long journey into North Idaho and
his crimes there, Including a plot to
kidnap and hold for ransom Paulson's
child. wrere emphasized. Orchard
swore that David Coates. formerly
lieutenant governor of Colorado and
late a publisher In Wallace, Idaho, first
suggested the kidnapping to Pettibone
and himself at Denver. Paulson, once
a poor miner, had made a fortune IN
the Hercules mine. In which Orchard
held an interest when the property
was not paying; and It was believed
that II his children were stolen he
would come through" with $4,000 or
100000 in ransom. Orchard said that
when he went to North Idaho he got
Jack Simkins 10 enter the plot. and
together they went to Coates to renew
the scheme.
Coates was asked to stand up, and
Orchard said he was the man. Or.
chard was then asked whether ne had
not himself. proposed the crime to
Coates. who immediat,,y rebufred him
and whether Jack Simkins had not
warned Paulson the minute he leard
Of the plot. Orchard denied both sug.
sestions, and relteratlng his first
story, he insisted that Coats had con.
sented
To Stay in the Plot
and handle the money they hoped 10
get from Paulson.
Then the defense showed the wit.
ness in the commission of a series ot
mean crimes and reduced TO poverty,
In which he had to resort 10 pawnlng,
borrowing and stealing to live for a
long period. First, he pawned Jewell
y and guns for s25 or $50. Then he
accepted the hospitality OF Paulson's
home while he was plotting TO steal
Pauison's child. After that with Jack
Simkins, he broke into the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company's
station. They were after trunk full
Of jewelry samples. but instead got a
trunk full OF shoe samples. Next, he
tapped a cash register at Burke, for
$50 or $40.
Summing up this period OF crimes,
poverty and hard luck. the defense
wanted to know II he were in Idaho
on a mission Of murder for Haywood,
Meyer and Pettibone and with unlImit.
ed credit, from them, he did not send
to them for money Instead Of borrow.
ing and stealing.
Orchard replied that he did send 4
letter to Meyer at Butte, and got
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