Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-05
ORCHARD TALKS
Star Witness in inc Haywood Trial Was Put on the Stand
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TELLS HISTORY OF LIFE

most certainty that Harry Orcnard, the witness who will lay the founda- tion for the case of the state of Idaho against William D. Haywood, charged with the murder of former Governor Steunenberg will go on the stand this afternoon. It may be that if the five or six witnesses who are to testify before Orchard are disposed of before the hour for recess arrives Orchard will be called this morning. The appearance of Orchard will mark the real opening of the case. Aside from the fact that the state must rely upon his'story and it cor roboration in detail, peculiar situ- ation will develop as soon as Or chard's name Is called.
 Orchard by his own confession is the actual murderer of Steunenberg. Haywood Is the first person to be tried on the charge of that murder and the |self-confessed murderer Is expected according to that statement of the prosecuting attorney to convict Hay wood. It is stated most positively that Orchard has been promised and expects no clemency. The warden at the penitentiary said last night to The Associated Press:
 Orchard is ready to pay the last penalty for his crime and expects nothing else at the hands of the peo- pie of this state. I am well aware that 1t is difficult to persuade people on the outside that this is the case, but singularly though 1t may Dc and is, know it is true
 Orchards arrival in Boise last ev- ening was known to but few people. He was taken to the office of the lead- ing counsel for the prosecution and there discussed the casa with Mir Hawley and Mir Boraf for several hours It was planned at first that he should be kept in the county jail but 1t Is now stated that these plans have been changed and Orchard, while he is wanted as a witness will not be kept either at the penitentiary or at the county jail. The authorities say that he will be safe and comfortably housed in the city. It IS claimed that as the evidence of Orchard Is of such vital importance and as it is known to the detectives that threaIs have been made to assassinate Orchard be- fore he appears as witness it is fele that no. precaution should Le over looked, although no one really be- lieyes that Orchards lifs is In danger or that the defense will countenance violence.
 In the remarkable statement to the jury delivered yesterday by J. H. Hawley for the state a number of overt acts were charged against the ''inner circle of the Western Federa- tion of Miners. MT Hawley, however, stated that he was holding other cas- es in reserve. These he agreed to submit in writing to counsel for the defense but he said that 1t would be preferable for the development of his case if, for the present, the announce ments were withheld from the public.
 The defense was furnished with a typewriter list
 It is understood that the list of murders and other crimes charged against the federation numbers at least 26 but the specific cases men tioned by counsel for the state in his opening address were some six or seven. These murders are not confin- ed to Idaho but extend to nearly every mining point in Colorado where there have been mining troubles and also to other states.
 That the defense is preparing to make a fight through other courts should their client be convicted was made evident by the continued obs jections of the counsel on that side. The number of exceptions so far re- corded is extraordinary and at every point an objection is raised and in case of an adverse ruling the excep- tion is noted.
 Interest in the case in Boise Is on the increase. The court house is crowded at every session.
 J. NJ. Brunzell. of Nampa, a hotel keeper. was the first witness. He testi- fed to the presence of Orchard and simpkins In Nampa in the summer of 1905.
 After a number of witnesses had been called and testified on the pres ence of Orchard at Nampa at the time of the murder, Harry Orchard was called to- the staud.-~ He looked cool and collected. He prefaced his story of the crime by relating the history of his life up to the time of the bomb throwing.