The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-06-12
A SIX DAYS ORDEAL FOR
STATES STAR WITNESS
Orchards Emotion at Thought
Of Deserted Wife.
CONFEssEs HIMSELF COWARD
Chief Figure at Boise Murder Trial a
Unique Criminal and M interesting
Psychological Study.

BOISE, Ida, June 12.-The attack OF
the Haywood defense on the testimony
Of Harry Orchard goes on unremIttlng.
ly. and the witness will probably be
continued on the stand two full days
more. Orchard withstands the strain
with remarkable fortitude and at the
end OF six days shows no indication Of
mental or physical tagging.
II began with the dynamlting OF
Fred Bradley In San Francisco. The
defense made a long aud determined
effort 10 expose several features Of II
TO doubt and improbability and TO With
ate II all by revealing the hand Of the
Pinkertons.
Then the play went back TO Denver
for the winter OF 1gO4-05 and the
spring that followed. aud there was an
extended effort Ia show that Orchard
had practically no communication with
the leaders OF the federation. that he
received no pay for the Bradley crime
or anything else and that with Steve
Adams In n period OF extreme poverty
extending over period Of several
months he was reduced 10 the neces-
slty OF stealing sheep from the
Globeyllle stockyards that he might
have food.
Orchard 10 n laughing courtroom
confessed that he stole the sheep. but
stoutly denied that Il was because %
want. lie insisted that all through
that. supposedly hard winter and
spring he continued 20 draw money
from Pettibone through Adams and
explained that II he did not see the
federation leaders often II was be,
cause he was lying low TO avoid cap
ture."
The Globcvllle inquiry developed an
other shocking crime. AZ this Denver
suburb there was n dlabolical plot
Orchard swore II was inspired by MAJ
Mailch: the defense claimed that OR.
chard was its authorize dynamite n
boarding house where 100 nonunion
men lived. and In preparation for this
murder Orchard. Adams aud a man
named Joe Mahallch broke Into two
magazines and stole 60 pounds Of dy-
namite. which they lngged home nj
night md buried In their cellars. The
crime was abandoned. Orchard said. In
one u those flashes that make his les.
timony remarkable. because Haywood
interviewed aud forbade him 10 have
anything 10 do with II.
Carrying out the lines Of testimspy
tending 20 show that Orchard. regafd.
less Of the great hold which II i pre-
sumed he had on the federation lead
eru. was frequently without funds. the
defense showed that from late In 1893
until the middle 81 1904 Orchard con.
tlnually drew strike relief supplies at
Cripple Greek and then dramatically
Invited Orchard 20 explain the incon.
slstency 10 the jury. Orchard replied
that Haywood. Meyer. Parker aud
Davis all advised him TO draw the
supplies because II he displayed money
he would excite suspicion.
The examination next reviewed the
earlier attempt on Governor Peabody
and the making Of the bombs 10 Mn
him and the plots against Judges Cab
bert and Goddard with an effort every
where 60 tighten and cast doubt upon
the testimony. Orchard told n dra.
matte story Of the first attempt 10 as
sasslnate rcabody-an early morning
drive through the snow 10 place the
bomb and a wait for the victim. who
was spared by the unexpected appear.
ance Of two coal wagons. which. com.
Ing FROM an alley way. were driven
across the trigger string nj the mo
ment that Peabody was crossing the
mine.
Orchard also brought Mrs. Steve
Adams Into the play. lie said that
while he aud Adams were watching
Judge Goddard's house Mrs. Adams
went with them couple Of tin . NJ
a blind Ia divert suspicion from them.
Mrs. Adams. who had seat among
the witnesses. laughed when orchard
told the incident.
Orchard. who confesses that he hes.
ithtcd NJ no crime nnd took hundrcd
desperate chances In those be commit.
ted. made nm interesting contribution
10 the psychological study " his Ter.
sonallty when he called himself a cow
ard. lie said he was too cowar,lly "a
openly kill Judge Gabbert: that he re.
gnrded all his acts as cowardly.
Orchard nc one time showed more
emotion than at any time since he be-
gan his testimony. IL was when the
defense In a roughshod depression ask.
ell him II he had not deserted his Grip.
pie Creek wife aud left her In poverty
that compelled the sale OF her washtub
to buy bread Orchards lips quIvers,i
aud with tears he falterlngly denied
that he had done 80 aud said that the
federation leaders had promised 10 care
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