Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-14

| ATTORNEY E. F. RICHARDSON. chair in Judge Woods court depth of dramatic intensity, a compelling hu- man interest that gripped and held every man and woman who watched and listened.
 Orchard failed when they recited to him the tale of David and Uriah that Detective Mcfarland related to him when he came seeking confession. He fought to save himself, but tears filled his eyes and he rocked unevenly like fainting woman. His voice low cred to husklness, and he hid his face in handkerchief.
 Then he steadled himself and went on strongly to the end. He defended his motives by saying that he had finally experienced conversion and pen itence and had resolved to make all possible reparation by freely confess ing all. Mcfarland had told him that he was doing great service for the state and that states were kind to men who served them. There was no other promise. @
 "You knew that if you confessed to the Steunenberg murder the state would put you out of the wayT ham, mered Attorney Richardson.
 "Yes, sir"
 "And would do it quicklyT
 q believed they would put me out of the way"
 But somewhere along the line the thought came to you that you could get out of It by laying it on to some body elseT"
 "No. sir; that was not the thought at all."
 And here Orchard gave a remarka- ble explanation of the motives that. impelled him to confess. His voice fell to a low tone. but there was no other show of emotion. Complete si- lence gave every word to the entire room. The whiz of an electric fan overhead was the sole accompaniment of the recitation. f
 'I thought" he said. ''of putting my self out of the way, but thought over my past life. I did not believe fin a hereafter at all. but I was afraid to die. and thought at times that had been such an unnatural monster-my crimes had been so great that I would not be forgiven"
 "who told you thatT'
 No one"
 "who wrote that out for your
 "No one. but after had been sent Bible and had read 1t some came to the conclusion that I would be fer given if I made a confession of ey- erything. I began to think that the grave did not end everything. and I made up my mind to tell .he truth about the whole thing"
 '-So you thought you would make your peace with the future by having some one else hangedg" asked Mr. Richardson.
 -No. sir. I think any man can make his peace with the future if he wants to. believed it was my duty to tell the truth. did not see any other way. regardless of the consequences to myself or anybody else owed 1t to society. I owed 1t to God and to myself" -..
 The defsnze suggested that if Or chard did nxh get the references to his duty to society. God and himself d. rectly from Mcfarland or any other person 1t was suggested to him by the oath he took when he joined the West ern Federation of Miners They read him the oath from the rituaL but when they did that he expressed the belief that the language had been given to him hy the Almighty.
 Orchard left the stand after having occupied t for thirty-two ho1rs and half Just beiore he vas e1cused and nemansled he vent hack to the hands of the prosecution and Identified the casing of the bomb he planted at the gate of Judge Goddards house h Den- yer.