The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
Harry Orchard zTells Startling Story of
 Diabolical Grimes by Union Miners of West

 strain and restlessness in the court room came the loud voice of Hawley for the State saying: Call Harry Orchard" Hardly had the words left his mouth when Orchard appeared at the door leading from the prisoners section of the building. He was attired in a natty gray suit and walked with a , firm step. He was preceded to the witness chair by Deputy Sheriff Beam- CT, a stalwart fellow more than six feet in height. and was followed by another deputy from the penitentiary | Orchard had to pass directly in the rear of Haywood and his family. His eyes were cast down.
 Arriving at the elevated witness stand, Orchard stood for a moment with hand uplifted while the clerk delivered the oath.
 "where do you liver" asked Mir Hawley.
 Orchard did not seem prepared for just this question and he hesitated a moment. Finally, in an almost inau dible tone, he said he was confined in the State penftentiary.
 Speak dp Mir. Orchard" said Sem ator Borah "The court must hear you"
 Are you charged with any crime?" asked Hawtev,
 The prisoner turned his glance for moment at Haywood. and then said: q am charged with the murder of Frank Steunenberg. and am awaiting trial"
 T was born in North Umberland County. Canada. in 1S66."
 Horsley is Orchards Name.
 Harry Orchard is not my true name. have gone by that name for about eleven years. Nv true name is Alfred
 HorsIey. came to the United States in 1898. first to Spokane. where I re- mained a week. I went to Wallace, Idaho. In March or April, 1896. first
 worked for Market Brothers, driving a milk wagon and remained there un til about Christmas. 1896. then went to a wood and coal yard in Burke. l Idaho, and was engaged. in that busi- ness until spring of 1899. I sold all my interests In the wood yard and went | to work in the mines in March, 1899. I went to work 'mucking' and contin- | ued at 1t for a month. I became a
 member of the Western Federation of Miners as soon as I went to work in | the mines"
 Orchard said he joined the Burke, Idaho, local of the Western Federation | of Miners. This was in the Occur d'Alenes.
 While Orchard testified Deputy Bea-
 mer and his assistants stood at the
 side of him and about three feet in the
 rear of the witness chair, When Orchard first came in there was n stir | in the court room and several persons
 started to rise in their places. Half a | dozen bailiffs chorused in unison a 1 loud command to be seated. State what unusual occurrence there
 was at Burke on the morning of April l 29, 1899," commanded Hawley of the | witness.
 | We object to that" shouted Attor-
 ney Richardson for the defense. What
 occurred in 1899 can have nothing to
 do with this defendant, who was not
 elected a member of the executive
 board of the Western Federation of
 Miners until long after that. Counsel stated yesterday that the rank and 1 file of the Federation knew nothing of | the workings of the inner circle" | Hawley said he intended to connect | the Occur d'Alene troubles with the l defendant
 'The court" said Judge Wood, can
 readily see how this testimony may be
 material and will overruie the objec- ! tion."
 Orchard proceeding said:
 Tells of Occur d'AIene Troubles.
 "on the morning of April 2s, 1899, when I got through breakfasting, I
 was told there was a special meeting
 of the union and everybody was ex-
 pected to be present. went to the meeting"
 richardson objected again. saying | there was absolutely nothing connect
 ing Haywood with this meeting. The | objection was overruled.
 "The meeting was called to order"
 continued Orchard, "by the Secretary.
 who said it had been decided that day | to go to Wardner to blow the mill at
 the Sullivan and Bunker Hill mines
 and to hang the superintendent" | Again the witness was interrupted
 by Haywood's counsel. who demanded | to know how the defendant was to be connected with the Occur d'Alene | trouble.
 Senator Borah replied for the prose- | cution saying 1t would be shown that Haywood came into the inner circle" with a full knowledge of what had | been done and entered into the con spiracy. Senator Borah said 1t was necessary to go into the Occur d'Alene
 troubles which were suppressed by | Governor Steunenberg to show the mo-
 tive for the hatred of Steunenberg and
 his eventual taking off. | Judge. Wood said he would allow the | prosecution to show general conditions | in the Occur d Alene and Governor | Steunenberg's part in 1t. He said he
 would not allow the witness to go into |
 to the courts rulings and Orchard pro- l ceeded:
 | Arrangements had been made to cut | the wires along the railroad and take | possession of the Northern Pacific train. l At Gem we were to be joined by the l Gem union and together we were to | proceed to Wardner. While the secre- | tary was telling us what was planned 1 for the central union, the president of | our local came in and said he had not l been informed of the meeting. When | told the purpose. he objected to 1t and | there was a discussion. The motion to
 go to Wardner was finally carried by a l small majority. After the vote nearly l every man decided to go Paul Corcoran and six other mem
 bers of the union took charge of the | train. We went to Gem and took forty | boxes of giant powder"
 Judge Wood interrupted to say these l details were outside his ruling. If a
 mine had been blown up, he said, the
 witness should say so. Orchard, however. proceeded with his
 narrative. saying that before the mine l was blown up it was decided to go | back up to Gem to get more powder There were about 1000 men on the | train. most of them armed. At Ward | ner we were told by w. F. Davis, who l was in command, to line up. The men l with long guns were told to take the
 front ranks. followed by men with
 six-shooters. We were told to fire on
 the mill as we approached. This we did and the fire was returned by the