New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-14
ORCHARD ENDS STORY.
WEEPS ON THE STAND
Fin0! Effort Of Defence to Shake
Strongest Boise Uitness.

DuOHSCSI BO2Sc ~ UR6SS.
Boise Idaho June I3-Tbe mon who arc hot
ting to the life Of William d. HAYWOOD and
the good name of the Western Federation of
Miners made their greatest assault upon Harry
Orchard to-day. when. carrying the review hv
cross examination OF his life of Grim. down Ia
his confession they bitterly assailed his guild
ing motives. Six days they spent il stripping
him before the jury Of every shred of morality
and then, suddenly turning upon him IN final
fierce attack, they fought with every means
known TO the legal craft to convince the Jury
that orchard was committing a crime in falsely
swearing away the lives OF innoceu; men in the
hope of saving his own. They carried their at
tack 10 the language with which the witness
answered their questions, and everywhere they
alleged by strong implication that it was put
into his mouth by men controlling him
Orchard failed. when they rccited him the
tale of David and Uriah that Detective McPar-
land related to him when he came seeking a
confession. He fought TO save himself. but tear,;
filed his eyes and he rocked unevenIy His voic,
lowered huskiness. and he hid his face in i
handkerchief.
Then he steadied himself and went on strongly
to the end. He defended his motives by saying
that he had finally experienced conversion and
penitence and had resolved to make all possible
reparation by freely confessing all MCFARLAND
had told him that he doing a great service
fo- the state and that states were kind to men
who served them. There was no other promise.
orchard gave a remarkable explanation OF TIE
motives that impelled him to confess. His voice
fell TO low tone but there other show
Of emotion. Complete silence gave every word
10 the entire room. The whiz Of an electric fan
overhead was the sole accompaniment of the
recitation.
ORCHARD CONTEMPLATED SUICIDE.
the way. but thought over my past life. I did
rot believe in a hereaftec at all bur was afraid
to die and I thought at times that had been
such unnatural monster-ny crimes had been
SO great that 1 would not be forgiven."-
Who told you thar
NO one'
Who wrote that out for you?"
no one. but after had been sent a Bible and
had read il some 1 came to The conclusion that
! would be forgiven if I made confession Of
everything began to think that the grave
did not end everything and made UP my mind
10 tell the truth about the whole thing"
so you thought YOU would make your peace
with the future by having some one else
hanged?' asked Mr.. Richardson
NO, sir; think any man make his peace
with the future if he wants to- 1 believe 1t was
my duty TO tell the truth. did not see any other
way. regardless of the consequences to myself
or anybody else I owed it to society. 1 owed it
20 God and to myself"
For hours the defence hammered at the mo-
tive of saving his own life. They sought to show
II in the force Of example drawn from the I'm
nunity Of inforners in the Mollie Mcguire
cases. but this the witness would not admit
Next they sought for it in Orchards effort to
bring Steve Adams TO the state and then in
the subsequent meetings with MCFARLAND and
Governor Gooding. Once again they emphasized
+i,e had tyyic
testimony out, but Orchard repelied the sugges-
zion that il had been changed by Mcfarland
Hawley any one else.
After that it was suggested that Orchard had
placed his future in the keeping Of MCFARLAND; :;
that the Pinkertons had sent money to his fam
lily in Canada; that he had been supplied with
dates 10 strengthen his story. and that Nc.
Parland had trained him as stage manager
would for his appearance on the stand. But all
this Orchard denied.
"PAMPERED. PETTED. HERO-LIKE PRIS-
ONER-"
Then they tried to show him pampered. pet
ced. hero-like prisoner fed from the table Of the
warden addressed as Harry" BY Governor
Gooding and Warden whitney. receiving free
dom and liberties that other prisoner had and
Ill this consideration implying that he would
never he hanged for killing Steunenberg Then
came a showing as to how the prisoner had been
dressed and groomed for the trial and lastly,
for climax they showed Orchard pleading for
and saving the life of Bob" Wetter. condemned
10 death for murder. Orchard admitted that he
had appealed TO Governor Gooding for Weter
and that later Gooding first reprieved Wetter
and then commuted his sentence Of death to life
imprisonment.
Orchard left the stand at . 30 O'Clock. after
having occupied II for thrty-two hours and Il
half. just before he was excused and remanded
ne Went back 10 the hands Of the prosecution
and identified the casing Of the bomb lie planted
at the gate of Judge Goddard's house IN Denver,
Orchard is 10 return 10 the witness chair later
because the defence must lay the formal lines for
redirect examination
Immediately Orchard left the stand the state
began the confederation Of the Bradley poison
ing story. Mrs. Sadie Swan who as Miss Sadie
Bell was j maid Ia the Bradley home at Silver
Creek, the nilkman who sold the milk that was
poisoned and p. L. McCreary the chemist who
anaiyzed it, carried the tale from the discovery
because Of its bitterness that the milk was
poisoned 10 the analysis that showed from forty
Mrs Swan identified Orchard and connected
hin with the house. They all confirmed the date
as Wlthln three or four days OF the explosion,
una MRS. Swan sHore that she opened the front
ooor TO get the morning paper a few minutes
"eloTe tte explosion and ~ nothing the
steps. There will be further testimony az TO
'ie bradley incident Tomorrow
ORCH1RD'S CONFESSION.