The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-14
STORY Of KING DAVID AND
lJR|AH CAUGHT ORCHARD
Multi Murderer Broke Down and Cried While
Being Questioned by Rich
ardson.
Slayer of Steunenbeg Has Protested Religion and Believes
His Sins Forgiven

Boise, Ida, June 15.-The men who
are battling to save the life of William
d. Haywood and the good name of the
Western Federation of Minors made
their greatest assault upon Harry Orch
ard today when, carrying the review by
Cross-examination of his life of crime
down to his confession, they bitterly
assailed his guiding motives. Six days
they spent in stripping him before the
jury OF every shred of morality of char
aCIer. 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 innocent
mea in the hope of saving his own
They carried THEN attack to the very
language with which the witness an
swered their questions, and everywhere
they alleged by forceful implication
that it was put into his mouth by men
= Controlling him.
Tears Came at Last.
The series of quickly delivered attacks
gave to the trial amid the scenes cen
tering around the witness chair in
Judge w OOu GtuiI Il uCDlll va vi O
matte intensity. a compelling human in
terest that gripped and held every man
and woman who watched and listened.
Orchard failed when the recited to him
the tale of King David and Uriah that
Detective McFarlane related to him
when he came seeking a confession.
He fought to save himself, but the
tears filed his eyes and he rocked un-
evenly HE a fainting woman His voice
lowered to huskiness and he hid his
face i'm d handkerchief Then he
steadind himself and went on strongly to
the end He defended his motives by
saying that he had finally found true
conversion and i'm penitence had re-
solved to make all possible reparatiOn
by freely confessing all Mcfarland had
told him that he was doing great ser
vice for the state. and that states were
kind to men who served them; there
was 10 other promise.
You knew that if you confessed to
the Steunenberg murder the state
would put you out of the way?" ham
meTed Attorney Richardson.
Yes, sir
And would do it quickly"
4 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 il by laying it on to somebody
eise?"
NO. sir: that was not the thought
at all"
Motive Of Confession.
And here it was that Orchard gave a
remarkable expIanati ton Of the motives
that impelled him to confess. His voice
fell to a low tone. but there was no
other show of emotion. Complete 81
lence gave every word to the entire
room. The whiZ of an electric fan over
head was the sole accompaniment Fof
the recitation.
II thought" he said. ''of putting my
SELF out OF the way, but I thought over
my past life. Il did not believe i'm a
hereaf ter at all. but I was afraid to die,
and I thought at times that l had been
such an unnatural mOnster-my crimes
had been so great, that 1 would not be
forgiven
who told you that?"
No one"
.sho wrote that out for vou@'
NO one. but after 7 had been sent a
Rible and had read il some l came TO
the conclusion that 7 would be forgiven
n made r confession Of everything. I
hogan to think that the grave did not
end everything, and l made IN my
mind TO tell the truth about the whole
thing"
SO you thought YOU would make
your peace with the future by having
somebody else hung. did you?" asked
Mr.. Richardson.
Owed IL to God.
NO sir. l 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 my
self or anybody else. l owed it to So
ciety, owed it to God and to myself"
The defense suggested that If Orch
ard did not get the reference to his