The state herald., 1907-06-14
0 R C CHARD'S life
SHOWS PRIDE IN THE VERY MAG
TuDE OF HIS CRIMES.
WRITES HIS OWN HISTORY
It Is Not Generally Believed that Re.
ligion Is the Sustaining Element
IN the Murderer's Brazenness.
BY John /. Tierney.

SO declared Harry orchard on the
witness stand, and he made the an
nouncement with n note of pride in
his voice. He said he had been work.
ing on it for more than year past.
He had gone over II again and again.
lie had revised II and changed the
phraesology to bring the work as near
perfection as lay in his power.
The vanity of authorship has seized
on Orchard. He displayed the symp-
toms today when answering Richard
sons questions, At times he disclosed
clearly that this child of his brain was
the drama in which he has such
conspicuous part.
Orchard gave the students OF psy-
chology additional material on which
to work, changing the focus at which
they have been studying him and com
pelling changes in the conclusions al
ready deduced. Now that the first
shock occasioned by the Orchard
story has passed, the minds of lawyers.
correspondents and spectators turn
from contemplation of those horrors
to an attempt at analyzing the witness.
why is he telling this story.
whether true or not?" is the question.
and no answer is satisfactory. Attor.
neys for the state are as much In the
dark as those to whom Orchard IL a
new acquaintance.
He is marvel" declared Borah as
he joined n group of correspondents ai-
Ter court had adjourned.
He is psychological mystery"
was Hawley's comment.
The idea that religion is the impel.
ling force that Is driving the assassin
TO lay bare his soul is not generally
believed. There is no suggestion NJ
remorse or contrition In Orchards
manner or appearance. II is not pos
sible he has travelled In mental con
sclousncss the path whose end marks
atonement.
Look at the heavy. square Jaws Of
the man. They are plainly discernlble
even In his printed photograph. When
fingered by Richardson this lower Jaw
rrotrudes In ugly fashion. the expires.
sion undcrgoes n change. and here II
man who has been dealt a stlnging
blow or Is about to deliver n knockout
The face Orchard wears at such times
has been seen at every prize fight ever
held
No. II is not religion. as we undc..
stand II. Besides, religion contom-
plates mercy. charity aud forgiveness
as It's chief attributes. There Ii mono
Of these In Orchards makeup.
As for the idea Of ntoBement. Or.
chard's thoughts are stlll worldly He
shows that In his carefully groome1
appearance. The clothes he wears are
Of finer texture and better tit than
Hawley's or Borah's or the courts. His
linen Is always fresh and his ties show
discrimination In selection. His pat
ent leather shoes are always bright.
and II the morning be chilly he has q
natty top coat to adorn as well AS pro-
toct him, Even his hands and nails
show care and attention.
Cases are ON record where vanity
has led men to do utterly lnconcclyablo
things, and where Il has sustained
them IN situations where other sources
OF strength failed. In the recital of
his monstrous story Orchard gives ovi,
dcnce In many places that now. after
the account Is all In, he is supervising
the work OF balancing the record with
n sense OF pride for the magnitude OF
the sum total.
His very Indifference In telling ~
tho number Of his victims aud the
manner Of their taking away Indicates
vanity.
The uneoncern he mnnifcsts when
Richardson tries 70 sting him into los
Ing losing control by references 10 his
nssaasinations and his reluctance 10
acknowledge lesser crimca than homi.
eide bear out the theory.
"nid you commit any holdupa In
Denver during the spring Of 1904, any
hnrrlaries. snatch amy pockctbookag"
asked Richardson.
An Indignant denial came from or.
rhnfd. and he Rlnrcd ylciously nt at the
attorney, Such incidental and trivial
acts were not for him.
on the other hand. when Richardson
crosHnxamined him with regard to
his knowledge of or acquaintance with
iyte Gregory. 10 bring out the cold.
bloodod character of that murder. IN"
witness assentcd to Richardson's pur.
puAo.
"Yon did not know lyte Gregory
lie had never done you any harfnl You
had never seen him7 You had never
even heard Of hlm7"
10 each ~ these questions Orchard
answered calmly.
NO"
In truth. Dorah may style Orchard
marvel. although The comment was
made from the 20 I Of view ~ the NJ.
iornoy watching his own Witness In
the hands Of the opposition counsel
II never saw such quick wit dis
played By u Witness In my llfo," raid
llorah lie has absolutely refused 10
ho lod by counsel nnd ltlehardAon IL an
adrolt examiner lie frames bis quoa
tl0na ~ that almost any witness would
uullc unconHciuusly give the anHwor he
N serkinF. hut Orchard docs not. he
chooses his uwn words"
llnwloy expressed the opinion that
tho religious motive was the force fuH.
Iuiuiua gl.s aHHaHatU