Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1907 — HAYWOOD’S DEFENSE [ARTICLE]

HAYWOOD’S DEFENSE

His Lawyers Begin by Laying a Further Foundation for Im* peachment of Orchard. HIS REPLIES DO NOT HESITATE Witnesses Swear That He Threatened to Kill Ex-Gov. Steunenberg. \ Others Testify to His Frequent: Consultations with Detectives of the Mine Owners—lndependence Station Explosion.

Boise, Ida., June 20.—The first direct testimony in defense of William _D. Haywood has been offered, and it Hvas chiefly directed toward showing that Harry Orchard, blaming Frank Steutienlcrg for the loss of his interest in the Hercules mine, had threatened to have revenge by killing him, and that theeonduct ot Orchard and Sterling, both before the Independence explosion, when they were frequently seen together, and afterwards, when Sterling called off bloodhounds that were following Orchard’s trail, justified the inference that the mine owners Inspired the crime. Orchard Called on Again. The calling of the first witness for the defense was preceded by a further examination of Orchard to permit the defense to complete its formal impeaching questions. These questions were nearly all In connection with the allegation that Orchard killed Steunenberg because of an alleged g.udge growing out of the sale of his interest In the Hercules mine. Orchard, maintained bis old calmness and spoke in the low pitched, soft tone. He agdn denied that he ever threatened to kill Steunenberg because of the Hercules mine, and again asserted that he sold his Interest in the mine two years before the trouble that drove him out oti northern Idaho. -r— — Witnessed Contradict Him. Two witnesses called later in the day swore that Orchard did threaten to kill Steunenberg because of the Hercules matter, and the defense has prepared the way? for such testimony from a dozen more witnesses. The two heard were F. R. Reed, once of Crip pie Creek, and now of Goldfield, Nev.. and Charles A. Sullivan, formerly of Cripple Greek, and now a watchman in the Brown hotel In Denver. Redd said he heard Orchard make the statement* and-threat in the miners’ hall In Cripple Creek, and Sullivan swore that while he and Orchard were fellow boarders at John Neville’s place In Cripple Creek Orchard repeatedly said thft.t_but.for Steunenberg he would lja

ft rich man and that he intended to kill him. _3L_ CALLED OFF THE BLOODHOUND Railway Detective Said Steve Adams Blew Up the Mine. The cross-examination showed that both were members of the Western Federation of Miners and that Sullivan was a friend of Hdywood, Moyer and many of the union leaders at Cripple Creek. Dr. I. L. McGee, a mining broker of the Coe or d’Alenes, another impeaching witness, swore that Orchard told him in 1904 at Wallace, Ida., that he was a “spotter” for a detective agency. Orchard denied this conversation'; denied that he was in Idaho at any time in 1904. Several witnesses, principally women, Who kept lodging houses at Cripple Creek, located Orchard at various conferences toith Sterling, the detective for the Mine Owners’ association, prior to the Independence explosion, and there was a further showing as to meetings between Orchard and D. O. Scott, the detective for the Florence and Cripple Creek railway. Another witness told of the effort to locate the men guilty of the Independence station outrage by starting a bloodhound from the cl.air rung used in pulling off the mine explosion. He said the dog took the read to Colorado Springs, the one over which Orchard fled in the night', and „tbat when he reported to Sterling he get enters to call the dog off. Sterling said lie knew who blew up the station, and , later said that Steve Adams bad done so. Tbe state fought the admission of the bloodhound story, and also opposed the admission of evidence covering general features of the Colorado labor law, but in both Instances the court ruled with the defense. One of the witnesses did not come up to the expectations of the defense. Ira Blizzard, contracting agent for the Florence and Cripple Creek railroad at the time of the Independence depot explosion, said lie Immediately went there and saw the wire and chair rung which served as clues. The defense alleges that the Independence station was all but an abandoned affair and that its destruction might have been planned by others than the Western Federation of Miners, “What sort of a depot was it?” asked Darrow of the witness. “The depot was In good condition,’/ replied Bllz ard. “It was a nice,,,up-to-date, station, with a good waiting room. It had a platform in front of It.” BJlznrd declared that the Independence depot was usedas a stopping pla{*Cbut there was no ticket agent there.