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Show ORCHARD WILL ESaPECALLDWS Judge Recommends That Sentence of Death of Assassin be Commuted Com-muted to Imprisonment. Statement Is Made From the Bench That It Is Belief of Trial Judge That Federation Officials Were Guilty In 8plte of Acquittal. Boise, Idaho. Stating that ho behoves be-hoves that Harry Orchard, In his testimony tes-timony in tlra trial of William D. Haywood Hay-wood and Gcorgo A. Pcttlbono ror tho murder or ex-Governor Frank Stouncnborg, told tho exact truth, attempting at-tempting to conceal nothing, Judge Fremont Wood, In tho district court at Caldwoll, on Wednesday, recommended recom-mended that tho stnto board or pardons par-dons commute Orchard's, sontenco ol death to Imprisonment In tho Stnto penitentiary. Tho sentence or death was pronounced In accordance with tho nlca or guilty entered by Orchard. Judgo Wood presided at both the Haywood nnd Pottlbono trials. In sentencing Orchnrd nnd recommending recom-mending tlio commutation or his sentence, sen-tence, Judgo Wood rovlowed tho caso from th'o tlmo or tho killing or Frank 8tcunonbcrg to tho present, Including Includ-ing tho arrest or Orchard, his conres-Blon, conres-Blon, tho nrrcst or Charles E. Moyer, president or tho Western Federation or Miners; William D.' Haywood, secretary-treasurer ot tho rcderatlon, nnd Gcorgo A. Pcttlbono; tho trials of Hnywood nnd Pcttlbono nnd tho plea of guilty entered by Orchard to tho chargo of murder In tho first dogreo, tho punishment for which, undor tho Idaho statutes, is death. Judgo Wood, aftor hit rovlow of tho caso, sentenced OrcHard, nnd llxed May 15 as tho dato for tho execution. exe-cution. Orchard asked permission to spenk, and It was granted. Ho thanked thank-ed tho court Tor tlio review or tho enso given nnd ror tho kindly remarks In regard to him. Ho repeated that ho had told tlio wholo truth, and thnt no promlso or Immunity or or morcy had over been mado to him. Before ho hnd concluded tears woro streaming stream-ing rrom his eyes, and ho all but troko down as ho again, In broken volco, thanked Judgo Wood for his recommendation to tho board of pardons. |