Show M WM HELD fOR COWARDLY MURDER Will Probably be Placed on Trial at the Next Term of the District CourtDefense Offered No Testimony BOBC IdaAt Caldwell on Monday Probate Judge Church committed Harry Orchard on the charge of having hav-ing murdered Governor Frank Steunonberg on December 30 The defense offered no testimony The accused ac-cused man la In Jail at Caldwell The next term of the district court will open there on February 20 but It is not yet known whether tho prisoner will be tried at that lime Twenty witnesses In all were put on by the state In the preliminary One of the most important witnesses wit-nesses was Andy Johnson a Boise officer of-ficer who talked with Orchard several sev-eral times before and after his arrest ar-rest He had a collection of exhibits connected with the case W II Schcnck testified that Orchard had roomed with him for two weeks In November and thatj during that time two strangers visited him Several witnesses told of having seen Orchard In the vicinity of the house of the victim vic-tim Julian SlcuiicnborB Son of the former governor testified that a man who he Identified as Orchard came to him on Wednesday befqrc the murder and asked when his father would be home He said he had a deal with his father for some sheep and was anxious to sep him The boy told the man his father would be back Friday night Among the witnesses was A Hal lantyne a Caldwell business man who saw Orchard a few minutes before be-fore G on the evening of the murder I not more than fortylive minutes before be-fore the bomb was exploded He testified tes-tified that Orchard was Ina nervous state evidently preoccupied with something Ho failed to answer questions ques-tions and otherwise gave evidence of being under some strain Mr Dalian tyno Is believed to be the last man who saw Orchard before the explosion |