Show ORCHARDS STORY IS SONLY ONLY I A PIPE PP tM DREl-tM SAYS MOR N I I One Witness Declares De- De cl clares res a Pinkerton Officer Suggested 99 M Mangy Hasiy nv Crimes and Chummed With the Assassin BOISE IDA JULY 3 THE 3 THE DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE DE DE- IN THE MURDER TRIAL TODAY CONTINUED CONTINUED CONTINUED CONTIN CONTIN- ITS ATTACKS ON THE TESTIMONY TEST MONY OF HARRY HARRY ORCHARD AND THE METHODS OF THE PINKERTON PINKER PINKER- PINKERTON TON uVE AG AGENCY NCY PAT MORAN WHOM ORCHARD SAID MADE A TRIP FROM CHEYENNE CHEYENNE CHEYENNE CHEY CHEY- ENNE TO DENVER FOR FOR FOE HIM TO GET PROM GEORGE GEORGE GEOEGE A. A PETTIBONE PETTIBONE PETTIBONE PETTI- PETTI BONE AF AFTER ER THE INDE INDEPENDENCE ENCE STATION AFFAIR WENT ON THE STAND AND TESTIFIED TESTIFIED THAT ORCHARDS ORCHARD'S STORY STOEY WAS FALSE A PIPE DREAM TH THE WITNESS CALLED IT Joseph Barnes now a I- I farmer but formerly formerly for for- merly a miner and a a. a striker at Telluride Telluride ride testified that G George orge Ridd Biddell ll the tho Pinkerton operative who worked up to leadership in the Telluride union had bad hads had's s 's suggested various crimes including the dynamiting of f mines a and d. d the burning or of the town Barnes said that when it was was proposed that the tM strike bo be settled set settled settled Biddell Riddell for forcibly opposed d any set set- The witness also aiso said he met Harry Orchard Orchard with Ridd Biddell Riddell ll at Telluride de On th the tho cross cros cross of 1 rancis C C. Clifford an an insurance nea ma man who mho f formerly for for- or- or merly M. ls s st te brought out the beit t April and July July- 1905 Or Orchard h rd of ten 1 lounged d dato ato around nd s Pettibone P n s sor store Juror Is Ism Ill HI As As' for several sever l days past there ther were many vacant benches in the when the trial opened today todar It was announced that juror furor No 7 H. H F. F Massecar had been quite ill during during dur duro ing the night Judge Wood asked Mr Massecar J if he felt able to proceed r today Upon receiving an affirmative reply the court informed the juror that if at any time be he felt it necessary the trial would be interrupted until he ho was in better physical condit condition m The prosecution asked the court to issue an order directing W. W F. F Davis one of the leading witnesses for the defense defense de de- de to remain within the jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdiction tion as he would be wanted anted again The order was issued Francis C. C Clifford a a. life insurance solicitor of Sterling Colo was the first witness of the day Clifford said ho moved from Scranton Pa to Denver Den in April 1905 He rented desk room Toom in George A A. Pettibone's store in in Denver holding it from April until inti November 1905 The witness met Orchard under the name of Thomas Hogan Pettibone making the introduction Orchard came around the store just justas ps as dozens of others did acco according ding to the witness who described the store as one big room There was also an undivided ed cellar beneath Orchard Made Money FastI Fast I Orchard told me one day that he was making lots of money selling hail bail insurance de declared lared Clifford He then turned to Mr Pettibone and asked him to cash a check Pettibone looked at the check and said he did not have enough money Ho lIo offered to give Orchard Orchard Or Or- chard as much as ho he ha had bad Orchard said he would take what Pettibone had and get the balance later The next time I saw Orchard he told me he ho was going to Alaska That was in June 1905 Clifford Cliffor l said he never never saw a a. light in Pettibone's Pettibone s 's clar cipar at night but once once once- in October 1905 On cross cross examination the witness said he be heard beard in in June 1905 that Hogans Hogan Hogans Hogan's Ho Ho- gan gans gan's s 's real name was Orchard PEttibone Pettibone Pettibone Petti Petti- bone did not tell him He asked Pettibone Pettibone Pet about abot the matter h however wever and the latter said he believed Hogans Hogan's right name was Orchard As to the c check eek Clifford said he did net rot see whom it was from or the amount of it Went to Town in Barrel J Joseph C. C Barnes living t near sear near Montrose Montrose Mont Mont- rose Colo was the next witness He said that he and George Georg W W. Riddell Biddell Pinkerton operative No 36 were were chums and arid fellow members members' of the union union at Telluride Barn Barnes s declared that Riddell Biddell was constantly suggesting violence vio vio I lence lenee He proposed to roll two kegs of dynamite down a hill into the Liberty Bell mill he advised the miners to punch any of the deputies or bad men who looked cross crossi j told th them m to burn the town of Telluride to beat beat- up any man who started to work and run run them out of town Barnes was a most loquacious witness witness wit wit- ness and constantly called called out waves of laughter by his hig ready and lengthy replies After being deported from Te Telluride Barnes told of going back to the town in a barrel The militia discovered him bim but he escaped by climbing a tree He saw Orchard and Ridden Biddell together once in Telluride examined Cross-examined by Senator Senator- Borah Dorah Continued on Page 8 3 J r Ve V f j f 4 r a R Ja rip p f I Ia a y a 0 r L Y I c 5 E i. i o JACK SIM SIMPKINS Indicted Vl with th Moyer B Haywood aywood and Pettibone e and w. w who ho is s still a at t. t large L HA HAYWOOD Y Continued from page 1 1 Barnes Barns said he had never engaged in any criminal act with wih ant Did you ever contemplate a crime t tYes Yes sir When I started back to Telluride I made up my mind to kill ki any man man who stopped me too Did you I No sir sir the Ule militia mita got me Did Dd say he wo would ld help you you ou kill kl anybody No but he said h he would do the same thing |