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Show HOPB8 ORCHARD WILL BE FREED l Widow of Steunenberg Has Forgiven jl Murderer of Husband. ',1 Seattle, Wash. A special to the Post-Intclllgencer from Walla Walla .1 says: "Harry Orchard has done many iH wrongs, but I hopo that ho has re- B pontcd, now that he understands thelt .H magnitude, nnd that he will bo given 1 a chance to lead a good, true and ll honest life after tho present ordeal has passed."' This Is tho statement ot Mrs. Frank ,l Steunenberg, widow of the former governor of Idaho, who was killed by :H a bomb being planted by Orchard at vH tho gateway of his homo In Caldwell. H Mrs. Steunenberg Is attending the jl annual camp meeting and conference !H ot tho Seventh-day Advcntlsts at Col-lege Col-lege Place, three miles west of Walla Walla. She seems to be above hat- H red of tho man who hilled her hus- JH band, nnd her conversation would Id- !H dlcato that sho has forgiven him. -iH As to Moyor, Haywood and P.ettl- oone, sho expressed) no opinion, say- H lng she hnd not thought of their eon- II ncctlon with thu case. Sho 'Is lead- iwl lng a secluded life, spending most of 'H her , tlmo reading the bible and other , 'H religious works. Her eyo-slght la poor, sho says, and sho prefers to' 'H read something that will do her good , H rathor than the reports of tho trial, H which, sho says, tend to excite 'H rather than satisfy. Sho shuns pub- llclty, snylng that her Btatomcnts aro srten put in tho wrong light, though sho docs not avoid tho subject ot the H death ot her husband whon It Is 'H broached to her. Shu said: iH "Tho trial of Moyer, Haywood and H Pottlbono Is tho .commencement of a .'H national struggle botuvecn tho United 'iH States government' nnd organized ,H labor, and will eventually lead to a H rebolllon. Mr. Steunenberg always H belluved that a Struggle would como, , though ho did not know whon. Whon "iB he prepared his first messngo to the H public, aftor having been elected gov- IH crnor of Idaho, ho was at a loss as to ,H tho position to take regarding tho H unions, nnd often consulted me, but -H finally decided that If any trouble H camo up during his administration ho H would bo fair with both sides and act H ns he considered right. When the H trouble did nriso, Mr. Stounonberg wns greatly worried, and ono evening H after ho had made his flnnt stand, ho ? told mo ho thought It would cost him his life." |