Cross-Examination of Orchard Expands Murder Plot Details
The lengthy cross-examination in the Haywood case reveals Orchard’s stories grow more elaborate as Richardson presses for dates places and money trails. Haywood’s proximity to the jury and whispered updates underscore alleged collusion while Orchard defends his narrative as based on his life record.
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Hawley
Orchard
Richardson
Haywood
Les
Darrow
Billy Aikman
Steve Adams
Boise
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Pettibone
Gov. Peabody
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Federation
Adams
Cripple Creek Arson Plot Ties to Mine Owners Case Bursts
Testimony reveals arson plan linked to miners union tensions and Mine Owners' Association. Orchard admits using Pettibone dope, burning Neville's saloon to collect insurance, sharing proceeds with Neville and others. Witness details talk of militia, independence station incidents, and payments from Warden Whitney. Adjournment set for Monday morning.
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Hercules
Orchard
Haywood
Cripple Creek
Miners’ Convention
Union
Mine Owners’ Association
Independence Station
Scott
Sterling
A. E. Carlton
Carlton
Nelson Franklin
John Neville
Neville
Moyer
Pettibone
Whitney
Mrs Orchard Refuses to Testify in Haywood Case
Mrs Harry Orchard wife of the Boise witness declines to travel to Boise City to answer a subpoena. She says she would have to name men who aided her husband in stealing rich ore from Cripple Creek mines and fears exposure of unpublicized suspects. The defense had expected her to testify.
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New York Times
Cripple Creek
Harry Orchard
Haywood
Boise
Boise City
Woman shoots to stop grass cutter threat on lawn
Mrs Nanice Van Holland told of bargaining with William Smith to cut her lawn for 3 dollars. When Smith demanded full pay and threatened to kill her, she grabbed a pistol and fired from the porch, knocking the sickle from his hand and injuring him mildly. Her father, a skilled shooter, taught her early revolver skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
ST. Louis
Nanice van Holland
William Smith
van Holland
Smith
Robbery in Daylight on Twenty fifth Street
Leonard Goelz a butcher on the Atlas steamer Prince Joachim was attacked by five men at 5 pm on Twenty fifth Street near Eleventh Avenue. He was beaten robbed of $19 and left unconscious before seeking aid from a fireman and Dr Bolling at New York Hospital. An Italian man had been robbed at the same spot two weeks earlier.
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Leonard Goelz
Twenty-fifth Street
Eleventh Avenue
Goelz
West Twenty-seventh Street
Twenty-seventh Street
West Twentieth Street
Bolling
New York Hospital
Prison Keepers Face National Field Club In Island Game
A baseball game on Blackwell's Island featured keepers of the penitentiary against the National Field Club of Staten Island. Hundreds of prisoners and recovering patients from the Metropolitan City Hospital watched. The Staten Islanders won 2 to 1 after umpire Umba Frank Barrett's final decision stood. Abraham Hummel viewed the contest from a penitentiary window.
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Blackwell's Island
National Field Club
Staten Island
Metropolitan City
Staten Islanders
Uma Frank Barrett
Abraham Hummel
Derby Youth Killed by Pitched Ball
Harry Randall of Seymour aged 16 was fatally struck in the heart by a pitched ball while in the batter’s box. The ball missed the plate, struck him as he tried to dodge, and he died instantly in Derby, Connecticut, on June 8.
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Derby, Conn
Harry Randall
Seymour
Randall
Lively Broadway Fracas at Churchill’s Restaurant
Crowds at Broadway near Forty-sixth Street watched a lively fight outside Churchill’s Restaurant when seven men arriving by auto and refused admission tried to push past waiters. Three were jailed at West Forty-seventh Street Station on a charge of disorderly conduct. Debris and police action followed as officers contained the scene.
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Broadway
Churchill's
Forty-sixth Street
West Forty-seventh Street
West Hom Ser
Man and Boy Shot as Strikebreakers Clash on Piers
Frequent clashes between striking longshoremen and strikebreakers erupted in Manhattan and Brooklyn. A pistol shot wounded a boy, Abraham Stein, 14, and a man, Thomas O Brady, while a strikebreaker identified as Paul Poinsette from Charleston was captured after firing at officers. Police restored order as crowds scattered and rescues were conducted.
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Manhattan
Brooklyn
Lackawanna Railroad
Binghamton
Barclay Street
Lloyd Line
Hoboken
West Street
O'Brady
Park Place
Zucker and Miller
Church Street
Washington Street
George Graham
Graham
Cullen
Paul Poinsette
Charleston
S. C
St. Vincent's Hospital
Cornelius O’donohue
Perry Street
Morris Shafter
East Third Street
Bank Street
Perry
Eleventh Streets
Daniel Donohue
Shafter
King and Ferris Streets
Hamilton Avenue
Emil Jansen
Baltic Street
Jansen
William H. Luckdoe
Sedgwick Street
Pavonia Avenue
Jersey City
Seventh Street
Tragedy On Beekman Street Alleges Child Killed
Three year old Alice Mullins was killed on Beekman Street near William while her father spoke with friends. Police and Coroner Shrady noted no witness to the accident and suspects a truck or moving auto struck her as bystanders saw a red trail near the scene. The child died at St Gregorys Hospital after being found in the street.
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Alice Mullins
Beekman Street
William
Joseph Mullins
Shrady
Franklin Street
St. Gregory's Hospital
Gold Street
Montclair Policeman Suspended Over Bakery Theft
Thomas Noon of the Montclair police force is suspended after Isaac Sigler of Upper Montclair bakeshop accuses him of stealing a dozen buns. Noon admits taking the buns saying officers often appease appetites at Sigler’s shop in early morning hours.
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New York Times
Montclair
Thomas Noon
Isaac Sigler
Sigler
Noon
Telegraph Strike Nearer as Union Prepares Grievances
Officers of the Telegraphers Union report new proof that Western Union plans no policy change and await Directors action this week to decide on a strike. President Small says the union is ready to fight and notes grievances across major cities including Chicago Buffalo Detroit Cleveland Pittsburgh Washington Baltimore Philadelphia Boston Albany Syracuse and San Francisco. The National Executive Committee meets in New York with all members expected tonight.
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Telegraphers’ Union
Western Union Telegraph Company
W .W. G. Edwards
Edwards
Baltimore
J. Small
Small
Chicago
Buffalo
Detroit
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Albany
Syracuse
San Francisco
Denver
Western Union
New York
No Capitol Graft Exposed At Harrisburg Hearing
At a Harrisburg hearing, state fiscal officers were faulted for lax controls during Capitol construction. Witnesses said 498000 in bills went unapproved for two years, metallic furniture worth nearly 500000 paid under altered schedules, and warrants mailed by clerks rather than approved by the Superintendent.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Capitol
Auditor General
State Treasury Departments
Auditor General’s Department
Snyder
Mathues
Huston
Mob Attacks Policeman as Crowds Gather in Mulberry and Broome
A night siege near Mulberry and Broome streets ends with Policeman O Leary taking James Baress to the station after a disorderly conduct charge. A mob arrests James Langelet as further disturbances erupt. a streetcar fatally strikes a pedestrian and injures Susie Lorasco as bystanders pull her clear.
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Mulberry
Broom Streets
O‘leary
Mulberry Street
James Baress
Mott Street
Broome Street
O'Leary
Lieut
Hayes
Murphy
Policeman Beaten On Lexington Avenue Car Ride
Policeman Thomas Walsh of East Eighty-eighth Street Station was badly beaten on a northbound Lexington Avenue surface car about 11 PM by four young men who harassed passengers. Walsh, in civvies, warned them to quiet down after flashing his shield. at 101st Street he was struck and dragged off the car, kicked in the face and head before a bystander intervened. One suspect, Joseph Volk, 24, of East Eighty-Fifth Street, was arrested. Walsh fainted at East 104th Street Station and later reported sick at his post.
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Thomas Walsh
East Eighty-eighth Street
Walsh
Lexington Avenue
101St Street
Joseph Volk
East Eighty-fifth Street
Quarantine on Havana Passengers Begins
The Havana passenger quarantine took effect yesterday. The Ward line ship Bewmneoey was the first to arrive after the rule. Health officers examined arriving steerage passengers and sent some for hospital observation.
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Havana
Panic in Gotham Theatre Fire Hoax Causes Stampede
A boy shouted fire at the Gotham Theatre on Alabama Avenue and Fulton Street Brooklyn prompting a panic in the audience. More than 300 women and children were swept into a stampede with some injuries as the crowd rushed to exits. Police search for the boy responsible. Supplies like hats and pocketbooks were found scattered around the venue. The play The Silver King continued after the curtain rose from a temporary panic.
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Gotham Theatre
Alabama Avenue
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Hal Clarendon Stock Company
Joseph Quinn
Quinn
William Dodge
Liberty Avenue
Edward Gerard
Dudley Clement
Gerard
Clement
New York Lawyer Franc Shorr Fined in Worcester Incident
A man claiming to be New York lawyer Franc Short Shorr was fined 10 dollars after disrupting peace at Union Station Worcester. He chased Miss Elizabeth Berford who leapt from a station window. police said Shorr forced entry at Warren Hotel and pursued her down Front Street before restraint. Police noted the name Franc Shorr does not appear in the New York Directory.
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New York Times
Worcester
Mass
Franc Short
New York
Shorr
Union Station
Elizabeth Berford
Warren Hotel
Miss Berford
Front Street
Ambassador Leishman Aids Turkish College Work
The Hamburg liner brought Rev. T. D. Christie, head of the American College at Tarsus, to visit his Hartford daughter. Christie praised Ambassador Leishman for protecting workers during a building project amid Turkish interference. Also aboard were O. E. Le Fevre and Mrs Le Fevre, with Le Fevre commenting on Colorado labor strife and the Federation of Miners. Mrs Le Fevre fell ill during the voyage.
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Hamburg
T. D. Christie
American College
Tarsus
Asia Minor
Christie
Hartford
Constantinople
Leishman
O. E. le Fevre
District Court of Colorado
Gabbert
Orchard
Haywood
Boisé
Idaho
le Fevre
Cripple Creek
Moyer and
Colorado
Federation of Miners
Rioting clash on Third Avenue ends with arrest
In a brutal street fight near Third Avenue and Twenty Sixth Street, Policeman Samuel Beckner was knocked down and robbed of his billy, Special Policeman William McCarthy was struck, and four officers plus station reserves restored order. One laborer, Anthony Moanhe of 244 East Thirtieth Street, was arrested for assault.
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Third Avenue
Twenty-sixth Street
Samuel Beckner
East Twenty- Second Street
Billy
William McCarthy
Beckner
McCarthy
Anthony Moanhe
East Thirtieth Street
Martha
East Twenty-second Street
Twenty Sixth Street
Twenty-fourth Street
Twenty-sxth
Saloons Ordered Closed in St. Paul Sundays
Supreme Court decision applied state liquor laws to cities. Police Commission enforces Sunday closing, making St. Paul dry for the first time in its history. Minneapolis had already enacted a Sunday liquor ban a year earlier.
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New York Times
ST. Paul
Supreme Court
Minneapolis
Coler charges Guilfoyle in bath bid dispute
Borough President Bird 8 S Coler accuses ex-Commissioner John J Guilfoyle of pushing for rejection of bids on the Hamburg Avenue public bath project and new specifications after he was made special building expert. Borough Engineer Crouzbaur denies the claim and the contract went to the lowest bidder. Supt Lawrence reports Guilfoyle sought bid rejection and new specs.
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Bird
S. Coler
Brooklyn
Chares
John J. Guilfoyle
Hamburg Avenue
Guilfoyle
Coler
Crouzbaur
Supt
Lawrence
Bureau of Build
Guilfoylings
Honeymoon in Jail: Caldwell Man Seeks Bond
Henry Vogler of Caldwell is jailed in Essex County Newark on a $500 bail for horse and carriage theft. The charge, filed by liveryman Wilson Husk, stems from a wedding trip where Vogler hired the rig, claimed it slow, and entrusted it to a friend at Pleasantdale. Vogler's father declined to post bond. Recorder Frederick Heller indicated the matter was out of his hands.
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New York Times
Caldwell
N. J
Henry Vogler
Essex County
Newark
Frederick Heller
Vogler
Wilson Husk
Pleasantdale
Vogier
Jacob Vogier
Toe
Heller
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Seventh Avenue
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