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Orchard Gives Details ot¥
Moycr
*•* and Easterly told me
that the blowing up of the
mine was a fine piece of work,
and they" "were much pleased
with it Haywood said he
wopld have to clean those fel
lows up at Cripple.Creek.
"Moyer gave me $20 and
Haywood later paid me $300
for blowing up the mine.
They both told me I could
not go too fierce to suit them
— to go ahead and blow up
anything — to get some of the
soldiers." — Harry Orchard.
he could fix his gase on Orchard unin
terruptedly, but so placed that only
those very near his chair could see his
face.- Mrs. Haywood eat beside her
husband all day. but her daughters did
not come to court until afternoon. Hay
wood's mother, Mrs. Crothers, and his
lalf sister. Miss Crotbers, sat near his
*v!fe. Mrs. Crothers is a pleasant look
ing, epeetacled old lady, whose black
hair is strongly tinged with gray. Mrs.
Steve Adams and Mrs. Pettibone, with
Mrs. Haywood'a sister, were in court
a.ll day and seemed especially amused
at those parts of Orchard's story which
involved Adams and Pettibone. When
ever . Orchard told of Adams being
drunk, as he did several ! times, Mrs.
Adams smiled, as If It were a joke.
"When court opened at 9 o'clock Sena-
Tor Borah went on with the line of
proof, that he waa developing yester
day afternoon and summoned several
fcotel keepers to prove that Orchard
and Jack Simpklns had been together
p.t Caldwelland other places near there
in the fall of 1905 before the Steunen
berg murder.
ORCHARD BROUGHT IX
" Senator Borah remarked casually, as
if It were a matter of no particular
Interest, "The- next witness will be
here in a few minutes." Of course that
was Orchard. A rustle went through
t he courtroom at the announcement and
there was a general shifting of seats
to get down as near the front as pos
sible. V^V' ; : : 't :"''\u25a0'\u25a0
Orchard had been kept over night at
Hawley's office under guard of deputy
sheriff s. -penitentiary guards and detec
tives. They had not expected the sum
mons-for him so soon, and it was about
3 0 minutes after Borah's announcement
when the party reached the courthouse,
having been brought up In a carriage
surrounded by guards. Orchard was
brought up from the sheriff's office by
the back stairs, especially built for this
trial. The crowd had been craning
necks to get a better look at the door
and twisting from the main entrance
to the side door, uncertain at which
Orchard would appear.
"Call Herry Orchard," said Senator
Borah. The side door opened and Ras
Beemer, the gigantic deputy sheriff who
has charge of the prisoners at the jail,
entered, followed closely by Orchard.
. bealnd whom were four guards and
:.detectives. Instantly there was . a
\u25a0movement /in the back part of the
courtroom.
IX FEAR OF ATTACK
There. has been so much talk of pos
sible attempt* to do harm to " Orchard
when lie should come on the.w itness
* land that the guards and deputies
were on the alert to check the first
indication of any such thing. As the
spectators rose In the rear of the room
two or three of the deputies jumped
toward them with outstretched hands.
"Sit down!" shouted one of the deputies
in a voice that carried clear beyond the
courthouse lot. There was a ring of
earnestness In the command, and It was
obeyed on the instant.
Meantime Beemer and Orchard had
marched on to the gate in the railing
by the witness chair. Beemer opened
the gate and let Orchard through.
Then the deputy dropped the bar again
and; stood outside the railing.. ' -
For a moment Orchard seemed dazed
and uncertain what to do. He turned
partly toward the v defendant's . table,
but his ga*e did not meet Hay wood's.
The clerk was Btanding with uplifted
hand waiting to adtninister the oath,'
but Orchard did not see him. Has
Beemer reached , across the gate bar,
took Orchard by the shoulder : and
turned him half around so that he saw
thf! clerk. . 9BSTCPP . .
Mechanically Orchard raised his right
arm. The forefinger was held Btraight,
but the others were closed. His fi.ee
was deadly pale and his lips twitched
nervously. But he responded to'tho
oath in a clear voice, climbed. up' into
the high witness chair and sat > down
with evident relief.- V . : .
For a moment Mrs. Haywood' looked'
at Orchard and then her* eyes returned
to her husband." She looked at ; hlm"aa*
if wonflering what effect on "him the
n£bry to come "would have," "and" then
as the examination began, she turned
again and gazed at the witness.
' Orchard grasped the arms . of the
witness chair and turned. his eyes on
Attorney Hawley, who conducted v the
examination.
MAKES GOOD APPEARANCE
The jurors and spectators saw at
solidly built young man of clear com
plexion. <lark brown hair and steady
blue eyes. He has a thick reddish
mustache, which droops over a ratb.fr
weak mouth. His lower lip quivered
a little with excitement and : his face
was still very pale.' He worelaneat
pray «uit and presented ; generally the
appearance of a . well groomed, self
respecting man. Immediately upon the
commencement of the examination.Or
chard began to recover his composure
and it was but a few minutes until he
fed completely^ regained his grip on
himself.
At first there was a little shakiness
in his voice, but that soon disappeared
«.nd from then onto the. end of-the
day no feature" of the awful story.; ho
related afCe-cted him so as to alter; his
demeanor or shake his composure. He
told first the story, of; his* birth In
Northumberland county/ Ontario, 41
years ago, and gave his true name as
Albert E. . Hor6ley. He has used ;. the
name of Orchard, for 11" years, ever
since he came to the United States Irora
Canada. *
Why he cam* or why-he changed his
name was not brought out, although
Uie reason for both must have a bear*
lnff on his subsequent career. He was
a' Cheese maker in Canada and when
he came •to this state from there >he
drove & milk wagon for a time and
then owned and ; ran a ' : woodyard "uo
in; the Coeur d'Alenes. What had hap
pened to predispose * tnis \u25a0 follower' ?f
*uch peaceful occupation^ to" the life
of atrocious crime -has not been" dts
lJ/l TALE IS ASTOUSDIAG
rrom^ giving" these -details of; his :un'r
eventful law abiding existence' he .went
oh tor: the "narration. of- the, most
astounding stories" of ' murder-/ and
assassination ever told* ln a courtroom!
at f least" since the days of the Mollie
Ma.£uires.* He; began- this: career, by
his own .fad mission, within ' a month
After selling = his ! woodyard ••- and } join
<ing th« , miners' -union; at. Burke.- No
reason "of compulsion or " solid tation *by
the leaders of the union \ was ;: shown
for that first crime. . Apparently. -. he
committed It for the pure love ' of- It.
It" did not Involve bloodshed directly, as
most of the later crimes" did,' but it was
the sure forerunner of ? suchJJ;; ItJwas
the blowing up of the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mill at ,Wardner; on: April 29.
1899, the crime that' led to the military
campaign In -the Coeur d'Alenes -that
summer and laid the foundation for the
murder of Steunenberg."
Simply and directly in his quiet,
purring .voice. Orchard told of the ; spe
cial meeting:, of his • union called that
morning, of his own attendance and of
the argument between -Paul "Coehran,
the secretary,^' and?*; Bill 'Pevery,'. the
president, ; of '• the proposition . to go to
Wardner and destroy.the ; mill "and
hangr the superintendent."
*I LIT OXB FUSE" ;
• 'Who lit the fuses?" asked Ha^ey.
' "I lit one," replied* Orchard^calmly.
"I don't know who lit 'the others."
Richardson fought" vigorously to keep
out the , etoj-y,:,; He 1 objected^ at ; every
point, protesting that thore \u25a0was not a
thing in.anVthis'.to .connect. Haywood
with the, murder of Bteunenberg. . '•'
DEFENSE OFTEN OVERRULED
But Hawley and Borah beat "him
eyery.^ time. Mfot lithe >' murderers of
Steunenberg: atone are ; ohirlal ; now t but
the -"inner— circl«" - of r the \u25a0 'western - fed-;
eration -of miners. ' and . not 'only for
the^Steunenberg killing but' for the ter
rible" list of^ bloody; crimes' that Orchard
went onUo'jrive.. .: > v ., {. ;, r ix. ; - '
"On wjiat theory can it be shown that
Haywood; was.responsible~for-.all of
this?tj criedr ßichardson, "when-he-wa*
not connected with the k federation in an
official until more than a"year
afterward?"; /;:;\u25a0'""\u25a0;• '*:\u25a0-' . -..'
"The^theory of. the state Is that out
of this, ..trouble" grew the feeling
against Steunenberg which prevailed in
the - Inner, circle ; when" Haywood later
became" a member,: of It — the feelink
which.-;ijrreetly caused that murder,"
replied^ Borah. w Haywood~ became" a
partisan of the -Western federation : and
had ; that . feeling .and on that we shall
show his responsibility.", ,\-'
MOTIVE IS SHOW.V
•As a point bearing; on* the motive of
the Steunenberg murder. Hawley
brought out part'of Paul Cochran's ar
gument in the Burke union meeting on
the morning of the destruction of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill. "Coch
ran said that there would be no trouble
with Steunenberg,", said Orchard. . with
the manner of one who recalls the in
cidents of a picnic last week. "He
said that the unions had always'sup
ported Steunenberg * and • owned him.
We only had to look out for the regu
lars."
H "was their disappointment at the
failure of Steunenberg to live up to
this estimate of him. the state con
tends, that led the "inner circle" men
to plan his murder.. ...
From the account of that day and his
flight from Burke, Orchard went
through his wanderings \u25a0In various
mining districts in Utah, California,
Nevada and elsewhere for three. years
or more, until at length, in July, 1902,
he reached the Cripple Creek district
and went to work in the Trachlle mine
running a drill. There he put In his
union card with Free Coinage union No.
19, and met again in W. F. Davis, Its
president an old comrade of the' Coeur
d'Alenes.
/ADMITS HIS TREACHERY
There began the real story of blood*
shed and murder. "They ; traded in
human blood," . declared - Hawley- in his
opening yesterday. * Orchard^ gave de
tail after horrible detail of that ; awful
"trading." It was I a story j of 'brutality
beyond % the , power.l- of ; Imagination to
conceive. Interrupted once " by; cool fad-^
mission " of . treachery, \u25a0to Lrj his * fellows
that gave' a 'glimpse ~o^' the'; utterly
despicable character of the man ' who
told It. . -\u25a0:.: \u25a0
/.Orchard had not (even, the honor of
the. thief and told on 'his comrades' be
cause they . delayed . In producing the
blood money be claimed to have earned.
Not once did he say that the men for
whom he undertook, his despicable
crimes had forced him Into the work.'
It was a plain case of buy and sell with
him. " " . : \ ;.--."
The employers set his tasks and Or
chard executed; them,-; and there, was
never a.' question : because' high or low,
great or t mall, was \ marked for death.
He took the commendation of his em
ployers . as • r it . came -,"all "f in ." the : day's
work: and neither- strove r , to merit ; it
nor. to: avoid^their t condemnation; ;lt
was the money that Tie worked for and
very little of that
-'im»IPFER&NT AS TO FATE; *^'
/Orchard has got. beyond fearing what
comes to himself . as the result. He
does not even attempt to shield him
self .Jn' any of the details. He simply
narrates an incredible string of events.
telling what - that j man ' did . and „ said;
what he did and said. In Just the same
monotony of narration as . If he were
recounting : the -uninteresting. Incidents
ofihis llfe',as, : a r cheesemaker In Can
adacten:or a. dozen years ago.: _,
.tr.So it was wh«n he told of the biow
-ijig^up of the.;,Vlndlcatof shaft'at Crip
:ple^Cteek^and,» the killing; of. McCor
miCk.and'/Becfc" superintendent and
ehift boss of the mine. So it was when
he"* narrated attempt that "he made
to blqw up : Bradley In San \ Francisco
on the old grudge held against him
ever \u25a0 since 11699 when ' he was the ' man
ager. of the, Bunker. Hill and Sullivan
mines. ISo, : too,*: It -was > when; he. de
scribed the . ghastly massacre: of ' non
union ? men at- Independence depot be
cause \u25a0 Haywood thought - itj necessary
..to. get .up some excitement to prevent
a split in the federation. v -
He told of putting strychnine in the
milk \ left , on Bradley's \u25a0 door step as if
he had described changing : the . bottles
for four pails of ice cream. He^ told
of pulling the wire that: exploded the
bomb at Independence: as= ;hei; might
have* told of pulling ' a. fish' out -of \ the
water." I
HAYWOOD THE CHIEFTAIN 1
. There was never a change of color
in hi s ruddy face ; as : these - stories iof
murder fell . from this ; lips.'. , ; Not; even
the tale of killingfof Ly te Gregory,
the ; ; drunkenideputy,: sheriff whom." he
followed about I the " streets : of ' Denver
in"the night' and shot him in* the back,'
brought ; a "ftuiver," to \u25a0:\u25a0' his "voice • or a
droop to his eyes. : , Never,; a : man like
this sat ; in i the witness ', chair vbef ore.
:_Through "all; the. story ran' the .names
of the men forXwhom she worked and
those who ] helped Uiini; in \ his \u25a0 wretched
tasks. Haywood .was ;' the matter;: •It
was ! he ; who gave most of the orders;
Pettibone, "%\u25a0 too,';, gave '"directions, %{ fur
nished ; money j and • once started * out fas
if tohelp,' but made excuse and turned
back. That '.Was ; in \ the 7 Gregory murder."
Haywood i,was :' the> source f~ of S* the
money.' Even -what; Pettibone orders
gave him • came from ! Haywood: ;; lloyer
he .named .occasionally,", but' : : not v^'.too
often.". Moyer J-knewsof 'Vsomer'of i'the
crimes.; for ; he^ talked ". to ' Orchard \u25a0 about
them and joined in Hay wood's declara
tion" that' this \u25a0 or] that . was '."a 1 . fine-Job,*
but :; Haywood p.was : the :, master, wi th
Pettibone as.ichief assistant.'" ; - . X
TWO UNKNOWN, MEV DROWNED
i \ SALINAS, June j' 6.— News, has; .been
received) here" from. Monterey; that. two
unknown men were drowned yesterday
while trying to" effect a landing through
the? Burf-^ at ; between v Mon
terey 'and \ Moss I L*nding.^\The!boat;
which had ft single mast, was capsized
by; a* breaker^! Theymeri^'whojap£
peared ; worn out c and f; seasick, s ' : '_were
washed, out to 'seal The :,boat: had no
.name.<lt aleo'.wasj carried out to ?sea. T
There I«Vnb 'clew- toUne";inei : '' ; •"/*
THE qTHURSDAYy. , JUNE G, ;1907:
<i pi AVIS and Parker,
:•\u25a0 *J who had charge of
the strike, offered me $500 to
send a bomb into the V indi-~
cator and ruin it. I got 50
pounds \of giant powder and f
arranged it with giant caps.V
which were to be fset- off by ?.
the lifting of the guard rail as X
the cage passed. We placed
the bomb, but did not hear \
anything of it ' for a week,
when it finally exploded. Su-v
perintendent Charles Mc-
Cormick and Mcl : Beck, a
shift boss, were killed/—
Harry Orchard.
Tells of Blowing Up
of the Depot at
Independence
Says He Tried to Poison
Bradley ißeforei He; i
llllSlseifeßomfill
M BOISJ3/ Idaho, l June': s.— Alfred \u25a0 Hors
ley, alias /Harry" Orchard.^ the factual
assassin of Prank ; ;Steunenberg,^went
on the stand today as a' witness against
William . D. Haywood * andl made
confession, of , a ~ long: chain "of 'ibrutai;
revolting \u25a0 crimes ! done, he said; S at' the
inspiration and for the pay, of the lead£
ers of the western federation 6t mlneri*..
V > Orchard : confessed \ that' as f a! member.
of. 1 the mob : that > wrecked 'the ":Bunker
HUIs v and Sullivan t mill iin the 't Coeur
d'Alenes; he:: lighted "one; of the .fuses,
confessed that :he *sets the ;deathtrap/in
theJ.Vindicator : mine at | Cripple -Creek,
blowing out the lives of Superintendent
McCormick * and "Foreman * Beck ; f : con-f
fessed ; that^ because : he^*had? not,' been
paid for'v his ;flrst: attempt? .at'! violence
In '% the I .Vindicator - mine '* he * had fibeen
treacherous" to : his associates .by^warn
ing the (managers. of : the i Florence? and
Cripple Creek; railway; thatHheria ' was *i
plot » to ; blow:;up\their.-train"aT; confessed
that he 'cruelly/ fired rthreeTchargesi of
buckshot i into;- the ibbdy^ofS Detective"
Lyte "; Gregory,- of '; Denver, i killing^ him
Instantly;; confessed" that f for ; days ?he
stalked > Governor "" Peabody : about * Den^
ver, waiting t for. a cjiancej to \ kill- him;
confessed ." that; he and > Steve : set
and* discharged 'the "-"; mlrieV. under. I : J.th'o*
depot" at -; Independence '-.: that> instantly^
killed 14 > men, and confessed '.that; failf
ing in an attempt to'polson ; Fred Brad-^
ley of -San 'Francisco, ihef blew.; up r him
and his house with a bomb -of gelatin.
MORE \TO iTELIi t-OP,
- v And he : has! more i brutal > 'crlmesgtbj
tell, abVutHhat^win l jbrlrig|Histl>loody,
career idowngto?, its send^atSCaldweil
! where JvWith^ af. great^, bomb % hs Xi killed
L Oovern*or^ Bteunenberg;i f.^.These^wilJl:
"come I tomorrow * ; for.> J he 4 is! : to 5 resume
the- stand the >• district .) court (Bits
again.".-; v : ;".' ' ' --^V." : -*~'" : . \u25a0^\u25a0-\u25a0'•v^ v"> ;
The' first witness called after the opening of
court : was . J. \u25a0. If. " Brunzell, ,' a hotel proprietor
at . Nsmpa, Idaho, ' which <> I* \u25a0 between \ Boise : and
Caldwell. -Brunzell ideutlfied the names of
Tboms* - Ilogan ' and John r !•• '\u25a0- Simpklns \u25a0 in - his
hotel register for Noyember, : 1905. -.- ; V
'- Following ninkey - and ' Conners on 1 the ' stand
came -O. • if. - Went*. ; a \u25a0 book . keeper of , a mining
company >at Wallace, Idaho, \u25a0' and ' formerly in a
bank :' at . Wardner. v . Went* \u25a0. Identified ' the - pho
tograph of Simpklnt. which -was offered, and ac
cepted - in evidence \u25a0 over ' an : objection - from t the
defense, and . alito \u25a0 Slmpkins' signature of - "Sim
mons'' In ' the various hotel' registers. .
r Guy Feiffht of • Nampa told of seeing . Orchard
and Slmpklns inconspany at Caldwrll prior to
the assassination of GoTernor Stcunenberit. -
\u25a0--- Then ensued -: a > delay 6f •\u25a0 10 : minutes * before
Harry Orchard - •rrlTed."-'."' After .- he - had ;•: been
\u25a0worn Prosecutor Hawley : took him In hand.' -
j; . "Where do you • live?' , -\u25a0 asked ; the " attorney. '- : .j
.-: Orchard, did .not, seem prepared for Just this
question and hesitated a moment. Finally, in
an almost ' inaudible . tone \u25a0 he ' said ; that \u25a0he < was
confined > in the state : penltehtlary., ' - . \u25a0.-,;
-'. "Speak • up, •: Mr. .' Orchard,'. 141 4 - said ' Senator ', Bo
rah. ; "The; court must -bear you."
-? "Are ; you • charged » with ; any crime T" : asked
Hawley. 'T- \u25a0.:\u25a0\u25a0<\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 -\u25a0»•, \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•. \u25a0 \u25a0"':.- -\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0•.
\u25a0 The . prisoner - turned his ' glance I for a moment
TWELVE ACCUSED OF
PLOT TO BE EXECUTED
Me^ X^ondemned Tor \u25a0'. At-{
-tempt on Cabrera Said '
to Be Innocent
."- \u25a0' ''. - : * '. - .-:':. '\u25a0-''.- . v .-;\u25a0' V-. \u25a0"
. ' MEXICO CITY, .June v s.— According
to a. telegram' received- in; this>city to
night,. 12* of the ; 19 : men [condemned, to
die, by/court^martiar'proceedlngs ;be
cause of anTallegedfattemptron^the life
Of President' Cabrera of Guatemala Jwill
be " executed.? 3 Kleven ? of these 1 men are
Guatemalans. "-\u25a0' One " of the Mexican ; ac
cused,; Jose - Mendosa,j was 5 exonerated."
The'f other i Mexican^; implicated, Xaz.ii
Mendosa, .was 7 ( sentenced ] to * five s years'.
Imprisonment.: V.Two '\u25a0:, of a, the '^ Italians
chargediwlth^compHcltyXlnHhe^attempt
were '. sentenced i to . 1 5 * years' < irhprlson
ment;each^~"' "'' J - '\u25a0".\u25a0-rj-.";: ;•..\u25a0\u25a0'-"? y:i*v"i--;>*r r7 "-'' '\u25a0'•
j Of .theother. foreigners ;bn itriaironei
a Spaniard,. will; be • executed.*;/, The" dls-;
patch'chara"cterizes;the'condemhed'men
as 1 honorable^ and i innocent ?. yictinis!: % 'Z'i
.tTTAt I the i state department mo "comment
was made on the action of the ! revision
court.";' V:''..-;:*/'-",;"" \u25a0:\u25a0:::';",\u25a0! \u25a0\u25a0'•' " ," •'•' "-
POLICE VOFFERJ REWARD
! FOR^MISSINGf DENTIST
Woman Imprisoned Is Believed to
Have Been \ Cause of the Sus- "
1 \u0084 -p«cted Slaying iof 'Man
. COFFE YVILLE, j Kan s., June 5.^-The
police-- offered; JaJ. reward of |100 ? last
nlght?forlthe|recovery4ofjthe,sbodyi6f
Dr.tValle'Burgee.ia^young/dentlstffqr.-;
merly jof J St."*X<ouis,l who has ; been niyts
teriously^mlssjnirUincelMarchjS^andlls
believed -to have [been - killed. ' The ' re
wardjalsb* is (offered \l or lknowledge|of
Burgee's ?preseht\whereabouts| if |alive?
'A|woman / over? whom^BurgeeT is \ sup*
posed I toj h ave i been} killed 5 has '• beenl ar
rested " and '£ is " ; ; being fX heldH;; bu t .i". on
anotherlcharge/ASheiprobablyJwlllvbe
held as a witness at the hearing here
tomorroWj'OfiHarrylDove.iafcab'driver/
!who F^was^arrested 29 |iri v cbri
riection". with ;* theT-Tdisappeararice v *of
Burgee. - : \u25a0 -v^'lS i-~~ - r --7 h'C: ;\^-- "• :.'*-V-"-~'-~--A;^r«: .'*-V-"-~'-~-- A ;^r«
ROOSEVELT [MEETS 5 KELLOGC.
*.. .WASHINGTON, I^ Junel^B.— Frank B.
Kellogg.;^specialf counsellor i? the Igov
6
tlon;iwas':atfitKe^WhitelH6useWt6aaV?
It |was g reported f talkedgwitfr
the;;'Prcsldent^ab6ut?jsom«'>featureT':of
the ; case.; What : l it|wM|j*^»'<»iildinot'
and then said: * "I am charged with the. murder j
of .• Frank Steunenberg and ' am awaiting .trial: s
\- :.. 11«1 1« was "i born >. in • Northumberland ;\u25a0\u25a0• county,
Canada." In 1868 ajid am therefore 41 years old.",
went - on v. the »: witness -, in ? answer • to •\u25a0', Hawley '\u25a0
questions.": y t .''Harry Orchard f is KnotX not b my !\ true
name: :« I -have \ gone by that name : for /about 11
years.: ' My .true name is Alfred Hersley. : ; .
_ "Icametbithe United States^in 180 C, first ;to
Spokane, where >. I ' remained a week."*' I ; went ; to
Wallace. - Idaho." In March or April, i 18ft«.V I first
worked =\u25a0 for <; Market ~< brother* - driving "a ? milk
.wagon i and - : remained. \ there - until i about -• Christ-:
masr 11896r1 1896rl v I > then -. went to a, wood and '} coal
yard lin \u25a0 Bnrke, ' Idaho," and \u25a0 was engaged . in . that
business s until % the J siring ' of " 1899 » on '« my ' own
account; for ',two. years.": In 1 1895 1 2 sold > a , half
Interest : ln \ the . business to - Mr.'J MeAlplne. : j My,
business' In* Canada' was; making cheese.. ;;:' ;. ;\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0
'..-. I sold all : my , Interests in * tb* woodyard and
went- to ; work " In \u25a0 the ; mine,: In March,- 1899. i I
went; to : work at > 'mucking'.^ and continued ' at lit
' for ;" a .t. month; n*. 1 *\u25a0\u25a0 became • a- \u25a0 member 'A of /.the
western, federation 1 of- miners as soon as, l » went
to ; work f in; the mines." \u25a0 .;-;. .: . . '
*X Orchard said, that- he~ Joined: the' Burke,' ldaho,
local of i the . western federation > of miners. * This
,waa in : the.^ Coeur ; d'Alenes. * -He described ;. the
Coaur I d'Alene •-country.' to', Hawley/ giving I the
railway, connections between the different cities
- and : mining companies. t> v; / • , :~" *v : \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 , \u25a0.-
M ' '.'State \u25a0 what i uniisua 1 ocenrrenc* \u25a0 there was *at
Burke on • the morning of April 29,- 1899,'.' com
manded Hawley. t- . w- . j ... • .', \u25a0...-•.": ::;.
-..-'We object -to' that,'-', shouted Attorney." Kich
ardson for the defense. •:?' "What occurred in 1809
can v have I nothing to Ido '.with I this I defendant,
who \u25a0 was , not ; elected ja ! member of \u25a0 the executive
board , of | the western federation of miners I until
long -: af Ur these s troubles. * - Counsel s stated ; yes
terday that the rank and fll« of the federation
knew - nothing \u25a0 of ; the - workings .of - the r - inner
circle." c:v :" \u25a0 \u25a0-".-jf \u25a0\u25a0••...• , . - -\u25a0... \u25a0_-\u25a0:-.:,•,--. .-.;
\u25a0 - Hawley aald that he Intended to connect the
Coen^-d'Alene : troubles with ; the defendant. -, .
\u25a0 "The ! court, V-i said Judge Wood, 1 ""can readily
see -howithls testimony i may, be .'material^ and
will ' ovenule the» objection. 1 : -:•- - - '- - 'MS !
\u25a0 - Orchard Iproceeding1 proceeding, x said: "•; "On themornJnf
of April- 29, 1889, , when I got through ! breakfast
I. vras:told there was a special meeting of the
.nnion and, everybody was expected to be present.
I went to the meeting." :-^ .-.•.. -,- ~ *\u25a0:>.- .: ri
7,; Richardson objected again, saying : that fb^r*
was absolutely nothing connecting Haywood With
;U»U meeting.,:-; Toe objection was overruled;?;::; ;.-«
PLOT. TO BLOW UP BilNE 1 -^ : .
r "The 'meeting was called to order,'.' continued
Orchard,- "by the secretary, who said that It had
" been* decided i that : day .to go to ; Wardner *to
blow: up- the ( mill -at tn« Sullivan and 1 Bnnicer
Hill mines i and hang the superintendent—"-. ~r.:i
>\u25a0'' Again • the \u25a0 witness was | Interrupted by | Hay-"
wood s counsel,' who demanded to know how t lit
defendant s was to be connected with , the Coeur
d'Alene troubles. :,'\u25a0\u25a0-- \u25a0 '. ' •-,«;,'\u25a0
«. Senator : : Borah : replied for \ th« prosecutl on;
saying \u25a0 that It would be shown that I Haywood
came. Into -the Inner circle with a- full' knowledge
, ofr.what • sad » been v Gone * and \u25a0\u25a0 entered s tnto % the
conspiracy. ., This wonld be shown, Senator Borah
, aoclaredV by^ Hay wood' s writings. U Senator Borah
said , that . tt , «u 'necessary, to go ; Into the 1 Coeur
d 1d 1 Alcne -troribles,- which were suppressed by Gov
ernor ' Steunenberg, . to ; show the i motive lot the
hatred : of ! Steunenberg and \u25a0 f or h ls eventual tak
!lag^'ol?t'>7«*>'.V;tv.-.;>,^r'''^^;;;'';^-,»-..;c '"»;". f :Vt ''--~\- •
:- .-; Judgei VFood '. allowed the < prosscutibn to f «how
the general conditions in ,. the Coeur j d'Alenes | and
Qovernor Steunenberg's . part in ,\u25a0 them. : . He said
thatyhei would »notv permit, the vwitnesa~to go
Into , details. v • The', defense ; noted 1 exceptions « tit
the'eourf* ruling and Orchard proceeded: : •',- '.\u25a0•;
vV ' 'Arrangements > had f been made Ato \u25a0 cut ;' ths
wires along the railroad and take possession of a
Northern i Pacific \ train. B At^ Gem ;,w« Itf ere » ii>
be',. Joined '\u25a0\u25a0 by J the I Oem t onion and \ together.' we
were to proceed to, Wardnef.^s, While the eecretarr
was telling. us what was planned by the central
union '.the 'president of our local nnion came in -and
said |he I had" not been | informed : of the imeetlng.
When told, the" purpose.; he objected to- it and
there -was -a. • discasklon. : % The '. motion *to go -to
Wardner was finally carried by a small majority.
.After ( the vote, nearly, every .man decided to go..r
i^;:;WAR'draR ; ;MixL'>DTOAHITEpf '\u25a0'[
.'-."Paul Oochran'and'six : other! members of 'the
• union l took f charge « of \u25a0' the »' train. y : s We : went ' to
Gem I and '\u25a0 toot j4O boxes \u25a0 of. giant powder-^- I '; ' :> \
> • Judge .'Wood a interrupted * to , «ay *,that Rthcw
' details . were outside his I ruling.;. - 1 f i a ; mine . was
blown up. he said,: the witness should sayiso..:' r
Orchird, - however, • proceeded with . his :narra
•,tlve,"'saying that-i before i the** mine ~ wa« i blown
. up ". it -was • decided to s back « up • to ' Oem « to I get
niorp " powder:. -J"^"- rv' : -v :^' ;:; v*- v: r;-:V' :,;"•-.\u25a0 ; :
;-i s.'TSiere'. were 1 about 'l.OOOTinen'. on) tbe train, 1
most v'of.-.vtijemV armed;"- he v continued. .'^"At
j. Wa rdner ? we " were" told < by i W.'S F. is Davis, . who
,was in. command, to, line up. .The men with
long I guns were | told . to take the | front ranks, \u25a0to
be followed ; by men with i six shooters. \We \. were
, told ' to fire ion i the mill >\u25a0 we j approMkeeV«iThls
we , did land .the , ore was : returned \u25a0by .the j guards.
, It : soon' developed, - however A that there '.were iao
meti'ln the mill and we took possesklon^Powdar
was* placed at' three ' places about .th» : mill and
it ' was >Wown , np."^:, - *-.•$ \u25a0'&*?*.' >) } &*, :tf '.^r -
te " Who.vs^jtiinre \u25a0*. to " the ; : fuse Vl?/-*Z$3i&'&0Z'i
SiliHt^oe^* «on't : know s wh<«lt the -others.'.!
I Orchard said • that I two i men were | killed \u25a0in -the
affair. >; Four i or; five ; days' after .this trouble i the
United* States troops .earner. Into: ; the ."-Coeur
d'Alenes.'" \u25a0••-, ':".-';\u25a0 /,'.'\u25a0 :•\u25a0•'*? i'-.^S .'-».>-:- '\u25a0'-,', '--"""":
\ -iJL'Who .was : the' governor r ofr*the state ' at < this
time?'!?ask<l:Hawley.v t" I"\
'i'Governor Steunenberg." , \\; .\u25a0\u25a0 y
' "Was bis name mentioned at the meeting that
you -have -described?" " \u25a0 • " " :\u25a0 '
- ,"Tes, - sir. "t.; .... •",;..-\u25a0 ? ... : \u25a0\u25a0--- :-"-•\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-/; .".-. -• . :
I •"':. v\u25a0\u25a0 % VISITTE3D : CAJLIFOBNI A I >'.;.;. > /' ._*;
' - "Mr. Cochran said that be did not believe that
we would have any opposition from the governor;
that | we \u25a0 had I always > supported - him | and I could
control \u25a0 him: • ,-i He warned us to be carefuT about
interfering with i the federal I authorities.
\u25a0 When tbe'trovps ' came, Orchard said," he quit
work andwent to Montana. " :-i.'.%*' \u25a0K'-.-'y: '. «..\u25a0;
.-' '.'Who , was president of < the ; western .' federation
of miners at this time?'"asked-Hawley.,-.
; .. VEdward - Boyce,'! : replied : the : wltness/i \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•-'.
\u25a031 After, two weeks ; in Butte, j Orchard • said, -he
went to » Utah » and * began ; working.' at '* the | Ben
Butler mine,' near Salt Lake Cliy. Later he went
to; the Little Cotton wood , mine. - Then . he i went
to,: California : In ;. November, 1 1900," and 'drifted
from there.' to the mines- of , AritOna, where be
worked , until \u25a0 March, V 1902 ,;. - . From -. Arizona lie
went- once' more ..to -Utah, 'returning later -to
Idaho: ;c \u25a0\u25a0; >S ".- \-<^'\.; <\u25a0—\u25a0\u25a0>\u25a0;<\u25a0\u25a0:. \-.-.V -^^-'
j" Orchard test iflpd partly"- in response '- fo ; ques
tions I and partly | was | allowed ' to i tell , his story
in i his , own . way. • rHe ; reached : Cripple .-\u25a0 Creek,
Colo. , \u25a0 soon: after July 4, 1002. .He Said ' that he
had \u25a0 been - given .« a<\u25a0 withdrawal f card. from the
western federation of miners when he. left Butte.
Arriving \u25a0 at : Cripple •\u25a0\u25a0 Creek, Ihe \ once, more ; went
into - the i union— Joining Ia I local <of i which :. W. ", F.
Davis I was president.* This ' Davis , wa* the same
man - mentioned ' In ' connection ' with - the -"- Idaho
troubles."' \u25a0 '-.V:', •.-<\u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0 '^~':'..-i;^i \u25a0 '; ' --'."- '-" '\u25a0"-?"'.'\u25a0;"-•,•,'
>? Orchard ! ; worked -Sfor .' a - time at - ; Vindicator
mine No: -A.: .near ; Ball /hill;p He = left there -in
August,^l9o3, going •• out 'In the general strike
whichvwas on'among.the miners In the district.';
He remained In - the .vicinity ; for nearly a year,
during ". all of : which - ; time • the : strike continued.
yiNDICATOII OT^TTRAGE
- "What, were - you £ engaged . in . during that
time?",' asked. Hawley.^.r^^.; .
-\u25a0t'l \u25a0" had \u25a0no regular occupation," * replied Or
chard. --..".: - -;/.'- -- . -:\u25a0: . •", —.\u25a0.\u25a0'..• \
\u0084,"'-"What trouble' was; there at. the Vindicator
mine In; which "you "engaged?"- : . :';
i'; The defense objected and the question - was
temporarily * withdrawn. : . \u25a0 \u25a0 ;
,"\u25a0 ,';Where ; was ". the : headquarters .of \u25a0> the \u25a0 federa
tion at tbis time?" Hawley asked. . .•'-\u25a0•\u25a0•
T. At Denver. '.'.:-.•\u25a0 *v'-.-- : a .-.\u25a0\u25a0;.<:•.-: \u25a0;\u25a0.; . ; - \.-^' i.\_ ,
•?!"Who was president and who was secretary? 1 '
- VCharles ; H. Moyer . was president | and iW.•. D.
Haywood I was secretary." : replied the witness. : -»
- Hawley ; then '\u25a0 renewed " his \u25a0 question ' as Ito • the
Vindicator: mine. ."".It ' was once more objected I to."
Judge a Wood overruled t the -: objection i upon 8 the
statement 3of s counsels for - the \ prosecution " that
Haywood r, would be * connected % with . the* affair/
Judge Wood said that unless Haywood was prop
erly connected • with' the' testimony as given by.
Orchard s he * would * rule ; it * all \u25a0 out. j? . \u25a0 " > ' , \u25a0 ;
'V- ; VI I ' had s been high"' grading In" the .Vindicator
mine.*,' * ; said f Orchards; 1 i'Hlgh * grading iis f com
monly known as stealing high grade ; ore.^r 1 dis
covered i some I powder |In I the | mine | and ; reported
the \u25a0 fact tto Davis,*; president <of i ouri local. ~s He
said that he would give me $200,, to set the pow-<
der I off ' and ' blow lup | the ' mine. ' : '* The • union i men
had all been called out I on ! strike.''-'- •=' ;-.^.w- ; r .•
.VI asked a" companion,- named 'Scholt». l > lf < he"
would like to go < in ,with. me.^ He said all: right :
and that he thought thit we were Justified. We
went \ to s the \u25a0 mine : and '\u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0 took ' a * couple . of ? shots
at j the j man j running* < the : cage. 1 * 'He \ ran » Into \u25a0\u25a0 a'
tunnel. •\u25a0 <We = did , not • find v the ; powder ; and I came
out of , the • mine unmolested; -- ••? -' s "; . " '; :•' r,
HIRED I TO CRIME {
" "In : -- November/ iome timV>.W.'-,' F.I Davis ; and '
Sherman > Parker/u who v were § In '* charge \ of s the
strike,"; came ,. to . me »' and : asked *if :.we > could ! not
send ; a"> bomb '\u25a0 into • the Vindicator J mine and I ruin
I t/v? They " said , that t they a would 'i give > H me i |500
for :i It. ry r i i -< W en t " to \ Scholts •. about * it;v but \u25a0he !
said 1 that .he ; did '- not ? want Uo * do : lt,'£ for ; they,
had not paid him for. the last time he went. lnto
the 'mine.; -\u25a0:. >:, ' : 'f*v- i : % : : *--j»V v-'-. \u25a0'/\u25a0: •-\u25a0\u25a0? \u25a0-'-•::^'i-^^u
\u25a0-.-, • 'A ; man ; named - Ackerman . then ' said '; that ,. he
would : help ' me.'r; I , got \u25a0 50 : pounds of ' giant < pow
der \u25a0•," ind-j arranged rit - with "*\u25a0 giant $ caps, which
were | to-, be I «et . off \u25a0by the | lifting Of • the guard
rail as the cage passed' the seventh level. We
placed > the ; bomb, s bu t did ' not hear I anything ; of
It j for I about ?a ; week;? when llt i finally exploded."
Superintendent S Charles &, McCormlck *• and Mcl
Beck, v at shift ; boss,l were : killed. "j<#lH|m
, Kflt saw.*: Davis » and « Parker after i this fat iithe
miners" halt I and >we i talked sit i over) a \u25a0 little. I
west I home : With them that nigh t. 1 1 told i them
that |Xf was I broke j and'- wanted ( some I money,'* and
they \u25a0 said ; that \ they r would 5 have *to i get iit \ from
headquarters '\u25a0 In ; Denver: i",-:^^s . :«?j&&3S&8&tV&
ISi^That f night t they i wanted \mei to go \to i Victor
wlthSthem.'Sfliheld'backUtiflrit.sbutltheysiaid
that ; there twa«| no reason Ito | fear; and $ finally
went.' i/l asked again; for the money, saying I
might - have *to I get \ out-^ij Parker s said " that « he
.wouiafgiveilt.*t«*aieJdifrinext.' day:?? The J next
.day, r however, \u25a0 both .Davis \ and Parker .were ar
rested—the 7~, day *? following * the j;; meeting tg at
, Vli tfir r irrfTJ' iiT i ni.J."riin]>'JillllWßtßr*^y ß^'^^
m,"W.t B.*£ Easterly.^, was i also ; arrested, bnt si tfr
\u25a0 leased (on: -habea«Tfcorpus.% He j went * to I Denver^
\u25a0and \u2666I* folrowed,; blm [there;!? I j went [to ; ace (Hay
wood 1 and "- Moy « Ja 1 1 ttelr 1 offices \ln 1 the i Miners'
exchange j baOAlagJ^^^mm^^S^mim^\
mii 1 1 knew | them i only 1 by ; sight * priori toj thiaM I
Introduced | myself j and | they laid i that • they knew
me by; reputation. ;Moyer \u25a0 asked \ roe^ If < I wanted
i any \ moneys and it. said \ not ; at . that % time, f but
RED BRADLEY had
\u25a0 been manager of; the
arid Bunker Hill
mine in Idahp' and we were
l after, him. I. went, to his
house in San - Francisco one
morning and put powdered"
f - strychnine ; - into a milk jar.'
f: Nothing came of ithe • poison.
'I I put "a bomb at Bradley>
door, f I attached' a string
opened the
-door the explosion blew out
?\u25a0; the whole front of the -house \
', and blew him into the street." \u25a0
—-Harry Orchard
***•*••; Mojer ' said that • Ewterly had ; told him
who blew np the i Vindicator mine and £ killed
McCormlck and Beck. \u25a0
>' T ' HIS^WORK PHAISED :
;. '? a f WOO(i told me that - the \ blowing up of
the \u25a0 mine wa« «a . fine i piece of i work and they
were much; pleased with" lt. I talked to Hay
wood,.: Moyer * and Easterly ; about . the* matter,
lney isald i that- there would !be ! nothing further
,* Ine> but nn ' ght work S for - a * while, ft Haj wood
said taat we would hare to clean those fellows
up at-.Crlpplej Creek. ~ • - ,
' '.'Moyejc KaTe.me $30.- and Haywood, later la
Moyer gj, office,' paid .; me : $300 for • blowing , up
i H"J - returned to Cripple 'Creek in December!
1808.', and «lnce then I bare not done any labor.
Haywood " and Moyer both told ]me that 1 1 could
not -go • too fierce = to : suit : them— to \u0084«o. ahead
and blow up anything I could ; think of —to get
some of the soldiers If possible. . t
S J--'*'ent'to work and made a coople of bombs
wlthglant powder and dynamite. I was helped
by,:Oicney..lJarjiea.y I -turned one of the bombs
prerstoia' man: at i a* saloon, .who said; that he
was going to throw, lt. 1 .. 1 don't know what be
camejoflt.'!" 1;^;1 ;^; .*:-._•' -* >-V- : - : v
; - Some time i in . January . or i February, 1904. Or
chard I said, he . went back to Denrer as a dele
gate * to .; a . labor convention called by. President
Sullivan of the state federation of labor. Parker
ana I Davis - were still • under arrest at ' this time,
charged ; with E blowing up of i the - Vindicator
mine * and attempt at train wrecking.
."•• The i def ens* objected \u25a0 to ' any t testimony as ' to
the ttaln wrecking, but It was allowed by Judge
W00d.'.;, -Parker and < Davis, Orchard said, told
him that they were - going • to , wreck . a T Florence
and Cripple • Creek train , near -a i curve an the
mountain t where the train i would ' plunge I Into a
gulch several : feet below. Parker said that
something must be done to kill off the nonunion
men.'.wbo *were, taken to. the mines and home
again over > this \u25a0 road.-i Orchard said I that Davis
told him - that *If -the .train :^was » wrecked some
money -would be forthcoming from Denver.
; PAYMENTS rARB- SLOW ;
: i''l - wanted 1 money tot • wh"at- : f * had . already
done," - continued \u25a0\u25a0 Orchard.' \u25a0- "Parker - told me
that, several 1 of . the boys .bad been doing little
things "and .they -all "wan ted' money, but It was
hard s- to;. get -because nothing big \u25a0\u25a0; had been
pallid' off.-'- 1 -decided to tell the railroad people,
because " I - wanted : my * money. \u25a0 . The , next day . I
told D. ;C.'Bcott- of -the railroad company. I
told " him * all •:!',' knew • about f the matter. Scott
wanted me to come back ~ again and I did tee
him . again;*- -: In * the meantime ' the bomb in the
Vindicator had -finally gone off.- Scott sent ' for
me > again ' and wanted . to \ know \u25a0 If : I knew any
thing . about - the explosion. I said no, . that I
thought- lt'was. an; accident. _'—, : :
; Moyer " several | times during the : trials
.which followed. the explosion. lie was attending
the trials -and said he thought we ought not do
anything > while the * trials . were in \u25a0 progress. - A
man ; named i McKlnney > testified at one of .' the
trials about a . liquid - which * burned. - Moyer told
me that we ; must be careful not ito use : any . of
the liquid soon or '- he ' might be connected
With -it." :>.\u25a0."-,,: -.^-:::. - ;•;-\u25a0 .: , ; , \u25a0 _..' .'
;\u25a0:« Orchard '\u25a0\u25a0 stated ' that he afterward went \u25a0 with
Moyer ito •: the " Tellurlde country . in . connection
wlthlnjnnctlon'proceetllngs which the union took
against 1 1 ha I citizens -.- to j prevent '.their I molesting
miners ; who returned f after i deportation. . *.;\u25a0- -\u25a0-. \u25a0> \u25a0-
«' At this- point. the luncheon recess was ordered
ontli:i:3o;o'clocr.*.-l L , y . '
'Xk ; There: was • a •" tremendous > crush : at ' the < after
noon .session of tbe conrt.*S More than half of . the
crowd was made up of women. Orchard resumed
the stand as soon as court reoonTened. '-," -
\u25a0 Notwlthstandiog '\u25a0 tbe t Injunction,' Orchard • said,
some of I the": miners I returning . to . Tellurlde . were
arrested. >• »< Orchard r. then * returned 3 to \u25a0: Denver,'
where he I met | Haywood | and - Pettibone lat f eder
atlon headauarters. \u25a0.-:.-\u25a0,\u25a0'•.:. . '
\ \u25a0 ; ; TO SLAY, PEABODYj* i'
- ; "They wanted : to know If I couldn't work [np
some scheme to assassinate Governor Peabody of
Colorado. They said they couldn't get justice In
the: courts and: the; only -way to - get , our ; rights
was to take the law Into our own bands.' . . They
wanted me first to see If I couldn't get acquaint
ed with \u25a0 Governor Peabody, his . ways, etc.n and
see what chance there was to assassinate him. I
proceeded ' to watch : him - for some . time—rat > the
cnpltol, tt t, his . home •in Grant r avenue, * three
blocks from the capltol.
>A'_'l i reported to Hay wood ; and :. Pettibone .-.that
there : was \u25a0a \u25a0. stone wall near Peabody's > bouse,
from heblnd which 'he :" could \u25a0- easily 'be 5 shot.
Haywood said that , be . thought St e je Adams | was
the best man he knew. of for the work. •' I went
to Cripple Creek and sa w Adams about it. He
said that he was ready for it->-waB ready for any
old thing. I gave Adams some money ' and came,"
away. He said that he would come to Denver,
and telephone ma In a ' few days. ' ; -", ,\
"Adams followed me to Denver in three days.'
I saw/ Adams In the room over Pettlbone's store
and i" at - headquarters.';- \u25a0 Peftibone > sold - house
specialties. "- 1 ; told ' Haywood ' and •' Pettibone . that
Steve. -was; coming and they- said: all •< right.
When' Steve came they gave him some money and
Pettibone " bought : Adams ;a . new \u25a0 suit of clothes
and fixed; him: up.; --.\u25a0': v - - \u25a0 \u25a0':' -\v' < „.-!."-\u25a0*
; "They also gave Adams and. me two sawed off
shotguns . and : shells I loaded - with j buckshot.', The
guns \u25a0 were $ sawed off so we I could \u25a0' carry them
under,- our ; coats.". • Pettibone : gave us tbe . guns.
He got. them; from -federation headquarters.-. . :
i \ '.'We , watched ; for.' Peabody ; every night - for . a
week but did not see him "for a week. We kept
after blm: for three weeks. "One night we saw a
hack ! come- along - and ; turn ; Into '\u25a0 his ' residence."
We stole up behind it with our guns expecting to
see v the % governor : geti oot. " Only/" two -.women
alighted,':-. however." ; After this we ; were- afraid
to go around, there, 'for 'the \u25a0women : had watched
us closely, that night. Wn decided then that' we
wonld I try ' to use a : bqmb — digging \u25a0 a bole lathe
sidewalk. and; burying. lt." • \u25a0 \u25a0 '* pv7
- "Did yort talk to Haywood about this?"
. .DEPUTY IS MURDERED
;^-"Xe«.'i Pettibone said' all right. bnt Haywood
\u25a0aid be did not i want z this ' done \u25a0• because 3? the
executive . board > was ,- In . session : acid • he : did . not
want anything to occur at that time. He; told'
us , to lay off i for, a while. \u25a0 We remained In the
city, but did not go to headquarters mucli." '"
<"."What;next did you do?'.' : •, -
,'. : ; '*We .% were - to? assassinate '.I^te- Gregory,', a
deputy sheriff who had " been : In the : mines. He
had [ also : been , In i Goldfield- and was against us. "
'•;..'.' Who; suggested- this?" •\u25a0 •.:".- "*-;\u25a0•.". ;\u25a0-\u25a0.- i
\u0084:.\VPettibone.- <He "- told Adams : and imyself he
w.anted the \u25a0 thing : done.' > We ' talked : the . matter
over * in *\u25a0 Pettlbone's * store. \u25a0£: Pettibone \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 said --. It
would be a good, thing to make an example of
Gregory. v- Jim I Murphy \u25a0of | Butte I spoke I vp s and
said \u25a0he j thought I that It wonld be a [ good thtng,
too. . Pettibone, v Adams and \u25a0. myself > went , down
town -;.to ia - saloon .'Where " we s found , Gregory, in
a \u25a0 rear : room,": Urunk. Meldrlm; l who '.was \u25a0a , mine
owner,'^ .was -- with i Gregory ..'-^ We £ watched * them
and : followed ! them ! across ! tbe ; street. - Pettibone
then \u25a0 made - some excuse ' and > left : us.:.: Gregory
left the saloon about midnight. He «aw us, I
the stomach is "out
'6r6i^eir*'(ybaare t qiHcklyrappns'*
cdi; or x the \u25a0 lactlby/dlzzyispellsi
coated [tongue [andiseyere \u25a0 head-
icKe^wThe Bitters .will prompt-
lyi restore 1 illtoli at normal \ condi-
bon and i cure Headache,' Sour
Risings, Dyspepsia, Indiges-
tioi^CosUyeness ;-pr Bilious-
think, and ; made a : reach, -as : I thotycht. for a
gun.* I then shot him three times with a sawed
off sbotgnn." a. " -\u0084 - \u25a0- .-' l -.:'\u25a0\u25a0' -
-'•Dldiyon kiirhlmr* . ' V-v
" Yos; «lr,v I . believe / 1 i did. 'J; \u25a0 '
.MeWrlin was with Grescory cat that -time.
Orchard , then \ told • of -* rnnnlnK tway : and hidlDg
his ffun. -Next day he saw Haywood. Pettibone
and Jack Simpkias. •
DEPOT VIS DYNAMITED
.. > L'ToeyV. in "..:, expressed- themsel res •\u25a0\u25a0 a» well
pleased with the - Job. - They ; said . lt^ was ' all
right, r ; They i thought -- that : whoever bmnpeJ
Gregory, off; had done a S good Job."
'.'Where was > Moytr at this time ?"\u25a0\u25a0
-."He.was in Jailat Tellnrlde.'.'ii '•\u25a0. -. '\u25a0\u25a0 ~
. '.' Orchard * said i that * there* was J no . specific «r
rinxeropnt as to the amount of money ; to be
paid for th» taking off of .Gregory. »'• He. recelred
$100 j the next J day ; and had been getting money
from « headquarters \u25a0 right • a!on«. : Orchard • said
that Haywood.: Pettibone. Simpklns and Sherman
Parker - next v wanted "somethlnß : pulled ) o3" In;
Cripple Creek. ;. . "~. ;. -j--- . .
.' "Haywood and the others said that they. were
haTiaj trouble In the contention and that there
threatened to be a spllt-op,": continued Orchard.
-They thought that if something was pulled off
In : Cripple i Creek ; the i excitement \u25a0 would make
eyery thing 'all right In the convention and * the
delegates . would gn home.* .We : planned then to
blow -up -the -Independence depots in Colorado.
"I asked Steve • Adams At he wanted to help
and - he j said * that •- he « did. ' -- 1 nav«' him i the
money to get the powder, .with and -we took the
powder, to a i cabin ? near -^ the 'depot: at ; Inde r
pendence. , preparatory -to \u25a0 using It • the . next
night." s. The < next ' day" Sherman : Parker told me
that some of the men from the convention were
comln? up to Independence to make an Investi
gation of conditions there and he totd us to not
piil» the. thing off. until they, went away.'
i : i'They \u25a0: went i mwny \u25a0 Sunday moraine \u25a0 and the
seme . night we « placed •* the - powder.-, und-r the
station . platform. . attached, a wire to »t Mod
then . waited" for a train to come ; in: The
trains - brought . nonunion men \u25a0' to - Independence.
.We ' Used 100. pounds of the' powder."- --V v ' "\u25a0
. - -"S t«ve Adams and I • both ! pulled - the string
which upset several . bottles of* sulphuric acid.
This acid ran \u25a0 over a box ; of ' plant ' caps and
these set s the powder .: off.' - The - depot ; was
wrecked and from 12 to 14 men were killed.
- TAKES jTO FIJfGHT,
\u25a0 "We went: to Colorado"" Springs and camped
there «ne night. We then ' camped near Palmer
lake •' for • one night.* "Then we : went > to Denver,
coming into ; : the \u25a0 city 'on an electric car. In
Denver 'we met'Havwood and Pettibone In Jact
Simpklns' room. Klrwan." now the acting sec
retary of the: western federation of. miners, was
also there. .;> . \u25a0, • . ,
"Our conversation had to do with the Blowing
up of the depot. : Pettibone spoke flnt »nd said
he was: well pleased with r the 3 Job. Haywood
Also said It was a good thing; .that things, had
gone all right in the convention. He said that
a lot -of fellows, in Cripple \u25a0 Creek had , been ar
rested and we 'must lay low. till they were out.
I remained In' Denver three or four days. k
"Johnny .: Neville :\u25a0 and bis - son Charley were
with us. had been . with Adams and my
self at 'Independence, but they were not In our
confidence as to the plot. Before I left Denver
I told, Haywood that I wanted |300 to take a
trip - to : Wyoming. . He said he \u25a0' would ' send me
the money through Pettibone. The nest day
Pettibone gave me the $300. Adams , told me
that he had got J2OO.
." After, buying "a few things I left for Chey
enne, Charlie Neville, going with .me. I saw
In ' the r papers there that we were suspected of
blowing up the Independence depot, so I thought
that -we bad better get along. •»•«.»- • <S-.
- -"I- asked; Pat Morandn Chayenne to take a
letter to Pettibone asking him for S5OO. Moran
took- the letter to 'Pettibone and brongbt tfte
money i back. . • Cheyenne is \u25a0 only. 100 : miles from
Denver. Neville and I decided to go on to the
Dakotas. It was about two weeks before we
reached Tbermopolls. Neville wanted "to ' stop
there and take the. hot baths.
LETTERS TO PETTIBOXE
: "I , rode ;on and sent the horse back for- Xn
vllle. At Cody, . Wyo., I got . a letter , from
Peitlbone. I destroyed the letter right away.
It said that I had better get to the tall timber
right away; \u25a0 that I ; was wanted for the Inde
pendence-depot affair. ~. . . \u2666-.'';
"Instead of going to* the tall timber I went
straight back to Denver and saw Pettibone and
Haywood. r They told me at first. that I'd better
get out of. the country. They also told me th*t
they had another man working on the Peabody
affair. \u25a0 - '. . .-. \u25a0 •• \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 .-.•\u25a0-.-
In the latter part of July. 1004, Pettibone got
me a railroad ticket and? gave me 1150 more
and I went to San Francisco, where I used the
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•4W/ E placed 1 00 pounds
v of powder under the
station platform, attached a
wire to it and then waited for
a train to come in. The
i trains brought nonunion men
to \u25a0 Independence. Steve
Adams and I both pulled the
string, which upset several
bottles of sulphuric acid.
This acid ran over a box of
; giant caps 'arid these set the
powder off. The^depot, was
wrecked and from 12 to 14
men were killed."— Harry
name \u25a0of - Hogan \u25a0or Demonsy, I've \u25a0 f ergot t-n
which. . Pettibone : had told me to send fur any
money needed. In -about 10 days I. wrote -sn«l
asked for SlOO. Pettibone sent it to me. uy
registered letter.' He told me that I »houldn"t
change my name so \u25a0\u25a0 often, that Harry Gre.-n
was a goo<l enough name for anybody and tint
he wonld address me that way -in the future."
"What name did Pettibone use?"
' "He signed that .letter .'Pat Bone.' He h:ul
often used that name?'*,.
* Orchard sakt that be hail been .told to ln>«
np -Fretf Bradley in San > raneisco. . but ctniitt
not find him. Bradley had been in -the Cueur
d'Alenes. Orchard testified . that -he rrcelv.^i
money from "Pat BoneV several \u25a0 times by th*
Postal telegraph eonipaoy.
\u25a0 The defense noted .-exception!* fmm - tlm« . i<»
time to Orchard's testimony. -but Jmlge Wo«l
consistently, overruled/ all objections » upon a
statement by the prosecntion that the witne**'
story would be connected with tlaywoud, Moy.-r
and Pettibone. .'- "garasji . .
CRIME IX SAX'FR-V>"CISCO
"I finally located Bradley In San Francisco."
said Orchard.- "He •'had been manager of tli<*
Sullivan, and -Banker Hill mine In Idaho ami
we. were after him. . I went, to bis hou«e un«*
morning and Just after the milk arrived I
opened one of the jars and put a lot of pmr
dered strychnine Into it.
"Nothing came of the poison «"• far a* I eouM
learn, »o I bought 10 pounds of powder — gelarin
powder It was. When purchasing the exploMvt-
I had to give a' name. , I. have forsotten-wb.it
the name was. I said that I lived outside f\w
city and wanted to blow np some stumps. I put
the.powder into a lead pipe. .This I put np hi
mv grip with "some giant cap*, a'sawed off
shotgun and some other Uttte things.
. *"I put the bomb at Bradley's dot>r sometime
In November. 1904. The bomb .was arransM
with giant caps, chloride of potassium and sn«-ir
being spread over them. It was so arraozoil
that when Bradley opened the door" a string
attached to it would upset a bottle of sulphuric
actf." "..".
"What was the result of this?" - BSRoB
'•'When Mr.. Bradley opened the door the next
morning the explosion blew out the whole front
of the bouse and blew him Into the street."
Orchard, said that he remained In San Fran
cisco two 'or three weeks after this occurrence.
He said that he sent to Pettibone for mon«-y
and received - altogether about $150 by I'ostit
telegraph. \u0084 . :' '
' '. Orchard said he left San FraneUco ocean**
be had nothing further to do there. He made
no further attempt on Bradley's life. The man
bad been badly Injured by the explosion.
At this point an early adjournnlent was t.ifcen
because of the indisposition of Attorney Hawley.
who had been conducting Orchard's examination.
Hawley had. been suffering fmm a headache atl
day and the heat In the crowded courtroom dur
ing, tne afternoon was telling on all connect v>l
with the trial. Court then . adjourned until !>
o'clock tomorrow morning. ..