Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-02-22

E0lSe, ldAhO, EeD. 2O.-HArry Or-
chard, awaiting trial for the murder
of Gov. Steunenberg here, is stated to
have made a confession and has impli
Gated President Meyer, Secretary Hay
wood and Executiveman G. A. Petit
hone, of the Western Federation Of
Miners. and three others whose names
are withheld pending arrest.
Denver, Feb 19-Charles H. Meyer
and William d. Haywood. president
and secretary respectively. of the West
ern Federation Of Miners. and G. A.
Pettibone, former member of the
executive board Of that organization.
who were arrested in this city Satur-
day night on warrants charging them
with completely in the murder of for
mer Gov. Steunenberg. of Idaho, were
taken from their cells in the county
Jail by an armed guard of twelve dep
uty sheriffs, escorted to the union dep
ct and were placed on board special
station carrying the entire party. pris-
oners and armed deputies, over the
Union Pacific railroad. en- route for
Boise.
Boise, Idaho. Feb 2O.-The alleged
confession of Harry Orchard purports
to give details of the plot to assassin
ate former Gov. Steunenberg from its
inception. 1t gives the names of other
men alleged to be implicated, tells
where Orchard met them aid the cir
cumstances of the meeting. Since the
confession was secured, more than two
weeks ago, the detectives are said to
have verified many of the details.
The atrocious murders committed
during the labor troubles in the Grip
pie Creek and Telluride districts. in
Colorado, which have been shrouded
in mystery, the earlier Occur d'Alene
murders and the more recent assassin
alton Of Gov. Steunenberg, form a
chain of crimes with which efforts are
being made to connect the officers OF
the Western Federation of Miners on
the strength of the confession.
Gov. Gooding states that he thinks
the entire confession can be made
public soon. He says it discloses con-
ditions perhaps never equalled in this
country.
Said 10 Have Planned risny riurders
This confessions it is asserted. dis.
closed plot to kill former Gov. Jas.
H. Peabody, of Colorado. William
H. (1abbert. chief justice of the Colo
RADIO supreme court. and John Camp.
bell. former chief Justice Orchard
is said to have confessed that whole
sale assassinations were planned at the
headquarters of the Western Fedora
tion Of Miners in Denver, chiefly by
refugees from the camps at Cripple
Greek and Telluride. 1t is also said
that Orchards confession gives his
tory Of the explosion at the Independ
ence depot. near Cripple Creek. OF
June 4. 1904. which killed fourteen
men and injured many others.
James Mcfarland. head of a detec
tive agency employed by the Idaho
authorities in the Steunenberg case
declared the operations of the Molli'
Maguires in Pennsylvania. whom hi
ran to earth. ''were mere children
play compared with the work of thi
crowd. They have existed for eight
cen years, but their days are mum
hered''
Bombs Under GateWsVS.
1t develops that Orchards cOnfes
sion stated that bombs had been place.
in the gateways of the residences o
two members of the Colorado suprem
court, and that more than dozen ut
tempts had been made to assassinat
former Gov. Peabody. An investiga
tion since the alleged confession wa
made disclosed the presence of bomb
in eaxctly the spots indicated. TIL
man who unearthed the bombs.
prominent member of the Colorad
national guard. is now in Idaho. hav
ing accompanied the party that re
turned with Meyer. Haywood and Pet
tibone. the arrested officers of tn
federation. He will appear AS wit
ness in the Orchard trial. it is said. t
prove the truth of the alleged con
feSsiOn.