The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
TIE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

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70 70, money q and as to Orchard ~ reception and
h a. III ne needed It. blank card was torn
IT TIVE b,,f eneaaf given t. Orchard and the
mate to this Is all right This was sent to
2 g Federation confederate. whose address was
there no teiltae eapianat o and no sis
faa' and the result was bound to be salts
On his way to San francisco, Orchard in
t M. to stop at Gcldfelds, New. and ''do''
Neville. but In Salt Lake he ran against
=, Aion VINO nad been with him In the Couer
~. sMsst l are You se DOING" asked sapp.
SO ah am 1 enaa asia :. retorted Orchard
"p Put me Onto something; am dead broke
rep Aad r d,n5or I've got Just the thing for you
vile and W adae then sSeaRed tha S Set
drunk 4, at the drop of hat. Get hold of him,
YOU are up ana pass him sometime and there
The la,e coroner out in that place won't bother
His Man Met Death.
ana saR p W., was willing 50 Orchard staked him.
Neville II TWO weeks aad say BY the papers that
chard; 'and the funniest thing about it is
na has havs sn not heard from sagD since
poisoned at Geld6elds at the time mentioned d.
lis aais niue son Is at the family Of Pinkerton
agent hgena IN Denver today, and the boys remem-
mna b o. hsan trip from Cripple Creek to
Ia aeat might happen to him: 1t is corroboratiye
OF Orchard'S statements. $50 fs-t
a. IN J. San francisco Orchard found Bradley liv-
ING ing N three story apartment house. He spent
some Gays figuring out Bradley's movements
ley left his house almost on the stroke Of f. the
clock every morning :Sa b E a; l,f.-s+ !.
.. ore cher m made bomb ont of piece Of
n,ent few minutes before S o'clock. placed
MS ms pomD against Bradley's door, where the
jar ae sen Hye 5ns
poaraed passing streetcar.
Later he saw in the paper that there had
evidently from leaking gas and later still there
was second account to the effect that the
owner Of the house had sued the gas com
pany for damages sustained in a gas explosion
IN IN MS hail, etc. He got Judgment against
the company. but the case was appealed This
Sept After Judges. vi.
When Orchard returned to Denver he was
aIter chief Justice Gabbert and Judge Goddard
fullest details, describing the bombs and when
nov ar. ana Where he planted them.
81 Ar after the relation of the Goddard incident
given above, Orchard went on to say that he
had personally watched Chief Judge Gabbert
to get his habits, The chief Judge was
particularly objectionable to the officials of the
federation. He had gone in on Populist plat
FORM their votes had helped to make him,
ana they called him srenegade when his
caro- vas under the ban because he rendered
the opinion on the consttutionality Of the
Orchard found that Judge Gabbert left his
house every morning at certain hour and
walked wan a across a certain vacant lot along a
pain 10 eaten his car downtown. ...
Planted Bomb.
The He w planted the bomb in his path and laid
waited for the judge to leave the house then
squirting on ahead, jumped off quickly and
would attract anyones attention. expecting the
Judge to pick it UP and so pull the wire that
would set off the explosive. Then, mounting
As the sound of an explosion did not follow,
ne turned and baek and to his dismay met the
judge, for the first time in months had not
crossed the lot the car, but had walked all
the way down town. Orchard rode hastily back,
ct to await more propitious occasion. -. -
II don't know how it happened he says i'll
his s,,s eenf sa;a but suppose That Merritt
in the wire some way and set the thing off,
Died Instead Of Judge. - +
Merritt Valley, the poor fellow who died in
place of Judge Gabbert went to his death by as
accidental a happening as the judge saved
remembered something that had been forgotten
and turned back home to get it. To save time
he cut across the fvacant lot
Everybody for "a mile around heard the explo-
sion. The mans head was blown block away
and every trace of the cause of the death was
'' The FIRST question Vent from lip to lip
was 'HWhat did the .feds tion have against moor
VALLEY" The federateA said. that he must
dynamite from bis eostocket and. had e chosen
the open lot so do it lin. So. -. ~ ~
II. Moffat Wanted. ~
About this time Haywood sent for Orchard
again and said: We've got to pull offs some
thing good and do it quick or we're going ITO
lose out in the convention in Salt Lake. We
must win that election and we must get some
money and the only way to cinch it IS to. ra Use
a.. - Of an excitement We are. set
ting sore and won't stand for much more of
that: 1t is about time to land big one, and
that all the railroads lean against H--, -
the ground oyer - Il found that Mr. Moffatt
the Denver club to the bank and that he had
a peculiar habit Of hugging the buildings as
he walked. along the. street. SO rented a
room on the second floor Of the Albert hotel
and got ready to- pull off an accident from
there by dropping something that would finish
ra m fny n after got my and things
all off for the summer.
~ The next thing | went after was steunen-
berg. where Adams anad Simpson had been
getting things ready for me-
< Signed the Requisition.
After reading the confession Governor Nc
Donald backed by his legal advisors, said he
would sign the requisition for the arrest of the
| to how to get them out of town without arous-
ing the federation and causing riot.
It vas finally arranged to leave the matter
Assistant Sheriff Thomas Baird and Deputies
Deiue and Dufield. The federation men had
been keeping close watch on. Mcfarland, and
4 were plainly uneasy over the situation and
! were ready to get out at the first sign OF
Union Pacific train en- route to DeaGwood. He
was in the sleeping coach and when Delue
walked up to, him he flung his hand back tc
1 pull his gun, but Delue was too quick for him
I've got you, Meyer" he said grimly. and
Mauser automatic pistol and fifty cartridges
! We're found strapped beneath his coat. He
made no resistance beyond the first motion
submitted quietly. ~ j.. -.
Haywood Arrested.
| Baird knew: the haunts Of his man. Haywood
lives on quiet street in Denver, but Baird die
| not lose time looking for him there. 1t hat
| been we'll known for more than year thai
Haywood was hitting the high places and &C
| to a roomfng house In Sixteenth street and 90
ing to a door. knocked roughly.
Haywood, open the door, he demanded.
| WHO is it?'' came Haywoods voice from thu
| inside. . HI. HI =. =
Tom Baird with warrant for your arrest
| Open the door," 5- ~. '.s.-eA,, +.
'tYou won't shoot me- will you, Tom ~ Whnef
Haywood. ...'. -. - .... .....
''open the door or will knock it in sait
Baird. ~ N -
/ Haywood opened the door crack putting hi
/ shoulder. Haywood sinking into chair, begged
Baird not to give him the worst of it.
Put on your Clothes; commanded Bairt
roughly. Haywood was the most badly fright
7 ened of the lot from the start. All during tn,
1 preliminary proceedings in Idaho his teetl
chartered with nervousness and he shook as will
l a cold.
4 Passing federation men saw Baird come on
of the rooming house with Haywood. He wen