Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-05

ago, suspicion naturally ran in that
direction. The Pinkertons arrested
one Harry Orchard as the principal
in the Steunenburg assassination. He
made confession in which he inn
plicated the chief officials of the west
ern federation of miners, Meyer and
Haywood, In a long series of crimes,
dating back for seveal years and cul-
minating in the murder of the ex-
governor of Idaho. The chief points
in Orchards confession, or alleged
confession, We're these:-
Arranged the mechanism and plant
ed the bomb which slew Ex-Governor
Steunenberg.
| Planted and exploded the bomb
which blew up the railroad station at
Independence, Col. killing 13 men.
Hired a man to poison former as
sociate at Goldfelds, New
| Laid a bomb in the path of Chief
Justice Gabbart of Colorado, by
which an innocent man was blown to
pieces.
| Planted bomb at the gate of the
residence of Judge Goddard of Den
yer, who escaped death.
Plotted the death of former Gov.
ernor Peabody of Colorado.
This is terrible record, If it can
be established by satisfactory evil
dence. OF course, the world knows
that the tragedy at the independence
railroad station took place, as well as
the murder of Governor Steunenberg
Who did those horrible deeds is an
other matter entirely. Orchard pro-
fesses to know. A very dramatic
story concerning the alleged attempt
upon Judge Goddard's life is told in
a Denver special When Orchards
alleged confession was being read be-
fore the Colorado authorities by the
Pinkerton detective who secured it,
preliminary to the arrest and extradi.
Goddard was present. The story
proceeds in this melodramatic style:
For four hours these men had sat
aound that little table listening to the
low, controlled voice of McParlan, who
punctuated his remarks by turning
the leaves of the manuscript and
showing it across to one or another
of them as confirmation that his story
was as written. In the confession
Orchard said he had been ordered to
get both Chief Judge Gabbart and
Judge Goddard He gave In detail his
efforts to get the chief judge and the
accidental killing of an entirely in
nocent man. Then, he said, he had
: planted bomb just outside the gate
before Judge Goddard's house; that
that bomb was buried about six inches
; below the surface, on the outside of
the gatepost; that it was covered
with piece of sacking and fine thin
|. wire was attached to the cork of a
/, tiny bottle of acid, which lay above
a heap of potash and sugar deftly
placed over the explosive. The little
: wire from the bomb came just above
the surface and to its end was at
! tached fishhook. A screw eye was
iron wire was attached to it. When
ready for use it was easily slipped
into the fishhook lying on the ground
: The slightest opening of the gate
would do the rest. Three efforts had
been made to get Judge Goddard
but all had failed, and finally Orchard
! had been called off to await a more
propitious time. However, the screw
eye would be found in the gate, and
> the bomb in the ground, as he had
never removed them. When this state
ment was read Judge Goddard arose
impulsively and with a backward
look said, Wait for me- and went to
his home. He returned in less than
: 80 minutes, the perspiratiop standing
in big drops on his brow, and under
the gray beard it could be seen that
his mouth trembled.
Its there he said, sitting down
quietly, and they looked at each other
{ with a new horror shining in thc
= depth of their eyes
: WELL said McParlan, interrogat
. lively, what do you advises?
2 go on, said Chief Judge Cab
! bert We will hear the rest"
{ 1t is claimed by the authorities thai
: their investigations have confirmed
r to a remarkable degree the story
S told by Orchard concerning all these
|. episodes. 1t is said that even the
2 bomb buried under Judge Goddard's
E gate has been dug up.
4 All of this truly has a most ugly
J. aspect, but who can really credit {
/. labor organization with the awful de
+ gree OF atrocity here indicated? The
t case looks sinister, but the man Or
D chard has an evil reputation which
a must greatly lessen the force of his
5 confession. He may be lying, and II
/ is hoped that such will prove to be