Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-09

u Alene labor troubles some wears
ago suspicion naturally ran in thar
direction. The Pinkertons arrested
one Harry Orchard as the princfpal
III the Steunenburg assassination. He
made a confession in which he i'm
pllcated the chief officials of the west
| efh federation of miners, Mover and
haywood, in long series Of crimes.
dating back for seveal years and cul-
mlnating in the murder of the OK.
governor OF Idaho. The chief points
IN orchards confession, or alleged
confession, were 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 IS men.
Hired man to poison a former as
soclate at Goldfields, New.
Laid 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 a terrible record, if it can
De 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 cid those horrible deeds is an
other matter entirely Orchard pro
fesses to know. A very dramatic
story concerning the alleged attempt
upon Judge Goddards life is told in
a Denver special. When Orchards
alleged confession was being read be-
fore the Colorado authorities by the
/ Plnkerton detective who secured it,
preliminary to the arrest and extradi-
ton OF Meyer and Haywood, Judge
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
heap of potash and sugar deity
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
driven into the gate and a piece of
| 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
! impuls ively and with a backward
| look said, Wait for me- and went to
| his home He returned in less than
30 minutes, the perspiration standing
in big drops on his brow, and under
| the gray beard it could be seen that
his mouth trembled.
It's there he said, sitting down
quietly, and they looked at each other
with a new horror shining in the
depth of their eyes.
"'WeH,' said McParlan, interrogat-
lively, what do you advise?
eco on, said Chief Judge Cab
bert. We will hear the rest"
| 1t is claimed by the authorities that
their investigations have confirmed
to a remarkable degree the story
told by Orchard concerning all these
episodes. 1t is said that even the
bomb buried under Judge Goddard's
gate has been dug up.
| All of this truly has a most ugly
aspect but who can really credit a
labor organization with the awful de-
gree of atrocity here indicated? The
case looks sinister, but the man Or
chard has an evil reputation which
must greatly lessen the force Of his
confession. He may be lying, and it
is hoped that such will prove to be