The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-07
ORCHARD TELLS HOW
He BUTCHERED |: { i Them
.Swears ThatHe Murdered
Steunenburg as Sug-
gested byH Haywood.
ADMITS KILLING
EIGHTEEN MEN
Describes Method Of Planting
Internal Machine That Ended
Life Of the Former Cow
ernorSome Of
His Other 55
Crimes.

BOISE, IDAHO, June G.-Harry Or
chard crowned his admissions Of grave
crime to-day when, continuing his case
against William D. Haywood, he made
a detailed confession Of the murder
of Frank Steunenberg by an Internal
machine that directly opens the way
for his own conviction and execution
for the mortal offense. He swore that 81
the assassination OF Stcunenberg was
first suggested by Haywood. d was
and himself, was financed by Haywood ~
and was executed by himself, after tho
failure of an attempt in which Jack
Simpkins had participated. s5t
Il Orchard lifted the total Of his own
murdered victims to eighteen, detailed
murder former Governor Peabody.
Judge GODDARD. Judge Gabbert, Gen-
.eral Sherman Bell, Dave Moffat and
Frank Herne. incidentally, he con-
fessed to a plan to kidnap the child
OF ono Of his former associates.
Then. under ross -exanninatio by the
defense. Orchard confessed guilt Of the
isordid social crimes Of deserting his
young child and wife in Ontario. flee-
Ing to British Columbia with Hattie
Simpson, the wife OF another man, and
committing bigamy by marrying a
third woman at Cripple Creek.
Tells OF Many Crimes. Al,
Through tho shocking details I. Of
murder plots. stories OF social crimes,
bomb making, and tales OF man hunts
with sawed -off shotguns and Internal
as weapons, the witnes went
cn In the same quiet offhand manner
that marked his demeanor yesterday. Y.
His voice dropped to lower keys as the
pitiful story OF the long hunt for
Steunenberg narrowed down to the
last day. and he told Of the race from
the hotel to the home of his victim
with the death-trap and the meeting
in tho evening gloom as tho victim
walked unconsciously to his doom.
Through It all he WINGED but once, and
that Twas when Stlies defens made him
name his six sisters and (. his one
brother and give their residences In
fought the story with multiplicity OF
objections, and succeeded in heading
off an attempt to tell the story OF the
murder OF Arthur Collins at Telluride,
and temporarily shut out the contents
of q telegram received and a telegram
sent by Orchard after his arrest. Ex-
cept for this, the State managed to
get in its story intact.
Orchard said he was known a part OF 4
the time he was In San Francisco by
the name of Barry. Leaving Califor.8
ing the uniform of a soldier. He said /
he inlmedla tely called Pettibone3 on the
telephone.
"Pettibone asked mo how Bradley
was" continued Orchard. IT told him
Bradley was still alive when left
San Francisco. but it was reported he
would lose his eyesight and probably
be deaf for the rest Of his life. Petit
bone said that was better than If
mad killed him outright-that Bradley.
would now be living example,"
No Trouble to Get Money. II
Orchard said he asked for money, and
received s125 from Pettibone with the
assurance that he could get more when
ever he wanted It.
Orchard said Haywood nexr asked
him ito so to work on Judge Gabbert,
Of the Supreme Court Of Colorado.
He said Judge Gabbert," Orchard
went on had been rendering decisions
again Moyer. whom we were trying to-
get out Of Telluride on habeas corpus.
I went to Judge Gabbert,s house the
following Sunday night with STEVE
Adams and shotgun. but we did not
see the Judge. Haywood also wanted
us to try again at Governor Peabody.
saying he did care how we got rid OF
him. AT this time It seemed that rSa-f
body was about to be elected for an
other term. Steve Adams, Billy Acker-
man and set to work and made a
bomb. We put it under the sidewalk
at Thirteenth Street and Grant Avenue
In Denver. The Governor walked along
here every morning.
Close Call for Peabody.
"Adams and watched for the Cow
Prnor until ho came out. Just as the
|Governor walked over the place where
the bomb was. two heavy coal wagons
came out of the alley and passed over.
the wire leading to tho bomb, and we
could not pull It," y.
Ibid you try?"
"No. sir. After tho wagons passed
and the Governor was gone, I went ana
got the bomb. The streets hare were
in the river and reported to Pettbone
that we had failed. He said 1t was
too bad,
"After this we tried to shoot Cover
nor Peabody, hanging around his house
| for a long time. but not getting an
opportunity. We also tried to shoot
Frank Hearne, OF the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company. Haywood said
Hearne was trying to fix the Leglsla-
ture against us. and would he a good
man to get out of tho way. He also
Shlu tnat Lave NlOIthtt,f president OF the
First National Bank, was another. He
said he was convinced that Moffatti
was behind the people who were fight
| ing the Western Federation Of Miners.
Told to Get After Judge Goddard.
Adams and Orchard watched around
Moffatts house for some time with a
gun, but accomplished nothing.
I'VE We're also told to got after
Judge Goddard who. Haywood said.
was instrumental In defeating tho
/ aixht hour, BEL which had henrl de-.