Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-06


]. c. Sullivan, president Of the state
federation of labor
Mr.. Richardson listened keenly to this
part of the witnesses story and made
notes upon It. Haywood, surrounded by
! his family and attorneys, sat stolid ut
/ times, but on occasions leaned far for
ward in his chair, gazing steadily at
/ Orchard with his single eye.
Orchard said he decided TO prepare a
bomb to place beneath Peabody's bed
room window at Canon City, Col.
BOMB CASING PRODUCED.
The state here created something OF a
sensation by producing In evidence the
| lead casing of the bomb. 1t was tho
| size of Two gallon can Orchard iden-
titled it. He said he had shown the
| casing to Pettihone In Denver and load
ed IL in the basement OF Petitioners
store. the latter assisting him. Thirty
| pounds of giant powder We're used.
Pettibone orchard declared, gave him
| Sl00 before he returned TO Canon city
| with the bomb. ON his way to the lat
ter place a companion heard clock
ticking in the grip with the bomb and
| wanted to know what II was.
Il told him toklngly that it was
bomb. and | was going 10 put 1t under
Peabody Is got a. chance" orchard
went on. But when I reported this
conversation to Pettibone, he told me |
had better not try II on Peabody at that
time He said however, that he want
ed somthtng pulled off before the con-
vention-that we must have something
TO show for the money we'd spent
"Pettibone and l then went 70 work
and prepared bomb for Judge Cab
bert. We made it out of half gallon
syrup can, using ~ pounds Of giant
powder.
ON GABBERT"S TRAIL,
"Pettibone and / planted the bomb
in vacant lot which Judge Gabbert
crossed on his way home. We left a
wire out of the bomb and to this we
intended fastening pocket book, the
idea being that Judge Gabbert would
pick up the purse and thus upset the
bottle of sulphuric acid inside the
bomb. We tried one day to fasten the
purse but Judge Gabbert came too fast
and we had to leave it alone.
"Pettibone had to go next day TO
Salt Lake TO attend the convention OF
the Western Fedora ton of Miners,
leaving me to attend to Judge Gabbert-
He said we must certainly do some
thing before the convention. | was
afraid to touch the old bomb so ! pre-
pared Il new one. AS Judge Gabbert
started out the next morning | rode
ahead of him on a bicycle and fastened
the pocket book To The wire. rode
off down town and did not hear an eH-
plosion until an hour attorwaru,
man named Wally h,d picked mp the
purse and WAS killed. Judge Gabbert
had passed without noticing it.
When he reported the result to Petti-
bone, the latter said II was nara
luck"
GEN. SHERMAN BELL. MARKED.
orchard told the details of his move
mcnts almost day by day stretching
| his narrative out to great length, lie
said the next man selected for attack
was Sherman Bell. former ad1utapt
general of Colorado, who had been IN
strumental in breaking up strike.
Orchard said Il was decided to buy a
rig TO drive out TO Bell house, "a
took Haywood 10 ride in the rig and
then bought II for $llS. The bill OF
sale was made out in Petitioners name
He and Pettibonc drove out 10 Bells
house several nights IN succession
About this time Meyer returned TO
Colorado and when he found our what
was going on. ordered 1t stopped,
Mover. Orchard declared, said he did
NOT want anything pulled Off m Den
Yer while he was there, as he would
surely be arrested. tln also said he
had some outside work which was
more important.
Orchard had now brought MS STORY
down TO August 1905.
The witness went back TO June OF
that year. however TO tell OF another
attempt on Judge Goddard, TINS was
made few days after the failure 10
get Judge Gabbert, The bomb for
Judge Goddard was planted In grass
plot near the gate leading into the 'front.'
ward of~lis residence the connection
with the bomb broke I'm some manner
without exploding II. orchard Sald ne
examined the place and found the grass
dead where the bomb was planted
this being due TO the escaping SulphuTc
/ acid fumes.