The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-07

Boise City, Idaho, June 5.-Alfred
Horseiey, alias Harry Orchard, the ac-
tual assassin of FRANK Steunenberg,
went on the stand today as witness
against William d. Haywood and made
a public confession Of a long chain of
brutal, revolving crimes, committed,
he said. at the inspiration and for the
pay OF the leaders of Lle Western Fed
GRAFTON of Miners.
The undertaking by the prosecutors
for the state that they would by later
proof and Connection, make his testl-
mony legitimate opened the way like a
food gate to the whole dlabOl1cal
story and throughout the entire day
Orchard went on from crime recital
to crime recital, each succeeding one
seemingly more revolting than the one
that preceded.
Orchard confessed tGat as member
of the mob that wrecked the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mill in the COuer
d'Alenes he lighted one of the fuses
that carried the fire TO the giant pow
der explosives; confessed that he set
the death trap in the Vindicator mine
at Cripple Creek, that blew out the
lives of Superintendent Mccormick
and Foreman Beck; confessed that be-
cause he had not been paid for his
first attempt at violence in the Vindi-
Gator mine he had been treacherOus
to his associates by warning the man
ayers of the Florence and Cripple
Creek Railway that there was a plot
to blow up their trains; confessed
that he cruelty fired three charges of
, buckshot into the body of Detective
Lyte Gregory, of Denver. killing him
instantly;! confessed that for days he
stalked Governor Peabody, of Colora-
do about Denver waiting chance to
kill him; confessed that he and Steve
Adams set and discharged the mine
under the station at Independence that
killed fourteen men, and confessed
that, after failing in an attempt to
poison Fred Bradley, Of San Francis
CO, he blew him and his house up with
a bomb giant powder.
Orchard has more brutal crimes to
tell that will bring his bloody career
down to it's end at Caldwell, where
with a bomb, he killed former Gov
ernOr Frank Steunenberg. These will
come tomorrow, for he is to resume
the stand when the district court sits
again.
Orchard retained control of himself
almost from the moment he took the
stand. His eyes were bloodshot and
his face mottled wwhen he came ints
the room to confront the man whose
life he jeopardiZed. He was plainly
nervous and walked unsteadily to the
witness stand.
Orchard soon steadied himself and
was soon talking in the soft, easy tone
that characterizes his speech. His man
ner was easy and MS gaze STEADY ID
.nv direction whence a question claim
ed his attention.
Orchards eyes met those OF hay
wood several times and the two gaz'
ed steadily at each other with honors
even in the test.
Orchard was telling of the meeting
of the Burke 0daho) union OF the
Western Federation of Miners whe1
the defense made its first strong at
tack by Attorney Richardson to the
testimony on the ground that the
events occurred years before Haywood
was member of the central body oi
the federation and that he was in nc
way connected with it.
Senator Borah contended that the
state had a right to prove the facts
about the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
for the purpose of showing why ths
Western Federation CT Miners had tai
on umbrage at Governor Steunenberg
Judge Wood ruled that the gener
al facts were admissible, but put :
Limitation on the amount of detail.
that could be shown
Orchard then told The story of th'
blowing I'D Of the nronerty in which