The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-07


| the former governor of Idaho, says
she hopes Harry Orchard Will be
given an opportunity to lead good
and honest life.
Boise. Idaho. June 6.-Harry Or
chard crowned his admissions OF re-
voting crimes today when, con-
tiiming his Testimony against Hay
wood he made an explicitly detailed
confession OF the murder Of former
Governor Steunenberg by an Internal
machine, that directly opens the way
| for his own conviction and execution.
He swore the assassination OF Steu-
nenberg was first suggested by Hay
wood was jointly plotted by Hay
wood. Meyer. Pettibone and himself;
was financed by Haywood and exc
cuted by himself after the failure OF
an attempt in which Jack Simpkins
had participated.
Orchard lifted the total of his own
murdered victims to l9 and detailed
the circumstances under which he
tried to murder former Governor Pea
body. Judge GODDARD. Judge Gabbert,
General Sherman Bell, Dave Monat
and Frank Herne
confesses Sordid Social Crimes.
Incidentally he confessed TO q plan
To kidnap a child OF one of his former
associates. Then under cross exami-
nation by the defense, Orchard con-
n. II siic guifts Uf rerdid social
crimes. of deserving his young child
and wife in Oniorio, fleeing to BRUSH
Columbia with Hattie Simpson, wire
az another man, and committing big
amy bv marrying another woman at
Cripple Greek. !.
Through the shocking details OF
murder plots. stories of secret pomp
making and tales of man hunts WIN
sawed off shot guns and Internal ma
chimes az weapons. the witness went
IN in The same quiet off-hand manner
that marked his demeanor yesterday.
His voice dropped to lower keys as
tho nitiful story of the long hunt for
Steunenberg narrowed down to the
last dav and he told of race from
the hotel to the home to beat his VIC
finn with the death trap and meeting
IN the evening gloam. his victim as
he walked unconscously to his death.
Through it all he WINGED but once,
and that was when the defense MADE
him name his six sisters and his one
brother and give their residences IN
and NpW York
Confederation Of Crimson Tale.
The defense fought the story with
a Multiplicity of objections and sue
ceeded in heading off an attempt to
,al, he story of the murder of Arthur
rallIns at Telluride and temporarily
shutting out the contents OF teie-
gram sent by Orchard after his ar
re9t.
The state today began its corrobo-
ration of Orchards crimson tale oy
producing a lead casing of the Pea
hodv bomb. Orchard identified 1t,
swore he brought It from Canyon City
!, Denver and then on to Wallace
where he gave 1t TO a mon named
Cunningham. 1t was thrown into the
river and the state promises to later
prove its recovery.
orchard finished his direct examina-
tion at 2:35 O'Clock and the cross ex-
animation had only reached down to
the Couer Alene days OF 1899 when
court adjourned. The cross examina-
ton will be continued tomorrow.
orchards sctory of the Killing of Steu-
nenberg was:
Climax of Bloody Confession.
eve fOrchard and Simpkins). went
out to Steunenbergs residence sew
eral times and then finally saw him IN
The Saratoga Hotel Sunday evening.
In the meantime we had fixed up the
homb so Simpkins and ! took the
homh. out at once and set II under the
sidewalk with string stretched
across the walk so that when ne
struck it. il would upset bottle OF
suIphuric acid. We went back 10 the
hotel to wait, but heard nothing After
two or three hours We went on and
got the bomb. We found some one
lad broken the string but had not
unset the bottle. We hid the bomb
in some weeds. The bomb was made
in a wooden box just big enough to
hold ten pounds Of powder.
The next day Simpkins concluded
he had better not stay around any
longer. FIR he had seen several PEI
sons who knew him. He thought II
might 20 hard with me if was
caught in his company. He said
had better remain and finish the Job
alone. This was some time in Novem-