Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-07
HAYWOOD A DEATH PlOTTER
Climax of Boise Trial Came With
 States Star Witness.
ORCHARD SHOWN TO BE Al BIGAMIST

BOISE, Ida, June 7.- Harry Or. chard. star witness for the state in the Steunenberg murder trial, reached the climax of what was the most remark able tale of crime ever told in an Amer ican court.
 With perfect composure he related the astonishing details of the plot to assassinate former Governor Frank Steunenberg of Idaho. the suggestion of which he ascribed to Haywood.
 Orchard swore that the assassination of Steunenberg was first suggested by Haywood, was plotted by Haywood, Mover, Pettibone and himself, was financed by Haywood and was exc cuted by himself after the failure of an attempt in which Jack Simpkins l had participated.
 Haywood suggested" he said, "that we ought to get ex-Governor Steunen- berg. He thought that if we got him, after letting him go seven or eight years, and then went back to Pater- son, N. J., and wrote letters to Judge Gabbert, Judge Goddard, Peabody, Bell and the others, telling them they would get the same thing as Steunen- berg, 1t would show them they were not forgotten either and would have good effect
 ..Moyer said it would be better than killing them and thCt 1t would be living death, for they would be con fronted by the thought always of somebody waiting for them."
 Eighteen men is the total of Or chard's confessed murders, and 1t was shown that he is a bigamist, that he has one wife living in Canada and an- other in Cripple Creek and that for time he travelled through the country with the wife of another man. during which time they lived as husband and wife.
 The witness was asked if he had not told Pettibone in a conversation that he burned cheese factory in Canada where he was manager and collected insurance on it after stealing all the cheese. The witness replied that he had.
 Arriving at Caldwell, Orchard said he registered himself as Hogan and Simpkins as Simmons. Orchard iden- tified his writing on the Pacific hotel register, introduced in evidence.
 "We tried to locate Governor Steu- nenberg at once." said Orchard, Out could not. We went out to his resi- dence several times and then finally saw him in the Saratoga hotel % Sun day evening. In the meantime we had fixed up the bomb, so Simpkins and 1 took the bomb out at once and set 1t under the sidewalk, with a string stretched across the walk so when he struck it 1t would upset the bottle of sulphuric acid. We went back to the hotel to wait, but heard nothing. Aft CT two or three hours we went out and got the bomb. We found some one had broken the string. but had not upset the bottle.
 .'Simpkins said I had better remain and finish the job alone. This was some time in November, 1905.
 "Simpkins all this time was mem- Der of the executive board of the West ern Federation of Miners. After he went away tried to catch Governor Steunenberg downtown some night so I could slip out and plant the bomb for him near his home. He was out of the city large part of the time. Once I came to Boise, but cosld not find him here. I returned to Caldwell and stop ped at the Saratoga hotel, carrying the bomb in my grip. finally located Gov ernor Steunenberg on Christmas night. 1905. and, taking the sawed of shot. gun Pettibone had given me, I went out to his house. heard the governor coming and tried to get the two parts of the gun together. but had not sue ceeded before he passed into the house. I then went downtown again.
 ''The next time I saw the governor he was sitting in the Saratoga hotel. I went up to my room and got the bomb and hurried out to the Steunen- berg house and planted the bomb by the gate. I then started back to the hotel, and when about two blocks away I met Steunenberg on his way home. I ran as fast as I could toward the hotel but had not reached 1t when the explosion occurred.
 'T went to my room to do up some acid and giant caps and things in a package. As I was doing so a giant cap in my pocket exploded and tore one side of my coat out I was afraid everybody fa the hotel had heard the explosion. waited awhile. but there was no indication that any one heard what had occurred in my room. went downstairs and remained at the hotel until Monday. when was ar rested"
 The witness spoke more slowly and perhaps with just a tinge of feeling in his voice as he told of placing the bomb which destroyed Governor Steu- nenberg. During his recital he could look directly across the room at tho young son of the dead man. who sat with gaze constantly fixed upon his fathers self confessed assassin.
 When Orchard had finished his story Mfr. Hawley. after a dramatic pause. proceeded to bring out the detail of events of Orchards arrest
 Orchard said after his arrest he re- ceived letter from Pettibone. It was unsigned The sfnfe Is believed to