The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-07

Idaho for which William D. Haywood,
the labor union secretary, j. now ON
trial for his life, On the witness stand
Orchard was as calm and unmoved as
he appeared "Wednesday.
It was cold.blooded narrative that
he told Not once did he exhibit a
trace Of emotion. His voice was low and
even toned and there was not tremor
in il when he took up yesterday morn
ing the story 81 tie attempt he made
to assassinate Frank Bradley the SUI
perintendent Of tie Bunker Hiu and
sullivan mine He rehearsed the ex-
periments which lie had made with the
bomb with which he had intended to
blow Bradley 70 pieces
After the explosion in which Bradley
was injured, Orchard said he returned
to Denver and reported what he had
done to Haywood and TO President
/ Charles II. Meyer and George A. Petit
bone. During the whole time that he
hsd spent IN san Francisco, planning
compass Rradleys death, Orchard
testified. he had been in receipt Of
money from Haywood and had received
many kilograms giving him Instructions
and inquiring what progress he was
making. The money. be asid, had been
forwarded through Pettiboue. Pat
Bone being the signature affixed to the
telegraph dispatches.
After De had reached Denver, Hay
wood, Orchard said. advised him 70 Law
low for while. Then the project to
murder Gov. Peabody Of Colorado was
preached and Haywood. according To
Orchards testimony. told him AS the
reason for wishing Peabody out Of the
/ way that the Governor was candidate
! for reelection aud that two years more
81 his administration would mean that
organized labor would be driven per-
manently out Of Colorado. Haywood
advised him, be said. to get Steve Adams
/ who had been his accomplish IN so many
other crimes, "a help him. and the two
I men were urged to leave nothing undOne
70 accomplish Gov. Peab0dy's death.
Haywood said be didn't care what
means we used, asserted Orchard, in
that quiet. mattw-ol.fact voice Of his.
"Just get Peabody be told us "Iust
50 you get rid Of him, ] don't care how
I you do it,
The Peabody Plot
Together Orchard and Adams con.
straeted an S-inch lead pipe bomb and
placed it under the sidewalk on Thir.
tenth street, Denver, between the curb
and the sidewalk. When the Governor
came up Grant avenue they knew that
/ he would be certain 70 cross it at the
Thirteenth street corner To the bomb
wire was attached and the hole was
covered With snow. So arranged was
the internal machine that jerk on the
wire attachment would pull the cork
/ from a bottle OF sulphuric acid and spill
/ ii over some chloride of potash. and IN
4 this way the bomb would be iguited
! Orchard told Of the Governors driy-
! ing up the street and, as he approached,
the two eonspirators from their hiding
place made ready 70 pull upon the wire
and detonate the heavily loaded missile.
However, as luck would have it, the
wheels Of the Governors carriage stop.
ped directly across the wire and held it
80 firmly IN place that Orchard and
Adams were not able 20 pull the cork
from the sulphuric acid bottle and SO,
I By the merest accident, Gov. Peabody
escaped with his life.
"Hard Luck"
Orchard said that hc reported bis
failure to George A, Pettibone Of the
Western Federation Of Miners executive
committee aud that he merely remark
ed that it was hard luck President
Meyer declared the witness, bore bit
ter personal gradge apain=t Peabody be.
cause the Governor had been instru-
mental IN having him imprisoned st
/ Telluride
( The next man marked out by the
( Western Federation for assassination,
according 10 Orchards story, was Judge