The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-06-14
ORCHARD TELLS
CRUESOME STORY
The Actual AssaSSins0f Gov
ern0r Steunenberg on the
Witness Stand.
cooIly Recites Story Of Brutal Crimes
Committed. and Declares That
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Praised Him for His Bloody
Work.

Boise, Idaho.--Hary Orchard, the
actual assassin of Ex-Governor Frank
Steunenberg, of Idaho. was placed on
the stand by the prosecutors for the
/ state on Wednesday, and began his
story by which. 1t is hoped by the
| prosecution to convict William D.
Haywood, now on trial for his life,
The story was told to tense
nerved, rigid crowd that watched
with staring eyes for every move and
word of the confessing witness, a
| crowd that was sickened and weary
OF its disgusting details long before
James H. Hawley, pleading illness Of
himself at o'clock In the afternoon
secured adjournment for the day.
Orchard retained control of himself
| almost from the moment he took the
| stand, II he suffered much he did not
| show it. His eyes were bloodshot and
| his face notified in color when he
came into the room to confront the
men whose life he jeopardizes. He
was plainly very nervous. He seemed
at first to lose little of his physical
control, for he walked unsteadily as
he neared the stand and reached in
an indefinite way for the arm of the
chair. He had trouble in finding voice
for few minutes, but only for a few.
He quicqly steadied himself and was
soon talking In the soft, easy tones
that characterize his speech. His
manner was easy and his gaze steady
n any direction that question
claimed his attention.
Helped Wreck Occur d'AIene Mine.
Orchard confessed that, as mem
Der Of the mob that wrecked the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill in the
Occur d'Alenes, he lighted one of the
fuses that carried fire to the giant
explosion; confessed that he set the
death-trap in the indicator 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 Vim
dictator mine he had been treacherous
to his associates by warning the man
ayers of the Florence & Cripple
Creek railway that there was plot
to blow up their trains; confessed
that he cruelty fired three charges of
buckshot into the body of Detective
Lyle Gregory of Denver, killing him
instantly; confessed that for days he
stalked Governor Peabody about Den
yer waiting chance to kill him; con-
fessed that he and Steve Adams set
and discharged the mine under the
depot at independence that instantly
killed fourteen men, and confessed
that, failing in an attempt to poison
Fred Bradley of San Francisco, he
blew up him and his house with
bomb Of gelatin.
During his testimony, Orchard de-
clared that Meyer and Haywood had
praised him for his work. r.
And when court adjourned at 8
o'clock Orchard had not finished, but
had more brutal crimes to tell about
In order to bring his bloody career
down to its end at Caldwell, where
with a bomb he killed Ex-Governor
Frank Steunenberg,
On the stand the witness said:
Harry Orchard is not my true name.
have gone by that name for about
eleven years. My true name is Al
fred Horsley. l came to the United
States in 1896, first to Spokane"
" While Orchard testified Deputy
Sheriff Beamer and his assistants
stood at the side Of him and about
three feet in the rear of the witness
chair
Haywood's mother, Mrs. Carruthers
Of Salt Lake City, and her daughter
sat beside the prisoner and his wife,
they having arrived here the pre-
vious day from Salt Lake City. The |
prisoners two daughters were alb
sent. Haywood held notebook and |
at intervals took notes of the pro.
ceedings. None Of the Haywood |
group could see either door without
turning in their seats, and while they !
faced front, they showed
their expectancy for the appearance
of the man whose testimony may
mean so much to them. Haywood
did not get square look at Orchard
until he had started to testify. Hay
wood leaned down between his coun-
sci so that he might get clear, un-
INSTRUCTED view of the witness stand,
and for fully five minutes he gazed
steadily at the man who was giving
his attention to the states counsel
On the other side Of the room, and 1t