The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-06-15
HIS TALES OF MURDERS
PROVEN To Be TRUE
Witnesses at Boise Confirm
Orchards Many Crimes.
CAPTURE OF STEVE ADAMS
Attempt Was Made To Assasslnate
Bradley BY Poisoning Min and
With n Bomb.
CAPTURE OF STEVE ADAMS

Nlllinm IL. linyMoou WIS TcHuueu'
with l.. IL. Guibblnni. an Italian dairy
man Of san Francisco. on the stand
II was Gulbblnnl who introduced Har-
~ Orchard. known then ms Barry. TO
the servants In the Bradley household.
lie said that Orchard came 10 his
store and hung around and spent CON
siderable money. Orchard asked ques-
lions about the Bradley household. ask
ed To be introduced 10 the servants and
asked Guibblnnl 10 get him room In
the nelghborhood.
Guibblnnl saw Orchard moving his
luggage the night before the Bradley
house was blown up. lie also saw
the poisoned milk. GulbbInnl dcscrlb.
ed the result Of the bomb Orchard
placed nj the front door leading 10 the
/ Bradley apartments la Washington
street. The whole front 81 the house
was blown out. Gulbbinni said he
saw Orchard nj his store the day the
explosion occurred.
The prosecution showed continu.
Gus thread Of evidence connecting
George Pettlbone's store In Denver
with Orchard at San Francisco while
engaged on the Bradley murder plot
aud partly developed another direct
line By which they expect 10 show
/ that Haywood engaged and paid Steve
Adams for the same desperate work
and added special touches of connrna-
ton 10 Orchards general story.
The defense renewed their old tac.
Ties by moving 10 strike out the testi.
mony Of the witness as not connect.
Ing Haywood with the ofense charg.
Cd. The motion was ovcrruled.
\ Mr.. barrow. ON cross examination.
devoted himself Ia learning the eondi.
lions under which the witness was
brought TO Boise Ia testify. GuibbInnl
said the detectives came 10 him and
told him he had "a come 90 Boise aud
there was no use trying 10 dodge H."
GuibblnnI got 500 To- cover the en-.
penseS-of the trip.
Guibbinnl said Orchard told him he
lived by gambling at night. lie slept
during the daytime. The witness did
not know whether he discussed the
Bradley explosion with Orchard.
The prosecution called NJ the nett
witness Hull McCaughry. the assist.
ant postmaster of San Francisco. who
was Intercepted as 90 registered
letter Orchard said he received from
i'ettilonc while In san Francisco.
Orchard said he was going by the
name % John Dempsey" at the time
aud Pcttlbonc used the name OF -
wolf"' In transmitting the letter. which
contained sioo.
McClaughry produced the registry
recof,ls Of the San Francisco once
which show the rccclpt of the letter Ia
question on Aug. ~. 1904. The envel
opc was postmarked Denver. Aug. 10
1904" The records showing the dcllv
cry Of the letter from II. WOLF q
John Dempsey were admitted In evi
ience by Judge Wood over the protest
~ the attorneys for the defense. wis
objected on the ground that there wa'
nothing Ia connect the defendant. Hay
wood. with the matter.
The next step In tracing the letteI
was the Introduction u Miss Pear
Moore Of the Denver postofiicc. She
identified an entry which she wrote IL
the received registry book which
showed the receipt 81 n letter from y
WOLF" iI25 Stout street. Denver. nd
dressed 10 -. Dempsey. San Francis
CO."
The record was admitted IN evidence
"Do you know who lived NJ liz:
Stout street nj that timer asked Sena
tor Bornh.
"Mr. Petilbone." replied the witness
This ended the tracing % the letter
aud the prosecution turned 20 the tasi
~ corroborailng Orchards Testimony
NJ 10 his experience In the vindIcato
mine nj Cripple Greek. Clarence l.
IIarrah was called. lie worked on {
cage In the viniicator mine In 1903 n
the time Orchard said he and com
panion went Into the mine 20 set on |
carload ~ powder they had discovered
iiNFFNu lNlu W uhNNhh NtN'NN'f'N
man IN one ~ the tunnels. The maj
shot nj him. aud he went back TO hi
cage. 1Iarrnh said he saw only on
man. The Incident occurred 100 fee
down. In the eighth level
Charles Johnson. another cage maj
In the vlndlcator mine. said he was u
the mine nj the time 81 the explosion
which killed Superintendent McCor
mick and shin Ross Melville Beck
lie described the effect Of the explosion
and the mnngied condition OF Oh
bodies. AZ the time Of the explosion
the mine was being worked by nonun
ion men. the federation having Dc
ciarcd strike In the district. johnson
said he knew both sherman Parker an
1911 Easterly.
Police officers Of Ogden establishes
the arrest there In June. 1908. Of Stew
Adams and A. T. williams. They wer
sealed IN an castbound car loaded wit
fruit. When arrested for trespass eac
had a brace ~ revolvers. When rs
leased through the influence Of d
tectlve. 10 whom Adams appealed NJ
Mason. they went straight 20 the OF
ficc OF the Western Union and sent
telegram 10 Haywood In Denver. III
defense hendcd OF an attempt to ~
, the contents OF the telegram. -