The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-06
Hired Assassin's 5 Story
Of Brutal Crimes
Sickens Crowd
HAYWOOD GAVE MONEY
HE SAYS, TOGETHER WITH 9TH.
Err UNION OFFICIALS, FOR
BLOODY WORK-TELLS OF
SENDING f8 INTO
ETERNITY.
Orchards List of Murders.

Orchards List of Murders.
Orchard on the stand in the trial
trial against Haywood yesterday swore
that he had brutaliy murdered 1a per
sons, that he was paid for each crime
by members or the so-calIed elmer
circle
His Trail of Death.
Lighted fuse that blew up SuperIn
tendent Mccormick and For rsman
Beck.
Fired load Of buckshot into Detec
tive Gregory, killing him instantly.
Discharged mine under Independ
ence depot that killed "a men.
Blew up Fred Bradley with bomb.
Other confessions including the
murder of Ex-Governor Steunenberg,
are yet to be made,
Boise. Idaho. June 5.-Alfred Hor5
ley. alias Harry Orchard, actual as
sassin Of Frank Steunenberg, went on
tn stand today as a witness against
William p. Haywood and made pub
lie confession OF long chain OF
brutal and revolving crmes. done, he
said. at the inspiration and for pay Of
the leaders of the Western Federation
Of Miners
Orchard confessed that as a mem
br Of the mob that wrecked Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mine in the Couer
D'Alenes district, that he lighted one
of the fuses that carried fire to a
giant explosive, confessed that he set
a death trap In the VindIcator mine at
Cripple Creek that blew out the lives
Foreman Beck confessed that be-
cause he had not been paid fer his
first attempt at violence in the Vim
dicator m1ae he had been treach-
erous to his associates by warning
Managers Florence and the Cripple
Creek railway there was plan to
blow up their ira MS; confessed that
h. cruelty fired three charges of buck
shot into the body of Detective Lyte
Gregory of Denver, killing him iu'
stantly; confessed that for days lie
stalked Governor Peabody about Den
yer. waiting for chance to kill him;
confessed that he and Sieve Adams
set and discharged the mine under the
depot at Independence that instantly
killed IA men, and confessed that fail
ing In an attempt to poison Fred Brad
ley of San Francisco, he blew him and
his house up with bomb Of gelatin.
Crowds Sickens at Awful Story.
And orchard has still more brutal
crimes TO tell that will bring his
bloody career Down to its end al
Caldwell. where with bomb he kil'ei
Idahos former governor.
These will come tomorrw, when he
resumes the stand. The story was
told 10 a tense-nerved, rigid GROVE
that watched with staring eyes for
every move and word of the confess
ing witness; crowd that was sick n
cd and weary of its disgusting detilt
long before Attorney Hawley. pleading
illness of himself at 3 o'clock this
afternoon, secured an Adjournment 10
the day.
Orchard retained control of hims J
almost from the moment he took tn
stand. AT first he was slightly ner
ycus but soon gained control OF lin
self His eyes blinked a little whel
he told how he trailed and murd re-
I.yte Gregory. but his voice altere'
none in tone. His eyes met those ,
HAYWOOD several times and the t~
razsd ixedly at each other in tes'
with honors even.
When Horsley came into the eour
room he was accompanied by ihre
armed guards who keenly watched IN
crowd during the entire examination
His tale of destruction Of property b'
can with the story of blowing up
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine
In which he said W. +. Davis, late
president of the Miners Union al Crll
ple Creek had command Of the mol
He told cf the seizure Of train. tn
theft of giant powder and the attac
upon the mines. concluding:
Il lit one Of the fuses myself.
$500 FOR the vindieator Job
Horsley then told Of his flight inl
Montana and of various iourn IS
the western country until he turns
IN in Cripple Creek in 1902. went
work in the mines and joined Il
western Federation Of Miners agai
The plot to destroy the Vindicat
mine and its accomplishment vi
bared. For this he said Moyer pa
him 5000 and Haywood gave his s5n
He told Of other plots. and OF the pts
10 dynamite Peabody This was giV'
up because, he said. Haywood tear'