New-York tribune., 1907-06-07
MURDER AS A TRADE.
BOISE CLIM4X REACHED.
Orchard Tells Hoe He Killed For
mer GOUernOr Steunenberg.

Boise. Idaho June 6.-Harry Orchard crov,nad
his admissions of grave crimes to-day whom
continuing his case against William D. Haywood
he made detailed confession of the murder of
Frank Steunenberg by an Internal machine that
directly opens the way for his own conviction
and execution for the mortal offence He swore
that the assassination of Steunenberg was first
suggested by Haywood, was plotted by Hav-
wood, Meyer, Pettibone and himself, was financed
by Haywood and was executed by himself after
the failure of an attempt in which Jack" Simp-
kins had taken part.
Orchard. lifting the total of his own murdered
victims to eighteen detailed the circumstances
under which he tried TO murder former Governor
Peabody. Judge GODDARD. Judge Gabbert. Cen
eral Sherman Bell. Dave Moffatt and Frank
Herne- incidentally he confessed to a plan 10
Kdnap the child of one of his former associates
Then. under cross-examination. Orchard con-
fessed guilt Of the sordd social crimes Of de-
serting his young child and wife in Ontario
fleeing to British Columbia with Hattie Simp-
son. the wife of another man. and committing
bigany by marrying third woman at Cripple
Creek.
Through the shocking details of murder plots
stories Of secret bomb making and tales Of man
hunts with sawed off shotgIns and internal
machines as weapons the witness went on I'm
the same quiet offhand manner that marked his
demeanor yesterday. His voice dropped 10
lower keys as the pitifuI story Of the long hunt
for Steunenbers narrowed down to the last day,
and he told Of the race from the hotel TO the
home 70 heat his victim with the death trap and
the meeting in the evening gloom S the victim
walked unconsciously to his doom. Through It
all he WINGED but once, and that when the
defence made him name his six sisters and his
one brother and give their places Of residence
in Ontario and New York
The defence fought the story with multi
plicity Of objections, and succeeded in heading
off attempt 10 tell the story Of the murder
Of Arthur Collins at Telluride, and temporarily
shut out the contents of a telegram received and
z telegram sent by Orchard after his arrest.
Except for this the state managed TO get in its
story intact
STATES CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCE
The state to-day began its corroboration OF
Orchards crimson tale by producing the lead
casing Of the Peabody bomb. Orchard identified
Il, sHore that he brought it from Canon City
70 Denver and then on 10 Wallace where he
gave il 10 man named Cunningham It was
thrown into the river and the state promises
later 70 prove its recovery
Haywood and his kinsfoIk listened quietly to
The long recital. and about their first show OF
feeling was one OF amusement when Rich
ardson began his onslaught and brought out
Orchards domestic crimes
There were the same precautions and the same
armed guards to-day TO protect Orchard and the
same courtroom scenes. except that among the
spectators the women outnumbered the men two
70 one. There was another rush for admIttance
and the doors Of the court had to be closed at
both sessions.
Orchard finished his direct examination at 2:85
o'clock and the cross examination only reached
10 the Ceur d'Alene days Of 1899 when the court
rose