The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-12
ORCHARD AS
BOMB EXPERT
He Tells Of One He Made to
XIII Bradley.
HIS POISON PLAN FAILED
States Witness il Haywood Trial as
Unconcerned as Ever-An Enigma
to Defence in Trial at
Boise.
HIS POISON PLAN FAILED

I,oise, Idaho, June t2.--Harry Orr
ehard yesterday resumed the stand I'M
the trial 81 William ID. Haywood for
the mnusar Of Ex-Governor Steunenberg.
Attorney Richardson continued 10
question Orchard about the attempts
re made upon the life Of Fred Bradley
In San Francisco. Orchard said he
was able To overlook the Bradley home
from bis bedroom window. He de-
clared he had bought some dynamite
for bomb before the attempt TO poison
Bradley with Strychnine In milk failed.
Orchard thought he bought the ex-
piosive from the Jndson Powder com
pany. He was requested 70 give his
name. He could not remember what
his name was, fictitious one. As an ex.
ctase for buying ten pounds Of dyna.
mite Orchard told the clerk lie wanted
to blow out some stunlps on bis ranch.
Don't you know there are no stnmps
within $50 miles Of San Francisco 4"
demanded Richardson.
II know that there are--I'ye seen
them on the way To Callente Springs.
Orchard described as closely as pos.
sible the various places where he had
lived while In San Francisco before
moving to the Bradley neighborhood.
He could not remember the names of
the streets or tho number Of the houses.
Next Orchard told OF d pleasure trip
t. Caliente Springs while waiting
Bradley's return from Alaska. lie ad.
initted that he played cards but denied
be was card sharp
Orchard was living near the Presi-
A3a Ana tf,.. "A. bN.xeyl,k Ana dtFt.a -, !,
for the Bradley bomb He did not re-
member whether he took a box Oh giant
caps 10 San Francisco or bought them ut
the Judsop company. Orchard kept Tho
dynamite in his room and took 1t with
him when he moved to 1886 Washing
ton street, within half block Of the
Bradley home.
With the failure o. the plot 10 kill
Bradley with poisoned milk, Orchard
made the bomb, first buying piece Of
five inch lead pipe, fourteen inches long
in a plumbing shop on Taylor street.
Richardson asked ii Detective Me.
Partland had determined 10 trace the
San Francisco locations for the witness
He brought me a list Of the sales Of
the Judson Powder company and asked
me II could pick ont Che name had
given. ! picked ont "A. @. Debbs az the
one / thought | remembered
Don't YOU know thepe was but ono
ten pound sale Of dynamite that whole
yearsp
@Mr. Mcfarland showed me several.
= Orchard said he had heard from Me
Partland about the suit OF the owner
Il the apartments against the Sar
Francisco gas company after the ex
plosion Of the Bradley bomb,
On Orchards confession, Mcfarland
and Governor Gooding made afiidavitt
for use by the gas company in moving
for a new trial Orchard did not know
about subsequent legislation.
Orchard said the morning he placed
the bomb at the front door o. the Brad
ley house, people were passing on then
way to work. The lead bomb was in
side q wooden box. Orchard took a cal
and was ont of ear shot before the ex
ploslon occurred.
From the examination Of the place
after the explosion, don't you know that
the walls were blown out instead Of in?
asked Mr.. Richardson.
sThey we're all shattered Orchard
said that's as Bradley opened the dool
he would be sideways TO the bomb ans
the explosion would be more likely t,
blow him out than in.