The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-11


 Pettibone and the latter mad told Orch ard to call on Moran if he stopped off in Cheyenne.
 Moran, according to dispatches from Cheyenne, has denied taat he ever went on the errand for Orchard The witness said he gave Moran s10 for making the trip. The man brought back the money in package and with it a letter from Pettibone.
 Orchard told of meeting W. F. Davis in Cheyenne. Davis, he said. had been involved In the Couer d'Alene and Cripple Creek Troubles. Davis wanted to go along with Orchard and the two Nevilles to Cody.
 We did not take him because he was too well known" said Orchard
 He wasn't any bigger criminal than you were. was hey" suggested Richardson.
 He was known to be a bigger one at that time," the witness calmly re- piled
 Arriving in Cody, Ore ard said he lost all of his money-more than $500 ed $50 from Hall and returned to Dem yer. This was in July, 1904.
 The first man Orchard saw in Den yer was Pettibone. He told the latter that he had spent his money in buying some lots in Cody. He admitted that ne naQ lIcu dDOuI the matter TOT ne dlQ not want to tell Pettibone he had lost the money gambling. Within 9 few days he got s150 from Pettioone He then met Haywood, who wanted him to go to Bingham, Utan, to assassi- nate Andy" Mayberry. who had laid off lot of union men at his mines.
 Don't you know that as a matter of fact Haywood and Mayberry are and all ways have been the warmest personal frta Io oh ards
 Tt may be so; I didn't know it."
 Didn't you know that Haywood and Mayberry worked side by side in the mines of Nevada and that Mayberry had taught Haywood assaying?"
 T never knew anything about that"
 Met Haywood in Backyard.
 Orchard said he went to man named Baston about helping in the Mayberry assassination and then talked further with Haywood and Pet tibone in the latter's back yard. This was in thickly settled community but Orchard said there was no at- tempt at concealment They sat there an hour or two and talked apout rne crime.
 How loud did you talk2" asked Richardson.
 Loud enough for each other to hear"
 At this meeting Haywood said he would like Orchard to go to California and get Fred Bradley. The Mayberry matter was abandoned.
 Why was it abandoned?" asked At torney Richardson.
 T don't know"
 Orchard said he had known Mayberry for several years.
 What was the reason for getting Bradley2'
 Haywood said he was at the head of the mine owners association in California and was raising a fund of several hundred thousand dollars to drive the federation out of the State"
 Orchard denied that he had any grudge against Bradley from his ex- periences in the Couer dAlene.
 You were just taking orders to kill from your chief?' suggested Richard son.
 T was doing what MT Haywood told me"
 Richardson asked Orchard If he did not have grudge against Bradley by reason of the fact that he was driven out of northern Idaho.
 If I was driven out. 1t was my own fault" said tho witness
 Taking the witness back to the blow ing up of the Concentrator mill of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine. Of which Bradley was once the manager, Richardson asked him how long he had been member of the federation at this time.
 About month";" replied Orchard.
 Pettfbone Bought His Ticket.
 Starting for California to get Brad ley" Orchard said Pettibone bought his ticket for him and gave him $15O and new grip sack. In San Fran cisco he stopped the first two weeks in August 1904 at the Golden West Hotel. From there he went to a board ing house on Tenth street. Bradley was in Alaska when Orchard reached tn ectty- While waiting for him or chard spent part of his time in Ca lients Springs. Orchard heard neither from Haywood nor Mover while in Cali forpia, but received several letters from Pettibone These he destroyed immediately after reading.
 Why didn't you save some of these so you could have a hold on Pettibone in case he ever flew the track?" usk- ed Richardson.
 T wasn't thinking about getting anything on him-didn't have any do- sire to-"
 The first money received from Petit bone in California was $l00, when came in registered letter. Pettibone said in the letter that things were get ting warm in Colorado; that Johnny Neville and the boy had been arrested and the authorities were looking for Orchard. He said that Orchard had better lay low.
 The letter was signed Pat E. Bone. The money was in $20 bills. Orchard | received some of the money in the | name of Harry Green.
 Orchard then repeated his story about | putting strychnine into the Bradley | family's milk. Orchard had been ac- | quainted with the cook and had once | taken her to the theatre. The man said he was aware that the family con- sisted of Bradley, his wife, a baby and | three servant girls.
 Did you. while you were in San Francisco, go out one night to the end of the car line in Golden Gate Park and hold up a street car conductor? asked Richardson.
 No, sir"
 Did you ever tell anyone you did?" Yes I believe I dids''
 Then you confessed to a crime you did not commit?"
 Yes
 And you have confessed to other crimes vou never committed?"
 The attorneys for the State objected | to this but the objection was over ruled
 T have told such stories among men | when we were all telling stories"
 You have mania of telling stories of crime. haven't you?"
 T don't know whether have ma mia or not. but I have told stories when | others were telling of such things"
 You would read of crimes in the | papers and then lay claim to them?"
 No. sir. not that
 Altogether Orchard said he had got | ten about s55O while in San Francis