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the witness into an expert disauisition on
the manufacture OF bombs.
Wera to Pull Wire.

Were to Pull Wire.
Adams and Orchard were to pull the wire
as Gov. Peabody passed the place where
the Internal machine was buried. This wire
was strung to a point block away, and
had to pass in front Of an alley. Orchard
and Adams stood where they could see Gov.
Peabody as he came out.
This was the instance when, just as the
governor passed the bomb two coal wagons
came out of the alley and drove over the
wire. The two assassins saw 1t would be
useless to pull the wire, and even II they
could have done the drivers of the wag-
ons as well as several other persons pass
ing at the time would have seen them. Or
chard said he could not tell whether the
wagons were loaded or not.
After the failure Of the attempt the quest
of Peabody was temporarily abandoned
This was just before Peabody was sue
ceeded by Gov. Adams
Orchard declared he got no money direct
ly either from Haywood or Meyer during
the winter Of 19O4-05. There was an ar
rangement. he said, that Adams should
draw the money from Pettibone. Haywood
participated in the arrangement. AS TO
Meyer, Orchard said he did not see him
during the winter.
Richardson asked Orchard If he had not
tried to get Max Malich, man of good
reputation in Denver. into plan to blow
up boarding house full Of "scabs" In
Globeville.
mo. SIR" replied Orchard. Max Malich
trleO 10 get me INTO IT, he suggested H.
And what did you say?"
Il said I'd try to help him do it."
He did not ask Malich for any money
| whatever.
Malich, according to Orchard, said the
'scabs were driving him out of business,
and he wanted them done away with.
"If anybody asked you to dynamite a
! person you were ready to go right in on
it?'
mo, sir: not everybody"
did you ever try to collect a life insur-
ance policy on man said to have been
drowned near Toronto. Canada?'
mo, SIR" replied Orchard positively.
Mr., Richardson did not pursue the sub
ject.
The "Scab" Boarding House.
Returning to the subject Of the "scab''
boarding house at Globeville, Orchard said
he had talked 10 Haywood about the pro-
posed dynamiting and was told not to do 1t.
That ended the matter.
Mr.. Richardson next devoted himself to
the proposed assassna ton of Frank Hearne
| of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
Richardson asked Orchard If he had not
heard and read of debate between Hay
wood and Hearne before state senate COM
mittee. The attorney, in response to an OBJ
lection from the prosecution, said the ques-
ton was intended to show that 1t was en-
tirely possible for Orchard to have learned
what Haywood had said of Hearne to the
latter's face, rather than to have heard it
lIoH nay WOOu himself. Inc question was
allowed, and Orchard said he knew Hay
wood was at the capitol frequently, but he
did not know what he was doing there.
Then Richardson took another tack.
Stole Sheep.
Where did you get your fresh meat while
you and Steve Adams lived at Globeville?'
Sometimes at Max Malichs."
LAS a matter of fact, weren't you so hard
up you stole meat from the stockyard?"
Wed go over and get sheep sometimes
at night" replied Orchard amid laughter
And you did not have any money!
Yes did.
and steal a sheep than to go down and
make Haywood cough up? -
1T wasn't very hard to do either
Orchard said he was drawing supplies
from the miners strike relief fund at the
time he was being paid for crime.
Now, will you tell the jury why you did
Yes, sir. l WILL" replied the witness
Meyer. Haywood. Parker and Davis told
me to take the supplies, otherwise peo-
pie would want to know where I got the
money to live on
Orchard said the Gabbert and Hearne
plots gave way for lack of opportunity to
score against Goddard. Asked why he
wanted to kill Goddard, Orchard said it
was because Haywood told him to. Hay
wood said Goddard was against the eight
hour law and helped upset it.
Richardson wanted to know if it was not
a fact that Judge Goddard had not taken
his seat upon the supreme court bench at
the time of the plot.
"All 1 know is that he had been appointed
some time before by Gov. Peabody" the
witness replied.
Orchard said that Mrs. Steve Adams
accompanied him and her husband when
they stalked Goddard at his home
How was she armed?' he was asked.
Powder Not Used
She wasn't armed; she went along as
blind
Once more the line of Richa rdson's guess
lions led back to Globeville. Orchard said
he and joe Mehalich had stolen some
powder to blow up the hotel or boarding
house as suggested by Max Malich. The
powder was not used. Mehalich, Orchard
said. had helped to steal sheep and was
TO take part in the Goddard affair.
Richardson wanted to know If Steve
Adams had not threatened to put Orchard
out because he could not pay his board
bill.
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