The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-13
CONFESSED TO
MANY MURDERS
Story of Harry Orchard on the
Witness Stand in PettibOne
Trial Continued.
SAME AS IN HAYWOOD CASE
DIRECT EXAMINATION WILL END
TODAY.

of deep emotion, Harry Orchard, in the
Pettibone trial this afternoon, told of
the assassination of Ex-Governor Frank
Steunenberg. In minute detail he tes-
titled in regard to the deliberate prep
aration for the crime; of his unsuccess-
full attempt to end the life of the gov
ernor. and finally of placing of the
bomb on the night of Dec. 80, 1905.
Tomorrow morning narration of his
arrest, confinement i'm the state peni-
Tertiary and his confession to Detec-
tive MCFARLAND. will end the direct ex-
animation. and the witness viii be
turned over to Clarence Darrow for
cross-examination. Before telling of
the Steunenberg murder, Orchard de-
tailed his alleged attempts on the lives
of Fred Bradley at San Francisco;
Justice Gabbert. Justice Goddard and
Governor Peabody at Denver, and of
plans which he said were made to kill
Sherman Bell, Frank Hearne, David
MOffat and John Neville Throughout
his story he pictured Pettibone as his
paymaster. and in some of his attempt
ed crimes he implicated the defendant
as an active participant. In every de-
tail his narrative was the same as Civ
en- i'm the Haywood trial, but HawYy,
in his questioning, was careful to lay
tiiDldslS Oll lhc part diieStu To nave
been taken by the defendant on trial.
Trip to Canyon City.
The testimony this afternoon began
with the trip to Canon City to kill Pea
body, the witness stating that i'm going
he followed Haywood's instructions. He
told of securing 6 position as insurance
agent on recommendation of Pettibone,
Howard Hawkins and J. c. Sullivan of
Denver. He said that he located Pea
body's residence and studied his habits
for a week, then going back to Denver
and meeting Haywood and Pettibone
at the latter's store and telling of the
plans He said he got fifty pounds of
dynamite at Max Malich's place, where
it had been left by Adams, Malich and
himself, after stealing it from a mag
azine. The powder, he said, was taken
to Petitioners store, where he and Pet
tibone made the bombs. Orchard had
the lead case made at a plumber s
shop. The Peabody bomb was intro
duced into evidence and Orchard dis
played considerable emotion as he iden-
tilted it.
Some Feeling Shown.
The muscles about his mouth
twitched and his voice trembled. He
then related his failure to place the
bomb. of his going to Rocky Ford, and
of his return to Denver. Next came
the narration of the second attempt on
Judge Gabbert, in which he said Pet
tibone assisted A bomb, he stated,
was set with a wire across a path fire.
quented by Gdbbert. He testified that
Pettibone watched the Gabbert resi-
dence, and when their intended victim
appeared, gave him a signal to tie
purse TO the wire so that Gabbert
would pick it up and set off the bomb.
Some one else came along. however.
and Orchard said he picked up the
bomb and left, taking it back to Pet
tibone's store.
PettibOne then went to the Salt Lake
the witness said, and Or
chard made another attempt alone. He
placed the bomb at the same place but
a mining man named Valley came
along ahead of Gabbert, picked up the
purse and was blown to pieces. Or
chard then told of making a bomb and
placing IT at Judge Goddard's gate.
Max Malich going with him. The next
he passed there and, dropping
a newspaper. stopped down and fast
ened the wire from the bomb into
screw he previously placed in the gate.
This attempt, he said, also failed.
Bomb Found by Bell.
After his arrest he told MCFARLAND
about planting a bomb, and it was dug
up by Sherman Bell. The witness said
that after this he and Pettibone
watched Sherman Bell, intending to
shoot him with a sawed-off shotgun,
but when Meyer heard of il he told
them he wanted nothing pulled off in
Denver. as he would be blamed, and
he had been in Jail long enough. 1t
was then that the Steunenberg affair
was proposed. Meyer wanted him, he
said, to go to Goldfeld and get John
Neville, because he knew too much,
and Haywood said the time had come
TO get Steunenberg.
1t was agreed that he should go to
Coldfield first. and then to Caldwell,
but Orchard said he never intended to
kill Neville. He went TO Canon City
for the bomb he had made for Pea
body, and then returned to Denver,
where, he said, he bought a round-trip
ticket to Portland, and started for
Idaho. His movements in this state
we're narrated very carefully. He told
Of going to Wallace and meeting Jack
and Of their going TO Cald-
we'll.
simpkins Scared.
After the first ATTEMPT to kill Steu-
he said Simpkins became
scared and left, going to Silver City.
He told Of telephoning TO Bill Easter
y at Silver City and trying to get him
% come to Caldwell.
"On the night of Dec. 60" said Orch
ird, Il saw Steunenberg at the Sara
oga hotel. / went to my room, got
he bomb, took it to Steunenbergs re-
;idence and fastened it to the gate,
covering it with snow. The bottles in
he bomb were stationary, a piece of
ish line being fastened to the cork to
picket in the gate. 1t was dark when
set the bomb. l thought l saw a man
ross the street just before | got there
After setting the bomb l started back
o the hotel and met Steunenberg
bout two blocks from the house.
Then started to run so as to get back
o The hotel before the explosion.
net several people, but none of them
me. l was within two
blocks of the hotel when the bomb ex-
,loded. / went on to the hotel and
vent into the saloon, helping the bar
ender tie up package, and then went
o my room TO clean up"
At this point in his testimony court
.djourned until tomorrow morning at F!
o'clock.
New Holiday Furs.