Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-05-08


 will repeat the confession upon the stand, and as chief witness for tho state relate n story filled with plot and coun. terplot startling in development and execution. Adams has also made con. fession and is expected to be one wit ness for the prosecution, although Ad- ans later, it is. said, under pressure of relatives, repudiated portions of the statement. aft effk& Was Union Man
 Steunenberg began life as pioneer, and was member, of the Typograph- ical union throughout the greater part of his life, and was in strong sympathy with the cause of union labor. This circumstance gives ground for the i'm portant contention of the case. Upon one hand 1t is argued that Steunenberg refused to ,countenance or permit vio. lence in behalf of union labor, and he was stricken down, as a traitor to his fellows, by mind that never forgets and an arm that can reach through years to strike when least expected. | Upon the other hand, it is contended that his we'll known advocacy of union principles made it at once probable that his death was produced by non-union men. | Steunenberg was blown to death on the evening of December 30, 1905. In the gathering gloom of stormy even ing he entered the side gate of his res idence at Caldwell. A bomb of pecu- liar manufacture, with a string attach ed, sunk in the snow beside the gate, piece of fishing line being fastened to the gate. As Steunenberg entered, the opening of the gate sprung the trigger of the bomb and he was terribly man, gled and blown fifteen feet from the gate. He lived nearly an hour. He was conscious and spoke, but the rup- tured ear drums, dead to sound, caused him to die without knowing what killed him. He asked his wife who shot him, and the mystifcation of his eyes showed he could not hear her reply.
 The explosion of the bomb aroused the whole state of Idaho. Orchard had murdered Steunenberg Before the day was over he was suspected He had gone to Caldwell from Denver as Thorn as Hogan, variously claimed to be an insurance man, buyer of sheep, semi professional gambler. Orchard s trunk revealed more evidence, A score of witnesses located him at various times, looking about the Steunenberg home with Jack Simpkins, member of the executive board of the Western Fedora. tion of Miners who has not been caught, watching the Steunenberg home with field glasses and making inquiries as to Steunenberg's movements.
 It is stated that Orchard, when asked at the examination if he wanted coun- sel. said if the news of his arrest was published around, counsel would prompt ly be on the ground to advise him.
 Confession Obtained
 Subsequently Hogan was identi- fled by the Colorado police as Orchard, wanted on the charge of blowing up the Independence depot. In the mean time the case passed into the hands of the Pinkerton agency, and James Me Partland, famous for his part in the Molly Mcguire affair, assumed charge of the inquiry. Mcfarland secured what claimed to be a free and full con. fession from Orchard, who had been removed from the jail at Caldwell to the penitentiary in this city for safe keeping, as feeling ran high against him in Caldwell. Orchard s confession was never fully made public, but it is known that it contains alleged admission of participation in nearly thirty murders, and that Orchard charges Haywood, Mover and Pettibone with having in- dnced him to commit crimes, having paid him in money un agreed sum for each. It is alleged that Orchard s con fession has been amply confirmed, and that he will go upon the stand and repeat it with the full knowledge that when the turn comes for trial he will be convicted and executed. It is said that Orchard only desires to make a clean breast of his past, and is quoted as saying that he desires to clear mp the whole thing "before I am execut. edp
 The states prosecutors believe they can coToborate the confession in all its most important aspects. It is al legged that Pettibone was an expert on explosives and that he, Mover and Haywood jointly plotted their crimes. On February of last year, Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone were arrested in Colorado and immediately brought to Idaho. The. arrest was made by the Idaho officials on affidavits that the men were in the state of Idaho at the time the murder was committed. The governor of Colorado honored the requi- sition of the governor of Idaho, but there was no judiciary proceeding in Colorado, circumstance that led to a long and bitter contest. The affidavit charging that the men were in the state of Idaho at the time of the murder is to be false in fact, though it was compliance with the letter and spirit of the statute. according to off cers of the state. It gave rise to wide spread discussion as to the prospective action of the two states involved Then | throughout the country went the cry that the prisoners had been Kidnapped in | defiance of all constitutional rights.
 The Famous Writ
 This phase of the question later was tested by means of writ of habeas