The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
Harry Orchard Tells Startling
 Story of Crime in the West.

properly connected with the testimony as given by Orchard. he would rule l it out.
 T had been high grading in the Vim dicator Mine," said Orchard. High grading is commonly known as steal ing nigh grade ore. I had some pow der In the mine,' continued Orchard,
 and reported the fact to MT. Davis, president of our local He said he would give me $2O0 to set the. powder l on and blow up the mine. The union men had all been called out on strike. l asked companion, named Scholtz, if he would like to go in with me. He said all right and that he thought we were justified. We went to the mine and took couple of shots at the man running the cage. He ran away Into a tunnel We did not find the powder and came out of the mine unmolested. "In November some time, w. F. Da- wis and Sherman Harked. who were in charge of the strike. came to me and asked me If we could not send a bomb into the Vindicator Mine and ruin it. They said they would give me $500 for 1t. l went to Scholtz about 1t. but he did not want to do 1t, for they had not paid him for the last time he went into the mine A man named Acker- man then said he would help me.
 Exploded Bomb for Money.
 T got fifty pounds of giant powder and arranged 1t with giant caps, which were to be set off by the lifting of the guard rail as the cage passed the sev- enth level We placed the bomb but did not hear anything of 1t for about week. when it finally exploded. Su- perintended Mccormick and Mel Beck shift boss. were killed.
 T saw Davis and Parker after this at the miners hall and we talked it oyer a little. I went home with them hat vnfe fcf1 I and wanted some money and they said they would have to get it from head quarters at Denver. That night they wanted me to go to Victor with them I held back at first, but they said there was no reason to fear. and I finally went. I asked again for the money saying might have to get out. Par ker said he would give 1t to me the next day. The next day, however both Davis and Parker were arrested
 "W. B. Feasterly was also arrested but released on habeas corpus. He went to Denver and I followed him. where I went to see Haywood and Mover at their offices in the Miners Exchange building.
 q knew them only by sight prior to this. I introduced myself and they said they knew me by reputation.
 Mover asked me if I wanted any money and said not at that time. but later. mOyer Salu EdSteFiy na0 IOlQ him to blow the Vindicator Mine and kill Mccormick and Beck.
 Haywood told me the blowing up of the mine was a fine piece of work and they were much pleased with it. I talked to Haywood. Mover and Eas- ter7y about the matter. They said there would be nothing further for me, but night work for while. Haywood said he would have to clean those fel- lows up at Cripple Creek
 Mover gave me $200, and Haywood, later in Movers office, paid me $500 for blowing up the mine
 q returned to Cripple Creek in De- cember, 1903, and since then I have not done any labor. Haywood and fierce to suit them, to go ahead and blow up anything I could think of, to get some of the soldiers if possible.
 Made Dynamite Bombs
 'T went to work and made a couple of bombs out of powder and dynamite. I was helped by owney Barnes. l turned one of the bombs over to a man at a saloon who said he was going to throw it. I don't know what became of it."
 Some time in January or February. 1905, Orchard said he went back to Denver as a delegate at labor con- vention. Parker and Davis were still blowing up the Vindicator Mine and an attempt at train wrecking.
 The defense objected to any testi- mony as to train wrecking, but it was allowed by Judge Wood.
 Parker and Davis, Orchard said, told him they were going to wreck Florence and Cripple Creek train near curve in the mountains, where the train would plunge into a gulch. Par ker said something must be done to scare and kill off the scabs who were taken to the mines and home again over this road. Orchard said Davis told him tn at if the train was wrecked he thought some money would be forthcoming from Denver.
 'T wanted money for what I had al- ready done" continued Orchard. Par