Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-06-08
HAD MANY ON HIS LIST.
Orchard Confines Remarkable
Story Of Countless Crimes.
PLOT TO KILL STEUNENBERG

Witness Declares That Haywood First
Suggested the Assassination of the
Former Governor of Idaho "as an
Example to Others"
Boise, Ida, June Harry Orchard,
again On the stand in the Haywood
case, testified that the defendant first
suggested that he come to Idaho and
assassinate Frank Steunenberg. He
said that at a conference held at the
office of the Western Federation Of
Miners in Denver in 1905 Meyer pro-
tested against further acts Of violence
in Denver and urged that certain out
side work" be taken up.
Orchard swore that Meyer wanted
him to go to Goldfeld and murder
John Neville. Neville accompanied
Orchard to Wyoming after the indie
pendence station was blown up and,
| according to Orchard, knew too much
about the crime for Meyers peace OF
| mind. z..
Then it was, the witness swore,
that the Steunenberg plot, suggested
by Haywood, had its inception.
Before the Steunenberg story was
developed Orchard told Of various
plots to kill Governor Peabody, Gen
eral Sherman Bell, Judge Goddard,
Judge Gabbert, Dave Moffatt and
Frank Hearne. The state produced a
large lead shell and Orchard identi-
| fed it as the outer casing of the bomb
he carried to Canyon City in the hope
, of blowing up Peabody.
Orchard came to the stand in per-
feet composure and in the same even
voice resumed his remarkable confes-
sion of countless crimes.
Failure to Kill Bradley.
| Orchard began his days testimony
by giving the names of several per-
sons he met in San Francisco when
| he went there to assassinate Fred
Bradley, who had been formerly the
manager of the Bunker Hill and Sui
! liyan mines in the Occur dAlene dis
( trict of Idaho. These names were
related in order to pave the way for
| possible confederation OF Orchards
testimony at this point. Leaving Cali
| fornia Orchard returned to Denver,
wearing the uniform Of a soldier. He
said he Immediately called up Petit
bone on the telephone.
| -"Pettibone asked me how Bradley
was" continued Orchard. II told him
Bradley was still alive when I left
| San Francisco, but it was reported he
! would lose his eyesight and probably
be deaf for the rest of his life. Petit
bone said that was better than if |
| had killed him outright-that Bradley
would now be living example"
Orchard said he asked for money
and received $125 from Pettibone with
the assurance that he could get more
whenever he wanted it.
Orchard said Haywood next asked
him ito go to work on Judge Gabbert
of the supreme court of Colorado"
Il went to Judge Gabbert's house.,
| continued Orchard, 1.-The following
Sunday night with Steve Adams and
| shotgun, but we did not see the
| Judge. Haywood also wanted us to try
| again at Governor Peabody, saying he
| did not care how we got rid of him.
| At this time it seemed that Peabody
| was about to be elected for another
| term Steve Adams, Billy Alderman
| and l set to work and made a bomb.
! We put it under the sidewalk at Thir-
! teenth street and Grant avenue in
Denver. The governor walked along
here every morning.
Saved by a Coal Wagon.
adams and l watched for the gov
ernor until he came out. Just as the
governor walked over the place where
| the bomb was two heavy coal wagons
came out of the alley and passed over
| the wire leading to the bomb and we
| could not pull it. We threw the bomb
| in the river and reported to Pettibone
that we had failed. He said it was
| too bad.
after this we tried to shoot Gov
| ernor Peabody, hanging around his
| house for long time, but not getting
| an opportunity We also tried to
| shoot Frank Hearne Of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company. Haywood
| said Hearre was trying to fix the leg
| islature against US and would be
| good man to get out of the way. He
| also said that Dave Moffatt, president
! of the First National bank, was an
| other. He said he was convinced that
Moffatt was behind the people who
| were fighting the Western Federation
| of Miners"
Adams and Orchard watched Moi
| fatt's house for some time with