The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-06-08
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him Thirty ponds Of GIANT powder
were used Isl n
\ Pettbone; Orchard deeIarsd, gave
him t sieo before he returned TO Canon
City with fhe bomb. or BIS way IL
5hes latter place a companion heard d
clock ticking I'd I the grip win Sthe
bomb; and wanted 70 know what ii was.
4 told him, jokingly. that ii u
a bomb, and Twas going 10 put tt ;un.
der Peabody II ! got q chance, Or.
chard @enton. .'Bnt when reported
this conversation to Pettibone he told
me ! had better not try 1t on Pea,
body at that time. He said. however,
that he wanted something pulled of
before the conyen,Ion-,,ha, we mus,
have something TO show for the mon.
ey ws'd spent.
Called It Hard Luck.
"Pettibone and ! then went TO work
and prepared a bomb for Judge Cab.
bert. We made 1t out of a half.gal.
Ion syrup can, using 10 pounds Of giant
powder. 5,{,s n, e E
20 tE 49, ffT fHs
"Pettibone and ! planted the bomb
In a vacant lot which Judge Gabbert
crossed on his way home. We left
a wire out Of the bomb and to this
we intended fastening a poeketbook
the idea being that Judge Gabbert
would pick up the purse and thus up.
set the bottle Of salphuric acid inside
the bomb, We tried one day to fas.
ten the purse, but Judge Gabbert
came too fast and We had to leave It
alone, lax =
"Pett!bone had to so next dag to
Salt Lake TO attend the convention Of
the Western Federation Of Miners
leaving me to attend to Judge Cab.
bert. He said we must certainly do
something before the convention. !
was afraid to touch the old bomb, SO
| prepared a new one, AS Judge Cab.
bert started out the next morning u
rode ahead Of him on a bicycle and
fastened the pocketbook to the wire.
! rode or downtown and did not hear
an explosion until an hour afterward.
A man named Wally had picked IN the
pocketbook and was killed. Judge
Gabbert had passed without noticing
It." ;
When he reported the result IL
Pettibone the latter said It was "hard
Pettibone the latter 50, ait was "har.J
luck" II
General Bell Also Marked.
Orchard to,d tha deta,,s q, ri. r M,
ments almost .flav nv dav stra,oh,n,
his narratfva i, III IL eroo, ,on,,h w.
said the next man selected for attack
was Sherman Bell, former a.';u,apt
general OF Colorado. who had been In.
strumental In breaking up a strike.
Orchard said II was decided to buy
a rig and drive out to Bells house. He
took Haywood to ride In the rig and
then bought II for Sis. The bill Of
sale was made out id Pett!bone's name,
He and Pettibone drove out to Bells
house several nights In succession
About this time Meyer returned ia
Colorado. and when he found out what
was going on. ordered II stopped. Moy.
err, Orchard declared, said he did not
want anything pulled off In Denver
l.. ~ $500, -. :, ne "su'u 'u'e ,
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