Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1907-06-07

hundred dollars. he said, was tnc -
ward for the murderer. . !.
Then came the journey to Denver'
where the witness said he met Moyer,
Hnvwood and Pettibone and entered
their employ as assassin. He swore
that Haywood paid him 5000 for blow.
ing up the indicator mine. Mex
came the making OF two bombs t%l
were tossed into the coal heap at TIE
yindicator mine. but were never
heard from again, and then digres'
sion to confess that before the sue
cessful attempt at the Vindicator mine
he had informed the railway manage
ment OF plot to blow up its trains
CARRYING nonunion men. Next the
prisoner related how he journeyed TO
southern Colorado as a guard 70
Meyer.
After the noon recess the witness
told OF his Journey with Meyer and
his return to Denver. where It was
suggested, he said, that he XIII GOV
peabody. He said he picked steve
Adams to aid him, and together they
stalked the governor between the cap
itol building and his home, trying iof
a shot at him with cut-on shotguns.
Haywood and Pettibone were IN the
Mot and furnished the witness Win
money from time to time, ne sald.
The plot failed because Horsley anu
Adams followed carriage containing
three women to the Peabody nome
and excited suspicion.
Next came plot to dynamite Pea'
body, and Horsley said they MADE =
bomb, but gave the plan up az 'no
suggestion of Haywood, who was III
fear that they would all be arrested.
He said he and Adams were toio "
Law off for a time, but meantime Pet'
tibone suggested that they XIII Lyte
Gregory, who had been deputy
sheriff and had given testimony
against some of the members OF the
federation.
How Gregory Was Murdered.
The witness then detailed the re.
lentless trailing of Gregory and MS
final murder. Gregory turned ana
backed up against fence, sals tne
witness, las if to draw gun, ana
shot him three times. 1t certainty
killed him" This tale OF coWardly
brutal man hunting and killing seemed
to play with greater intensity upon
the nerves of the men and women
who sat listening to Horsley than any
Of the others and a perceptible shud-
der went through the room as ne
calmly talked of the shooting. 1t was
the only place where victim mao !,
been actually faced The others nao
been done to death by mechanlcai
and chemical contrivances. :,
Then came the frightful tragedy al
independence, followed by the flight
to wyoming and after that the trip
to San Francisco for the purpose OF
killing Bradley. Orchard swore that
after his visit to Denver, when ne got
the money for killing Mccormick and
Beck, he was constantly in commune
cation with and in the pay OF either
Haywood, Meyer, Pettibone, Slmp-
kins or Davis; that one or all OF them
suggested his various crimes ana
that at all meetings held after each
crime his accounts had been warmly
commended. !.
The first Of the witnesses called
"Wednesday was T. M. BrunZell hO-
tel proprietor of Nampa, Idaho, which
is between Boise and Caldwell. Brun-
zell identified the names Of Thomas
Hogan and John l.. Simpkins in his
hotel register for November, 1905.
Hogan, or Orchard, was at the hotel
with Simpkins on November 3D.
The presence Of Simpkins at Nampa
on November Z, and at Silver City
on November s, 1905, was established
by A. Hinkey and J. A. Connors, hotel
keepers. in their respective cities.