Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-08
would react on the union and was no,
to be countenanced.
Vlndlcator Incident.

wouiQ TeacI on Lne union and was not
to be countenanced.
indicator Incident.
With man named Scholtz, Orchard
said he went into the Vindicator mine
to attempt to fire powder. A eager"
discovered them and they shot at him
This incident caused the abandonment
Of the plan Of blowing up the mine
at the time. Two months later the
matter of blowing up the mine was
again taken up.
"Who suggested it this time?" was
asked.
Sherman, Parker and Davis" was
the reply.
Orchard said the plan this time was
to attach pistol to the lift bar at the
seventh level. The cage would life the
bar and discharge the pistol into a box
OF giant caps. which in turn would fire
the powder. Orchard said experiments
were conducted In an abandoned shaft
house. Easterly told MIN he could not
be mixed up with the explosion, al
though Easterly assisted in conducting
the aXpe' iments for the second attempt
on the mine. Orchard said he was
promised $500 for the job.
Are your father and mother liy-
ing?" asked Attorney Richardson.
NO, sir; they are both dead"
Orchard said he had one brother and
six sisters. He said some lived in
Canada and some in New York state.
Orchard gave the names Of five of his
sisters as Clara, Florence, Maggie.
Mabel and Edith. Ali were married
except Edith, he said. but could not re.
member the married name of only one
Maggie Fraser, who lives near
Brighton, Ont. His brothers name is
Joseph Horsley and he lives at Wooler.
Ont. Orchard said he married in 1888
and his wife is still living. He has
heard from her since his arrest. Or
chard said he had one child. He said
he once lived in Detroit, but denied
ever having been in Utica, N. Y
Admits Two Wives.
you left one wife in Canada?'
"Yes.''
"And you have another wife in Colo.
rado?"
"Yes."
"You are bigamist, them"
II don't know what you call it,
"You were married twice and have
two wives?''
eyes,"
Richardson was very aggressive with
the witness, hurting his questions at
him in fast flying volleys and in tones
harsh and rasping.
Orchard said he ran away from Can
ada with another mans wife, going to
Nelson. B. c. The womans name was
Hattie Simpson. Orchard went into
the restaurant business for while.
He then moved to Pilot Bay, B. Co. and
ran boarding house.
"You went by the name Of Little,
didn't you?"
"Yes, SIR"
Orchard said Mrs. Simpson went
back home from Pilot Bay and he went
to Spokane.
Which one got tired first?" demand
ed Richardson.
Neither" said Orchard, amid laugh
| ter.
| did you desert her?''
"No sne went back home"
| In Spokane, Orchard said he adopted
the name of Harry Orchard. From
/ Spokane Orchard went to Wallace
Idaho, where he acquired a one-six-
teenth interest in the Hercules mine,
now largely owned by Ed Boyce, the
former president of the Western Fed
GRAFTON or Miners. Boyce is reputed
many times a millionaire. Orchard
said he sold out his interest in the
mine in 1897 and bought woodward at
Burke, Idano He had borrowed some
money on his mining stock before sell.
ing it. Orchard said he remained in
the mining country until 1899.
You didn't go away on the ocean
to the Philippines or Honolulu"
| No, sir
But you told Pettibone you made
such a trip on transport, didn't you y
II may have. | won't say positively
that / did,
Were you ever employed to watch
and report things ii TIC niiiins coun-
try?''
No. sir"