Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-12


at the time he bought the dynamite
for the Bradley bomb. He did not re-
I member whether he took box of CLAM
caps to San Francisco, or bought them
at the Judson Company. Orchard
kept the dynamite in his room ard
took 1t with him when he moved tc
1926 Washington street, within half 4
block of the Bradley home.
J With the failure of the plot II kill
/ Bradley with poisoned milk, Orchard
made the bomb, first buying a piece
Of 5-inch lead pipe, IA inches long, il
a plumbing shop on Taylor street,
somewhere in the block.
Richardson asked if Detective Ne
/ Partland mad determined to trace the
| San Francisco locations for the wit
ness
! He brought me a list of the sales
or tie Judson Rowder Co. and asked
| ING it | could pick out the name 1 had
| given. picked out A. Debs as the one
1 thought 1 remembered"
Don't you know there was but one
;0-pcund sale Of dynamite that whole
YEAR,
Mr.. Mcfarland showed me sew
| eral."
Orchard said he had heard from Me-
Pdrtland about the suit Of the owner
OF the apartments against the San
Francisco Cas- 10, after the explosion
IF the Bradley bomb.
on Orchards confession Mr. Nc
Portland and Gov. Gooding made AFT
davts for use by the Gas Go. i'll NOV
ing for 4 new trial.
Orchard did not know, 1Lout suisse
qIent legislation.
Orchard said tn" morning he placed
He bomb at the front door OF the
BRADLEY house. people We're passing on
their way To work. The lead bomb was
inside a wooden box. Orchard took q
car and was out Of earshot before the
explosion occurred.
From the examination of the place
after the explosion. don't you know
that the walls We're blown out instead
of in" asked Mr.. Richardson.
They We're al shattered"
orchard said that as Bradley opened
the door he would be side ways to the
bomb and the explosion would be more
likely to blow him out than in.
Hhe witness. with his usual calmness.
drew = diagram for the attorney
showing Just where he had placed the
bomb and where Bradley would be with
the opening of the door At the sug-
gestiun of Judge Wood, Orchard left
the witness chair and explained the
diagram to he jurors.
Orchard said be mad learned from the
newspapers that Bradley had been blown
into the street.
Then YOU don't know positively that he
wac itt. In CT cd DinI,
ardson.
81 didn't see him CO." said Orchard.
Orchard next told of returning to Dem
Yer after receiving more money from
Pettibone. He disguised himself as a SOL
der and wore glasses.
'pon't you know that soldiers never
wear glasses" asked Mr.. Richardson.
II diGn't know it, no." said the witness.
Then Attorney Hawley for the state
chirred in: You forget Mr.. Roosevelt at
San Juan. Mr. Richardson"
ne wasn't a soldier" shouted Richard
son.
And he wasn't at San Juan" declared
Mr.. Nugent of the defendants coLnsel.
Orchard said he had sent several San
Francisco papers to Pettibone.
Arriving in Denver he went first to see
Pettibonc He then met Steve Adams and
went with Billy Ackern,an to live at
Adams house, Mrs. Adams cooking the
meals
"DiInt Steve have to move because he
couldn't pay the rent?" asked Richard
son.
NO sir. We lad plenty of money. The
old place was not satisfactory
Orchard continued to live with the
Adams family from; before Christmas.
1904, to February 1905. Richardson en-
deavorcG to show that botlI Orchard and
Adams were poverty stricken all winter.
Richardson asked if witness had sent
any money lie received for the Bradley
affair to either of lis wives. He said he
had not. He supposed Fettibone was
looking out for his Cripple Creek wife.
'Eut nobody vas caring for your Ca
madam wife,"
mo, sir" said Orchard.
The witness bit his lower lip and seem
ed to show one of tie very few traces of
feeling in his voice.
Isn't 1t fact" continued Richardson.
that the woman you wronGed in Grip
pie Creek had to sell her wash tubs in or
der to get things to eat?'
mo, sir. Pettibone had promised to
look out for her when left Colorado
Orchard said that while he was liv-
ing With Adams that he was detailed
by Haywood to help Adams ;tssasSinatc
Judge Gabbart in Denver.
Haywood said ne wanted us to shoot
Gabbcrt because he felt the use of
dynamite would get everybody III
trouble" said Orchard. His idea in
continuing - Kill was to get the ranch
Haywood, Meyer ana Pettibone had
promised him.
In reply Is Il taunt by Richardson.
Orchard replied: Il call all the things
1--we done Very cowardly."
Richardson asked Orchard as to some
If Haywood's public utterances about
the time the Peabody attempts wcre
being made. one To the effect that the
Western Federation Of Miners did not
care who was governor.
Mfr. Haywood often said things on
the outside that he talked about diff
terently to u.s." said Orchard.