The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-06-20

BOISE, June la.--The state today
made dramatic production and proof
Of the Goddard bomb and besides Offering
further corroboration Of Orchards tes.
timony, secured the ruling under which
i number Of dennnclatory articles pub
lished In the Miners magazine, the of
fetal organ Of the Western Federation
Of Miners, will be admitted as evidence.
To Justice Luther NJ. Goddard. him.
self, fell the task Of telling the story
Of finding and preservation for use as
evidence the bomb, with which Orchard
tried 10 kill him. The veteran jurist
testified that the first information he
received about the bomb, came to him
from Orchards confession, which was
shown To him at Denver February Is,
1909, BY Detective Mcfarland. He At
once returned to his home and in his
gate discovered the screw eye which
Orchard said he placed there. The wit.
ness said he examined the ground out.
side OF the gate where Orchard said he
had placed the bomb and found q slight
depression with the soil packed very
hard around It, The bomb was dug up
the next day BY General Bulkiey Wells,
who using his pocket knife. cut the soil
away and raised the pine box containing
the bomb. There was small phial on
top OF the box and attached to the rub
ber cork OF the phial was a piece oi
rusted wire. The bomb and its attach
ments were at once taken to the office
Of the Pinkerton detective agency ant
carefully sealed In wrappers and en-
yelopes, that we're signed by half q doz'
en- witnesses, including Judge Goddard
and were Afterwards placed in o vault
70 the door OF which, Ave seals, includ
ing that of notary were attached
There they rested until the following
May, when believing the Haywood case
was to come to trial they were re-
moved In the presence Of the same wit
nesses and all save three Of the forty
sticks Of giant powder contained in the
bomb were exploded. The explosions oc'
cured In the presence Of the witnesses
at a point in the suburbs Of Denver and
the bomb itself, l2 giant caps and two
wrappers torn from the sticks were
saved as evidence. Senator Borah pro,
duced the several packets and com
mencing with the phial passed them to
Justice Goddard who broke the seals
and identified the articles.
Attorneys Richardson and Darow
for the defense objected to all of the
evidence and all the exhibits and moved
TO strike out everything but the court
ruled against them all along the line
Mrs. Seward. at whose home in San
Francisco, he lived, during part Of
the time he was conducting the opera
tions against Fred Bradley, gave evidence
strongly corroborating Orchards ac'
count of his acts and experiences In
San Francisco. Besides confirming Or
chard's recital as to the time, move
ments and locations, she testified that
she found lead and wood shavings in
Orchards room and a screw eye, string
, and bottle attached to the closet door
where Orchard had been experimenting
She said her lcdger had d very heavy
suit case and she had made up her mind
that he was an inventor
John L. Stearns, the agent, at Den.
YER, Of the Mutual Life Insurance Co.
confirmed the story told by Orchard
about securing employment as solici-
tor for the company before he went to
Canyon City to kill Ex-Governor Pea.