The San Francisco call., 1907-06-13

occupied entirely with his cross eN-
animation Of Harry Orchard IN the
trial of the Haywood case. At its close
he told the court that he expected to
be able 20 conclude tomorrow and said
that he had been asking the questions
as rapidly as possible in order to hurry
through
Today's work produced no material
change in the position OF either
Orchard or Richardson The lawyer
hammered away all day in the same
old way without making the least per
cepttble impression on the witness ex-
cept for a momentary show of some
feeling once or twice when telling some
details OF the hunt for steunenberg. In
giving those details Orchard told OF
coming TO Boise and finding his vic
tim registered at the Idanha hotel He
took a room at the same place and got
into Steunenberg's room by means Of
a skeleton key.
He was contemplating placing a
bomb under Steunenberg's bed and set
ting 1t Of by clock work He had
in his trunk IN the station at Nampa
the bomb that he had made for the
murder Of Governor Peabody at Canyon
City. but had not used it That was
the one he thought Of using to kill
Steunenberg.
Richardson brought out the fact that
Orchard realized the fact that q bomb
OF such size would probably destroy
the hotel and kill a good many others
besides Steunenberg. including women
and children Orchard said that he
thought Of did NOT "a rp rf1rarn
what happened then. However. while ne
was on the train going over to Nampa
he made up his mind to abandon the
Steunen berg plan. at least for the time
being, and go on to Portland to the
exposition. which was then running
there SO Steunenberg escaped at that
time
MERELY ~OUT OF LUCK
Richardson devoted the morning ses-
sion to going over Orchards move
ments in Denver and vicinity in the
fore part Of 1905 That was when
Orchard was employed, at different
times, in attempts on the lives of
Judges Gabbert and Goddard and of
NGovernor Peabody and General Sher-
man Bell. all of which failed. Richard
son commented on these numerous fail
ures and Orchard said that Haywood
had talked about them, too.
Haywood however took a philosophic
view of them He said he guessed
was out OF luck and had better laY
on for q while explained Orchard
The defense brought out and en-
phasized the fact that Orchard lived fo-
a month in the summer OF 1903 at
Pettibone's house.
Orchard said. in telling of the ef-
forts 70 kill Sherman Bell, that Petit
bone went with him TO lie in wait for
the opportunity with the shotguns-
n
get into position near the house
where he could shoot Bell, but was
driven away by the commotion made
by some little watch dogs that Bell had.
Richardson started in the afternoon
into the Steunenberg killing. but did
not get farther than the departure Of
Orchard and Jack Simpkins from Wal
lace for their trip through the St Joe.
country He brought out in full
Orchards story of the plot to kidnap
two Of the children Of August Paul
son. one OF his old partners in the
Hercules mine.
COATES Is INVOLVED
Orchard involved in this story David
Coates once lieutenant governor Of
Colorado and until recently editor Of q
labor paper in Wallace. Coates was
elected on the ticket with Governor
Ormond IN 1896, when the democrats
then running a labor paper in Denver.
Coates was in the courtroom today
and when Orchard told his story Rich
ardson called on him 10 stand up and
be identified
Orchard swung around in his chair
and looked at Coates Yes. sir ne
said: that's the man"
Coates sat down with grin. as if il
were a good joke TO be accused Of plot
ting a kidnapping.
Orchards account of the scheme was
that while 10 Denver in the summer Of
1905 he met Coates. whom he had known
ir the Occur d Alenes, and that they.
got TO talking OF old times there The
fact that Paulson had become so rich
out of the Hercules was mentioned and
Coates said that there was chance 20
get some easy money by kidnapping two
Of Paulson's children
He said we could make S5o.0oe or
$50 600" said Orchard. I asked him
what part of IL he would do and ne
said he would take the money.
asked Pettibone about him and he said
Coates was all right and would under
take what he said he would do
WOULD COMMIT ANY CRIME
did anybody ever suggest any crime
to you that you were not ready to COM
nlitZ~ interrupted Richardson.
Il don't remember" replied Orchard
There were great many crimes
talked about by Meyer and Haywood
and Pettibone that we never attempted
TO carry out
Going on with the KIDNAPPING story,
orchard said that when he went back
20 the Occur d'Alenes that fail he
thought OF this proposition Of Coates
and went TO Wardner TO find Jack
:Sinpkins and talked it over with him.
Simpkins thought that IL was good
scheme and they went up TO Wallace,
where Coates was then established as
editor of the paper started by Sow
ereign. grand master Of the Knights
of Labor. SimpE1fns talked with Coates
about il. and then all three discussed it
Pauisor had little, boy OF or and
2 girl a little older The plan was to
7<sdnap them both and hold them for a
heavy ransom. Coates was 10 arrange
The receipt OF the ransom and 10 divide
with Orchard and Simpkins after the
children were returned The scheme
xvas abandoned because the weather
got bad and cold and there was snow
on the ground. Just how that affected
. f~f,a = ri son did not inOIire.