The San Francisco call., 1907-06-12


But nobody was caring for your Canadian
mo. SIR said Orchard.
The witness bit his lower lip and seemed to
SHOW one of those very rare traces of feeling
Isn't it fact continued Richardson. that
the woman you wronged in Cripple Greek had to
sell her wash tubs in order TO get things 10
NO. sir; Pettibone had promised to look out
for her when left Colorado
to your wife,
Yes
.'where?-,
I'm Pettibone's back yard"
That makes two visits TO Petitioners back
No. sir; It doesn't nothing of the Sort said
Orchard positively. I'VE talked about it the day
they wanted me to go to California 10 get Brad
Orchard said that IT was while he wss living
with Steve Adams that he was detailed by Hav
wo9d to help Adams assassinate Judge Gabbert
Haywood said he wanted ms TO shoot c,abbert
because he felt ne of dynamite would get
everyoody IN trouble" I" said Orchard
., n ue iaea OF Orchard IN continuing to kill was
20 70 get the ranch that Haywood Meyer and Pet
tpone had promised him.
And you we're ready to kiln everybody in Colo
don't know about that
WAS TOO COWARDLY
Once more Richardson reverted 70 or.h,-,..
gamoIing proclivities. Three or four times day
tne subject has come up since the cross exauiua-
ed to know what sort of games orcbsrd n,sIed
ne said that he played faro bank draw poker
stud poker and blackjack he denied that he
1;o essi run game, and in response TO ques-
tion which had been propouuded nearly score
OF umes before insisted that he lost at gam
Ding more often than he won
orchard said that he Iurked about Judge Cab
to shoot him. - -e
WHY ms
and pump it into him % asked Rjeharison '' '
because / was too cowardly'' said Orchard
without moments hesitation
You never allowed anybody else to call von .
coward. did you. in those days:''
II don't know about that
didn't you 20 oh'
can all the things I've done very coward.
~ ptaSn saia Orcnard IN a low, even voice.
hlcnardson asked Orchard as to some of Hav
nocu pubic utterances about the time that the
reapooy attempts were being made-oue to the
r@, - .nst me western federation of miners did
nol care VINO was governor
ADMITS HE LIED
M. Haywood often said things on the ont
Orchard 1-.eien''y 70 Us SAID
You used to do the same thing. didn't vo,7..
eide to tell ni1 tb up 70 the time changed and de-
mssins yTensrd 9, vas vas being questioned as to the
ad,ns peaheasv OF me bombs prepared for Governor
p. m was ordered unin LOU
AT the afternoon session. however R,.h.-s
81 sor, sooa =. hew tack and asked Orchard a long
Billy Ackerman paid to have his teeth % Srsd f.ssn
me witness declared that he did NOT know
tai college or not. He said that he knew tss.
to srd got money to have his teeth attended
Richasoons pos5 pUspo o. 1t 1t WAS presumed 70 be
tba Auams MS ana Acserman had little money during
alter exhausting the subject OF Ackerman's
e' see.n Attorney Richardson returned to the Pea
oody anair He carefully carried the witness
81 ~, ene planting OF the first bomb in the snow
at tne corner OF Thirteenth street and Grant
avenue: ihis was about January l. 1905 Or
enard denied that he was in plot to tran MAY
also denied that he oerea for soo 70 n,,r,er
business rsai OF Malich named Mcdonald.
ATTEMPT ON PEABODY
8. Ine nrst bomb was placed at about O'Clock
IN IN the morning By Steve Adams and Orchard
Orchard planted the bomb There ne vs9 r11ne5 and a.
oo Pounds OF powder in the bomb. They did
noe fbsv plant It @ At night. Orchard said because
ardson carried the witness into an expert dis
QUESTION on the manufacture OF bombs.
Governor Peabody passeS s'e ts 70 pu the wire
Internal machine was buried. This wire was
s.rung 81 70 point block away and had to pass
Orchard and Adams stood where they couId
see GoFernor Peabody as he came out
ms was the instance when inst as tba GOV
ernor passed the bomb two coal wagons came
out OF the alley and drove over the wire The
TWO assassins saw that 1t would be useless 10
pull the wire, and even II they could have dons
so the drivers Of the wagons as well az seversI
otner persons passing at the time would have
!. Orchard said that he could not tell whether
the wagons were loaded or not
AIlet tne failure OF the attempt the Quest
was Just before Peabody was succeeded nv Gov.
ernof Adams Orchard declared that he got No
money directly from either HAYWOOD or Mover
during the winter of 1904-5. There was an ar
the money from Petubone. Haywood partici-
pated In the arrangement. As to Mover Or
chard said that he did not see him ali winter.
MALICH SUGGESTED CRIMES
Richardson asked Orchard If he had not tried
IN Denver. into plan 10 blow up a boarding
house full of nonunion men in Globeville near
Denver. ~
mo. SIR replied Orchard. MAX MsIicb
ied 70 get, get me e,d into IT. he suggested it,.
said I'd try to help him do it,
He did not ask Malich for any money what
ever Malich. according to Orchard. said that
the nonunion men were driving him out OF
business and he wanted them done away with
If anybody asked you to dynamite a person.
you were ready to go right in on it?"
No. sir. not everybody
Did you ever try to collect life insurance
policy on man said to have been drowned
near Toronto, Canada"
"No. SIR" replied Orchard positively.
Richardson did not pursue the subject.
Returning 10 the nonunfon boarding house at
Globeville, Orchard said that he had talked 10
Haywood about the proposed dynamiting and
was told not to do it. That ended the matter
Richardson next devoted himself to the pro
posed assassination of Frank Hearne of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company.