, 1907-06-06
ORCHARD CONTINUES
HIS GRUESOME STORY

ticking in the grip with the bomb and
wanted to know what it was. 81 told
him j%okingly,' said Orchard, that it
was a bomb l was going to put under
Peabody If l got a chance. When l
reported this conversation to Petit
bone he told me l had better not try
it on Peabody at that time.
cunninsIy Laid Scheme.
"Pettibone and 1 then prepared a
bomb for Judge Gabbert. We planted
it in a vacant lot which Gabbert
crossed on his way home. We left the
wire out of the bomb, and to this we
intended fastening a pocket book, the
idea being that Gabbert would pick
up the purse and upset a bottle of sui
phuric acid inside the bomb.
Wrong Man Killed.
AS Judge Gabbert started out one
morning, l fastened the pocketbook to
the wire and rode off down town on a
bicycle. An hour later a man named
Valley picked up the pocketbook and
was killed. P%ettibone said this was
hard luck" according to Orchard.
Tried to Kill Bell.
Orchard testified that he and Petit
bone next tried to shoot General Sher-
man Bell, but before they had a chance
Meyer arrived in Denver, having been
released from Jail at Telluride, and he
ordered operations in Denver stopped,
saying he had work outside more i'm
%portant.
Down to Steunenberg Case.
The witness then got down to the
Steunenberg case. He said it was sug-
gested by Haywood. HE thought that
after we got him. continued the wit
ness, after letting him go for seven
or eight years, and thenewent back to
Paterson, N. j., and wrote letters to
Judge Gabbert, Peabody, Bell and 9TH
ers, telling them that they would get
the same thing as Steunenberg, it
would have a good effect. Meyer said
it would be better than killing them"
Noon Recess Taken.
Orchard said he went to Idaho, but
the noon recess was taken before he
told of the assassination of Steunen-
berg.
James Kirwin, acting secretary and
treasurer of the Western Federation
during the enforced absence of Hay
wood, arrived in Boise from Denver
this morning. He came in response
to a telegram from James H. Hawley,
senior counsel for the state. Kirwin
was served with a Geographic subpoe-
ma some weeks ago.
Willing to Testify.
Il was advised" he said today, that
the service of such a subpoena is lille
gal, but to show l have nothing to con-
ceal, l informed the prosecution that
| would come tc Boise whenever they
desired"
Told of Killing Gregory.
During the afternoon session yester-
day Orchard told of the killing of Lyle
Gregory, a deputy sheriff, at Denver.
He n Pettibone planned the killing.
They met Gregory in a saloon, Orchard
said. Gregory left the place about
midnight. He saw us, l think, and
made a reach, as l thought, for a gun
| then shot him three times with a
sawed off shotgun. l believe killed
him"
Commended the Job.
The next day Orchard saw Haywood,
Pettibone and Simpkins. Meyer was
in Jail at Telluride. 'They all ex-
pressed themselves as well pleased
with the job. They said it was all
right with them, and he wouldn't get
after them very hard. for he said that
whoever bumped Gregory off had done
a good job"
Planned to Destroy Depot.
Continuing, orchard gave some very
interesting testimony along the lines
of the action of the party in Denver.
He said:
we planned then to blow up the In
depot, in Colorado. l ask
ed Steve Adams if he wanted to help,
and he said he did. l gave him the
money to get the powder, and we took
the powder to a cabin near the depot
at Independence, preparatory to using
it the next night
Told to Wait Awhile.
"The next day Sherman Parker told
me some of the men from the conven.
ton were coming up to Independence
to make an investigation of conditions
there, and he told us to not pull the
thing off until they went away. They
went away Sunday morning, and the
same night we placed the powder I'M
der the station platform, attached a
wire to it, and then waited for a train
to come in. The trains brought non
union men to Independence. We used
100 pounds of the powder.
Steve Adams Helped.
Steve Adams and l both pulled the
string which upset several bottles OF
sulphuric acid. This acid ran over a
box of giant caps and these set the
powder off. The depot was wrecked
and from twelve to fourteen men were
killed.
Passed Through Wyoming.
Il remained in Denver three or four
days. Johnny Neville and his son,
Charlie, were with US, toe. They had
been with Adams and myself at indie
p%endence, but they were not in our
confidence as to the plot. Before
left Denver l told Haywood l wanted
$500 to take a trip to Wyoming. He
said he would send mt the money