The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-20
S W IN DlER TOO
ORCHARDS CONFESSION GROWS
AND VARIES DAY BY DAY.
BECOMES SLIGHTLY TANGLED
Makes Bomb With Which to Kill the
Entire Peabody Family But
Plans Miscarry.

Entire Peabody Family But
Plans Miscarry.
Boise, Idaho.-The cross-examina
ton of Harry Orchard is being carried
over the attempt on the life OF Gov
ernor Peabody at Canon City and the
events Immediately succeeding, includ
ing the Goddard and Gabbert dynamite
plots, and follows the usual methods
designed to confuse and discredit the
witness. Attorney Richardson again
suggested that Orchard was being
coached by Detective MCFARLAND and
counsel for the prosecution and pro
voked the sharpest wrangle that the
attorney and witness have had in Their
long contest. Orchard spiritedly denied
that he was being coached and as
serted that he was telling the truth.
Orchard said that he and Pettibone
discussed the project of killing Judge
Gabbert, but that he alone had started
out to murder Judge Goddard with a
bomb without any suggestion from
Haywood, Meyer or Pettibone except
the general one made some months be.
fore. Still another crime came home
to Orchard. Under examination he
confessed that he swindled farmers In
southern Colorado with fake hail in
surance game while there trying to kill
Governor Peabody.
File stated that he made q large
bomb with which to kill governor Pea
body, and at that time did not care II
he exterminated the entire Peabody
family.
Just before the noon recess the mo
notony of the examination was
broken by Orchards description of his
attempts to kill Sherman Bell in Den
yer. For some twelve nights he was
at Bells residence waiting an oppor
tunity to shoot him. More than once
Bells life was saved by the barking
of small dogs.
Attorney Richardson began at once
to question Orchard regarding his con
ference with Charles H. Meyer at the
latters home in Denver about April
1906, when the chief witness for the
state resumed the stand. Orchard ties
titled that Meyer Pettibone and Hay
wood told him at this time to go to
Canon City, Colorado, to get Governor
Peabody" Meyers home was In the
Aberdeen flats. Orchard said he went
there on his own volition. He had moi
seen Meyer for year or more before
this. The witness was not sure how
the Peabody matter came up or who
spoke of 1t first. Meyer said he wanted
to get rid of Peabody, so no one else
would follow in his footsteps. Peabody
had gone out of Office at this time.
Would Kill the Peabody Family.
The casing of the Peabody bomb pre-
pared at Canon City has been placed
in evidence, Richardson wanted t.
know why the would-be assassin of the
ex-governor had made such large
bomb. Orchard said his had planned
to place the bomb outside the house
and beneath the window where Pea
body often sat in the evening.
The fact that the bomb might also
kill Mrs. Peabody and the children
made no impression upon him at the
time, Orchard declared.
The witness said he made pre-
tense Of insurance solicitation while in
Canon City and vicinity. He did not
succeed in writing any insurance poll
cies, SO he went into the hail insur
ance business with man from Kan
sas City named Vaughan.
This insurance of farmers against
hailstorms was fake, wasn't it?'
asked Richardson.
1T was fake, yes. sir"
OH just gave the FARMERS piece
of worthless paper and took theiI
money!"
Yes, sir"
Orchard said he made a great deal
of money out of the scheme.
The plan to blow up Peabody with
a bomb had been abandoned In the
meantime.
'Why?" he was asked
,-t0 ell
ting by the windok."
Richardson tried to get the exact
dates of Orchards travels while in
the hail insurance business, and being
unsuccessful he turned impatiently
upon the witness and demanded for
the third time in the long cross-exam.
nation:
who told you not to let me pin you
down to any place or date?"
Nobody" shouted Orchard in re.
turn.
Attorneys Hawley and Borah for
sons seeming discontinue.
who told you to always tell me you
are telling the TRUTH" next demanded
the irate attorney.
"Mr MCFARLAND, Mr. Hawley and
Mr.. Borah all told me to tell nothing
but the truth "
"Ha! hal" cried Richardson. "They
told you to tell me you are telling the
TRUTH"
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