The Washington herald., 1907-06-07

Boise. Idaho. June b.-tarrF Orchard
to-day completed his amazing narration
OF organized murder and assassination.
concluding it with an account of how he
blew up ex-Gov. Frank SJeunenberg, for
whose murder William d. Haywood, sec
retary Of the Western Federation Of
Miners, is now on trial.
In the Steunenberg murder. and In all
the other assasSinatiOns in which Orchard
had a hand. he was acting under the ex-
plicit direction. he testified, of Haywood,
Meyer and Pettibone
In all these crimes, Meyer. according to
Orchards testimony. seems % have had
less to do than Haywood and Pettibone.
but the prosecution will make the infer
ence that this was because. during q con
siderable part Of the time when Orchard
was most busily following the trade of
murder. Meyer was in Jail.
James H. Hawley finished the direct
examination Of Orchard at 3 o'clock pre-
cisely. and Lawyer Richardson, Of the
defense, at once took up the cross-exami-
nation. Up 20 the time Of adjournment
he made not the slightest impression
upon the story that Orchard had told.
He made him admit bigamy and running
away with another mans wife. but little
things like those fade into insignifCance
after the others the witness had been de-
scribing for a full day and half
Prisoners Always Involved.
Throughout the long list of crimes at
tempted and performed by Harry Or
chard and Steve Adams. as narrated by
the former. counsel for the State has
never failed 10 get the witness to state
positively and definitely that either Hay
wood. Meyer. or Pettibone instigated the
assassination, and that sometimes all
three of them had a hand in IT,
The various sums paid TO Orchard have
been stated every time. Sometimes Hay
wood paid him personally. the witness
said, and sometimes it was Pettibone-
generally the latter.
To-day's murder record exhibited ac-
counts Of repeated attempts to assassi-
nate Gov. Peabody. Of Colorado; Gen.
Sherman Bell, who commanded the Colo
RADIO Militia at the strike Of Cripple
Creek in 1903: Judge Gabbert and Judge
Goddard. Of the Colorado Supreme Court,
who had rendered decisions against the
strikers. and Fred Hearne, manager Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
None Of these were successful though
one attempt TO get Judge Gabbert caused
the death Of d mining engineer named
Marion Valley. This, aside from the
Steunenberg murder was the most tragic
of the days stories.
Orchard said that PettbOne and Hay
wood urged him to get" Judge Gabbert,
and that he and Pettlbone made a bomb
for that purpose.
All Engines of Death.
1t was made like all the bombs that
Orchard has described All of these
engines of death were composed of base
Of giant powder over this would be
sprinkled a handful Of giant caps and
choloride Of potash and sugar would be
Jumped in on top Of this mess. Suspend
ed over this mixture would be a bottle of
sulphuric acid The cork Of this bottle
would be attached to a pin tied to
string or wire.
The wire, after the bomb was planted,
or buried. would be strung across a side
walk so that its intended victim might
stumble over it. This was expected %
extract the cork and release the acid,
which would run down into the chemicals.
set off the giant caps, and thus explode
the powder
This was the general scheme. Occasion
ally there was a variation One such
variation was worked in the Gabbert
bomb.
Z Orchard had observed that Judge Cab
Sbert habitually went across the street
from his house 10 the capitol over a path.
He said he buried the bomb, close to
this path
The scheme was for a confederate TO
watch till he saw GabbeTt coming. then
signal Orchard. who would attach to the
wire "a pocketbook and drop il in the
path IL was figured that the Judge would
pick il up and be blown 10 pieces.
The scheme worked we'll only Judge
Gabbert was not the victim. The judge
afterWard told Judge Goddard that he had
a curious preScntment that morning that
he ought not 10 walk across lots and.
therefore. changed his course at the last
moment. But meantime Orchard had
dropped the fatal pocketbook and de-
parted hastily It was an hour later be-
fore the unfortunate Valley came along.
lifted the poFketbook. and was blown 10
pieces.
The escape Of Judge Goddard was
scarcely less extraordinary Orchard said
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