Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-15

ADDS TOUCH OF
CONFIRMATION
Hopes toShow Adams
Was Paid
Connects Pettibone's Denver Store
with Orchard Engaged on Brad
ley Murder in San Franz
cisco
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
BOISE, Idaho. June 1.-THE prose-
cution in the Steunenberg murder trial
today entering in earnest upon the sub
stantiation and corroboration of Harry
Orchards testimony showed continu-
Gus thread OF evidence connecting
George Pettibone's store in Denver with
the Bradley murder plot; partly de-
veloped another direct line by which 1t
is hoped to show that Haywood en-
gagged and paid Steve Adams for the
same desperate work and added sew
eral touches of confirmation to
Orchards general story.
officials of the United States post
Office at San Francisco and Denver
produced final records showing that in
August, 1904, registered letter was
sent under the name Of ~. wolff''
from the address of Pettibone's store in
Denver to ~. Dempsey at the Golden
West hotel in San Francisco. Orchard
swore that he stayed at the Golden
| West under an alias that was either
Dempsey or Hogan" that Petit
bone used the alias of Wolff" and
Pat Bone" and that under the name
| of wolff Pettibone in the month
| mentioned sent him a registered letter
containing $100 to pay his expenses
while engaged on the Bradley murder.
Establish Arrest
Police officials of Ogden established
the arrest there in June, 1903, of Steve
Adams and A. T. Williams. They were
sealed up in an eastbound car loaded
with fruit and when arrested for tres
pass each had brace of revolvers.
When released through the influence of
a detective who was a brother Mason
| of Adams, they went straight to the
office of the Western Union and sent
a telegram to Haywood at Denver.
The defense headed off an attempt to
| get the contents of the telegram be-
fore the jury, but the state indicated
i that it would return to the charge
! later and fruther develop the incident
| when 1t has broadened its foundation.
The state, through an official of the
| Western Union, produced the original
of telegram supposed to have been
sent to Attorney Fred Miller of Spo-
kane, and now recorded as one of Hay
woods counsel to Harry Orchard after
the latter was arrested at Caldwell for
the Steunenberg murder, but did not
| introduce it because it's identification
| is still insufficient. The state also got
an order from the court directing the
Western Union to produce its records
to show that Haywood sent money to
Adams at Ogden.
Adams Is Defiant
When the Ogden testimony was in
troduced Steve Adams was brought
into court under guard to be identi-
fed. Adams name has run all through
the trial, but this was his first appear
ance in person. Adams seemed in a
defiant humor and walked to a point
directly IN front of, the jury and gazed
steadily at the witness confronting
him.
Besides it's work of the Pettibone.
Orchard and Haywood-A Adams lines the
state produced several witnesses who
confirmed features of Orchards story
as to the Bradley affair, the first de-
scent into the Vindicator mine with the
object OF doing violence, the final sue
cesses of the Vindicator plot and the
circumstances under which Detective
Lyte Gregory was killed.
Aside from it's fight against the ad-.
mission of all the evidence offered by
the state on the general ground that
1t was in no way connected with the
accused, the defense contented itself
with showing that all of the witnesses
had been located and interviewed by
Pinkerton detectives, and that they
had been given advances Of expense
money through Pinkerton agencies.
Grocer First Witness
A. B. Guibbinni, the San Francisco
grocer who introduced Harry Orchard,
then known as Barry" to the serv-
ants in the Bradley household was the
first witness in the Haywood trial to-
day. He said that Orchard came to his
store and hung around and spent con-
siderable money. Orchard asked ques-
tions about the Bradley household,
asked to be introduced to the servants
and asked Guibbinni to get him a room
in the neighborhood.
Guibbinni saw Orchard moving his
luggage the night before the Bradley
house was dynamited. He also saw
the poisoned milk.
Guibbini described the result of the
bomb Orchard placed at the front door
leading to the Bradley apartments In
Washington street. The whole front
of the house was blown out.
The defense renewed the tactics of
yesterday by moving to strike out the
testimony of the witness as not con-
Meeting Haywood with the' offense
charged. The motion was overruled.
Attorney Darrow on cross
tion devoted himself to learning the
conditions under which the witness was
brought to Boise to testify. Guibbinni
caid the detectives came to him and
told him he had to come to Boise and
there was no use trying to dodge it..
$50 they were going to kidnap you?"
commented Darrow.
mo, SIR" said the witness; "they just
told me had to come
Guibbinni got 5000 to cover his ex-
penses on the trip. He told the de-
tectives what he knew of the case and
was told to tell the truth.
Guibbinni said that Orchard told him
he lived by gambling at night. He |
slept during the day time The wit
ness did not know whether he discussed |
the Bradley explosion directly with |
Orchard or not. He talked about it
with everyone who came in
The prosecution called as the next |
witness Hugh McClaughry, the assist |
(COntinued on PaEe Two1