Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-07
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salt Lake 10 attend the convention Of
the Western Federation of Miners
leaving me to attend t. Judge Gabbcrt
He said we must certainly do some
thing before The convention. | prepar-
ed new bomb. IS Judgr Gabbcrt
started ont the next morning | rode
ahead Of HIN on I bicycle ana fastened
the rocket book to the wire. | rode off
down town and did mt hear thu cXplu-
sion until IN hour aitcrWdrd. 4 man
named Nally hal nj .l;ed ttn the pocket
book and vas killed. Judge Gabbcrt
had passed without no,icinE it,"
When he reported The IL suit t. Pet
tibone, the latter said it was hard
luck"
Orchard said tn" next man selected
for attack was sherman Fell former
adjutant general Gf Colorado, who had
broken Up Il strike. Orchard said h
took Haywood for 2 ride in = rig an
then bought it for S1l5. Tho Lii of sale
was made out in Pcttihoue'S n1me. He
and Pcttihonc drove ont to l'"ll's house
several times in succession. About
this time Meyer returned u Colorado
and when h" found out what WAS going
on, or lercd it stopped. lIuy,r. or
.chard declared. said h" did not want
anything pulled off in Denver while h."
was there as he would surely he ar
rested. He also said ne had some out
side work which was NOR" imnortlnt
Orchard had now brought his story
down to August. 1905. The witness went
back to June of that year however, to
tell Of another attempt on the life Of
Judge Goddard by means Of a bomb.
Orchard said he discussed matters pref
ty thoroughly after the attempt failed.
"MoyCr told me he thought We ought
to get rid Of Johnny Neville who knew
too much about the Independence depot
affair and was demanding money" said
Orchard. Then for the first time the
witness came down to the Stucncnbcrg
case
Haywood suggested" he said. chat
wo ought to get cX-Gov. StucnCnbcrE.
lie thought that if we got him after
letting him go seven or eight years ana
then went back to Paterson. \. j., and
wrote letters to Judge Gabbcrt, judge
Goddard. Peabody, Bel ana the others
telling them they would got the Same
thing as StuenenbcrS. it would show
them they were not forgotten either.
them and that it would be living
death for they would be cnnfrCntcd by
the thought always of somebody wait
ing for them.
Haywood said he would send several
men to Caldwell 10 do the Stucncnbcrg
job. Among them were Minister Art
Bascom. Mccarthy and steve ADAMS.
minister was 4 mincr-a member ~
the union. | did not know Mccarthy
PCttibone and Haywood told me that
Steve Adams ana Jack Simpkins were
in Idaho to yet rl of some claim
jumpers. The were then going after
StuCaCnNcrE. went to california after
this conversation Wi"a ! Ct buck |
talked with Adams. HAYWOOD aid Pot
tibone. Adams said that the money
Haywood and Pcttibone had sent him
to Idaho had been miscarried and he
never got it. For this reason he had not
gone to Caldwell. Adams said he had
got rid Of the claim jumpers all right"
Mr.. Richardson objected to all the
testimony as to what Adams had said.
The objection was ovcrruled on the
ground that Orchard had told Petit
bone all that Adams had said.
At this point the luncheon recess I'M
til $50 was taken.
James Kirwan. acting secretary and
treasurer of the Western Federation of
Miners during the enforced absence Of
haywood, who still retains title to the
position. arrived in Boise from Den
Yer today. kirwan came in response
TO q telegram from James Hawley,
senior counsel for the state.
At the afternoon session Orchard !
said he started for Idaho two days af-
ter talking with Meyer and the others
on the subject. pcttibone helped him
get his trunk ready. He put the Pea
body bomb, prepared for use at Can
ton City. in the trunk and took it along. |
PettibOnc knew about this.
Before starting for Idaho.' said Or |
chard, Mr.. Haywood gave me S2iO. |
He had given me 5000 before this was |
to send to Mr.. Pettibone for any addi- |
tional funds. Mover. Haywood and |
Pettibone were all present when this |
arrangement was made. l went from |
Denver to Salt Lake, spent four or
five days there and then came on to /
Nampa, Idaho, stopping at the Com |
nlercial hotel. l registered as Thorn |
as Hogan. After being in Nampa three
days. l went to the Pacific hotel. at |
Caldwell. / registered again as Thorn |
as Hogan. 1 began at once to make
inquiries about Gov. Steunenberg |
This was about the 6tb of September
1905. / stayed in Caldwell two or three
days. l found out whore Steunenberg