The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-13

he was there MS he did not care TO run
| the risk OF being put In jail again. Meyer
! had been in bad health ever since he was
released from the military prison At Tel
| lurlde
And ne continues In ill-health so far
/ as you know?" added Richardson.
He was the last time I saw him" sald
| the witness.
Meyer said IL would be a good time to
do some Outside work
He told me to get Johnny Neville" ="
! said Orchard
the Independence depot and had demand
ed $1,000. Mover said he was afraid Of
Neville and thought 1t would I've safe iC
| he ont of the way. ! told Meyer
| | would do II "
| But you didn't do It?"
! No Neville died a natural death"
But you told Meyer you got him with
| poison?''
"Moyer had had nothing at all to do
with planning the Independence station
mo. sir. He knew nothing about it,"
Court here took the luncheon recess
/ After the recess Richardson's cross-ex-
animation of orchard led down at last
to the time Orchard first started out on
the mission which eventually resulted In
berg, for whose murder Haywood Is on
trial. Ii was at the conference with
Meyer Haywood and Pettibone, after
Meyers return from California in August.
1900, that the matter was first mentioned.
Orchard said Moycr had Just finished tell
ing him to get rid Of Johnny Neville when
Haywood brought up the killing of Steu
nenherg.
Ito Get Steunenborg.
Haywood said 1t would be Il good thing
to get Steunenherg." Orchard related.
He said we could then go back 10 Pater-
son, n. J., and write letters 10 Peabody,
Bell, Goddard. Gahbert ard some OF the
mine owners and tell them they were
not forgotten and that the only way they
could avoid getting what Steunenoerg got
was TO die. Haywood said it would ne
like a living death To all these men to
know some one was after them all the
"Gaywood also said Ed Boyce had al
ways wanted something done TO Steunen-
"Moyer spoke up and said he thought
IL would have good effect 10 get Steu-
nenberg after letting him go so many
years. Haywood said he had sent Art
Baston, Ed Minister, Steve Adams and
get Steuuenberg. but they, had not sue
ceeded. Pettibone said he thought 1t
would be hard proposition to get a man
In 4 little town like Caldwell.
"Pettibone ballled al this, did he?
NO. sir; he just said he thought 1t
would be hard"
Hard TO get a man who drove out into
the mountains alone every day?'
He said 1t would be hard PROPOSE
ton.
Orchard said PettIbone suggested that
Orchard had brought the bomb from Can
non City to Denver and buried ". This
bomb was rather unique In that an alarm
clock was attached 10 II. When the
alarm went of a string fastened 10 the
alarm key would wind up and pull over
tho bottle OF sulphuriC acid which would
explode the giant caps and dynamite.
Orchard said he asked for $500 10 cover
the expense Of his trip to Nevada 10 get
Neville and 10 Idaho 10 assassnate Steu-
ncnberC. lie got $2id Just before start
i,e b.j
Was anything said al your conference
with Morer. Haywood and Fettlbnne re-
yes, sir. / said tha, II l finished the
job I was starting out on l ought to he
through with this business and have the
ranch had been promised.
Getting Tired Of Murder.
Then you were getting tired OF this
business at last?'
"Yes. sir. Pe,tibone spoke Of getting
the ranch up on Puget Sound.
Wasn't that because OF letter he had
got from man up there who said II was
the front ward and chickens in the back
yard; that the high tide would leave tho
CLAIMS i'm the front yard and the chickens
would eat the CLAIMS and all he had 10 do
was to XIII the chickens?"
There was something about letter.
Senator BoTah suggested that If the
defense had such letter in its possession i
the letter would he the best evidence.
eve haven't got It," snapped Richard
Il thought not" said Borah
1T seems to me-" Chiwed In Attorney
Darrow, that the clans would be The
best evidence
There was general laughter and the
Clam ranch Incident was closed.
"Peitibone said ha thought II would he
a good thing for us al 10 have ranch
up near the British Columbia line said
Orchard.
Starting from Denver Orchard said
Pettibone helped him pack his trunk. He
helped put in bomb case and twenty
five pounds OF dynamite With this dan
gerous burden the trunk was checked rs
ordinary baggage TO Nampa, Ida, nine
miles from Caldwell. Orchard bought
Or, the Lewis and Clark exposition be-
ing on az the time. He stopped on sew
eral days at Salt Lake He met several
friends while there They commented
upon his evident prosperity and he told
them he had an easier way to make
money than by working.
Did you tell them YOU were a card
sharp and that YOU made your money
that way?" asked Richardson.
No"
And that you were enroute to Port
land 10 run a shell game?"
On Steunenberg's Trail.
From Salt Lake Orchard came on direct
to Nampa and began TO make inquiries
there about Steunenberg.
After he had been In Idaho some little
erly al Silver City Ida.. on the long dis
tance telephone.
II asked him If he didn't want To come
over and help me on a contract. He said
he was too. busy 10 leave at that time"
From Nampa, Orchard went 10 Cald-
we'll where he spent day or two Gov.
Steunenberg was in Boise. however. and
Orchard came on here.
by the way" said Richardson. didn't
Haywood tell you that SteunenberE rode
out in a blackboard every day to one
OF his sheep ranches and that would be
a good chance 10 get him.
"ie told me the Governor did that;
he did not say where 10 get him
Orchard said a commission man to
whom he had gone TO inquire about buy
ing lambs pointed Steunenbers out TO
him. He learned the Governor was stop
ping at the Idanha hotel. Orchard went
over and got room on the anne floor
as the Governor. He entered the room
with pass key and looked around with
the idea OF setting the bomb under the
bed In a grip with an alarm clock TO set
1t off
THE bomb would have blown the hotel
all 10 pieces, wouldn't it?"
YES"
And you were willing to do this?"
''Yes."
Did you expect TO stay in the hotel
that nisht2'