The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-12

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 that he was detailed by Haywood to help 1 Adams assassinate Judge Gabbert in Den l yer
 Haywood said he wanted us to shoot 1 Gabbert because he felt that the use of l dynamite would get us in trouble said l Orchard. His idea in continuing to kill 1 was to get the ranch Haywood, Mover i and Pettibone had promised him.
 And you were ready to kill everybody i in Colorado for a $500 ranch ?'' suggested 1 Richardson.
 l q don't know about that
 Orchard said he lurked about Judge Gabbert's house several nights, hoping for a chance to shoot him.
 Why didn't you go up and ring the door bell and pump 1t into him?" asked Richardson.
 Too cowardIy.
 Because I was too cowardly," said l Orchard without moments hesitation.
 You never allowed anybody else to call you a coward, did you, In those daysss'
 q don't know about that" You considered yourself very brave man, didn't you?"
 q call all the things I've done very 1 cowardly" said Orchard in a low, even voice.
 Richardson asked Orchard as to some 1 of Haywood public utteranees about the l time the Peabody attempts were being made, one to the effect that the Western l Federation of Miners did not care who was governor
 MT Haywood often said things on the outside that he talked about differently | to use said Orchard.
 You used to do the same thing, didn't your"
 "Yes, I did up to the time I changed | and decided to tell the truth Orchard was being questioned as to the makeup of the bombs prepared for Gov ernor Peabody when the luncheon recess was ordered.
 Richardson's New Tack. 1 At the afternoon session, however, Rich | ardson took new tack and asked Or | chard a long series of questions as to l where and how much Billy Alderman I paid to have his teeth fixed. The witness ! declared he did not know whether Aek- 1 erman had his teeth fixed at a dental | college or not. He said he knew Acker- man got money to have his teeth attend 1 ed to and spent most of it. It was pre- l sumed to be Richardson's purpose to show 1 that Orchard, Adams and Alderman had little money the year of l9o4-5. After exhausting the subject of AclSer- mans teeth. Attorney Richardson return l ed to the Peabody affair. He carefully carried the witness over the planting of the first bomb in the snow at the corner | of Thirteenth street and Grant avenue. This was about January l. 1905 Orchard denied that he was in a plot to trap Max Malieh into committing the | murder Orchard also denied that he offered for $100 to murder a business rival of Mulch named McDaniel. The first bomb was placed at about ocloelk in the morning by Steve Adams and Orchard. They drove up in livery rig to the corner and Orchard planted the bomb. There were twenty-five or thirty pounds of powder in the bomb. | They did not plant it at night Orchard said, because they were afraid of it's freezing. Richardson carried the witness into an expert examination on the man. ufaeture of bombs.
 Lay for Peabody. Adams and Orchard were to pull the wire as Governor Peabody passed the place where the internal machine was buried This wire was strung to a point block away and had to pass in front of an alley. Orchard and Adams stood where they could see Governor Peabody as he came out
 This was the instance when Just as Governor Peabody passed the bomb. the coal wagons came out or the alley and drove over the kre. The two assassins saw it would be useless to pull the wire. and even IT they COulu nave uOHt SO, the drivers of the wagons well as sev7 eral other persons passing at the time would have seen them. Orchard said he could not tell whether the wagons were loaded or not.
 After the failure of the attempt the quest of Peabody was temporarily aban- doned This was just before Peabody was succeeded by Governor Adams.
 Money From Pettbone.
 Orchard declared he got no money di- rectly either from Haywood or Mover during the winter of lso4-oo. There was an arrangement he said, that Adams should draw the money from Pettbone. Haywood, participated in the. arrange ment As to Mover, Orchard said he did not see him all winter.
 Richardson asked Orchard if he had not tried to get Max Malich, man of good reputation in Denver, into plan to blow ur boarding house fuli or scaps in Globeville.
 "No, sir" replied Orchard. Max Ma lich lied to get me into it. He sug- gestel it.'
 And what did you say?'
 q said I'd try to help do it.
 He did not ask Malch for any money whatever, Malich according to Orchard, said the 'scabs" were driving him out of business and he wanted them done away with.
 If anybody asked you to dynamite a person. you were ready to go right on and do it?''
 NO sir, not everybody
 '.Did you ever try to collect life insurance policy on a man said to have been drowned in Toronto, Canada?"
 NO sir" replied Orchard. positively.
 MT. Richardson did not pursue the subject
 Returning to the "scab'' boarding house at GlobeviIle, Orchard said he had talked to Haywood about the proposed dynamit- ing and was told not to do it. That ended the matter.
 Mir Richardson next devoted himself to