Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-06-13
ORCHARD CONFESSES
TO IDAHO MURDER
Ctata's Star Witness Placed OF
Stand, and Couer d'Alene
Troubles Recited.
DEFENSE is DEFEATED
Judge Wood Lets Down Bars as Z
Testimony and Wide Latitude
Is Given in Relating
Miner Troubles.

Boise, idaho. June ~1.--Alfred Hors'
lex. alias Harry Orchard. the actual
ass;ssia of Frank ssteuncnberg. went
on the stand Yesterday as II witness
against William -. Haywood and
made public confession of a long
chain of brutal. revolving crimes.
done. lie said. at the inspiration and
for the pay of the leaders OF the
Wostorn Federation of Miners.
An undertaking by the special pros
ecutors for the state tina they would
by later proof and connection legitima-
tiae his testimony opened the way like
n Mood gate to the whole diabo!ical
story, and throughout the entire day
Orchard Went oa from crime recital
to cri,re recitals. each succeeding n
seemingly more revolving IMAM thoSe
that had come before.
Incomplete List of Murders.
Orchard confessed that as Il mem
Der of the mob that wrecked the
Bunker hin and Sullivan mill in the
Occur Il .Alenes he lighted one N the
fuses that carried fire to the giant eX-
p~losive; confessed that he set the death
trap in the N%indicator mine III Cripple
| Greek that blew out the lives of super
intcndent Mccormick and Foreman
Beck: confessed chat because he had
noLleen-pAid Tor his first attempt AT
violence in the Vindicator mine he had
been treaoherous to his associates by
walning the managers OF the Florence
and Cripple Greek railway that there
was n plot TO blow up their TRAINS
confessed that he cruelty fired three
charges of buckshot into the body or
Detective Lyle Gregory, of Denver.
killing aim instantly: confessed mat
for days he stalked Governor Peabody
about Denver, waiting a chance to XIII
him. confessed that he and Steve
Adams Sc, ana discharged the mine
under the depot at Independence. ana
confessed that failing In AN attempt To
poison Fred bradley, of San Francisco.
he blew him ard his house up with IL
bomb of gelatine. And he has more
brutal crimes To tell that will bring his
bloody career down to its end at cald-
we'll. where will II great bomb he killed
Governor S~teunenberg.
These will come today. for he is to
resume the stand when the district
court sits again. The story was told
to "A t-ense-ncrved. rigid crowd that
watched with staring eyes for every
move and word of the confessing wit
ness; a crowd that was sickcned and
weary of its disgusting details long
before James IL. Hawley. pleading III
ness of himself, at 3 O'Clock, asked for
adjournment for the day.
Orchard Nervous at Opening.
Orchard retained control of himself
almost from the moment he took the
stand. and II he suffered much he did
not show it. His eyes were bloodshot
and his face notified in color when he
came INTO the room to confront the
ma whose life he .jeopardize !. lie
was plainly nervous He seemed at
first to lose IA little of his physical
I'LL tn ,
neared the stand and reached in an
indefinite way for tn" arm Of the
chair. He had trouble In finding his
voice for :, few minutes but only for
u few moments. He quickly steaciei
himself and was soon talking in the
soft. easy tones that cEaraotcriZ" his
speech. His manner was easy and his
gaze steady in any direction that a
question claimed his attention. His
eyes blinked a little when he told OF
how he trailed and murdered Lyle
z but his voice altered none In
tone.
His eyes met those of Haywood sew
eral times and the two gaZed fixedly at
each other In tests with honors even
Boise. June John G. Connors. q
hotel keeper in Silver City, Idaho. iden-
titled a register to show the presence OF
Simpkins at Silver City November s.
1905.
G. II. Wentz. a bookkeeper for a min
ing az Wardner, Idaho. identi-
fled u photograph of Simpkins ana his
handwriting on the register. and then
Harry Orchard. the -self-confessed
murderer of Steunenberg. was called to
the stand in the Haywood trial this
morning.
Orchard entered the court room by u
back stairway in the company of Jailer
Rasbeainer and a number of guards.
He looked cool and collected.
Hawley commenced the direct exam.
nation. orchard said he had been held
on charge OF murder since January !.
1906. He SAID he was born in Ontario,
had been known as Orchard for clever
years. and that his real name is Alfred
Hansley.
Orchard testified that he became a
member of the Western Federation of
Miners in 1899 while at work as a muck
er in a mine at Burke.
Hawley took Orchard through a close
examination bearing Oh the Couer
d'Alene mining troubles in 1899. He
was located at Gem. Wallace and
Wardner. 1t was at Wardner that the
first trouble occurred. The defense OBJ
jec;ed to the Introduction OF evidence
bearing on the couer d'Alene trouble
as ha wing no bearing on the case
against Haywood.
Judg, ood admitted the testimony.
This appears to settle the question as
10 the extent to which Orchards testi-
r.cny VIII be admitted. Orchard pro-
cee,ie1 10 tell the story OF the blowing
u OF the c~oncentrator at Wardner In
april. 1899. when two men were killed.
The defense kept Directing.
haywood kept his eyes fixed steadiIy
up)n Orchard. who kept his gaze to
tHe front Haywood evidently tried to
e; Orchards eye. but except for an