The Colorado statesman., 1907-06-08


lowed me to Denver in three days. /
saw Adams in the room over Petit
bones store and at headquarters.
"Pettibone sold house specialities.
told Haywood and Pettibone that
Steve was coming, and they said all
right. When Steve came they gave
him some money, and Pettibone
bought Adams a new suit of clothes
and fixed HIM up.
They also gave Adams and me two
sawed-off shotguns and shells loaded
with buckshot- The guns were sawed
off so we could carry them under our
coats. Pettibone gave us the guns.
He got them from federation head
quarters.
I'VE watched Peabody every night for
a week, but didn't see him for a week.
We kept after him for three weeks.
One night we saw hack come along
and turn in to his residence We
stole up behind 1t with our guns ex-
pecting to see the governor get out.
Only two women alighted, however.
After this we were afraid to gu
around there, for the women had
watched us closely that night. We de-
cided then we would try to use bomb
digging a hole in the sidewalk and
burying it."
did you tall to Haywood about
this?"
Yes. Pettibone said all right, but
Haywood said he did not want this
done because the executive board was
in session, and he did not want any
thing to occur for while. We re-
manned in the city, but didn't go to
headquarters much"
What next did YOU dO?"
I'VE were to assassinate Lyte Greg.
ory, deputy sheriff who had been In
the mines. He had also been in Gold
field and was against u.s."
did you kill him?"
Yes. / believe | did"
Meldrum was with Gregory at that
time. Orchard then told of running
away and hiding his gun Next day he
saw Haywood, Pettibone and JACK
Simpkins.
They all expressed themselves as
well pleased with the job. They said
it was all right with them and he
wouldn't get after them very hard, for
he thought that whoever bumped
Gregory off had done good job"
Where was 'Moyer at this time"
| "He was in Jail at Telluride"
Orchard said Haywood Pettibone,
Simpkins and Sherman Parker next
wanted something pulled Off in Grip
pie Creek.
Haywood and the others said they
were having trouble in the convention
and there threatened to be split up,
continued Orchard. "They thought thai
If something was pulled nff in Cripple
Creek the excitement would make
everything all right in the convention
and the dalppatpG Would on home We
planned then to blow up the Independ
ence station in Colorado. | asked Steve
Adams If he wanted to help and he
said he did. l gave him .he money to
get the powder with and we took the
powder to cabin near the station al
independence preparatory to using il
the next night. The next day Sherman
Parker told me some of the men from
the convention were coming up to In
dependence to make an investigation OF
conditions there and he told us to moi
pull the thing off until they went away.
They went away Sunday morning and
that night we placed the powder under
the station platform, attached a wire
to it and then waited for a train ia
come in. The trains brought non-union
men to Independence. We used 100
pounds of the powder
Fourteen Men Die.
"Steve Adams and both pulled the
string which upset several bottles oi
sulphuric acid. The acid ran over a
box of giant caps and these set the
powder off. The station was wrecked
and twelve or fourteen men were
killed.
Then we went to Denver, coming
into the city on an electric car. In
Denver we met Haywood and Petit
bone in Jack Simpkins room. Kirwan,
now the acting secretary Of the fedora
ton, was also there. Our conversa
tion had to do with the blowing up OF
the station. Pettibone spoke first and
said he was pleased with the job.
Haywood also said it was good thing
and that things had gone all right in
the convention. He said Il lot of fei
lows at Cripple Creek had been arrest.
ed and we must lie low till they were
out.
Il remained in Denver three or four
days. The next day Pettibone gave
me the $500. Adams told me he had
got 5000.
Puts Strychnine in Milk.
"lnstead of going to the tall timber
! went straight back to Denver and
saw Pettbone and Haywood. They
told me at first I'D better get out of the
country. They also told me they had
another man working on the Peabody
4-affair. In the latter part of July, 1904,
Pettibone got me railroad ticket and
gave me $3.50 more and went to San
Francisco"
Orchard said he had been told to
look up Fred Bradley in San Francisco.
~ finally located Bradley in San
Francisco" said Orchard "He had
been manager of the Sullivan and
Bunker Hill mine in Idaho and we
were after him. went to his house
one morning and just after the milk
was delivered ! opened one of the Jars
| and nut a lot of noAMdered struchnInc