Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-11
Declares Defendant the Most
Guilty of All Those Charged
With the Murder of Former
Governor Steunenberg.
ORCHARD EXPECTED TO
REPEAT BLOODY TALE
NeighbOr Of ASSaSSinS' Victim
Gives Graphic Description of
Scenes Immediately Follow
ing Explosion of Bomb.
IBy Morning journal Special Leassd wire.

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire. j
Boise, Idaho, Dec 10.-Charging
that George A. Pettbone. the defend
ant at bar, is the most guilty Of all
those charged with causing the death
of Ex-Governor Frank Steunenberg,
James II. Hawley outlined the state's S
case today. Little effort at oratory
was made by the chief of the prosecu-
ton, but he plainly told the jury what
IL is proposed to prove. For two hours
he spoke of what he termed the most
gigantic conspiracy in the annals of
crime, always keeping in the fore
ground the part which It is alleged
PettibOne took in It, The taking Of
evidence began at the afternoon ses-
sion and before court adjourned for
the day the state had esta blished the
corpus delecu, clearing the way for
Harry Orchard. who will tomorrow
take the witness stand, and for the
second time tell to a jury his story
Of blood. Orchard was brought from
the penitentiary to this city today and
VIII spend the night in the office Of
James H. Hawley Senator BOrah,
who arrived from Washington during
the night, conducted the examination
When court convened at the after
noon session Senator Borah called g.
Il. wynn to the stand. He lives just
across the street from the Steunen-
berg residence at Caldwell, and told
Of hearing the explosion Of the bomb.
Going TO investigate, he found Steun-
enberg about ten feet from the gate
of his home and tried to pick him up,
but he was so badly mangled that IL
could not be done. When others ar
rived the injured man was carried to
his house and he died half an hour
later. The witness graphically de-
scrlbed Steunenberg's condition, say
ing that he was mangled beyond de-
scriptiOn. Steuncnbergs injuries
were described by DR.. w Cue, who
was called Immediately after the eX
piosion. John q. Rice and A. Ballen-
tine testified to seeing Harry Orchard
go In the direction Of the Steunenberg
residence half an hour before the eX-
plosion. a.
Julian Steunenberg. son of the
murdered ex-governor, testified that
three days before his father was killed
Orchard who was then known as HO-
gan. asked him when his father would
return from his sheep ranch. l.. j.
Bowman Identified photograph OF
Jack Simpkins as a man going by the
name Of simmons who, was with Or
hotel in Caldwell previous TO the mur-
der stephen Dempsey, former pro-
prietor Of the Pacific hotel, also i'd it-
flied the picture Of Simpkins M
Identified the hotel register WI h
showed that Hogan registered sep
tember ,, 1905, and again on Novem-
Der 81 when simmons also registered
and they were assigned 10 the same
room.
Guy Freight. who stopped at the Pa
cihc hotel during the time Orchard
was there Identified Simpkins pie
ture. Hotel registers were identihed
and Introduced showing that Orchard
was at the Grand hotel. at Nampai
on November IL, 1905. together win
Simpkins. who registered under MS
true name: that he was at Nampa
again on November 13, and that
Simpkins was at Silver City on Ne
vember 8. None Of the witness were
cross examined by the defense.