Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-07-04
THE TRIAL AT BOISE
COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE ENDEAv-
OR TO PROVE CONSPIRACY.
WITNESS PROVES ALIBI FOR ORcARD
Owner Of the House Has Secured
Judgment Against Gas Com
pany for Explosion.

1uaho- A review OF the ev-
idenee introduced in the course of the
last five days brings the inevitable
conclusion that counsel for he de-.
tense would endeavor to prove tn tna
satisfaction of the jury that the Pink.
erton agency and the Mine Owners,
association, with the knowledge and
approval Of the governor Of Idaho he
former governor OF Colorado. the for.
mer adJutant general of Colorado and
other influential people, conspired to
secure the death by hanging of VIII
nam ID. Haywood, Charles H. Mover
and George A. Pettibone. and that in.
~cldentaliy the mine owners are dfres,.
~ responsible for the killing Of IA
men In n Independence depot.
Inc evidence so far introduced nv
the defense goes to prove that Or.
chard, knowing Of the blowing up of
inc Bunker Hill and Sullivan concen.
TRAITOR in 1899; of the explosion in thu
indicator mine and of the blowing nm
OF the independence depot; of the
killing OF Lyle Gregory, and of the
explosion at B~radley's residence in
san francisco, accused himself of hay.
Ing committed the crimes and the
murder OF II men, when in fact he
had little or no personal connection
with any of them.
Orchard Was Miles Away.
witnesses have sworn that Orchard
was not at Wafdner on the day the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan concentrator
was blown up; that facts connected
with the Vindicator mine tend to the
conclusion that the explosion was &C.
~cidental; that while Orchard NAV
nave been present when the Indenen6.
ence depot was destroyed, Steve AID.
ans was in fact the mar who was IN
ployed by the mine owners to blow
up a piece of useless property, but
tnat a blunder resulted in loss OF
life; that Lyle Gregory was murdered
at the instance of the United Mine
Workers and not of the Western Fed
Grafton, and that Orchard, possessing
a mania for boasting of the commits.
sion OF great crimes, was lying when
he said he was connected with the
bomb at Bradley's house.
Evidence has also been introduced
to show that both Orchard and Simp-
k1ns had personal motive for killing
former Governor Steunenberg and
49, 49, IV
that Simpkins' motive was the strong
er OF the two in that he was sub
ject to unjust punishment and torture
at the hands of negro troops called IN
by the association in 1899. Further
evidence as to the explosion at the
Bradley house is yet to come. Deposi.
tons from Mr.. Bradley will be intro
duced. They were made recently N
San Francisco. Bradley swears that
the explosion was due to an accumu-
lation of escaping gas and that the
owner OF the house secured a judg.
ment for damages against the gas
company before a jury, and further
that an appeal to the superior court
resulted in a confirmation of the find
ing of the jury in the lower court.
Simpkins' Presence Not Denied.
The defense has not attempted to
deny the presence of Jack Simpkins
in Caldwell, in company with Orchard,
shortly before the murder of Steunen.
berg, and the evidence as to the treat
ment of Simpkins shortly before the
murder of Steunenberg and che evil
dence as to the treatment of Simp.
kins by the authorities while he was
in the bull pen indicates that the de.
tense does not intend to clear Simp-
kins by participation in that crime as
an accessory before the fact. 1t has
been repeatedly stated, as a matter
of current report, that counsel for the
defense knew of the whereabouts OF
Simpkins, who has been a fugitive
since S~teunenberg'S murder.