The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-06-15

plot and furnished the witness with
money from time to time. e said.
The plot failed because Horsiey and
Adams followed q carriage containing
three women to the Peabody home
and excited suspicion.
Next came a plot to dynamite Pea
body. and Horsley said they made Q
bomb, but gave the plan up at the
suggestion of Haywood, who was ~
fear that they would all be arrested.
He said he and Adams were told to
lay on for a time, but meantime Pet
'tibone suggested that they kill Lyle
Gregory, who had been deputy
sheriff and had given testimony
against some of the members OF the
federation.
( How Gregory Was Murdered.
The witness then detailed the re-
lentless trailing of Gregory and his
final murder. Gregory turned and
backed UP against a fence" said the
witness. "as II to draw a gun. and
shot him three times. 1t certainly
killed him.. This tale OF cowardly
brutal man hunting and killing seemed
to play with greater intensity upon
the nerves of the mer and women
who sat listening to Horsley than any
Of the others and perceptible shud-
der went through the room as he
calmly talked of the shooting. IT was
the only place where a victim had
been actually faced 80 The others had
been done to death by mechanical
and chemical contrivsnces.
Then came the frightful tragedy at
Independence. followed by the fight
to Wyoming and after that the trip
to San Francisco for the purpose OF
killing Bradley. Orchard swore that
after his visit to Denver, when he got
the money for killing Mccormick and
Beck, he was constantly in communi-
cation with and in the pay of either
Haywood, Meyer. Pettibone, Simp-
kins or Davis: that one or all of them
suggested his various crimes. and
that at all meetings held after each
crime his accounts had been warmly
commended.
Hotel Keeper First Witness.
The first of the witnesses called
Wednesday was J. M. Brunzell, ho-
tel proprietor of Nampa, Idaho, which
is between Boise and Caldwell. Brun-
zell identified the names of Thomas
Hogan and John L. Simpkins in his
hotel register for November, 1905.
Hogan, or Orchard, was at the hotel
with Simpkins on November Is.
The presence of Simpkins at Nampa
on November z, and at Silver City
on November s. 1905, was established
by A. Hinkey and ]. A. Connors, hotel
keepers. in their respective cities.
Haywood's Mother In Court.
During the giving OF the testimony
Haywood's mother, gray-haired, kind
ly-faced woman, wearing spectacles,
entered the court room for the first
time and took seat beside the pris-
oner's wife. Haywood's sister also
was present Wednesday for the first
time.
Following Hinkey and Connors on
the stand came G. II. Wentz, book
keeper Of mining company at Walk
err, Idaho, and formerly in bank at
Wardner. Wentz said he knew Jack
Simpkins, one of the men alleged to
have had hand in the murder Of Gov.
Steunenberg, and was acquainted with
his handwriting. He identified the
photograph of Simpkins which was Of
fered and accepted in evidence over
an objection from the defense.
Judge overruIes Objections.
Wentz also identified Simpkins' sig
natures in various hotel registers. {.
Simpkins sometimes went under the
name of Simmons. The hotel regis
tiers were allowed in evidence by
Judge Wood, the defense objected and
excepting to the ruling. Wentz was
not cross-examined.
Guy Feight of Nampa told of seeing
Orchard and Simpkins together at
Caldwell prior to the assassination
Of Gov. Steunenberg. Haywood took
no testimony In book during the
examination of the witnesses Wednes-
day.