The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-07
ORCHARDS LONG STORY
OF CRIME COMPLETED
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Mover tod me he thought we ought to
get rid Of Johnny Neville, who knew too
much about the Independence depot af-
fair and was demanding money" said Or
chard.
Then for the first time the witness came
down TO the Steunenberg case.
Killing of Steunenberg Discussed.
Haywood suggested" he said. that
we ought to get Ex-Governor Steunenberg.
He thought that if we got him after let
ting him go seven or eight years and then
went back to Paterson, n. j., and wrote
letters to Judge Gabbert, Judge God
dard. Peabody, Bell and the others tell
ing them they would get the same thing
as Steunenberg, it would show them they
a good effect Meyer said il would be
better than killing them: that it would be
a living death, for they would be con-
frOnted by the thought always of some
body waiting for them.
Haywood said he had sent several men
to Caldwell to do the Steunenberg job
Among them were Minister, Art BascOm
Mccarthy and Steve Adams. Minister was
a miner-a member of the union. didn't
know Mccarthy. Pettibone and Haywood
told me that Steve Adams and Jack Simp-
kins were i'm Idaho to get rid of some
claim Jumpers. They were then going
after Steunenherg. / went to California
after this conversation. When I got back
tibOne. Adams said that the money Hay
wood and PetdbOne had sent him to Idaho
had miscarried and he never got it. For
this reason he had not gone to Caldwell
Adams said he had got rid of the claim
jumpers all right"
Attorney Richardson objected to all the
testimony as to what Adams had said
The objection was overruled on the
ground that Orchard had told Pettibone
all that Adams had said.
At this point the luncheon recess until
$50 D. m. was taken.
Started for Idaho Via Salt Lake.
At the afternoon. session Orchard said
he started for Idaho two days after talk
ing with Meyer and the others on the
subject. Pettibone helped him get his
trunk ready. He put the Peabody bomb
prepared fer use at Canon City in the
trunk and took it along. Pettibone knew
about this.
Before starting for Idaho.' said Or
chard, MIR. Haywood gave me 500 II,
cash. He had given me $50 before this
| was to send to Mr.. PettibOne for any
additional funds. Meyer, Haywood and
Pettibone were all present when this ar
rangement was made. | went from Den
yer to Salt Lake spent four or five days
there and then came on to Nampa, Ida,
stopping at the Commercial hotel.
Preparing for the Crime.
4 registered as Thomas Hogan. After
being in Nampa three days l went to the
Pacific hotel at Caldwell. 1 registered
again as Thomas Hogan. l began at once
TO make inquiries about Governor Steun-
enberg. This was about the 9Th of Sep
TENDER, 1855. l stayed in Caldwell two or
three DAYS. 1 found out where Steunen-
berg lived and learned that ne was not
at home. I came on to Boise to try to
locate him here. L was told he was living
at the Idanha hotel The Portland expo
sitiOn was going on at this time and l de-
e. g. 1..r-g Nl4sara
1 went to Seattle to look at a ranch. Pet
tibOne had told me to do this He thought
it might be a good thing to have rancn
where we could hide out whenever 1t be
came necessary. From Seattle L went to
Spokane and then to Wardner to see Jack
Simpldns. 1 told him what my object
was"
Orchard remained I'm the mining district
for a month. While he was there he
talked with Simpkins about kidnapping the
child of one of the mine owners. but moth
ing came of it. Simpkins finally decided
to return to Caldwell with Orchard to
help in the assassination of Governor
SteUnenberg-
Powder for New Bomb.
From Wardner Orchard and Simpkins
first went to Wallace Ida, where Or
chard decided to get rid of the Peabody
bomb. SimpkinS had said it was dan
geTOus thing to have around and he
thought it had better be thrown away.
Orchard said he gave the bomb to
friend named Cunningham to dispose of
in the river. Proceeding from Wallace to
Spokane, Orchard said he and Simpkins
bought ten pounds of powder there to
make a new bomb with when they reached
Caldwell. Simpkins bought pair of field
glasses. On the way to Spokane Orchard
said his trunk was lost and Simpkins took
him to see a firm of lawyers about suing
the railroad company. The firm was Rob
inson, Miller & ROsenthal Mr.. Miller now
being a member of counsel for Haywood,
This firm. Orchard said, Simpkins told
him represented the Western Federation
of Miners
Arriving at Caldwell for a second time,
Orchard said he registered himself as Ho-
gan and Simpfins as Simmons Orchard
identified his writing in the Pacific hotel
register introduced in evidence yesterday.
First Attempt Failed.
I'VE tried to locate Governor Steunen-
berg at once said Orchard, but could
not We went out to his residence several
times and then finally saw him in the
Saratoga hotel one Sunday evening In
the meantime we had fixed up the bomb
so Simpkins and / took the bomb out at
once and set il under the sidewalk with
a string stretched across the walk so
when he struck it it would upset the bot
tie Of sulphuric acid. We went back to
the hotel to wait, but heard nothing At
ter two or three hours we went out and
got the bomb. We found someone had
broken the string but had not upset the