Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-06
ORCHARD'SSTORY
Testimony of Man Who Killed Ex-Governor Sleunenberg a
 Thrilling Tale
MADEOTHERATT

AoAoSt Aheh0t oohO VI chard, the man who says his true name is Albert Horsley. who assassi- mated Former Governor Frank Steunenberg at Caldwell on the night of Dec. 30. 1905, continued his grue- some story as a witness against Will liam D. Haywood, secretary and treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, in the district court at g o'clock this morning. The fearsome relation of five years of crime has not been finished. The climax is to come to-day, if indeed there can be a climax more terrible than of those already reached in the narrative told by the witness.
 The story of the crime with which Haywood is charged is a revelation to the people of this country if the story told by Orchard is true. So far as the people of Idaho and the pre- sentation of this case are concerned the climax comes to-day in the telling of the murder of Frank Steunenberg.
 In his confession on the stand yes terday Orchard or Horsley, without telling any of the earlier history of his life, without revealing the req sons that caused him to change his name, without word of the wife whom he is known to have deserted or of father and mother back in the old days in Canada, in fact missing out thirty-six years of his history un- der direction of counsel for the state, plunged at once into the narration of what he had done since early in 1899, when as worker in the Occur d'Alenes, he first joined the Western Federation of Miners. It Is not to be supposed that his misdoings com- menced with the lighting of the fuse that blew up the Bunker Hill mill at Wardner and hurled two men to death, but to-day he must tell of the last crime of all, when on a stormy night as the old year was dying, he set bomb that blew Frank Steunen- berg to death within sight of his chill dren and within hearing of his wife.
 The testimony yesterday commenc- ed in California after the attempt on the life of Fred Bradley, who, ac- cording to Orchard was blown from his own door into the street and fear fully hurt by crude bomb placed by Orchard under the mat In the early morning. Bradley Is now suing the San Francisco Gas company, it is said, for personal damages resulting from the explosion which he claims was caused by escaping gas. It Is possible that Bradley may be called by the defense to refute the testimony of Orchard. Fred Miller, one of the counsel for the defense, is said to be in San Francisco and 1t may be that he will secure the presence of MT Bradley.
 One of the statements made by Or chard and which he did not explain, was what became of the milk into which he said he put strychnine as it stood in the bottles outside of Mir Bradley's door. This may be brought out in the future examination but 1t is understood that the servants at Mir Bradley's house tasted the milk and finding 1t was bitter from the strychnine, took 1t over to a nearby saloon or grocery store where they bought fresh milk and left the poison ed bottles. The keeper of the store may be a witness.
 The evidence to be produced in cor roboration of Orchards testimony Is now the most interesting feature of the case. Counsel for the state say that every important detail will be substantiated by good witnesses and 1t is pointed out that the details brought out yesterday could have been suppressed had not the evidence to support it been at hand. It is thought that the state after sketching Orchards life for the last five years, may go into further detail covering the same ground before turning him over to the defense.
 Orchard spent all morning telling of his attempts on the lives of Judge Gabbert and Governor Peabody. Sey- eral unsuccessful attempts had been made. At 1 o'clock he began his story of the alleged arrangements to assassinate Governor Steunenberg and the part that Haywood played fin the murder.