Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-13
TRIED TO GET BELL
Boise Trial Murder Fiend Con-
 tinues His Tale. .,s
UNFOLDS VAST PANORAMA OF CRIME

I Planned While In Paulson's House to
 Rob Him of His Children and Hold l Them For Ransom-StaIxed Peabody and Bell.
 | BOISE, Ida, June 13.-The defense
 has now carried the cross examination of Harry Orchard down to the actual
 crime charged against William D. Hay
 wood, the murder of former Governor
 Frank Steunenberg.
 Counsel for the defense is directing 1 its efforts to an attempt to cloud the
 earlier purposes and movements of Or chard with uncertainty and indefinite
 ness. Then they emphasized the aban-
 donment of all effort to kill after Or chard first tracked Steunenberg to a 1 hotel in Boise and with a skeleton key 1 gained entrance to the room in which l the governor was living. Here they i delayed for moment to prove that Orchard twice wrote and once tele- i phoned to Bill Easterly at Silver to l urge him to come and join in the 1 crime, and the direct implication was
 that Orchard was endeavoring to in-
 veigle another federation man into the
 crime, which would bring discredit and
 dishonor to the organization.
 Then the witness was carried over
 his long journey into north Idaho, and his crimes there, including plot to kidnap and hold for ransom Paulson's
 child, were emphasized. Orchard swore that David Coates. formerly lieutenant governor of Colorado and later pub fisher in Wallace, Ida, first suggested
 the kidnapping to Pettibone and him.
 self at Denver. Paulson, once poor
 miner had made a fortune in the Her cules mine in which Orchard held an
 interest when the property was not paying, and it was believed that if his children were stolen he would come down" with $50,OO0 or $60.O00 in ran som. Orchard said that when he went to north Idaho he got Jack Simpkins to enter the plot, and together they went to Coates to renew the scheme.
 Coates was in court and was asked to stand up, and Orchard said he was the man. Orchard was then asked whether he had not himself proposed the crime to Coates and been imme- diately rebuffed by him and whether Jack Simpkins had not warned Paul. son the minute he heard of the plot. Orchard denied both suggestions, and, reiterating his first story. he insisted that Coates had consented to stay in the plot and handle the money they hoped to get from Paulson.
 Then the defense showed the wit ness in the commission of series of mean crimes and reduced to poverty fin which he had to resort to pawniug, borrowing and stealing to live for a long period. First he pawned jewelry and guns for S25 or $50. Then he ac- cepted the hospitality of Paulson's home while he was plotting to steal Paulson's childs After that. with Jack Simpkins, he broke into the Oregon Railway and Navigation company's station. They were after trunkful of jewelry samples, but instead got a trunkful of shoe samples. Next he tapped cash register at Burke for $50 or s40.
 Swiftly reviewing his meetings with his old partner, who had meantime be- come rich, the defense asked the wit ness if, disappointed and angered at his own hard luck in selling out the Hercules mine, when Steunenberg sent troops into north Idaho, he had not suddenly decided to borrow enough money from Paulson to take him to Caldwell. where be would murder the man whom he blamed for his misfor- tune. Orchard strenuously denied that this was his motive.
 The earlier part of the day was con- sumed with review. from the stand point of the defense. of the alleged plots against Peabody. Judge Gabbert Judge Goddard and General sherman Bell. It developed that during August, 1905. when with shotgun and buck shot he was stalking General Bell. Or chard went to live at the house of Pet tibone.
 Bell was followed for two weeks. he said. but his life was saved by the vigilance of pet dogs that kept his as- sassin at a distance. Orchard lurked in the shadows across from Bells home. ready to shoot down his victim, but each time he ventured into the clearing to get closer for a better aim the dogs set up barking and scared him on.
 BafIied in his efforts, he says he was ultimately called of by the conspira- tors. who were anxious to kill Steunen- berg.
 The review of the Steunenberg plot brought from Orchard the additional declaration that when Haywood was the crime he said that Ed ward Boyce. formerly president of the Western Federation of Miners and now one of the owners of the Hercules mine. had always desired the removal of Steunenberg for his part in the north Idaho labor troubles.
 Soon after Orchard left the stand David Coates said:
 "I do not care at this time to discuss 1 the Kidnapping story told by Orchard. But he did come to me in Wallace and l