The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-07
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Haywood and Pettibone. all three, TOLD
me 10 keep after Peabody. II was ar
ranged that | should become lite H'-
surance solicitor
Orchard declared that he GOT recon
mcndations for the position WIN one OF
the big agencies In Denver from Mr.
Hawkins an attorney and partner OF r.
T. Richardson, one OF the attorneys now
representing Haywood, and from j. ..
sullivan. president OF the State Fedora =
MIR Richardson listened keenly TO this
part of tie witness story and made
hts family and attorneys. sat stolid at
times but on occasions leaned far FOR
ward In his chair. gazing steadily at Or
chard with his single eye.
Orchard said he decided to prepare a
bomb 10 place beneath Peabodys bed
room window at Canon City, Colo
The State here created something OF
sensation by producing In evidence
the lead casing of the bomb II was the
size of n two gallon can. orchard lden-
titled it. He said he had shown the cas-,
ing TO Pettibone in Denver and loaded
1t in the basement Of Pettibone's store,
the lattor assisting him. Thirty pounds
of giant powder were used
Petubone. Orchard declared, gave him
500 before be returned to canon Guy
with the bomb. On his way to the latter
place a. companion heard clock ticking
r. in the grip with the bomb and wanted TO
10 know what 1t was.
L tOIQ nm. lOKlnSlNs lIletN IL "S,S "a
bomb and I was going To put II under
Peabody if I got n chance. orchard
went on But when ! reported this
converse tion to Pettibone he told me
that time. He said however, that he
wanted something pulled OF before the
conVention-that we must have some
thing TO show for the money we'd spent.
Pettibone Helped Make Bomb.
sPettibone and I then went 10 work
and prepared a bomb for Judge Gabbert
We made 1t out of half-Sallon syrup
can. using ten pounds OF giant powder
"Pettibone and / planted the bomb IN
n vacan, lot which Judge Gabhert crossed
on his way home. We left a wire out
OF the bomb and TO this We Intended tast'
cning a pocketbook, the idea being that
Judge Gabbert would pick up the purse
and thus upset the bottle Of sulphuric
acid inside the bomb. We tried one DAY
10 fasten the purse. but Judge Taopert
come TOO fast and we had TO leave 1t
alone.
''Pettibone had to go next day to Salt
Lake to attend the convention OF the
Western Federation OF Miners leaving
me to attend TO Judge Gabbert he SAID
we must certainly do something before
the convention. | was afraid TO touch
the old bomb, so l prepared new one
As Judge Gabbert started out the next
morning l rode ahead OF him on a olcycle
and fastened the pocke5book TO the wire
rode off down town and did not hear
an explosion until an hour afterward. a
man named Walls had picked up the
purse and was killed. Judge Gaopert
had passed without noticing II.
When he reported the result to Petti-
bone, the latter said II was hard luck
Orchard told the details of his move
ments almos, day By day, stretching nis
narrative out to great length. He said
the next man selected for attack was
Sherman Bell, former Adjutant-General OF
Colorado. who had been instrumentai n
was decided TO buy rig to drive out Ie
Bells house. He took Hayward 10 ride
in the rig and then bought 1t Tor SIP
The bill Of sale was made out IN Fettl-
bones name. tIe and Pettibone drove
out to Bells house several nights in sue.
cession About this time Meyer returned
TO Colorado and when he found OUT what
was going on. ordered it stopped. Mover,
Orchard; declared said he dld nor wan.
anything pulled off In Denver while he
was there. as he would surely be ar
rested He also said he had some out
side work which was more important:
Orchard had now brought his story
down 70 August. 1905
The witness went back 10 June OF that
year. however. 10 tell OF another attenlpt
on Judge Goddard. This was made few
Gabberr The bomb for Judge Goddard
was planted In a grass plot near the gate
leading into the front yard OF his resi-
dence. The connection with the BONN
It, Orchard said he examined the place
and found the grass dead where the
bomb was planted-thls being due TO the
escaping sulphuric acid fumes.
After this failure. Orchard said he
discussed matters pretty thoroughly.
Had Steunenberg Marked.
''Moyer told me he thought we ought
to get rid OF Johnny Neville. who knew
too much about the independence depot
affair and was demanding money, said
Orchard. Then for the first time the
witness came down TO the Steunenberg
case.
Haywood suggested ne said, that
we ought 10 get Ex-Governor Steunen-
berg. He thought that If we got him
after letting him go seven or eight years
and then went back 10 Paterson, N j..
and wrote letters to Judge Gahbert,
Judge Goddard, Peabody Bell and the
others telling them they would get the
same thing as Steunenberg, 1t would
show them they were not for
gotten either. and would have a good
effect. Meyer said IL would be better than
killing them: that II would he living
death for they would be confronted by
the thought always of somebody walt
ing for them.
Haywood said he had sent several men
10 Caldwell TO do the Steunenberg job.
Among them were Mineter Art Bascom.
and Steve Adams. Mineter was