Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-05-05

bomb, He was terribly maugled, he
ing blown nearly fifteen feet from the
gate He lived nearly am hour was
! conscious and spokc, but his ruptul ed
ear drums were dead to sound and he
/ died without knowing what had
killed him. He asked his Wife who
had shot him, and the mystification of
! his eyes shuWned that he could not
/ hear her reply.
The explosion of the bomb aroused
luot only the little town of Caldwell
/ but the whole state of Idaho. orchard
/ had hated Steuuenberg. and before
! Ithe day was over he was suspected ol
1.-THE murder. He had gone TO Cald-
4 but the whole state of Idaho. Before
1 the daV was over ii was suspected that
/ Orchard had murdered Steunenberg
| He had gone to Caldwell from
! Denver. as Thomas Hogan, and
IVariousIy claimed to be am in-
surance man a buyer of sheep and
a professional gambler a search
of his room i'm the hotel revealed the
first definite evidence, and ON January
II. 1906 he was placed under arrest
Orchards trunk revealed more cvt-
dence and then a score Of Witnesses
located him at various times about
Ifhe Steuucnbcrg home, with Jack
Smpkius. a member of the executive
board of the Western Federation OF
Miners. who has not been caught,
Watching the Steunenberg house, with
field glasses. and making inquiries as
TO Stcuuenberg' movements
AT this juncture there occurred a
circumstance to which great signiti-
eance has always been attached. II Is
stated that Orchard, when asked at
his preliminary examination If he
wanted counsel. said that if news of
his arrest were published abroad
counsel would promptly be on the
ground to advise them.
subsequently Hogan was idehtl-
fled by the Colorado police as Harry
Orchard. wanted on the charge OF
blowing up the Independence depot
and upon this identification he ad-
mitted that Hogan was an assumed
name. that his real name was Harry
Orchard In the meantime the case
had passed into the hands OF the
Pmkerton Detective agency ana
James Mcfarland, famous for his
part i'm the Molly MacGulre alIalf.
assumed charge of the inquiry. Nc
Partlaud secured what is claimed 10
be 10 free and fun confession from
Harry orchard. who had been re-
moved from the jail at Caldwell to
the penilentiary in this city for safe
5eeping. as feeling ran high against
him i'm Caldwell. orchards confess
sion has never fully been made public,
hut IL is known that it contains an al
legged admission of participation IN
nearly thirty murders and that or
chard charges Haywood, Meyer ana
Pcttiboue with having induced him to
commit the crimes and having paid
him i'm money. an agreed sum Tor
each. II is alleged that orchard S
confession has been amply confirmed,
that he will go upon the stand ana
viii freely repeat il with the run
knowledge that when his turn comes
for trial he VIII be unNlcted and exc
cuted II is said that orchard onlN
desires 10 make a clean breast OF ms
past. and he is quoted as saying that
he desires To clear the whole thing
-n retaro am eNcented. ht
states prosecutors believe they can
corroborate the confession IN an IlS
most important aspec,s. 1t is alleged
that pettibone was an expert ON eN-
plosives and that he, Meyer and Hay
wood Jointly plotted the crimes
on February II of last year HAY
wood, Meyer and Pettibone were ar
rested i'm Colorado and Immediately
brought to Idaho. The arrest vas was
the murder was committed The gov
ernor of Colorado honored the rcqui-
siti0u of the governor OF ldaho, but
there was no judicial proceedings IN
Colorado. a circumstance That led to "a
long and bitter contest.
The affidavit charging that the men
were i'm the state of Idaho at the time
of the murder being admittedly false
i'm fact. though there was a require
ment with the letter and spirit of the
state. according to the officers of the
state gave rise 10 widespread discus
sion as to the prOpriety Of the action