Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-13
His Confession Thursday Raised
Number of His Victims to
Eighteen.
ASSASSINATED STUENENBERG
Says Haywood Suggested, Plotted AMI
Financed the Crime-Admits under
Cross-Examination That lie
Deserted Wife and Child
and Committed Bigamy.

Boise, June s.--Harry Orchard
crowned his admissions of grave
crimes to-day when, continuing his
case against VIM. u. Haywood he
made detailed confession of the muir
der of Frank Steunenberg by an in
fernal machine that directly opens the
way for his own conviction and exc
cution for the mortal ofrense. He
swore that the assassination OF Steun-
enberg was first suggested by Hay
wood, was plotted by Haywood, Meyer,
Pettibone and himself was financed
by Haywood and was executed by him
SELF, after the failure OF an attempt
an which Jack Simpkns participated
orchard lifted the total OF his own
victims by murder to 1S, detailed the
circumstances under which he tried to
murder Ex-Governor Peabody. Judge
Goddard, Judge Gabbert, Gen. Sher-
man Bell. Dave Moffatt and Frank
Herne Incidentally he confessed to a
former associates.
Then under cross examination, Orchard
confessed the sordid social crimes of de-
sorting his young child and wife, in
Ontario. fleeing to British Columbia with
Hattie Simpson. the wife OF another
man, and committing bigamy by marry
Ing third woman at Cripple Creek
Through the shocking details Of muir
der plots. secret bomb-making and man
hunts with sawed off shot guns, and in
fernal machines as weapons the witness
went on in the same quiet off handed
manner that marked his demeanor YES
terday.
His voice dropped TO lower keys as the
pitful story of the long logging of
Steunenberg in Caldwell narrowed down
TO the last day and he told Of his race
from the hotel to Steunenberg's home to
beat his victim with the bomb and his
meeting the doomed man in the evening
gloom as he walked unconsciously to his
fearful death. Through 1t all, Orchard
WINGED but once, and that was when the
defense made him name his six sisters
and his one brother and give their resi-
dences in Ontario and New York.
The defense fought the testimony with
q multiplicity of objections and succeeded
In heading off an attempt to testify of
the murder of Arthur Collins al Telluride
It also temporarily shut ont the contents
of a telegram received and a telegram
sent by Orchard after his arrest. Except
for this the State managed to get in it's
story intact,
STATE CORROBORATING STORY.
The State to-day began its corrobora-
ton of Orchard bloody narrative by
producing the lead casing of the bomb
designed to kill Peabody.
Orchard identified it and swore that
he brought it from Canyon City to Den
Yer and then an to Wallace. where he
gave it to a man named Cunningham.
1t was thrown into the river and the
state promises to prove its recovery.
Haywood and his kinsfolk listened
quietly to the long recital and about their
first show Of feeling was one OF amuse-
ment when Attorney Richardson began
lis onslaught by bringing out Orchards
domestic crimes
SAME PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
There were the same precautions and
the same armed guards to-day to pro-
tect Orchard. and the same court room
scenes except that among the spec
tators the women preponderated. There
was another rush for admittance and
the doors of the court had to be closed
at both sessions
Orchard finished his direct examina-
ton at 2:35 o'clock and the cross
examination had reached only the
Couer d'Alene days of 1899 when the
court closed. The REORGANIZATION
will be continued tomorrow.
TuE, hJJyrD Iro az, s,T1,1r>-u,>rp1pc
After telling about the plans for killing
Gov. Steunenberg and getting simkine
to help, the witness told how they
LoUght powder to make a bomb and
other preparations.
Arrived at Caldwell again, Orchard re.
gistered as Hogan and Simkins as Sim.
mons. Orchard identified HIS writing or
the Pacific Hotel register introduced r
evidence yesterday.
I'VE tried to locate Gov Steunenbers
at once" said Orchard "but could not
We went out to his residence severa
times and then finally saw him in tn,
Saratoga Hotel on Sunday evening. II
the meantime we had fixed up thu
bomb, so Simpkins and took the boml
out at once and set II under the side
walk with a string stretched across tn.
walk so when ne struck It, 1t would up
1T the bottle Of sulphurlc acid. w,
went back to the hotel to wait, blu
heard nothing, After two or three hours
we went out and got the bomb. w
found that some one had broken tn,
string but had not upset tho bottle. w
hid the bomb IN some weeds The boml
was made in wooden box just biz
enough to hold ton pounds OF pow
der.
Next day simpkins concluded he ha.
better not stay around any longer 70
fear that he had seen several person.
persons who knew him, He thought I
might go hard with me II was caugh
IN his company. He said I had bette
remain and finish the Job alone. Thi
was sometime in November In 1905,
HAD TO WORK ALONE.
"Simpkins, ell this time was a mem
Dor Of the executive board OF the West
ern Federation Of Miners. After he wen,
away tried to catch Gov. Steunenberl
down town some night so ! could sliI
out and plant the bomb for htm near his
home. He was out of the city a large
part of the time. Once I came to Boise
but could not find him here ] returned tC
Caldwell and stopped at tho Saratoga
Hotel, carrying the bomb in my grip
, ] finally located Gov. Steunenberg or
Christmas night. in 1905, and. taking the