The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-13
HARRY ORCHARD.

Denver, the blowing up of the indie
pendence depot and the attempts
made on the life OF Governor Peabody
of Colorado.
In the main the testimony was the
same as given at the Haywood trial,
but the questions emphasized Petit.
bones alleged conspiracy. An entirely
new feature of the evidence was the
statement by Orchard that Pettibone
had told him in 1904 that he pur.
chased 100 rifles from a hardware
company in Denver and shipped them
to the Couer d'Alenes for use In the
riots of 1895. The witness said Petit.
bone told him he paid $500 OF West
ern Federal ton money for the rifles.
Another portion Of the testimony
which the state regards as important
was the statement that Pettibone Wis.
tied Orchards house at Cripple Creek
and showed him how to use Petit
bone dope" It is claimed by the prose.
cution that corroborative evidence
will be introduced.
Orchard Tells His story Again.
Orchard began by telling of his first
visit to Denver in December, 1903.
when he went alone to Federation
headquarters and introduced himself
to Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone.
done good job at the indicator and
that they promised him money, later
giving him $500. Going back to Grip
pie Creek, he said, he set to work
with Owney Barnes making bombs for
the purpc Of blowing up the coal
bunkers al the indicator mine and
imprisoning the nonunion workmen.
He soon returned to Denver as a dele
gate to the convention of the State
Federation of Labor and again saw
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone and
talked over Cripple Creek matters
with them. He met Pettibone at this
time, he said. Meyer introduced him.
telling him that Pettibone was "all
right" "Pettibone took me to his
store" said Orchard, "and told me
about setting off giant caps with acid
and peculiar burning substance,
showing me how to compound the mix
ture. / took some home with me-
Pettibone told me lie would come to
Cripple Creek and show me how to
use It, He came to my house soon
after. under the name of Morgan, and
mixed up some 'Pettibone DOPE"
Orchard said that the stuff brought
by Pettibone was buried and that he
had described the place after his ar
rest and 1t had been dug up.
The witness told of his third visit ia
Denver and Of accompanying Meyer to
Montrose as his boIyguard. In April
Orchard said, Haywood told him he
wanted him to dump off" Governor
Peabody, and he went to Crippm
Creek to get Steve Adams to helI
him do the Job. He then related now
they laid for Peabody with sawed of
shotguns furnished by INttibone, but
failed. Attention was then turned to
Lyle Gregory, Orchard testifying that
Pettibone and Steve Adams came tc
him and told him the executive board
had decided that he ought to be put
out OF the way. All three, he said
planned to get Gregory, but only he
and Adams were present when the
shooting occurred.
The blowing up Of the Independence,
depot, Orchard said, was planned
while the executive board was in SEES
sion. Fifty or sixty nonunion mel
were on the platform when the ex
plosion occurred and fourteen wer,
killed. The next day he went bacl
to Denver and talked to Haywood an,
Pettibone about the explosion. Petit
bone, Orchard said, told him 1t was I
good job, but that they should hav'
waited until the train got In SO as I,
get more OF them.