The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-13

not find the powder and came ou of the mine unmolested
 ''In November, some time. w. F Davis. and Sherman Parker, who wer, in charge of the strike. came to m, and asked if We could not send { bomb into the vindicator mine anc ruin it. They said they would givs me $500 for it. A man named Acker man then said he would help me got 30 pounds of giant powder ant arranged It with the giant caps whicf were to be set off by the lifting o1 the guard rail as the cage passed the seventh level. We placed the bomr but did not hear anything of it foi about week when it finally exploded Superintendent Mccormick and Me Beck, shift boss. were killed. He then went to Denver to see Hay wood and Mover at their offices in the Miners Exchange building.
 T knew them only by sight prior to this. introduced myself and they said they knew me by reputation Mover asked me if l wanted any money and said not at that time but later.
 Haywood told me the blowing UT of the mine was fine piece of work and they were much pleased with 1t I talked to Haywood, Mover and Easterly about the matter. They said there would be nothing further for me but night work for while Haywood said he would have to clear those fellows up at Cripple Creek.
 Mover gave me s20 and Haywood later, in Movers office. paid me s30C for blowing up the mine.
 "I returned to Cripple Creek in De cember, 1903, and since then l. have not done any labor Haywood and Mover both told me l could not gc too fierce to suit them-to go ahead and blow up anything could think oi ito get some of the soldiers If pos sible
 Court took recess at 1l:30 until l:3O with Orchard upon the stand.
 Boise, Ida. Juse 7.--Harry Orchard testified Wednesday morning that William D. Haywood first suggested that he come to Idaho and assassin ate Frank Steunenherg He said that at conference held at the office of the Western Federation of Miners in Denver in 1905. Mover pro tested against further acts of violence in Denver and urged that certain outside work" be taken up. Orchard swore that Mover wanted him to go to Goldfield and murder John Neville. who &C., companied Orchard to Wyoming after the Independence station was blown up, and according to orchard, knew too much about the crime for Movers peace of mind. Then it was the witness swore, that the Steunen. berg plot, suggested by Haywood, had it's inception. Before the Steun- enberg story was developed. Orchard told of various plots to kill Gov. Peabody, Gen. sherman Bell, Judge Gabbert, Dave Moffatt and Frank Hearne. The state produced large lead shell and Orchard identified it as the outer casing of the bomb he carried to Cannon City in the hope of blowing up Peabody. Or chard came to the stand Thursday in perfect composure and in the same even voice resumed his remarkable confession of countless crimes.
 Orchard began his days testi- mony by giving the names of several persons he met in San Francisco when he went there to assassinate Fred Bradley who had been formerly the manager of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine in the Occur d Alene district of Idaho. These names were related in order to pave the way for a possible corroboration of Orchards testimony at this point
 Orchard said he was known a part of the time he was in San Francisco by the name of Barry. Leaving California. Orchard returned to Den yer. wearing the uniform of a soldier He said he immediately called Petit bone on the telephone.
 'Pettihone asked me how Bradley was," continued Orchard. "I told him Bradley was still alive when left San Francisco. but it was re- ported he would lose his eye sight and probably be deaf for the rest of his life Pettibone said that was bet ter than if had killed him out right-that Bradley would now be a living example"
 Orchard said he asked for money and received $l25 from Pettibone With the assurance that he could get more when ever he wanted it.
 Orchard said Haywood next asked him ITO go to Work on Judge Cab bert" of the supreme court of Colo rado.
 He said Judge Gabbert, Orchard went on, had been rendering decis- ions against Mover. who we were try Ing to get out Of Telluride on habeas corpus l went to Judge Gabberts house the following Sunday night with Steve Adams and shot gun but we did not see the judge. Hay wood also wanted us to try again at Gov. Peabody. saying he did not care how We got rid of him. At this time it seemed that Peabody was about 10 be elected for another term Steve