The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-05-22
HAYWOOD MURDER TRIAL,
Orchards Confession Believed To Be
Mainstay Of Prosecution.

S1 " V~TOSeCuIlOn.
BOISE. May li.-Substau,ial pro-
gress toward the formation of a jury
to try VIM. D. Haywood, for the al.
legged murder of Frank Steuneuberg,
twice chosen as chief executive of this
state, was made on this, the third day
OF the trial. At adjournment for the
day, counsel for the defense had com.
pIeted the examin alton and temper.
arlly passed the tenth talesman. They
q but two more 10 examine in chief
and a reservation to examine, if they
desire to exercise the right, two Of
those temporarily passed today.
The strange, mysterious personality
OF Harry Orchard, the self-confessed
assassin, is the pivotal feature OF this
remarkable murder trial. II Orchards
confession is established, then his
fate and that of the three officers OF
the Western FEEDER alton of Miners is
sealed.
Harry Orchard escaped from the
Occur d'Alenes the day after the Bun
ker Hill and Sullivan mill was blown
up in 1899. He also escaped from In.
dependence the night the depot was
blown up at that place, killing IA men.
He vas through all the Colorado
troubles. He arrived in Caldwell,
Idaho, the home of Governor Steun.
enberg. about three weeks before the
assassination of ~Steunenberg. He
posed as Tom Hogan, q sheep buyer.
He stopped at the principal hotel,
paid his bills promptly and appeared
to have an abundance OF money. He
followed Ex-Governor Steunenberg's
footsteps IS the latter left the bank,
OF which Steunenberg's brother was
an officer, at half past six on the
evening of December 30, 1905. He cut
across lots to beat S~teunenberg to his
home. He arrived at the gate at 6:45.
1t was dark, and the lights in the
~Steunenberg house glowed through
the drawn blinds. Orchard pretended
to drop a newspaper, and stopped
down to pick it up. AS he did so, he
hastily tied the string attached to the
Internal machine planted by him earl
Ter, to a rung Of the gate, and passed
on.
Steunenberg arrived Eve minutes
later opened the gate and one side of
him vas blown to bleeding shreds.
Orchard returned to the hotel and or.
dered his supper. During the excite
ment OF hat night and the succeeding
day, he freely offered himself, as a
stranger in town, to the investigation
Of the citizens committee. He sue
ceeded in %disarming suspicion, but
was later identified by some one from
abroad as other than he pretended.
He was finally arrested, and from eff.
fects found in his trunk, enough evil
dence was secured to bind hin. over to
the grand jury.
When he was taken TO Boise and
placed in the penitentiary, James Nc
Parland, the Pinkerton detective of
Denver, was sent for. Mcfarland re.
NAMED in Boise ten days before call.
ing on Orchard. Orchard was given
that much time in solitary confinement
for his thoughts to ripen. Then Nc
Parland called on him, told him who
he was, confronted him with evidence
against him, not only OF the Steuuen.
berg murder, but of others. Orchard
finally confessed. That confession is
said to cover several hundred type.
written pages and is in sections.
Like a bolt out of the sky, the mex,
news hat flashed Owe the wires-be-
fore Orchard s confession had come
was the announcement of the arrest IL
Denver Of Meyer, Haywood and Petit
bone. Jack Simpkins could not bs
found. He is still at large.
Meyer was arrested on a Burlington
Pullman as he was about to leave
Denver at 8 O'Clock on Saturday even
ing, Feb. II. An hour later both Hey
wood and Pettibone were arrested
Neither knew until he started for tn,
train that was to take them all I,
Boise the next morning that the other
!, had been arrested.
Workings of New Pension Law.