Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-08
SAY MINERS OFFICIALS
PLANNED ALL MURDERS
Confesses That He Was Be.
hind Series Of Crimes
Blackening Colorado's
Name and That Hay
wood and Pettibone
Planned Them

Harry Orchard, on the witness
stand today testified that Hay.
wood first suggested he should
come to Idaho and assassinate
Frank Steunenberg. He said a con-
ference was held at the Office Of
the Western Federation of Miners
In Denver in 1905 and that Meyer
protested against further acts of
violence In Denver and urged that
certain Outside work" be taken
up.
Orchard swore Meyer wanted
him to 60 to Goldfeld and murder
John Neville. Neville, who accom-,
panied Orchard to Wyoming after
the Independence station was
blown up, according to Orchard,
knew too much about the crime
for Meyers peace OF mind. Then it
was the witness swore the Steun-
enDerg plot was suggested by
Haywood and had its inception.
Haywood suggested" said Or
chard. that we ought to get
Steunenberg. He thought il we
got hin after letting MIN go seven
or eight years and then went back
to Paterson, N. j., and wrote let
tiers to Gabbert, Goddard. Peabody,
Bell and others telling them they
would get the same thing as
Steunenberg, 1t would show them
they were not forgotten and would
nave a good effect.
Meyer said 1t would be better
than killing him as it would be
a living death for they would be
confronted by the thought always
that somebody was waiting for
them.
Haywood said he had sent sew
eral men to Caldwell to do the
Stsunenberg job, among them
Miner Minister, Art Bascom Nc
Carthy and Steve Adams.
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Boise, June 6.-The Steunenheri
murder trial was resumed at 9 o'clocl
his morning when Orchard resume,
he witness stand.
Orchard gave the names of seyera
persons he met in San Francisco whel
1e went there to assassinate Ere
Bradley, formerly manager of min
n Cour D'Alene district, the name
being related in order to pave the wa
or a possible corroboration of OF
chard's testimony at this point.
Brings Pettbone Into Case.
Orchard said upon his return fror
California he informed Pettibone tina
Bradley was still alive but would prot
ably lose his eyesight and hearing
Pettibone said that would be bette
than killing MIN outright. That Brat
ley will now be living example.
Orchard said Pettibone paid hiI
(Orchard) $125 and assured him {
more whenever he wanted it,
Orchard said at the request of Ha.
wood he and Steve Adams tried
shoot Judge Gabbert, who had rende
ed decisions against Mercer who the
were trying to get out of Telluride o
q habeas corpus.
Tried to XIII Peabody.
Haywood" continued Orchar,
'also wanted us to try again at Go,
ernor Peabody, saying he didn't car
how we got him. Steve Adams Bill
Cakerma1 and | set to work and mad
a bomb and put it under a sidewalk
Denver over which the governor pas
ed every morning.
Adams and | watched for the go
ernor until ne came out. Just as til
governor walked over the place whel
the bomb was, two heavy coal wager
came out of an alley and passed ov,
the wire leading to the bomb and "
could not pull it,
did you try?" was asked.
mo sir, after the governor was gor
went and got the bomb. We tire
the bomb in the river and reported
Pettibone we had failed. He said
was too bad.
"Aftey this we tried to shoot Pc
body, hanging around els house for
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