Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-06

occasions leaned far forward in his chair,
gazing steadily at Orchard with MS Single
eye.
Another Attempt to Kill Peabody.
Orchard said he decided to prepare a
bomb to place beneath Peabody's bed room
window at Canon City.
The state here created something of
sensation by producing in evidence the
lead casing of the bomb 1t was the size of
a two-galIon can. Orchard identified it.
He said he had shown the casing to Petit
bone in Denver and loaded it in the base
ment of Petitioners store, the latter as
sisting him. Thirty pounds OF giant powder
were used.
Pettibone. Orchard declared. gave him
800 before he returned to Canon City with
the bomb. On his way to the latter place
companion heard a clock ticking in the
grip with the bomb and wanted to know
what it was.
II told him. jokingly. that it was a bomb,
and l was going to put it under Peabody If
| got chance. But when l reported this
conversation to Pettibone he told me 1 had
better not try it on Peabody at that time.
He said however, that he wanted some
thing pulled off before the conventon-that
we must have something to show for the
money we'd spent.
Bomb for Judge Gabbert.
"Pettibone and l then went to work and
prepared a bomb for Judge Gabbert. We
made it out of a half gallon syrup can,
using ten pounds of giant powder.
"Pettibone and l planted the bomb in a
vacant lot which Judge Gabhert crossed on
his way home We left a wire out of the
bomb, and to this intended fastening a
pocket book, the idea being that Judge Cab
bert would pick up the purse and thus upset
the bottle of Sulphuric acid inside the bomb
We tried one day to fasten the purse, but
Judge Gabbert came too fast and we had to
leave it alone.
"Pettibone had to go next day to Salt
Lake to attend the convention of the West
ern Federation of Miners, leaving to
attend to Judge Gabbert. He said we must
certainly do something before the conven-
ton. l was afraid to touch the old bomb
so prepared a new one. AS Judge Gabbert
started out the next morning l rode ahead
of him on bicycle and fastened the pocket
book to the wire. l rode off down town
and did not hear an explosion until an hour
afterward A man named Wally had picked
up the pocket book and was killed. Judge
Gabbert had passed without noticing it."
Failure Called Hard Luck.
When he reported the result to Pettibone
the latter said it was hard luck"
Orchard told the details of his movements
almost day by day, stretching his narra-
tive out to great length He said the next
man selected for attack was Sherman Bell,
former adjutant general of Colorado, who
had been instrumental in breaking up a
strike. Orchard said it was decided to buy
rig and drive out to Bells house. He
took Haywood to ride in the rig and then
bought it for s115. The bill of sale was
made out in Pettibone's name. He and
Pettibone drove out to Bells several nights
in succession. About this time Meyer re-
turned to Colorado, and when he found out
what going ordered it stopped.
Meyer, Orchard declared said he did not
want anything pulled off in Denver while he
was there. as ne would surely be arrested.
He also said he had some outside work
which was more important.
Orchard had now brought his story down
to August, 1900
Another Attempt on Goddard's Life.
The witness went back to June of that
year, however, to tell of another attempt
on Judge Goddard. This was made a few
days after the failure to get Judge Cab
bert. The bomb for Judge Goddard was
planted in a grass plot near the gate lead
ing into the front yard of his residence.
The connection with the bomb broke in
some manner without exploding it. Orchard
said he examined the place and found the
grass dead where the bomb planted,
this being due to the escaping sulphuric
acid fumes.
After this failure, Orchard said, he dis
cussed matters pretty thoroughly.
Meyer told me he thought We ought to
get rid of Johnny Neville, who knew too
much about the Independence depot affair
and was demanding money said Orchard
Then for the first time the witness came
down to the Steunenberg case.
Ought to Get Steunenberg.
Haywood suggested he said, that we
ought to get ex-Gov. Steunenberg He
thought that if we got him after letting
him go seven or eight years and then went
back to Paterson, n. j., and wrote letters
to Judge Gabbert Judge Goddard, Peabody,
Bell and the others, telling them they
would get the same thing as Steunenberg, it
would show them they We're not forgotten,
either, and would have good effect.
Meyer said 1t would be better than killing
them; that it would be a living death, for
they would be confronted by the thought al
ways of somebody waiting for them.
Haywood said he had sent several men
to Caldwell to do the Steunenberg job.
Among them were Minister, Art Bascom,
Mccarthy and Steve Adams. Minister was
miner-a member of the union. l did not
know Mccarthy. Pettibone and Haywood
told me that Steve Adams and Jack Simp-
kinS were in Idaho to get rid of some claim
jumpers. They were then going after Steu-
nenberg. l went to California after this
conversation. When l got back I talked
with Adams, Haywood and Pettibone Ad-
ans said tina. the money Haywood and Pet
tibone had sent him to Idaho had miscar-
ried and he never got it. For this reason he
had not gone to Caldwell Adams said he
had got rid of the claim jumpers all right"
Attorney Richardson objected to all the
testimony as to what Adams had said
The objection was overrued on the
ground that Orchard had told Pettibone all
that Adams had said.