The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-21
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was burned also upsets entirely the no
ton that gas caused the explosion"
Resuming his argument after recess,
Mr. Hawley traced Orchards move
ments after the Bradley explosion.
showing how he changed his costume
to soldiers clothing in order TO get out
Of San Francisco. The change was ac-
complished in the rooms of d. c. Cop
ley, who had been a member of the ex-
ecutlve board Of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners.
Referring to the testimony of DR.. 1.
4. MCGEE of Wallace, Ida, that he saw
Orchard there during the summer of
1904, Mr.. Hawley said Orchard could not
have been there. and that MCGEE was
either grievOusly mistaken as to dates
or stated a deliberate falsehood.
MCGEE was recently arrested for per-
jury.
Killing of Gregory.
AS 10 the killing of Lyte Gregory, Mr..
Hawley said the evidence showed that
Gregory was a companion of Detectives
Scott and Sterling, against whom the
Western Federation OF Miners had
grievances Orchard must have been
serving the federation in killing the
man, for he had no personal motive
Again, in this crime of killing Gregg
~, we find Steve Adams directly in
vOlved, and George Pettibone as giving
the Instructions. Again may ask why
these two men have not been called
here to deny the allegations Orchard
has made against them? [ leave the
answer to your judgment and your in
telligence."
The prosecution next went over the
various attempts made by Orchard on
the lives of Judges Goddard and Cab
bert and Governor Peabody. The es-
cape of each of these men from de-
structiOn, especially Peabody, was
miraculous, Mr.. Hawley declared, and
the motive for their removal lay i'm the
Western Federation of Miners, and not
in the breast of the man hired to COM
NIT the crimes. The size and destruct-
i've character of the bomb finally made
by Orchard to destroy Governor Pea
body would seem incredible if the dead
ly engine itself had not been intro
duced.
Killing of steunenberg.
After he had spoken for nearly an
hour at the afternoon session, Mr. Haw-
ley finally brought his argument down
to the death of former Governor Frank
Steunenberg.
He appears to have been particular
ly obnoxious to the Western Federation
of Miners" said the attorney "The ar
ticles which have been introduced here
from the Miners Magazine show the
lasting hatred that the organization
bore him. Never has a man been more
villified than was he. Frank Steunen-
berg had been a member of a labor
union, so when the mining troubles
started in northern Idaho the leaders
of the Western Federation of Miners
thought he would be found on their
side But Steunenberg thought more
Of law and order, and his firm course
in stamping out the disorders aroused
the enmity OF the miners organization
If there is one class of men the leaders
Of an organization like this is seen to
despise above all others it is those who
have once been friendly, but who turn
against them beause of their mis-
deeds"
Orchard the BOSS Murderer"
When it came to the taking off of
Steunenberg, Hawley said it was but
natural that Orchard should be select
ed. He had attained the distinction of
being the boss killer of the leaders of
the Western Federation of Miners" his
exploits had eclipsed even those of
Steve Adams. kid" Minister and the
others who had enjoyed the confidence
Of the Inner circle" Tracing Orch
ards movements about the time of the
tragedy, Mr. Hawley told of his meet
ing with Jack SimDkins, a member of
the executive board of the federation
who agreed to help in the destruction
Of Steunenberg. The two went tOgeth-
er to Caldwell on their mission of muir
der. Had Caldwell been a mining camp
there might not have been anything
strange in Simpkins' going there, but it
was a small town with an agricultural
"a nd xx-ho xr-oc
organizer of the federation could have
had no good reason for remaining there
day after day under the assumed name
Of IL. Simmons"
Simpkins, in company with Orchard !
was seen time after time about the
home of the ex-governor.
Tell me by your verdict, gentlemen
Of the jury" exclaimed Hawley, that
his man Simpkins, this associate of
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone, this |
eader of the Western Federation of
Miners, was doing there if it was not |
10 accomplish the death of Steunenberg. |
Simpkins was finally called away to a |
meeting of the federation in Denver, /
eaving the murder to Harry Orchard, !
n whom he had reason to repose every /
confidence.
Instigation Alleged.
con the eve Of the new year the ter
'ible deed was accomplished. The death |
# Steunenberg was a shock not only to |
his home community, to the state over
which he had ruled. but to the entire
nation. 1t was for this act-the killing
If Frank Steunenberg by Harry Orch
lrd, with the assistance of Jack Simp- /
lins and at the instigation of William
D. Haywood, Charles H. Meyer and |
George A. Pettibone, that this trial has
been had" declared the prosecutor, who