The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

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he got his money and where he wen
from time to time. Orchard said h,
| worked on an average OF ten or clever
months a year In the mines OF Utah
Nevada and Arizona. He gambled par,
| Of the time.
Orchard traced his journeyings from
place to place. The attorneys wanted
to know how much money the witness
had at each place. Orchard supplied
the Information to the best OF his recol.
lection, admitting that large percent.
age Of his wages went over the gam.
bling table. He seldom remained more
than from one to three months I'm any
mining camp. Up to the time he went
to Colorado In 1902 Orchard said he
never heard Of Haywood. Pettibone,
Meyer and Simpkins
As an Ore Thief. ..St
Orchard said he did not hear of
Steunenberg's action In suppressing the
Couer a. Alene troubles until sometime
after he left Idaho. He said 1t was
his own initiative which took him to
Colorado, and no one connected with
the Western federation had urged his
going. At that time. July or August,
1902, there was no trouble in Cripple
Creek. Arriving In Colorado he went
to work in mine and renewed his
membership iny the federation, Joining
the local headed by w. F. Davis, who
had been in charge of the party which
blew the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mill.
Attorney Richardson asked the wit
ness repeatedly about his gambling
experiences. laying much stress on
this. ..ET.
When the federation ordered the
strike at Cripple Greek in August, 1908,
Orchard said hS went out with the
MI ka &,.lt-
tee was composed of w. E Davis.
Sherman Parker and man named
Orchard said he had heard
that Parker and Kenniston were dead.
Richardson next took the witness
through his high grading experiences
In the Vindicator mine. 1T. i
When you said the other day that
you had high graded In the Vindicator
mine during the strike, you simply
meant that you were an ore thief, didn't
you?" n.-. ... -..
Il don't know what you call It." re-
piled Orchard. I'VE took high class
ore out secretly, and sold it."
You often made as high as $25 or
$50 day, didn't you, from high grad
YES"
Orchard said he also "high graded"
while at work in the Vindicator before
he strike.
Murdered Fifty for $500.
Orchard said there were about fifty |
lon-union men working in the Vindi- |
'ator mine. He believed the touching
If Of a carload Of powder would have
meant death to all.
And you proposed to murder fifty |
nen for $200?"
i proposed to touch or the POWDER" /
aid Orchard.
or1
anne to Cripple Creek during the strike
nd made speeches urging that no overt |
cts of any sort be committed. saying
hey would surely be charged up to the
ederation.
They cautioned the strikers against,
and gambling. Haywood said
ny violence would react on the union
nd was not to be countenanced.
Two months later the matter OF blow
lg up the mine was again taken up.
Who suggested 1t this timer"
Sherman. Parker and Davis"
Orchard said the plan this time was
, attach q pistol to q liftbar at the
sventh level. The cage would lift the
ar and discharge the pistol into a bog
giant caps. which In turn would fire
lie powder.
Orchard said experiments were con-
lcted In an abandoned shaft. Easterly
I'D him he could not be mixed up with
lie explosion, although he assisted in
the experiments. For the
'cond attempt on the mine Orchard
lid he was promised $500.
Fearful Confessions.
Orchard yesterday confessed that as
member Of the mob that wrecked the
unker Hill and Sullivan mill in the .
ouer d'Alenes he lighted one of the
ses that carried, fire to the giant
:plosive; confessed that he set the ,
'ath trap in the Vindicator mine at .
ripple Creek that blew out the lives
Superintendent Mccormick and
brennan Beck: confessed that be- =
use he had not been paid for his :
st attempt at violence in the Vindi- =
tor mine he had been treacherous to =
associates by warning the man
'ers of the Florence and Cripple 9
eek railway that there was a plot {
blow up their trains; confessed
at he cruelty fired three charges Of
Ickshot into the body of Detective
'te Gregory, Of Denver, killing him y
stantly; confessed that for days he
alked Governor Peabody about Den
r, waiting chance to kill him; con- Il
Ssed that he and Steve Adams set
ID discharged the mine under the t
pot at Independence and confessed D
at falling In an attempt to poison q
ed Bradley, Of San Francisco, he &
ew him and his house up with
NIB of gelatine. r
Orchard swore that after his visit Il
Denver, when he got the money for d
ling Mccormick and Beck, he was is
instantly in communication and in a
3 pay Of either Haywood, Meyer, Il
ttibone, Simpkins or Davis that one
all OF them suggested his various f,
mes, and that at all meetings had t
Ter each crime his acts had been d
lrmly commended. o.
sCHARD DETAILS ACTUAL
KILLING OF STEUNENRERG u
Boise, June lot was when witness q
chard brought his long narrative -
wn TO the place where Ex-Governor ~
allnAn heEnx RtaII.La I'd lxillL,A y.