The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-06-12

which discharged pistol set of q
bomb and killed superintendent Nc
ccrmiek and Foreman Beck. Five
hundred dollars. he said. was the re-
ward for the murder.
Then came the journey to Denver.
where the witness said he met Mover.
Haywood and PetGoone, aud entered
their employment as an assassin. H
svore Haywood paid him $500 fer
blowing up the vindieator mine
Then came the making OF the tvo
bombs that we're tossed into the coal
heap at the vindica5or mine. bat thy
were never heard OF aga,n: and I'll Z
d:gresSior Il confess that before tae
successful attempt at the Vn 2ics5or
nine. he. had notif4a el2e railroad
management of a p?oe . Blow up itS
trains carryin non-an32a e2-
Next Horsley related how he jour
reyed 10 Southern Colorado as
guard to Mover. aud here the nara
tive. which laad been attacked from
every SD. ~ The befence at every
a.ater:a. 9oi..t, halted Tor the noon
recess.
vd aat HorSley was on tie
st-a spread through the c!tg, and a
fe zaoisen5s after the docrs OF the
c we're opened IN the afternoon
e.erv available seat Ter the pubic
mas been taken an6 the deputies had
q force the doors shut and clear
away a elanaori:lg crowd thar jagalsed
the stair way and landing.
Followed Governor Peabody.
Horsley spent the noon recess an
der guard at Hawiey's Office, and al
$50 o'clock was. driven back 70 the
cour house TO resume his story. H
tcld OF MS journey with Moyer and
his return to Denver, Where it was
suggested, he said. that he Kill Gov
e.-aor Peabody. Of Colorado. He said
se picked Steve Adams TO aid him.
and together they stalked the gov
ernor between the Capitol and his
home. trying for a shot at him with
shctguns. Haywood and Pettibone
we're in the plot and furnished the
witness with money from time to
tine. The plot failed because Hors-
ley and Adams followed carriage
containing two women to the Pea
body home and excited suspicion.
Next came a plot to- dynamite Pea
body. Horsley said they made
hon1b, but gave the plan up at the
suggestion OF Haywood, who was IN
fear that they would all be arrested
Ee said that he an6 Adams We're tod
to .lay off, for tine; but meantime
.Petubone suggeted that they XIII Lyle
Gregory, who had been deputy
she. # and had given testimony
against some Of the members of the
Federation.
The witness then detailed the re-
learless failing of Gregory and his
fnal murder.
Gregory turned and backed up
against a fence, said the witness, '.as
# to draw gun, and ! shot him
three times 1t certainly killed him
The independence Tragedy.
Then came the frightful tragedy at
Independence. followed by the fight
to wy-or,ing. and afterwards the trip
70 San Francisco to kill Bradley.
Errsely told his story OF the Inaepen-
dence explosion in a low. hundrurn
yone, displaying not the slightest feel
irg.
Haywood and the others said
they were having trouble in the con-
vention and there threatened to be
splis up" said Horsely. They
thought if something was pulled off
in Cripple Creek the excitement
would make everything all right in
the convention. and the %lelegates
would go home. We planned then to
blew up the independence depot in
Colorado. I asked Steve Adams if
he wanted to help and he said he did.
l gave him the money to get the
powder and we took the powder to
cabin near the depot at independence
preparatory TO using it the next night.
The next day sherman Parker told ne
some Of the men from the convention
we're coming up 70 Independence to
make an ilvestigatin of the condi-
tions there and he told Us to not pull
the thing cff until they vert away.
They went away sunday morning
end the same night We placed the
powder under the station platform.
attached a wire to it and then await
Ell for a train to come il. The trains