Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-06
MEN SENT TO CALDWELL.
Campaign of Terror Was to be
Conducted From Paterson, N.
J., Against Certain Men.
no BE LIVING DEATH TO THEM.
Among Selected Victims We're Gov.
Peabody, Gen, Bel, Judges Gabheit
And Goddard, and Others.


Roise. Idaho. June 6--Harry Orchard
testified this morning that William D.
HAYWOOD first suggested that he come
10 Idaho and assassinate Frank steu-
renberg. tie said that at confer
ence held at the Office of the western
Federation OF Miners, in Denver III An
cust. 1908 Meyer protested against
further acts Of violence in Denver and
urged that certain Outside work be
taken up,
Orchard swore that Meyer wanted
him to so TO Goldfield and murder
John Neville. Neville accompanied
Orchard to Wyoming after the
Independence station was blown upalld
according to Orchard knew too much
about the crime for Meyers peace OF
mind.
Then it was, the witness swcre. that
the Steunenberg plot, suggested by
Haywood, had it's inception.
Before the Steunenberg story was
developed. Orchard told OF various
plots to kill Gov. Peabody, Gen. Sher-
man Bell, Judge Goddard, Judge Cab
bert. Dave Motfet and Frank Herne.
The state produced large lead shell
and Orchard identified It as the outer
casing Of the bomb he carried to Cam
yon city in the hope of blowing up
Peabody.
Orchard came 10 the stand today IN
perfect composure and IN the same even
voice resumed his remarkable confess
sion OF countless crimes.
ORCHARDS STORY.
orchard began his days testimony by
giving the names of several persons he
rnei in San Francisco when he went
there to assassinate Fred Bradley, who
had been formerly the manager OF the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine ~ the
Occur d'Alene district of Ida. These
names were related in order TO pave
the way for a possible corroboration OF
Orchards testimony at this point.
Orchard said he was known part
of the time he was In san Francisco
by the name of Barry. Leaving CALI
forna, orchard returned to Denver,
Wearing the uniform of soldier. He
said he immediately called Pettibone on
the telephone.
"Pettibone asked me how Bradley
was" continued orchard. 81 told him
Bradley was still alive when l left san
Francisco. but it was reported that he
would lose ms eye slsHl any Ne, pioo 81,
oe/deat Tor me rest OF ms ~, 40 r
tibone said mat was hcttel thah ~ l
had killed him outright-that Bradley
would now be hNllS cN"l'pic'
AFTER JUDGE GABBERT.
Orchard said Haywood next asked
him - 10 go to work on Judge Gapbert,
of the Supreme court of Colorado.
He said Judge Gabbort,,' Orchard
went on, had been rendering decisions
against Mover, whom we were trying
10 get out of Telluride on habeas corp
us. ] went to Judge Gabbelts house
the following Sunday night with steve
ADAMS and a shni sun but we ald noI
see the Judge HAYWOOD also wanted
MS to try again at GOV Peabody, saving
lie didn't care how We got rid OF him.
At this time II seemed that Peabody
was about TO be elected Tor another
term, steve Adams Billy Ackernah
and ! set to work and made a bomb.
We put 1t under the sidewalks nj T'hir-
tecnth street and Grant avenue in
Denver. The governor walked along
here every morning.
wArrurr, i,op cc, pt,AponV
Wv
Adams and | watched for the COVER
nor 10 come out just MS the governor
walked over the place where the bomb
was, two heavy coal wagons came
out of the alley and passed over the
wire leading to the bomb and we
couldn't pull it,
Did you tiy?7
No, sir After the wagons passed
and the governor had gone, I went and
sin,nst Do NJ 't ts mere Well
ln the river ana reported TO Petitions
that we had failed, He said it was
too bad.
After this we tried 10 shoot GOV,
Peabody, hanging around his house