The Republican journal., 1907-06-13
ORCHARDS RECORD OF oUTLAwRY.

ORCHARDS RECORD OF OUTLAwRY.
Here is the record of Harry Orchard,
while bearing the credentials, as he
says, of the Western Federation of
Miners, as far as time permitted him to
unfold it to the jury today:
April 80, 1S99-Lighted the fuse
which exploded 1000 pounds of powder
and destroyed the mill of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mine at Wardner,
Id. TWv men were killed. No COM
pensatlon in cash.
November, o3-Exploded bomb in
Vindicator mine at Cripple Greek, Colo,
and killed Supt. Charles Mccormick
and foreman Melbeck. Compensation
promised $500; amount received $500.
November, 19O3-Twice refused to
wreck train on Cripple Creek & Flor
ence railroad. Reason, not having been
paid the agreed sum for the Vindcator
job. Notified the authorities.
April and May, 1904-Planned to as
sassinate Gov. Peabody at Denver; fol-
lowed him two weeks, but could get no
chance to shoot him; decided to kill
him by planting bomb under the side
walk near his home, but was called off
by Haywood because the executive
board of the federation was then in
session. Compensation not fixed in ad-
vance, and nothing paid.
BY DAY, DATE AND DEED.
May, 19o4-killed Deputy Sheriff
Lyle Gregory on the street in Denver
because he had testified against miners
at Idaho Springs, Colo. Saw Gregory
for the first time the day he shot him,
and received 800 for the job, but had
drawn two payments of $50 on account
previously.
June, 19O4-Exploded 100 pounds of
dynamite under the railroad station
at Independence, Colo, as a train with
non-union miners came in killing 10
men. Compensation $500 and addition
al amounts at various times after
when not working, about 5000 in all.
July 1904-Planned an order of Hay
wood to execute Andy Bingham, mine
superintendent at Bingham, Utah, who
had discharged union miners, but aban
doned it at Haywood's suggestion to 90
after Bradley.
DEATH MISSION TO SAN FRANCISCO,
July to November 19O4-Waited in
San Francisco for Fred Bradley. for
mer manager of Bunker Hill and Su,li
van mine, to return from Alaska,
Paid by George A. Pettibone for the
western federation 5000 in instalments
while awaiting his victim.
November, 1904-Polsoned four cans
of milk on Bradley's doorstep with
strychnine No results.
Dec 1, '04-Fixed bomb in vestibule of
Bradley's home in San Francisco, which
exploded when Bradley opened the
door. Front of the house wrecked and
Bradley thrown bleeding into the street.
He survived serious injury No adj
ditional compensation. Bradley collect
ed $4,000 from the gas company, the
judgment being given for escaping gas
from defective pipe.
STORY OF HORRORS HALF TOLD.
Harry Orchard has not half finished
his story of cold blooded homicide, for
he has year more of butchery with
which to shock the jury before he
reaches the point in his narrative which
brings him to Caldwell seeking the life
of Ex-Gov. Steunenberg.
In this record of crime Harry Or
chard gives himself credit for partici
pating in only one outrage when it was
not for his pecuniary profit. That was
his first effort, the blowing up of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill.
He says he went as one union miner
among 1000 and chance made him one
of the few men who touched off the
fuses. But every other act to which he
declared was committed either by di-
rect instruction of William D. Hay-
wood, Charles fl. Meyer or George 4.
Pettibone, or indirectly through some
member of the executive committee who
brought the message from one of those
three men. He met them in the head
quarters of the western federation at
Denver, he alleged, and gave instance
after instance of their conferences
their consultations as to the identity of
men to be assassinated and the means
to employ.
AT HAYwooD's ORDERS.
From Haywood he swore he had re-
ceived commentator after the slaugh-
ter in the indicator mine, when the
secretary told him he had ''done good
job"
From Haywood he had received $500
of the $500 promised and from Meyer
500 to tide him over until the larger
amount was available.
While in Denver during the June
convention in 1904 Haywood, Pettibone
and Jack Simpkins told him something
"must be pulled off in Cripple Greek,
for there was fight in the convention
split was threatened and there must
be some excitement to wind up bust,
ness and send the delegates home"
So, Obediently, he and Steve Adams
destroyed the Independence railroad
station and the lives of the 10 nom
union miners.
When he killed Lyle Gregory in Den
yer the ''sawed-off'' shotguns were
furnished by George A. Pettibone, and
PettibOne arranged place of conceal
ment in his backyard. For Pettibone
had been the one to counsel this crime.
PEABODY'S LIFE CALLED FOR.
Haywood and Pettibone made the de-
mand that Orchard assassinate Gov.
Peabody, but when the shooting was
found impracticable Haywood directed
the postponement of the execution and
of the substitute plan to plant bomb
beneath the sidewalk because of the
presence of so many officers of the
Western federation in Denver at the
time.
Haywood sent him to San Francisco
to kill Fred Bradley, Orchard asserted,
but he implicated Pettibone' as we'll, by
saying that the latter bought his ticket,
gave him $3.50, and during the months
he was waiting for Bradley sent him
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