The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-13
Harry Orchard Farther Elk
tends His List of Grimes.
Broke Into a Railroad Depot
and Robbed 1t.
PLANNED KIDNAPPING
But Bad Weather Prevented HIS
Carrying 1t Out.
Cross Determination Seems TO
Be Nearing the End.

Boise. June 13-When court recon
vened Wednesday afternoon. in the
Haywood case, Orchard was still on
the stand.
After the recess Richardson's cross
examination of Orchard led down at
last to the time Orchard first started
out on the mission which eventualy
resulted in the death of former cover
nor Steunenberg. for whose muroer
HAYWOOD is on trial. 1t was at the
conference with Meyer. Haywood ana
Pettibone after Meyers return from
California in August, 1905, that the
matter was first mentioned. orchard
said Meyer had just finished telling
him to get rid of Johnny Neville when
Haywood brought up the killing OF
Steunenberg.
Haywood said it would be a good
thing to get Steunenberg." Orchard re-
lated He said We could then go PACK
to Paterson. \. J., and write letters
and some of the mine owners and tell
them they were not forgotten and that
the only way they could avoid gettlns
what Steunenberg got was TO die
Haywood said il would be like Nv
ing death to all these men to know
some one was after them all the time.
Haywood also said Ed Boyce had
always wanted something done to
Steunenberg.
Mover spoke up and said that he
thought it would have a good effect
to get Steun after letting MIN
go so many years. Haywood said ne
had sent Art Baston, Ed Mitzer, steve
Adams and a man named Mccarthy to
Caldwell to get Steunenberg. but they
had not succeeded. Pettibone said he
thought it would be a hard proposition
to get man in little town like Cald-
WE'LL
"Pettibone baked at this. did hep
mo sir; he just said he thought it
would be hard"
Hard to get a man who drove out
into the mountains alone every day."
A Hard Proposition.
HE said it would be a hard propo-
sition.''
Orchard said Pettibone suggested
that he take the Peabody bomb on the
trip. Orchard had brought the bomb
from Canon City to Denver and buried
II. This bomb was rather unique in
that an alarm clock was attached.
When the alarm went off a string fas-
tened to the alarm key would wind up
and pull over the bottle of sulphuric
acid which would explode the giant
caps and dynamite. Orchard said he
asked for $500 to cover the expenses
of his trip to Nevada to get Neville
and to Idaho to assassinate Steunen-
berg. He got $240 just before start
ing and had $50 previously.
WAS anything said at your confer
ence with Meyer. Haywood and Pet
tibone regarding a rancho"
Yes sir. I said that if I finished
the job I was starting out on I ought
TO be through with this business and
have the ranch I had been promised"
Then you were getting tired of the
business at last?"
yes sir. Pettibone spoke of getting
the ranch up on the Puget sound"
Wasn't that because of a letter he
had got from a man from I'D there
who said it was a great place where
you had CLAIMS in the front yard and
chickens in the back yard; that the
high tide would leave the CLAIMS in the
front yard and the chickens would eat
the CLAIMS and all he had to do was
to kill the chickens?"
There was something about a let
ter"
defense had such a letter in its possess
sion the letter would be the best evil
dence.
I'VE have not got It," snapped Rich
ardson.
u thought not" said Borah.
"that the CLAIMS would be the best evil
dence."
There was general laughter and the
''clam ranch" incident was closed.
\ Ranch for All.
"Pettibone said he thought it would
be a good thing for US all to have a
ranch uD near the British Columbia
line" said Orchard. Starting from
Denver. Orchard said Pettibone helped
a bomb case and 25 pounds of dyna-
mite. With this dangerous burden the
trunk was checked as ordinary bag
gage to Nampa, Idaho. nine miles from