The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-20
TELLS ABOUT BOMB
INTENDED FOR him
Justice Goddard Recites
Details Of How 1t
Was Dug Up.
h, HE POCKETS
OPENED81N COURT
Seals Broken and Various Ar.
ticles Identified by Justice
Goddard ~ Other Wit
nesses Sustain the
Story Of Harry
Orchard.

n BOlSE.t lDAf1O, june u ! Hc soteIS
to- day made dramatic production and
offered further contributions to the
testimony Of Harry Orchard against
William D. Haywood.
A ruling was announced under which
q number OF denunciatory articles pub
lished in the miners magazine OF the
organization Of the Western Fedora
tion OF Miners will be admitted in evil
dence.
TO Justice Goddard himself fell the
task OF telling the story OF the find
ing and preservation of the bomb with
which Orchard tried to XIII him. HIS
appearance added to the dramatic
scenes and situations that have char
acterized the trial. His testimony was
clear and ninutely circumstantial.
Found the Ruined Bomb.
The veteran Colorado jurist testified
that the first information that he re-
ceiyed about the bomb came to him
from Orchards confession. which was
shown to him at Denver. February l3,
1906. by Detective Mcfarland. He at
once returned to his home. and IN his
gate discovered the screw eye, which
Orchard said he placed there 1t was
rusted and corroded by ten months
exposure The witness said ne ex-
amined the ground outside the gate
where Orchard said he placed the pomo
and found slight depression S1tn
the soil packed arount It.
The bomb was dug up the next day
nv General Bulkley Wells. who used
pocket knife to cut the soil away
and raise the pine box containing the
bomb. There was small phtalf on Top
| or the box and attached to the cork
| of the phial was piece OF rusted
| wire.
Taken Out and Set On.
The bomb and its attachment were
/ at once take n to the office OF the tinker
lion detective agency and caretully
sealed In wrappers and envelopes ttnat
4 were signed by half a dozen witnesses,
4 lincluding Justice Goddard, and after
THAT they were placed in a vault to the
Il door OF which seals, including that OF
1 a notary public, were attached. There
! they rested until the following May
4 22d. when, believing the Haywood case
4 was to come to trial, they were re-
:. moved in the presence OF tho same Wit
!, nesses, and all, save three OF the forty
) sticks Of giant powder contained kin
:, the bomb, were exploded The 8explos
: sions occurred in the presence OF the
: witnesses in the suburbs of Denver,
! and of the bomb itself twelve giant
3 caps and two wrappers torn from
: sticks Of giant powder, were saved as
al evidence.
. Senator Borah produced the Geveral
RI packets as they were originally scaled
i and commencing with the phial passed
$ them to Justice Goddard, who broke
the seals and identified the articles
After the phial came the little screw
; eye. then the dozen giant caps ant
, last the powder wrappers. Attorneys
!. In, To a a
! fense, objected to all the evidence ant
X all the exhibits, and moved to strike
out everything, but the court ruled
s against them. !
: sustnins Orchards Story.
Mrs Seward, at whose h ouse In sa,
Francisco Harry Orchard lived during
part Of the time he was conducting
!. his opora tions against Fred Bradley
= gave testimony strongly corroborativ
= Of Orchards accounts Of his acts an
:. experiences in San Francisco. Beside
> confirming Orchards recital as t
. time movements and locations, sh
, testified that she found lead and WOO
<shavings in Orchards room and
:, screw eyestring and bottle attache
= to the closet door. where Orchard ha
!, been experimenting She said llo
:, lodger had a very heavy suit case. an
i that she thought he was an inventor.
l% Letter from PettibOne.
y John L. Stearns, agent at Denver 70
. the Mutual Life Insurance Compan,
J. confirmed the story Orchard told abou
le securing employment as a solicitor fo
% the company before he went to Canyo
ts City to kill former Governor Peabod,
W and produced lettors Of recommends
II tion which Orchard furnished In re
sponse to his request. One OF the lei
~4|ters was from George Pettibone. &C
, defendant Of Haywood, and 1t mac
! jocular reference to the fact thu
Y Stearns was taking many agents fro
him and requested in future, whe
any Of his agents applied for wor
4. they BIO put out on the sidewalk. Al
- other letter was signed by H. N. Hav
kins, partner OF Attorney Richardso
OF the Defense and 1t gave Orchar
then travelling under the name
Thomas Hogan. a strong recommend,
tion as to character The defense o1
an jected to tho letters, but the cou
ed permitted their introduction.
IN, Delivered the Bomb.
~ Riloy Harris, n young man }wh
en- made the lead casing for the Peabot
W bomb, told of the call OF Harry Orcha
III at Roach's shop In Denver In Ma
1905; OF the making Of the Qasing al
tho delivery of tho article to- Orcha
"a "a whom the witness Identified.
- The morning session was spent
securing the admisslbility of the &c
tor!als which the State offered yeste
day. Each side took the Chicago q
Tor arohist case as its legal guide n
Justification, the defense pleading tn
the legal propositions varied. the pros
10 cutlon that they were on all fou
no. Judge Wood wanted to see the ar
rill cles and took q recess from ! o'clo
orr until 2 O'Clock to look them oV
the After recess he said that he had d
the cided to let certain Of the articles
IN: before the Jury and to exclude CT
ipp - ! tain others. He will rule to-morrl
rrtt nnt as to the particular ones that are,
so 5ste4