Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-06

1 the bomb. we tried one Qay 10 IdSleH
| the purse, but Gabbert came too fas,
and we had to leave it alone.
"Pettibone had to go next day to
Salt Lake, to attend the convention OF
the Western Federation of Miners,
Ileaving me to attend to Gabbert. He
said we must certainly do something
before the convention. / was afraid to
I touch the old bomb, so / prepared a
new one. AS Gabbert started out next
morning l rode ahead of him on a BIZ
cycle.
Bomb Plot Fails.
adams and l watched for the gov
ernor until he came out.$ Just as the
governor walked over the place where
the bomb was two heavy coal wagons
came out of an alley and passed over
the wire leading to the bomb and we
could not pull it
did you try?"
mo, sir After the governor had
gone l went and got the bomb. We
threw the bomb in the river and re-
ported to Pestibone that we had failed.
He said 1t was too bad After this we
tried to shoot Peabody, hanging around
his house for a long time, but got no
opportunity"
I'VE also tried to shoot Frank
Hearne, of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company. Haywood said Hearne
was trying to fix the legislature
against us and would be a good man
to get out Of the way. He also said
Dave Moffatt, president of the First
National bank. was another. He said
he was convinced Moffatt was behind
the people. who were fighting the
Western Federation of Miners"
Adams and Orchard wNched around
Moffatt's house for somth time with
a gun but accomplished nothing. I'VE
|were also told to get after Judge
Goddard, who Haywood said was in
strumental i'm defeating the eight hour
bill, which had been declared unconsti>
ltutional."
Upon reporting result to Pettibone
| the latter said it was hard luck" Or
chard said next man select for attack
was Sherman Bell, former adjutant
4 general of Colorado. Orchard said
Haywood bought him a rig for s115
He and Pettibone drove out to Bells
house several nights in succession
About this time Meyer returned to
Colorado, and when he found out what
was going on ordered it stopped. Moyer
did not want anything pulled off IN
] Denver while he was there, as he
would surely be arrested. Orchard had
i now brought the story down to August
1905.
Pettibone, Orchard declared, gave
him 500 before he returned to Canon
4 City with the bomb. On, the way to
I the latter place companion heard the
clock ticking in the grip with the bomb
and wanted to know what it was. Il
told him jokingly 1t was bomb and
was going to put 1t under, Peabody II
II got a, chance" Orchard went on.
"But when reported the conversation
to Pettibone he told me had better
not try it on Peabody at that time. He
/ said, however, that he wanted some-
thing pulled off before the convention
that we must have something to
show for the money we spent.
MoyeI, Participates in Plot.
Witness went back to June of that
year, however to tell whether the at
tempt on Judge Goddard was few
days after the failure to get" Gabbert
4 The bomb for Goddard was planted In
4 grass plot near the gate leading into
| the front yard of his residence. Con-
nection with the bomb broke in some
manner without exploding it. After
this failure Orchard said he discussed
matters pretty thoroughly.
i "Moyer told me we ought to get rid
of Johnny Neville, who knew too much
about the independence depot affair
and was demanding money" said Or
chard Then for the first time witness
came down to the Steunenberg case
Haywood suggested" he said, that
we ought to get Steunenberg. He
/ thought if we got him after letting
him go seven or eight years and then
went back to Paterson, N. j.. and
wrote letters to Gabbert, Goddard, Pea
body, Bell and others, telling them they
/ would get the same thing as Steunen-
berg, it would show them they were
not forgotten either and would have
| a good effect. Meyer said it would be
better than killing them. 1t would be
4 a living death for them and they would
be confronted by the thought always
that somebody was waiting for them :
] Haywood said he had sent several
men to CALDWELL to do the Steunen-
4 berg job. Among them were Minister,
Art Bascorn. Mccarthy and Steve Ad-
ans. Minister was a miner member
of the union i didn't know Mccarthy.
iPettibone and Haywood told me Ad-
ans and Simpkins were in Idaho to get
rid Of some claim jumpers They were
then going after Steunenberg. went
Ito California after this converse ton.
When I got back talked with Adams.
Haywood and Pettibone. Adams said
the money Haywood and Pettibone had
sent him to Idaho had miscarried and
he never got it. and for this reason he
had not gone to Caldwell. Adams said
he had got rid of the claim jumpers
all right"
| Attorney Richardson objected to all
the testimony as to what Adams had
said. The objection was overruled on
| the ground that Orchard had told Pet
tibone all that Adams had said.
| sEAMEN RETURN TO WORK.
Obey Orders Of National Committee at
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