The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-06-20
One of Orchards Dyna-
mite Bombs Is Taken.
JUDGE GODDARD,
OF Colorado, Tells of finding and
Preserving an Internal Machine
Designed to Mill Him.

Boise Idaho June 2O.--Fre state
a on wednesday made dramatic produc.
tion and proof of the Goddard bomb
and besides Offering further corrobor.
alton of the testimony of Harry Orch.
ard against William d. Haywood. Sc.
|cured a ruling under which a number
Dot the denunciatory articles published
ia the Miners Magazine, official organ
OF the Western Federation of Miners,
Will be admitted In evidence.
To Justice Luther NJ. Goddard him.
self fell the task of telling the story
or the finding and preservation of the
bomb with which Orchard tried to Kill
him His testimony was infinitely
circumstantial.
The Colorado iurist testified that
the first Information that he received
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 I'm his
gate discovered the screw eve which
Orchard said he placed there. II was
rusted by ten months exposure The
witness said he examined the ground
outside the gate where Orchard said
he placed the bomb and found
slight depression with the soil packed
around II. The bomb was dug up the
next day by Gen. Bulkeley Wells. who
used pocket knife TO cut the soil
away and raise the pine box contain.
ing the bomb. There was small
phial on top OF the box and attached
TO the rubber cork of the phal was a
piece OF rusted wire.
The bomb and its attachment were
taken to the Office Of the Plnkerton
detective agency and sealed in wrap.
pers and envelopes that were signed
by half a dozen witnesses. including
Justice Goddard. and after that they
were placed In a vault to the door OF
which seals, including that OF no.
tary public. were attached. There
they restedI J the following May
~, when, berA ing the Haywood case
was to c0itie TO trial, they were re.
moved In the presence Of the same
witnesses and all save three of the 40
sticks OF giant powder contained in
the bomb were exploded. The explo.
sions occurred in the presence OF the
witnesses. in the suburbs Of Denver,
and OF the bomb Itself l2 giant caps
and two wrappers torn from sticks OF
giant powder were saved as evidence.
Senator Borah produced the several
packets as they we're originally sealed
and, commencing with the phlal,
passed them to Justice Goddard. who
broke the seals and identified the
articles After the phial came the 1T.
tie screw eye, then the dozen giant
caps and last the powder wrapper.
Attorneys Richardson aud Darrow,
for the defense, objected to all the
evidence and all the exhibits ana
moved to strike out everything, but
the court ruled against them.
Mrs. Seward, at whose house in San
Francisco Harry Orchard lived during
part OF the time he was conducting
his operations against Fred Bradley,
gave testimony strongly corroboratlye
Of Orchards account Of his acts in
San Francisco
John L. Steans, agent at Denver
for the Mutual Life Insurance Co,
confirmed the story Orchard told
about securing employment as a So
licitor for the company before he
went to Canon City to kill ex-Gov.
Peabody and produced letters of rec
ommendation which Orchard furnish
ed In response to HE request One OF
the letters was from George Petit
bone, a co-defendant OF Haywood. An.
other letter was signed by Horace n.
Hawkins, partner of Attorney Rich
ardson, OF the defense and II gave Or
chard then travelling under the name
OF Thomas Hogan, a strong recon.
mendatlOn as to character