The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-07
Tells in Off Hand Way of Seeing Victim Walk Into
 the Death Trap
19L LIVES BLOWN OUT BESIDE
 B|GAMY AND KIDNAPPING
Murderer, Hired by Western Fedora ton of Miners He Says, Is Cross. Examined Roughly
 By Defense.

Boise, Idaho, June 6.-Harry Orchard crowned his admissions of grave crimes today when, continuing his case against William D. Haywood, he made an explic- itly detailed confession of the murder of Frank steunenberg by an internal ma chine that directly opens the way for his own conviction and execution for the of fense He swore that the assassination of Steunenberg was first suggested by Hay wood, was jointly plotted by Haywood. Mover, Pettibone and himself; was financed by Haywood and was executed by himself after the failure of an at tempt in which Jack Simpkins had partic- ipated
 Orchard lifted the total of his own mur- dered victims to eighteen, detailed the cir cumstances under which he tried to mur- der former Governor Peabody, Judge Goddard, Judge Gabbert, General Sabell, G. H. Moffatt and Franke Herne. Incl dentaly he confessed to plan to kid nap the child of one of his former asso- ciates Then under cross examination by the defense, Orchard confessed guilt of the sordid social crimes ot deserting his young child and wife in Ontario, fleeing to British Columbia with Hattie Simpscn, the wife of another man, and commit ting bigamy by marrying third woman at Cripple Creek.
 Through the shocking details of murder plots. stories of secret bomb making and details of man hunts. with sawed-off shot guns and internal machines as weapons the witness went on in the same quiet, hi or yesterday.
 His voice dropped to lower key as the pitiful story of the long hunt for Steunen- berg narrowed down to the last day, and he told of the race from the hotel to the home to beat his victim with the death trap, and the meeting in the even ing gloom the victim walked uncop- sciously to his doom. Through it all he winced but once, and that when the defense made him name his six sisters and his one brother, and give their res idences.
 The defense fought the story with a multiplicity of objections, and succeeded in heading off an attempt to tell the story of the murder of Arthur Collins at Tellu- ride and temporarily shutting out the contents of a telegram received, and the telegram sent by Orchard after his ar- rest But for that the state managed to get in it's story in tact The state today began its corroboration of Orchards crinl son tale by producing the lead easing of the Peabody bomb. Orchard identified II, swore that he brought 1t from Canyon City to Denver and then on to Wallace, where he gave it to a man named Gun ning'ham. It was thrown into the river -tlt- I..ta teks recovery.
 Haywood and his kinsfolk listened quiet ly to the long recital md about their first show of feeling was one of amuse- ment, when Attorney Richardson began his onslaught and brought out Orchards domestic crimes.
 There were the same precautions and the same armed guards to protect Orch ard and the same court room scene, ex cept that among the spectators the wom- en to men were as two to one.
 There was another rush for admittance, and the doors of the court had to be closed
 orchard finished his direct examination at 2:35 o'clock, and the cross-examination had only reached down to the Occur D Alene days of 1899 when the court rose The cross-examination will be continued at O oclock tomorrow.
 Orchard Begins Testimony.
 Orchard began his days testimony by giving the names of several persons he met in San Francisco, when he went there to assassinate Fred Bradley, who had been formerly the manager of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine in the Occur D Alene district of Idaho. These names were related in order to pave the way for a possible corroboration of Orchards s testimony at this point.
 Orchard said he was known a part of the time he was in San Francisco by the name of Barry. Leaving California, Orchard returned to Denver, wearing the uniform of soldier. He said he imme- dlately called Pettibone on the telephone
 "Pettibone asked me how Bradley was," continued Orchard. q told him. Bradley was still alive when I left San Fran cisco. but if was reported he would lose his eyesight and probably be deaf for the rest of his life. Pettibone said that he was better than If had killed him out right-that Bradley would now be live Ing example"
 Orchard said he asked for money and received sl25 from Pettibone with the as- surance that he could get more when he wanted it.
 Orchard said Haywood next asked him .'to go to work on Judge Gabbert of the supreme court of Colorado"
 Bomb for Peabody.
 He said Judge Gabbqt,' Orchard went on, had been rendering decisions against. Mover, who we were trying to get out of Telluride ,n habeas cor pus. went to Judge Gabbert's s house the following Sunday night with ] Steve Adams and a shotg,n but we did not see the judge. Haywood also wanted ! us to try again at Governor Peabody, say ing he did not care how le got rid of him. At this time 1t seemh that Pea body was about to be elected for another term Steve Adams, Billy Alderman and set to work and made boiib. We put it under the sidewalk at Thirteenth street and Grant avenue in Denver. she gover- nor walked along here every corning.
 "Adams and watched for theigovernor usfdl he came out. Just as etovernor