The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-13
"Pettibone and l planted the bomb

"Pettibone and I planted the bomb
in a vacant lot which Judge Gabbert
crossed on his way home. We left
wire fastening a pocketbook, the idea
being that Judge Gabbert would pick
up the purse and thus upset the bottle
of sulphuric acid inside the bomb. We
tried one day to fasten the purse, but
Judge Gabbert came too fast and we
had to leave it alone.
"Pettibone had to go next day to
Salt Lake to attend the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners. leaving me to at
tend to Judge Gabbert. He said we
must certainly do something before the
convention. was afraid to touch the
old bomb. so l prepared new one.
AS Judge Gabbert started out the next
morning I rode ahead of him on BIZ
cycle and fastened the pocketbook to
the wire l rode off down town and
I'd not hear any explosion until an
hour afterward A man named Wal
ley had picked up the pocketbook and
was killed. Judge Gabbert had passed
without noticing it"
When he reported the result to Pet
tibone the latter said it was hard
luck"
Orchard had now brought his story
down to August. 1905.
Bomb at Goddard's Gate.
The witness went back to June of
that year, however, to tell of another
attempt on Judge Goddard. This was
made few days after the failure to
"get" Judge Gabbert. The bomb for
Judge Goddard was planted in the
grass plot near the gate leading into
the front yard of his residence. The
connection with the bomb broke in
some manner without exploding it. Or
chard said he examined the place and
found the grass dead where the bomb
was planted. this being due to the es-
Gaping sulphuric acid fumes.
After this failure Orchard said he
discussed matters pretty thoroughly.
Meyer told me he thought we ought
to get rid of Johnny Neville, who
knew too much about the Indepen-
dence depot affair and was demanding
money" said Orchard.
Then, for the first time. the witness
came down to the Steunenberg case.
Comes to steunenberg Case.
Haywood suggested" he said, that
we ought to get Ex-Governor Steunen-
berg. He thought that II we got him,
after letting him go seven or eight
years. and then went back to Pater-
son. New Jersey, and wrote letters to
Judge Gabbert, Judge Goddard. Pea
body, Bell and others. telling them
they would get the same thing as
|Steunenberg, it would show them they
we're not forgotten, either. and would
have a good effect. Meyer said +
would be better than killing them
that 1t would be living death. for
they would be confronted with the
thought always of somebody waiting
for them"
Haywood said he had sent several
men to Caldwell to do the Steunen-
berg job Among them were Minister.
Art Bascom, Mccarthy and Steve Ad-
ans. Minister was miner. member
of the union. didn't know Mccarthy.
Pettibone and Haywood told me that
Steve Adams and Jack Simpkins were
In Idaho to get rid of some claim
jumpers. They were then going after
Steunenberg. went to California af-
ter this conversation. When got back
I talked with Adams, Haywood and
Pettibone. Adams said that the money
Haywood and Pettibone had sent him
to Idaho had miscarried and he never
got 1t. For this reason he had not
gone to Caldwell. Adams said he had
got sid of the claim jumpers all right"