The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-12
Who Admitted Covering Western
Es,fps With Trail of Blood Adds
TO List of His Contem-
plated Grimes.
uf FAUED IN THE ATTEMPT
RFCAUSE HAYWOOD CALLED HIM Off
N Crimina! Shows Some Emotion When
Ddyep to Admit That He Left His
Wife Hungry and Alone.

/ Richardson continued TO question the
witness about the attempts he made upon
the lie OF Fred Bradley In San Fran
! cisco. Orchard said that he roomed near
the Bradley home, being able to over
look it from his bedroom window.
The confeSsing witness declared that
he had bought some dynamite for bomb
before the attempt 10 poison Bradley
with strychnne in the milk failed Or
chard thought IL was the Judson Powder
company that he bought the explosive
from. Asked the appearance Of the clerk
who waited on him. Orchard said he was
a younGish looking man
IN buying the powder Orchard was re-
quired 10 give his name, He could not
remember what name il was--it was a
fictitious one. thought of on the spur of
The moment As an excuse for buying
the ten pounds OF dynamite Orchard told
the clerk he wanted to blow out some
stumps on his ranch
Don't YOU know there ARE no stunps
within l5D miles Of san Francisco" de-
manded Richardson.
y know that there are-Tve seen them
on the way TO Caliente Springs.
Orchard gave rs nearly az he could
a description Of the various places where
fore moving TO the Bradley neishbor-
hood He could not remember the names
of the streets or the numbers Of the
houses.
Next Orchard told % pleasure trip he
mad taken 10 Caliente Springs while wait
ing for Bradley to return from Alaska.
"Play.ed cards while there?'
You were handy man with the
q don't know what YOU mean by
You were card sharp"
NO. sir; I was not"
at the time he bought the dynamite for
the Bradley bomb. lie did not remem-
Der whether he took box Of giant caps
To San Francisco or bough, them az The
80 rH ont
mite in his room and took It with him
when he moved 10 Washington street
within half block Of the Bradley home.
Decided to Use Poison
Orchard said il was after he had seen
the milk delivered TO the Bradley's back
door several mornings In succession that
he conceived the idea OF poisoning his
victim rather than To employ somb
With the failure of the milk plot he
went ahead and manufactured the bomb.
pipe, fourteen inches long. Orchard said
ne bought the pipe IN plumbing shop on
TAYLOR street somewhere In the POO
Richardson wanted 10 know II Detec-
tive MCFARLAND had attempted 10 trace
the San Francisco localities for the Wit
ness
"An know is that he Investigated the
powder or dynamite purchased Ilo
brought me a list OF il1e sales of the
given ! picked out \. Debg as the one
! thought ! remembered
Don't YOU know there was but one
ten pound sale OF dynamite that whole
YEAR,"
Mcfarland showed several"
"Rut all The others were In the name
ni Uoll-knnwn customer Of tho firm? -
There were several names"
Orchard said he had heard from Nc
Parland about the suit of the owner of
the apartments against the san Fran
cisco Gas company after the explosion Of
the Bradley bomb. ON Orchards tesr-
iNony Detective MCFARLAND and Governor
Gnoding made arfldavts for use by the
gas company IN moving for new trial.
DO YOU know that The motion for a
new trial based on these affi3svits had
been ovnrruled hy the COURT
NO: sir: I heard the Judgment was
stayed"
But that Was or appeal"
"I don't know about that"
Orchard said that the morning he
placed the bomb al the from door Of the
their way 10 work. The lead bomb was
inside wooden box. Orchard took
downtown car and was on, of earshot
before the explosion occurred.
Details Of Explosion
from the examination Of the place
after the explosion. don't you know that
the walls were blown out instead OF in?"
asked Mr.. Richardson.
"They were all shattered.
Orchard said that a5 Bradley opened
the door he would bc sideways to the
bomb and the explosion would be more
! likely to blow him out than in.
The witness. with The same calmness
| that has marked his demeanor through
ont drew q diagram for the attorneys
| showing jrst where he had placed the
! bomb and where Bradley would he with
! the opening of the door. AZ the sug-
| gestion OF Judge Wood. Orchard left tho
! witness chair and walked over 20 the
| fury box where ne explained the diagram
! IN the twelve ulsn. He did not hesitate In
! supplying any detail demanded hy Rich
! ardson.
| Orchard said that ii was from the news
! blown into tho street
| Then YOU don't know positively that
| he was blown into the street, said Rich
| ardSon.
81 didn't sec him 60" said orchard, un-
| perturbed.
! in reply 10 questions. Orchard said he
| went TO the corner grocery "A few days
| after The explosion To learn Bla6ley's
| condition.
why didn't you read the papers for
! that tooP" Richardson wanted To know.
because | didn't believe all saw IN
! tho papcrT
Tho grocer said the explosion was gen
crolTv attributed 10 gas, but he thought
IL was bomb.
~ told him ] didn't think so III all.
declared Orchard
Disguised as Soldier.
Orchard next told OF returning 10 Den