Arizona republican., 1907-06-06

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ure of a train and the theft of giant
powder for the attack on the mine.
Concluding he said: Il lit one of the
fuses myself" Horsely then told of the
flight into Montana and of his various
journeys in the western country until
he turned up i'm Cripple Creek in 1902.
went To work i'm the mines and joined
the Western Federation. Under re
newed objection from the defense. he
told OF the plot to blow up the .Nindi-
Gator mine.
lie confessed that after the strike be
gan he went into the mine high
grading" and there discovered guam
tity CT powder. He reported this 10
Eavis, and there he said began the
plot To do violence in the mine. He
SAID the first attempt was a failure
because the cage man discovered him
and his pal and they drew their fire
but later contrivance was successful
ly fixed by which a discharged pistol
set off a bomb and killed Superintend-
ent Mccormick and Foreman Beck.
Five hundred dollars, he said. was the
reward for this murder. Then came
the journey to Denver. where the wit
ness said he met Moyerf Haywood and
Pettibone. and entered their employ as
an assassin. He swore that Haywood
paid him $Se9 for blowing up the Vim
dicator mine. Then came the making
of the two boplbs that were tossed into
the coal heap at the Nindicator mine
but Were never heard from again and
then came a depression TO confess that
before the successful attempt at the
Nindicator mine. ne had Informed the
railway management of the plot TO
blow up its trains carrying non-union
men. Next the prisoner related how
he jOurneyed to southern Colorado as
a guard To Meyer and here the narra-
tive which had been attacked from
every side by the defense at every ma
teriai point halted for the noon recess.
There was little delay after the re-
cess and the witness was quickly on
the stand telling of the journey with
Meyer and his return to Denver. where
it was suggested he said. that he kill
Peabody. He said he picked Steve
Adams to aid him. and together they
stalked the governor between the capi
tol building and his home trying for
shot at him with cut off shot guns.
Haywood and PettibOne were in on
the plot and furnished the witness with
money from time to time. The plot
failed because Horsely and Adams fol-
lowed a carriage containing three wom-
en- to the Peabody home and excited
suspicion.
Next came the plot 10 dynamite
Peabody. Horsely said they made
bomb but gave up the plan at the
suggestion of Haywood VINO was in
fear that they would all be arrested
He said he and Adams were told to
lay of for time. but i'm the mean
time Pettibone suggested that they kill
Lyte Gregory, who had been a deputy
sheriff and had given testimony
q gainst some members OF the federation
The witness detailed the relentless
trailing of Gregory. and of his final
Gregory turned and backed up
against fence" said the witness. "as
If 70 draw a gun. and shot him three
times. II certainly killed him"
This tale Of cowardly. brutal man
hunting and killing seemed to play
with greater intensity upon the nerves
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tening to HCrsely than any Of the
others. and a perceptible shudder went
the room as he calmly talked
of the shooting. 1t was the only place
where a victim had been actually
faced. The others had been done to
death by mechanical and chemical
cCntrivances.
Then came the frightful tragedy at
Independence. followed by the flight to
Wyoming and after that a trip 10 San
Francisco for the purpose Of killing
Bradley.
Orchard swore that after the visit
70 Denver. when he got the money for
killing Mccormick and Beck. he was
constantly in communication with and
in the pay of either Haywood. Moyer
Pettibone. Simpkins or Davis: that one
or all of them suggested his various
crimes and that at all the meetings
held after each crime his acts had been
warmly commended. The defense
kept up its attack all through the af-
ternoon. protesting agains; the admis-