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ASSASSINATION Of Gov. Steunenberg.
AT the afternoon session orchar
said he started for Idaho two. day
after talking with Meyer and the 9th
ers on the subject. Pettibone helpeI
him get his trunk ready. He put tn
Peabody bomb, prepared for use q
Canaan City. in the trunk and too
II along. pe.tlboae knew about this.
Before starting for Idaho, said Oh
chard, "Mr. Haywood gave ME $40
He had given me $50 before this.
was to send to Mr.. Pettibone for an,
additional funds. Meyer, Haywoo,
and Pettlbone were all present whel
this arrangement was made. I wen
from Denver to Salt Lake, spent iou
or five days there, and then came I,
NamPa, Idaho. stopping at the Com
mercial Hotel.
I registered us Thomas Hogan. al
ter being in Nampa three days wen
to the Pacific Hotel at Caldwell.
registered again as Thomas Hogan
! began at once to make inquiries abou
Governor Ste1nenberg. This wa
about the 9Th OF September, 1906.
stayed In Caldwell two or three days.
found out where Steunenberg iivet
and learned that he was not at home
| came on to Boise to try to locatt
him here. / was told he was livins
at the Idaho Hotel. The Portland Ex
position was going on at this time and
decided to 60 there for a few days
Then | went TO Seattle to look at 6
ranch. Pettlboae had told me 10 DE-
this. He thought 1t might be a goot
thing TO have a ranch where we coult
hide whenever It became necessary
From Seattle went to Spokane ant
then 10 Wardner 10 see Jack Slmp
kins. told him what my object was
Used Ten Pounds Of Powder.
Orchard remained In the mimi.
district for a month. While he was
there he talked with Slmpkins abou
kidnapping the child. Of one Of thu
mineowners. but nothing came OF It
Slmpkins finally decided TO return
10 Caldwell with Orchard TO help II
the assassination Of Governor Steuneu
berg. From Wardner Orchard ant
Simpkins first went to Wallace, Idaho
where Orchard decided to get rid ol
the Peabody bomb. Simpkins had said
Il was a dangerous thing TO have
around and he thought It had better
be thrown away. Orchard said he
gave the bomb to a friend named Gun
bingham to dispose Of In the river
Proceeding from Wallace to Spo
kane, Orchard said he and Simpkins
bought 10 pounds OF powder there
With which to make a new bomb when
they reached Caldwell. Simpkfns
bought a pair Of field glasses. On the
way 10 Spokane Orchard said his trunl,
was lost and Simpl;ins took him 10 q
firm of lawyers to see about suing
The, railroad company. The firm was
Robinson. Miller & Rosenthal. Mr.
Miller now being a member Of coun
sci for Haywood. This firm, Orchard
snid, Simpkins told him, represented
the Western Federation of Miners.
Placed Bomb Under Sidewalk.
Arriving at Caldwell for a second
time. Orchard said he registered him
self as Hogan and Slmpkins as Sim
mons. Orchard identified hts writing
In the Pacific Hotel register lntroduc
ed in evidence yesterday.
we tried to locate Governor Steun
cnberg at once said Orchard, "bu
could not, We went out. to his resi-
dence several times, and then FINAL!
saw him in the Saratoga Hotel OF
Sunday evening. In the meantime We
had fixed up the bomb, so Slmpkin:
aud | took the bomb out at once ant
set II under the sidewalk with a strlnt
stretched across the walk. so wheI
he struck Il, It would upset the bot
lie Of sulphurlc acid. We went bach
to the hotel 10 walt, bat heard moth
Ing. After two or three hours We went
out and got the bomb. We fount
someone had broken the string. bu
had not upset the bottle. We hit
the bomb In some weeds. The boml
was made In a wooden box just big
enough TO hold 10 pounds Of powder.
Next. day Simpk!ns concluded hi
had better not stay around any longer
for he had seen several persons whit
knew him. He thought 1t might 81
hard with me II [ was caught in hi:
company. He said | had better re
main and finish the job alone. Thi:
was sometime in November, 1905.
"Slmpkins all this time was n mem
Der of the executive board of the
Western Federation of Miners. AZ
ter he went away tried to catch Gov
Steunenberg down town some night
so could slip out and plant the bomt