The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-06-13

had given me. went out 10 MS mouse
] heard the governor coming and tries
TO get the two parts OF the gun to-
! gether but had not succeeded befor,
4 he passed into the house. ] then wen
/ down town again.
THE next time saw the governor
he was sitting in the Saratoga hotel.
went up to my room and got the bomk
and hurried out to the Steunenbera
house and planted the bomb by the
gate. then started back to the hotel
and when about two blocks away ]
met Steunenberg on his way home.
ran as fast as 1 could toward the ho4
tel, but had not reached 1t when the
explosion occurred.
"I went to my room to do up some
acid and giant caps and things in a
package. AS I was doing so a giant
cap In my pocket exploded and tore
one side OF my coat out. was afraid
everybody In the hotel had heard the
explosion. / waited while, but there
was no indication, that anyone heard
what had occurred in my room. I went
down stairs and remained at the hotel
until Monday. when I was arrested"
Doubly Married.
Under cross examination Orchard
said he had one child. He said he
once lived In Detroit, but denied ever
having been in Utica, N. Y.
You left one wife in Canada?'
Yes"
And you have another wife in Colo
rado?"
Yes"
You are a bigamist?"
Il don't know what you call It."
two wives?"
Yes"
Richardson was very aggressive with
the witness, hurting his questions at
MIN In Volleys and In tones harsh and
rasping.
Orchard said he ran away from
Sanada with another mans wife, go
II, ing 70 nelson, b. 2. The woman's
name was Hattie Simpson. Orchard
went into the restaurant business for
q WniIe. He then moved to Pilot Bay.
b. G., and ran a boarding house.
did you not?"
Yes, SIR"
Orchard said Mrs. Simpson went back
Spokane. ~
frst?" 'Ne o'hsr
laughter.
Did you desert herr"
NO, ENG went DaCk home"
In Spokane Orchard said he adopted
the name OF Harry Orchard. From
Spokane Orchard went to Wallace.
ldaho, where he acquired a one-sixth
interest in the Hercules mine. now
argely owned by Ed Boyce, the former
president Of the Western Federation of
Miners. Boyce is reputed to be many
lines millionaire
Orchard said he sold out his interest
In
wood yard at Burke, Idaho.
Rapid Fire Queries.
Orchard said he had borrowed sorne
money on his mining stock before sell
ng. Orchard said he remained In the |
mining country until 1899.
You did not go away on the ocean |
o the the Philippines or Honolulu"
But you told Pettibone you made
uch a trip on a transport, did you
,.t y may n az, have; won't say positively
Were you ever employed to watch
ry?'
mo, SIR"
Richardson's questions flowed at Or
hard In such rapid succession that the
after part Of his answers were lost In
ne rattle or the new Interrogation.
Hawley objected on the part of the
tate and the court admonished the
ttorney not to cut Off the witness.
DID you ever tell Pettibone about
urning a cheese factory and collecting
he insurance."
YES"
And that you had stolen the cheesA
nd sold 1t prior to the fire?"
Yes"
And that you had an alteration
'ith your brother near Utica. N. Y
nd had pitchforked him?'
Yes"
Hold on just a moment" said sena-
" Borah for the prosecution. "Mr.
richard, please tell us the date OF this
with Pettibone so we can
,nnect 1t up with him.
The attorneys for the defense were
idden move.
1T was in 1904" said Orchard