The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-20

Of my agents apply TO you for posi-
tions. YOU would do me a favor by
showing them the quickest way to the
cellar, as | can use them very well my
self"
On crOss-examination Stearns said
that he took the letter as a joke, as
several of Petitioners agents had been
given employment by him.
Mrs. Seward on the Stand.
Mrs. Seward of San Francisco. who
conducted the roOming house at which
Orchard stopped when he was making
the attempt on the life of Fred Brad
ley. was the next witness. She told of
knowing Orchard under the name of
Berry. AMI said she found in his room
shaVings of lead and wood and other
evidences of the mans experiments in
bomb making. Orchard said he expe-
rimented in the room TO find whether
the opening of a door would upset the
bottle of suIphuric necessary to fire the
bombs of his design. Mrs. Seward said
she found a fish line running from a
screw eye on the door to the cork of a
small bottle
The witness said Orchard left her
house early on the morning of the ex-
pIosion al Mr.. Bradley's house. The
witness tried once TO move Orchard
grip and found it very heavy.
Cross examined by Attorney Rich
ardsOn. Mrs Seward said she had not
reported the finding of the lead shay
ings, etc. in Orchards room to any one
other than her daughters
I thought he was inVenting some
thing" he declared, but I had no idea
what II w2s."
Mrs. Seward said she hestated long
while before coming 10 Boise to testify.
The detectives came to see her Twelve or
fifteen times.
demanded Attorney Richardson.
MY expenses" reDli ID the witness.
Riley Harris, a young Inan vh) fniHief-
iy worked for the plumber, Roach, who
made the lead case which Orchard Trans
formed into the Peabody bomb, took the
stand and said he personally delivered
the case to Orchard, collecting sl.50 from
him.
The defense here received permission of
the court to file the names of several ad-
ditiOnal Witnesses among them Justice
Luther NJ. Goddard of the supreme court
of Colorado, and several officials of the
Postal Telegraph company.
Story of Justice Goddard.
Justice Goddard was then called to the
stand to testify to the finding of the
bomb which Orchard placed at the front
Sate of his home at TWenty-seVenIn ave
nue. and Humboldt street in Denver. the
bomb, a pine box which has been intro
duced in evidence, was uncovered, Justice
Goddard said, by General Buckley Wells,
former adjutant general of the Colorado
militia. The box was dug up IN Feb
Tuary, 1896. following Orchards confess
sion. Justice Goddard described the bomb
in detail. He said the bomb was taken
to the PinkeTton office in Denver.
Justice Goddard told of the care taken
to preserve the bomb intact. He iden-
titled the small acid bottle taken :rOm the
deadly machine which had been set for
him, but which for some reason failed to !
explode The proposed assassination of |
Justice Goddard had been planned pre-
cisely as the killing of former Governor
Steunenberg was carried out, the string
10 upset the acid bottle being attached |
TO the gate
The screw eve taken from the Goddard
presence of the justice was also iden-
titled by the witness, who opened the en- |
velOpe himself.
Filled With "Hand Powder"
Next Justice Goddard opened a large |
brown envelope which contained twelve |
giant caps removed from the bomb. The |
caps, the witness said, were found just |
beneath the acid bottle, over the obJec |
ton of the defense, the caps were admit |
ted in evidence.
The bomb contained thirty-seven full |
sticks of hand powder and three cut |
off sticks. Hand powder" as it IS /
called in mining, is nothing more or less |
than dynamite, made to fit holes driven 1
by hand drills Machine powder" made /
to fl machine-driven holes, is IA inches |
in diameter.
Justice Goddard identified the covers |
of two sticks of the powder removed from |
the bomb and they, too, were admitted In /
evidence.
Cross-Examination.
Justice Goddard was cross examined by /
Mr.. DaTrOw, of the defense. He said he |
was first elected TO the bench by tile /
Democrats and POpullsts in 1892, serving |
eight years. He went back under ap- |
pointment of Governor Peabody in Janu- |
ary 1906, taking office April 5, 1905, and |
still holds office under that appoint |
ment
Nj. barrow inquired at some length as
to the contests between Peabody and /
Adams as to the goVernOrship. and as |
between two sets of city and county Of |
ficers in Denver Justice Goddard said /
ne was appointed the night of tha con- |
fej ence at which Z was decided that |
Adams should take the governors chair /
the next daY
Great Political Excitement.