Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-06
ORCHARD PROVES
GOOD WITNESS
State Has Strong
Case Against
Haywood
DO|NGs Of INNER CIRCLE
Are Described in Detail---
Attempts to Kill Peabody
Futile.

Boise Ida, June G.-Harry Orchard,
who says his true name IS Alper'
Horsley, who assassinated former
Governor Frank Steunenberg at Cald'
we'll this state on the night of Decem'
Der 3O 1905, today continued his grue-
some story of the assassination as
witness against William D. Haywood,
secretary and treasurer of the west
ern Federation of Miners, on trial as
an accomplice in the murder
Orchard began today's testimony py
giving the names of several persons
whom he met in San Francisco when
he went there to assasslnate Fred
Bradley, who had been manager OF the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine in the
Occur D'Alene district. Orchard re-
turned to Denver from there, wearing
the uniform of soldier. He lmmed-
ately called Pettibone on the tele
phone. Orchard said he asked him for
some money and received Slz5 from
Pettibone with the promise OF more
whenever he wanted it.
Orchard said that Haywood asked
him next ito go to work on Judge
Gabbert of the Colorado Supreme
Court He said Judge Gabbert,' Or
chard continued, had been rendering
decisions against Meyer who was try
ing to get out of the Telluride jail on
a writ of habeas corpus. went to
Gabbert's house the following Sunday
night with Steven Adams and both
of us took a shotgun, but we did not
see the judge.
Plot Against Ex-Governor Peabody.
Haywood also wanted us to try our
hand again at numbering Governor
Peabody, saying that he did not care
how we got rid of him. At this time
it seemed that Peabody was about to
be elected for another term. Adams,
Billy Alderman and | set to work and
made bomb We put this under the
sidewalk at Thirteenth Street and
Grant Avenue, Denver. The Governor
walked along there every morning.
Adams and | watched for the Governor
until he came out Just as the Gov
ernor walked over where the bomb
was, two heavy coal wagons came out
of an alley and passed over the wire
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pull it. ! then went and got the bomb
We threw it into the river. reported
to Pettibone that we had failed to kill
Peabody. He said it was too bad.
Prominent Men Ordered Killed.
after this Orchard continued
1--WE tried to shoot Peabody by hang
ing around his house a long time, but
we never got an opportunity We also
tried to shoot Frank Hearne OF the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Haywood said that Hearne was trying
to fix the Legislature against us and
would be good man to get out of the
way. He also said that Dave Moffat
president of the First National Bank
of Denver, was another"
Orchard said Adams and he watched
Moffats house for some time with {
gun but accomplished nothing.
"We were also told" said Orchard
ito get after Judge Goddard who
Haywood said was instrumental in de
feating the eight-hour bill which hat
been declared unconstitutional After
the election of Peabody he went tt
live at Canon City. Meyer Haywood
and Pettibone all told me to keep af
ter Peabody. 1t was arranged that
should become a life insurance solic
itor."
Orchard declared that he got recon
mendations for the position from Mr.
Hawkins, a partner of e. F. Richard
son, one of the attorneys now repre-
senting Haywood and J. G. Sullivan
president of the Colorado State Fed
Grafton of Labor. Orchard said he de
cided to place bomb beneath Pea
bodys bedroom window at Canor
City.
State Creates Sensation.
AT this point the state created {
sensation by producing in evidence
the lead casing of the bomb the size
of two gallon can. Orchard sale
he loaded this casing in the basement
of Pettibone's store in Denver, Petit
bone assisting him. Thirty pounds o1
giant powder were used
Pettibone, Orchard declared, gave
him $100 before he returned to Canor
City with the bomb. On the way tC
Canon City companion heard a CLOCK
ticking in the grip with the bomb an(
wanted to know what it was.
Bomb Killed Wrong Man.
81 told him joklngly,' said Orchard
"that 1t was bomb was going tt
nut under Peabody If | got chance