Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-07

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while at work in the Vindicator before
the strike.
| Identifies Bill Easterly.
Orchard said Bill Eastcrly, among
lOthers, had discussed with him the
method of blowing up the Vindicator
mine. Richardson called Easterly from
the audience. He stood up and was
identified by Orchard.
Orchard said there were about 50
nOnunion men working in the Vindica-
tor mine. He believed the touching
off a carload of powder would have
meant death to all
And YOU proposed to murder so men
for s2OO?"
Il proposed to touch off the powder. "
Urged TO Avoid Violence.
Orchard said Moyer and Haywood
came to Cripple Creek during the
strike and made speeches, urging no
overt acts of any sort be committed,
saying they surely would be charged
up to the Western Federation of Mill
Crs. They cautioned the strikers against
drinking and gambling as well. Hay
wood said any violence would react on
the union, and was not to be coun-
tenanced.
Caught In Act.
With a man named SchOltz. Orchard
said he went into the VindicatOr mine
to attempt to fire the powder. A
eager" discovered them and they shot
at him. This incident caused the abon-
dOnmont of the plan of blowing up the
the matter of blowing up the mine was
again taken up.
Who suggested it this timer
sherman, Parker, and Davis"
Ignite with Pistol.
Orchard said the plan this time was
to attach a pistol TO the lift bar at the
seventh level The cage would lift the
| bar and discharge the pistol into a
box of giant caps, which in turn, would
| fire the powder. Orchard said expert
ments were conducted in an abandoned
! shaft house Easterly told him he could
not be mixed up with the explosion, al
though Easterly assisted in conduct
| ing the experiments.
| For a second attempt on the mine
| Orchard said he was promised $500.
| Crowned His Recital of Crime.
Boise, Idaho June Harry Orchard
' crowned his admissions of grave crimes
yesterday when continuing his testi.
mOny against Haywood, he made an
explicitly detailed confession of the
murder of Steunenberg by an internal
machine that directly opens the way
for his own conviction and execution
Orchard swOre the assassination OF
Steunenberg was first suggested by
Haywood, was jointly plotted by. Hay
wood, Meyer, PettibOne and himself
was financed by Haywood and executed
by himself after failure of the attempt
in which Jack SiE.pkins had partici
lpated.
> Orchard finished his direct examina
tion at 2:35 and the cross eXaminatiO!
had only reached down to the Coeu
dAlene days of 1899 when the cou"
rose. The cross examination was con
tinued today.
) Story I'm Detail.
Orchards story of the killing Steuu
enberg was:
1--WE (Orchard and Simpkins) wen
ont to the Steunenberg residence se9
{ cral times and then finally saw him j.
, the Saratoga hotel Sunday evening. l.
> the meantime we had fixed the bOmt
: so Simpkins and I took the bomb on
} at once and set it under the sidewal
| with string stretched across the wal
$ so when he struck it, it would upse
bottle of sulphuric acid.
"We went back to the hotel to wal
/, but heard nothing. After two or thre
o hours we went out and got the boml
o We found someone had broken tn
o string, but had not upset the bottl'
:, We hid the bomb in some weeds. Th
4 bomb was made in wooden box jus
big enough to hold 10 pounds of pov
j. der.
, Simpkins Backs Out.
= "The next day Simpkins conclude
he had better not stay around an
longer. for he had seen several person
/, who knew him. He thought it migl
\ go hard with me if | was caught in h