Montana news., 1907-06-20
Criminal Career
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had always wanted to get rid of Steu-
nenberg. he said he had sent four
men to Idaho to do the job, Mccarthy,
Boston, Milstren and Steve Adams, but
that all had failed.
Orchard said that about this time
he wanted to get q ranch and quit
this business, and the Federation men
said they would try and get one for
him near the Canada line where any Of
them could 60 in time Of danger.
He came to Nampa, asked around
about Steunenberg, came up to Boise,
got q room on the same hoor as Steu.
nenberg in the Idanha hotel, opened
his door with q skeleton key and in
tended placing the bomb that was in
trunk at Nampa, but was afraid he
couldn't away and gave the matter up.
Orchard then houndered badly in
his testimony about Mcfarland and
Seattle, where he went to looI. for a
ranch.
However, he went on to the Coeur
d 'Alenes TO see Dave Coates. After
the I. w. w. convention in Chicago,
Coates had stopped in Denver on the
way back, and in Pettibone's store
had suggested kidnapping Paulson's IS
children, and thought may be 100000
could be obtained as ransom. Paul
son was an old partner of Orchard
in the Hercules mine, and was now
rich.
Here occurred dramatic scene.
Richardson called for Governor Coates
to stand up. He did so, and Orchard
with considerable trepidation identi.
fed him. Coates was lieutenant-gov-
ernor of Colorado under Arman.
Orchard then went 10 Wallace, saw
Simpkins and they both went to see
Coates.
Attorney Hawley here objected TO
the Paulson child business being eI-
plotted in the trial. But the Judge de-
clared that the matter was brought
out on the direct examination, and
the defense proceeded on this line.
Orchard found Paulson, was kindly
treated, was invited to the house for
Sunday dinner, and shown the greatest
friendship. Richardson here brought
out that Orchard was gambling and
meeting old friends around saloons,
and was in such shape that he was
never again invited back to the Paul
son home. He then went on to ex-
pose what actually happened in this
matter; Orchard proposed the devilish
act to Coates, and was told he couldn t
do anything of the kind in that town,
and Simpkins afterwards went TO Paul
son and warned him.
Orchard got hard up here and pawn
ed his stuff for s25. He wanted Me
Clusky and Cunningham to put the
bomb under the Tiger and Poor Man
boarding house, and blow up $50 scabs.
Cunningham wouldn't let him do it,
Richardson brought out,
Orchard said st. John told him Gun
ningham was alright, that he had done
work for him.
Richardson here asked if he didn t
know that during the several years
st. John was in the district, there was
no trouble of any kind.
Orchard was broke again, borrowed
$50 Of Paulson, S. from Coates and a
like amount from almost everyone he
knew. He was gambling continually,
committed a burglary by breaking into
the A. X. & N. depot and stole $40
from a cash register at Burke. Or
chard admitted these last facts most
reluctantly. They were crimes he could
not lay to the Federation. He seemed
much chagrined as Richardson ex-
posed that he got the wrong trunk out
of the depot, case of drummers
samples, all for the left foot.
The prosecution lawyers had lost
their confident grin by this time and
were scribbling vigorously.
Richardson went on to bring out that
Orchard had tried to get Paulson to
stake him for $1,000 to go into the
cold storage business at Salt Lake al
the very time he was claiming to be
making arrangements for the Westerr
Federation to buy him ranch. HI
had cursed Steunenberg for the troubl,
in the Occur d'Alenes, saying all hi
old partners were rich and he nigh
have been rich il h. had not had Il
sell for what he could get and ge
out.
Richardson then asked IL he did no
find when Simpkins, who was an Ex
ecutive Board member Of the West
ern Federation, and was responsible
for the unions within his jurisdiction