The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-13

five pounds of dynamite. With this dan gerous burden the trunk was checked as ordinary baggage to Nampa, Idaho, nine round trip excursion ticket to Portland, Ore, the Lewis and Clark exposition be- ing on at the time. He stopped off sev- eral days at Salt Lake. He met several friends while there. They commented on his evident prosperity and he told them he had an easier way to make money than by working for it.
 Did you tell them you were a card sharp, and that you made your money that way" asked Richardson.
 No"
 And that you were en route to Port land to run shell gamer
 No"
 From Salt Lake Orchard came on direct to Nampa and began to make inquiries there about Steunenberg
 After leaving Nampa Orchard went to Caldwell, where he spent day or two. Governor Steunenberg was in Boise, how ever and Orchard came on here
 By the way" said Richardson. 'ddn' t Haywood tell you that Steunenberg rode cut In blackboard every day to one of his sheep ranches and that you could shoot him while on one of th<ye trips?"
 He told me the governor did that. He uldn | say where 10 get him.
 Orchard said commission man, to whom he had gone to inquire about buy ing lambs, pointed Steunenberg out to him. He learned the governor was stopping at the Idaho hotel. Orchard went over and got a room on the same floor as the governor. He entered the He entered the room with a pass key and looked around with the idea of get- ting the bomb under the bed in a grip, ,.,ffh nIa ,I. ,AA ft
 Would Have Killed All.
 "The bomb would have blown the hotel all to pieces, wouldn't it?'
 Yes"
 And you were willing to do that?'
 Yes"
 Did you expect to stay in the hotel that night?"
 No, sir
 You were willing to kill everybody but yourself?"
 Yes"
 Orchard said he had not brought the trunk containing the bomb from NampA at the time he investigated Governor Steunenbergs room. He abandoned the Idea for fear that hls quick get away would arouse suspicion.
 ''Why did you not tell us about this proposed attempt in your direct testi- mony?'
 Because I was not asked"
 You were told several times to tell your story in narrative form"
 'I don't know what you mean by a narrative form"
 Abandoning temporarily the pursuit of Steunenberg, Orchard went on to Port land and then to Seattle, where he made inquiry about some ranches up near the British Columbia line. From Seattle. Orchard went to Spokane. en route to the Occur D'Alene.
 What were you going there fore?' asked Richardson
 ITO see Jack Simpkins and Dave Coates about a conversation we had In Denver. "
 Coates Confronts Orchard.
 Mir Coates, q former lieutenant governor of Colorado and now the owner of a news paper in Northern Idahp who has been summoned as a witness for the defense, was asked to stand up and confront Orch ard He was promptly identified by the witness.
 Orchard said that Coates had told him in Denver about how rich his partners In the Hercules mine had become. He told me he thought 1t would be a good chance for me to get even by stealing August Paulson's child and demanding $50,0O0 or S60,0O0 ransom"
 Had you met MT Coates before this?'' No"
 And the first time he saw you he sug gested that you kldnap one of your old partners children?'
 He told the plan to Pettibone and to me. Pettibone told me he was all right Coates said he wdlld help and take q part of the money. He said he could have Paulson leave the money with him. |" Arriving in Wallace, where both Simp- kins and Coates lived, Orchard saw Simpkins first and told him of the kid napng plot Slmpklns agreed to go 10 Coates about the matter Orchard also met Paulson, who gave a cordial vel come. He invited Orchard to dinner.
 To Steal Child. "You accepted his hospitality, ate at