The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-13
WOULD HAVE STOLEN
CHILDREN Of FRIEND
Orchard Planned to Add kidnapping to His
Many Other Crimes---Failed
to Act.
Attempts to Involve Former Lieutenant Governor OF Colorado
Latter Says Criminal Speaks Falsely.

and hard luck and summing it up, the
defense wanted to know why, If he was
in Idaho on mission of murder Tor
Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone and with
unlimited credit from them he did not
send TO them for money instead of, Dor
rowing and stealing. Orchard replied that
he did send a letter TO Meyer at Butte
and got 500, but he did not send for more
because he was temporarily off the Steun-
enberg murder and away from where
Steunenberg lived and he did not want
to send for more money until he could
show that he was back at work
Lastly there came a showing that Or
chard had borrowed $500 from Paulson
whose children he had gone north to
steal, on the strength of a fraudulent
story that he was going to Los Angeles
to sell mining stocks for Coates, and
that this was the money that actually
paid his expenses when he went back TO
Caldwell on the final mission of murder.
Swiftly reviewing his meetings with his
old partners who had meantime become
rich, the defense asked the witness If,
disappointed and angered at his own hard
luck in selling out the Hercules mine,
when Steunenberg sent troops into north
Idaho, he had not suddenly decided to
borrow enough money from Paulson to
take him to Caldwell. where he would
murder the man whom he blamed for his
misfortune. Orchard strenuOusly denied
that this was his motive.
Other Plots Reviewed.
The earlier part of the day was con-
sumed with a review from the standpoint
of the defense of the alleged plots against
Governor Peabody. Judge GabbeTt. Judge
Goddard and General Sherman Bell. 1t
developed that during August, 1905. when,
with q shotgun and buckShOt he was
stalking General Bell. Orchard went to
live al the house of Pettibone and the ex-
planatiCn of this relationship Offered by
the defense in its questions was that Or
Chard had come there to keep Pettibone
ny xK-hfl DpttihnnP h.
sent on eastern visit The review If
the Steunenberg plot brought from Or
chard the additional declaration when
HAYWOOD was proposing the crime he
said that Ed Boyce. former president of
the Western Federation of Miners and
now one of the owners of the Hercules
mine, had always desired the removal of
Steunenberg for his part in the north
When. soon after Orchard left the stand.
David Coates said. Il do not care at this
time to discuss the statement mace by
Orchard. ] will have an opportunity TO
reply in full when / go on the stand for
the defense. You may say. however. that
Simpkins never talked to me on the sub
ject of the kidnapping of Paulson's chill
dren Orchard did not speak to me about
il in Denver, but did come to me in Wal
lace and outlined the plot. He said that
he wanted to kidnap Paulsons children
and get bunch OF money. tod MIN
that he was fool and that if he at
tempted 20 do so ! would denOunce him
publicly and that he would be run out
of Wallace. The story Is absolutely un-
true
Coates served a term as lieutenant gov
ernor of Colorado. having been elected on
the Populist ticket. After leaving COlO-
RADIO he went to Wallace and until few
weeks ago was proprietor of a newspa-
per there He recently sold out his news
paper interests.
Court adjourned at 3:25 D. m.
As court adjourned for the. day. At
torney Richardson announced that he
would probably conclude his cross exam
nation of Orchard tomorrow.