Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-14
ORCHARD TOUCHED.
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Richardson.
I'VE did make an attempt to, but it
was not successful"
Simpkins started for home about
Dec. l. 1905. and Orchard said he had
not seen him since. While in Caldwell
q Simpkins helped him make a bomb.
was it the bomb which killed
Steunenberg?'
1T was the same powder. I later
changed the casing from wood to tin"
Orchard also left Caldwell after the
failure of the attempt with Simpkins
He telephoned Bill Eastcrly Of Silver
City. asking him if he did not want to
come over to Caldwell and take part
in contract" Fasterly declined, say
ing he was too busy at home. Orchard
then went to Salt Lake to get a man
named ShOddy to help him. Shoddy,
however couldn't be found. Returning
to Caldwell alone, Orchard went to the
Saratoga Hotel, where he became ac-
Quainted with the employees. He made
no effort to conceal himself
Richardson asked why ii was that
with plenty OF opportunity to Kill
SteLncnf org on one of the governors
trips to his sheep ranches. Orchard had
decided To use Il bomb in the city.
well. | got 1isgusted with myself
at not being lie to get him, so | fin
ally decided TO use the bomb and get
rid Of the thing and get away" said
Orchard.
Richardson jumped over the details of
placing the bomb at the Steunenberg
residence.
The REORGANIZATION digressed to a
aIpr
train with Steunenberg and set the
bomb in n grip under the governors
seat. With the paraphernalia all ready,
Orchard got aboard the train one day.
but Steunenberg missed it, The fact
that others in the car would have been
killed did not appeal to him.
Returning to Orchards actions after
the assassination of Steunenberg,
Richardson wanted to know If the wit
ness had not deliberately gone to his
room and scattered powder and plaster
of Paris about the place.
mo, sir, l did not
He said he went back to the hotel
with the idea of cleaning up some
cayenne pepper, potash and acid in his
grip.
What were you doing with the
pepper"
Il had it to put on my stove when
necessary so as to prevent dogs taking
up my trail.
The examination again depressed to
show that while he was in Spokane. |
Orchard called on Attorney Fred Mil |
Ter. now associated with the defence. |
and employed him to sue the railroad |
for OBTAINING his trunk, which had been |
lost in transit.
Orchard made no attempt to leave /
Caldwell the night of the explosion.
but slept as usual at the Saratoga |
hotel The next day. Sunday. he was |
suspected. Monday he was arrested |
The first attorney Orchard saw was |
Jeb Sullivan of Denver. Sullivan sug- |
gestcd that orchard have Il local at
torney and wired Miller to come and |
he reached Caldwell something more
than week after the arrest.
Orchard remained in the Caldwell |
Jail IL days and was then brought to
the penitentiary in Boise.
Richardson here attempted to show !
the coercion of Orchard through Snli
tary confinement.
Where were YOU put when you
reached the penitentiary he was
asked
In the new cell house.
1t was n steel cage with solid walls"
Were YOU advised as to your rights
about being confined in the peniten-
tiary?"
NO. sir"
You were not allowed to speak to
anyone?"
Yes, sir. could speak to the men
in the next cell and to the warden"
Who was the man next door,
bob Webster"
"A condemned murderer
Yes"
And for the most part the guard
outside your cell sat silent?"
NO, sir, he spoke good deal to the
men next door and he spoke to me
often"
Orchard said his cell was five by
seven feet. PIE could read books from
the library but not newspapers.
After you had been in confinement
10 days. who first came to see you?"
MIR. Mcfarland"
Did you know him-that he was a
Pinkerton?''
Not until that time"
Orchard was taken to the clerks
Office and saw Mcfarland there.
did Mcfarland talk to you about
your past life?"
"Yes, sir"
"And his past life?"
Eyes. sir"
did he first talk of the Bible?'
mo. we did talk later about the
Bible
"And Mcfarland told you about
King David, who was a murderer. had
repented and become a man after
Gods own hearth"
Yes" a. ST.
"And about what bad man st. Paul
was?"
Yes"
"And about David killing Uriah and
stealing his wife?"