Smyrna times., 1907-06-12
HARRY ORCHARD.

capital in Colorado was discreditable,
they succeeded in discrediting the wit
ness
Taking up the admission that Or
chard made in direct examination that
he had been treacherous to his COM
rades in Cripple Creek by tipping off
train-wrecking plot. they developed
the fact that Orchard entered the en-
ploy of D. g. Scott, who had charge of
the railway detectives. Orchard said
that with Scott he had met K. C. Ster-
ling, detective in the employ of the
Mine Owners Association, and that
Scott had paid his expenses and ac-
companied him to Denver on the trip
when he first had met Meyer and Hay
wood. He said he had agreed to re-
port to Scott, but that he was lying to
him, never intending to make reports
TO him, and never did make reports.
The defence also tried to show that,
because he stood in with the other side.
Orchard was never mOlested by the mi
itia in Cripple Creek during the strike
Orchard admitted that Scott had told
him that if the militia interfered with
him he was to send for him, and that
the militia never did interfere with
him or search his house.
Orchard said that he went to Scott
first because he had not been paid for
his work at the Vindicator mine. and
he was jealous because he was given
hard work, like the Vindicator job.
while other men got the simple task
of train wrecking by displacing a rail.
More crimes. great and small. were
added to Orchards record.
In his testimony against Haywood
Orchard made a detailed confession of
the murder of Steunenberg by an in
fernal machine that opens the way for
his own conviction and execution for
the mortal Offense. He swore that
the assassination OF Steunenberg was
first suggested by Haywood, was plot
ted, by Haywood, Meyer. Pettibone
and himself; was financed by Hay
wood. and was executed by himself
after the failure of an attempt in
which Jack Simpkins had participa-
ted.
Orchard lifted the total of his own
murdered victims to IS, detailed the
circumstances under which he tried
to murder former Governor Peabody.
Judge GODDARD. Judge Gabbert. Cen
eral Sherman Bell, Dave Moffat and
Frank Herne. Incidentally. he confess
ed to a plan to kidnap the child of
one OF his former associates.
Orchard said that he and Jack
Simpkins went to Caldwell to kill for
mer Governor Steunenberg, and after
two attempts failed, Simpkins left the
town because he feared he would be
arrested. Continuing Orchard said:
THE next time | saw the governor
he was sitting in the Saratoga hotel.
went up to my room and got the
bomb and hurried out to the Steunen-
berg house and planted the bomb bv
the gate. ] then started back to the
Motel, and when about two blocks
away I met Steunenberg on his wav
home. ran as fast as could toward
the hotel but had not reached It when
the explosion occurred.
Il went to my room to do up some
acid and giant caps and things in a
package. AS ] was doing so a giant
cap IN my pocket exploded and tore
one side of my coat out. was afraid
everybody In the hotel heard the ex-
plosion. waited awhile, but there
was no indication that anyone heard
what had occurred in my room. I went
downstairs. and remained at the hotel
until Monday, when l was arrested"
The witness also told of the Mot
to blow up the Vindicator mine. He
confessed that after the strike began
he went into the mine high grading. .
and there discovered a quantity. of
powder He reported this to Davis,
and there, he says, began the plot to
DO violence in the mine. He said the
nrst ATTEMPT was failure, because the
cageman discovered him and his pal
and drew their fire, but later a con-
triyance was successfully fixed by
which a discharged pistol set of a
bomb and killed Superintendent Nc.