Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-29

| Tor years Inc confession which
Orchard made TO Mcfarland covered
not only the steunenbers murder. but
numerous other murders and acts of
violence. 1t Implicated the officers
of the Western Federation.
The list of crimes which it is said
that Orchard confessed to having a
share I'm, and which the inner council
of the Western Federation is supposed
to have planned, includes: the blowing
/ up of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mill in Idaho in 1899; the murder of
Martin Gleason, manager IT the Wild
Horse mine of Cripple Greek. Colo
-ado, in 1901; the murder in 1901. of
] w. Barney. non-union shift-boss in
the Smuggler- Union mine at Telluride
Colorado: The killing, the next yea :.
of Wesley J. Smith, another non-uuion
shift-boss in the same mine. as well as
the murder of Arthur L Collins, mana
ger; the murder of Superintendent
Mccormick and Foreman Beck of the
indicator mine, of Victor, in 1903; in
1904, the blowing up of the railroad
depot at independence; and. in 1905.
the wrecking of the power house of
the Colorado Springs Electric COM
pany
In Idaho. according Orchard. only
two men were marked for assassina-
tion-Steunenberg and Fred w. Brad
ley, president of s4e Bunker Hill and
Sullivan Mining Company at the time
the mill at Wardner was blown I'D in
1899. Inc story of the attempt or
Bradley's life is striking: On the 17tn
of November, 1904, at twenty minutes
TO e ght in the morning, Fred ".
Bradley was leaving his house at
l404 Washington street corner of
Leayenworth, San Francisco, when.
as he placed his hand on the door
! knob OF the outer door leading to the
street terrific explosion took
! place. Bradley's first sensation was
that the end of his cigar had blazed
up, as if it were trek cigar, and
then of deafening explosion. throw
ing him violently to the ground and
hurting upon him debris of all
kinGs. moment later he experienced
a lifting sensation, which threw him
into the street He was picked up,
stunned and sIeeding, and was placed
in charge of a doctor, He recovered
from his injuries.
The owner of the building, Walter
H. Lnforth. san Francisco attor-
ney, brought suit against the San
Francisco Gas & Electric company.
claiming that the explosion was the
sui6 OF a gas leak, and recovered
heavy damages.
1t now developes that, if Harry
Orchards confession be true, he was
the man who caused the explosion.
and that was aimed 1T the life OF
Bradley, though Bradley himself is
disinclined to believe that any one
had designs on his life Orchard said
that for weeks he hao Swallowed the
Bradley residence. and had noted that
Bradley left at almost the same min
ute every morning. So well was thu
setting of the bomb timed that ne
was only a block away at the moment
OF he explosion.
AS a result of Orchards confess on.
a month after Netherlands arrival in
Boise Meyer. Haywood, and Petit.
bone We're arrested in Denver. ]. L.
Simpkins. Jointly indicted with them,
is still at large Large rewards have
been offered for his apprehension.
The excuse for the officers of the
state of Idaho taking charge of the
prosecution is, according to Govern
or Gooding's message to the legislat-
ure, that Canyon county could not
stand the expense involved, and
that evidence is not wanting to
show that Mr.. Steunenbergs death
was in revenge. -. for his faithful
ness to his trust as governor" Gov
ernor Gooding characterized Or
chard's confession as almost unbe-
lieveable +"
Meyer was arrested in a Burling-
ton sleeper that lay in the Union de-
pot at Denver. about S:45 in the eve
ming. He was about to leave for the
black hills in South Dakota, his form
er home, and, it is said, was armed.
Haywood was arrested about $50 D.
m, and Pettibone about 1880. They
were incarcerated for the ght in the
county jail at Denver. Neither knew
lat the Others mad been arrested
until they were about to be taken to
the train the following Sunday
morning. The train that carried the
defendants TO Idaho was in charge of
Adiutant General Buckley Wells of
the Colorado national guard, Colonel
ID. w. Stricklt nd of General Wells's
staff, r. ID. Medium, A. c. Watson
and j. Il. Usher of the PinkertOn
agency. and Deputy Warden James
{. Mills, Jr., of h. Idaho penitentiary.
the agent of the state of Idaho APP
pc nted to receive the defendants
from the Colorado authorities The
train did not stop except for the pur-
pose of taking water or coal, and was
amply provisioned before leaving Den
yer.
This was the so-called kidnapping
of Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone.
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