Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-29
The Moyer-Haywood Case
An Awful Tale of Assassination
and Intimidation
c. p. coNNoLLY-cOIIier's.


milk-wagon between Wallace and
Burke. two of the larger towns of the
Occur d'Alenes. He also worked in
one of the mines at Burke He had
gone to Idaho from Butte, where he
mad located when he first came west,
and where. first as miner, and later
as professional gambler, he went
under the name of Thomas Williams.
He was born March IS, 1867, in sub
urb OF Detroit, Michigan, and was
educated in the public schools he
has represented himself to be me /
Der of the Masonic order He is said
to have had an early religious train
ing. He was married in 1908, and has
wife and two small step-children
At one time he owend sixteenth in
terest in the Hercules" mine in he
Occur d'Alenes, which he sold for
$500, and which is now worth $780,
600. (That mine has made Edward
Boyee, the president of the Western
Federation of Miners who preceded
Charles H. Mover, wealthy Orchard
ambitions, and was a disappointed
man. He was one of the eight hun
dred men who went to Wardner On
April 20, 1899, and witnessed the de
strDction of the Bunker Hill and Sui
Ivan mill. Whether he took an ac-
tive part at that time is not known
He made his escape from Wallace the
night before the troops under General
Merriam arrived, and returned to
Montana. He was in Colorado dun.
ing part, or perhaps most, of the
! troubles there, and escaped from In
dependence during the early morning
hours of June 6, 1904, when fourteen
men were killed and many others in
1ured by the blowing up of the depot
at that place. A man named Neville
accompanied Orchard in his flight at
that time. Neville was afterward
poisoned, and is said that Orchard
had a hand in his removal" Neville
knew too much" Orchards history
in Colorado will undoubtedly be made
part of the record of the trials. It
may be passed for the present.
In the early part of December, 1905.
Orchard appeared in Caldwell quiet
country town of three thousand
people, situated in a farming section
ard resembling much town of the
same size in Ohio or Kansas. 1t is Ia
the extreme southwestern part of
Idaho twenty-nine miles frcm Boise
the capital, and close to both the Ore
gon boundary on the west and the
Nevada boundary on the south
Orchard registered at the Saratoga
hotel under the name of T. S. Hogan
He had been in Caldwell earlier in the
fall, and had then roomed at a private
house. He had made two attempts 70
kill former Governor Steunenberg be
fore. one at the Idanha hotel in
Boise, and the other at Steunenbergs
home on Christmas c,e, RETAINING
both times bec..ase of unfavorable
conditions. Orchard is a man a little
above medium height, of stocky
build. and of dark complexion-not
bad or vicionss looking man when we'll
dressed, and he was now CARRIED in
neat suit, a derby hat. and well-pol-
ished shoes. he represented himself
as enc looking for investments for
friends ia land or sheep He went
fishing and hunting. and appeared to
enjoy the sport. At one time he had
a conversation with Steunenberg.
The Murdered Man.
Frank Steunenberg was Al years
old. He was born in Keokuk, Iowa.
in August, 1861 and went West shortly
after his marriage. He had earned
the money which paid lis VIZ. through
the Ames Iowa agricultural college.
He lived with his wife and three chill
dren. two boys and girl, on the out
skirts of Caldwell, about fifteen min
utes walk from the main part of the
town. When ne first came to Idaho.
Steunenberg worked in a prfnting-of-
fee, and was, during all his mature
life. member Of the typographical
union. His brother, A. K. Steunen-
berg, had preceded him to Idaho, and
when Frank Steunenberg was assassi-
mated. his father, three brothers. and a
married sister were living in Caldwell.
He was of German extraction of the
boer type. slow to act. but of un-
flinching courage when his mind was
made up-a man in whom there was
more of character than appeared on
these surface, with far more inteliec
tual power than his unpublished ex-
preston would lead one to believe.
Elihu Root declared, after meeting him
in Washington, that Steunenberg was
one of the strong men of the country.
He never wore cravat. He had no
small vices, neither smoked nor drank,
and when he took holiday it was al
ways in company with his family. He
had drffted into ranching and sheep
raising before his election as COVER
nor. He was elected In 1896, on the
Bryan wave, and held Office two terms,
or four years. His salary as governor
was $1,000 a year. He appears to
have been well liked in the southern
part Of Idaho, where he was best
known The sworn inventory, on file
ia court. gives his estate as worth,
after the payment of his debts, s40.-
600. He was democratic in his habits
and sympathies, A friend once quot.
ed to him Burns words: MANS inhu-
manity to man makes countless thous-