Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-06-13


ard crowned his admissions of grave
crimes Thursday when continuing his
case against VIM. D. Haywood, he
made an explicitly detailed confession
Of the murder Of Frank Steunenbers
by an Internal machine that directly
opens the way for his own conviction
and execution. He swore that the as
sasslnation Of Steunenberg was first
suggested by Haywood, was Jointly
plotted 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 partici
'pated.
Orchard lifted the total of his own
murdered victims to 1S, detailed the
circumstance under which he tried tc
murder Former Governor Peabody,
Judge Gabbert, General Sherman Bell
Dave Moffat and Frank Herne. In
cidentally he confessed to plan tc
kidnap the child of one his former
associates. Then under cross exami
nation by the defense Orchard con
fessed guilt Of the sordid social crimes
Of deserving his young child and wife
in Ontario, fleeing to British Colum.
bia with Hattie Simpson, the wife Of
another man, and committing bigamy
by marrying a third woman at Grip
pie Creek, through the shocking de-
tails Of murder plots, stories of secret
bomb making, and tales Of man hunts
with sawed off shot guns and Internal
machines. as weapons the witness
went on In the same quiet offhand
manner that marked his dameanoR
Wednesday. His voice dropped To
lower keys as the pitiful story Of the
long hunt for Steunenberg narrowed
down to the last day and he told Of 1
the race from the hotel to the home |
To beat his victim, with the death trap .
and the meeting in the evening gloom
as the victim walked unconsciously to /
his doom. Through It all he WINGED |
but once and that was when the de- I
tense made him name his six sisters =
md his one brother and give their I
In Ontario and New York. d
The defense fought the story with h
/ multiplicity Of objections and sue. II
,eded in heading off an attempt to .
ell the story OF the murder Of Arthur i"
Collins and temporarily shutting out
he contents Of a telegram received =
md telegram sent by Orchard after 4
lis arrest. But for the rest the state =
managed to get in its story intact. =
The state Thursday began It's Cor !
'oboratlon of Orchards crimson tale !,
" producing the lead casing Of the :.
bomb. Orchard identified Il,
wore that he brought 1t from Canyon :,
lily to Denver and then on to Wal y
ace, where he gave It to a man nam y
ID Cunningham. It was thrown into :
he river and the state promises to :
alter prove Its recovery.
There was the same precautions VI
nd the same armed guards Thursday !,
o protect Orchard and the same court u
Dom scenes except that among the u
pectators the women to men were as Y
wo to one. There was another rush Y
or admittance and the doors OF the U
curt had to be closed at both ses- v
Ions. u
Orchard finished HIS direct examina- u
lon at 1888 O'Clock and the Cross ex- .
mination had only reached Town to o
be Occur d'Alene days OF 1899 when a
be court rose. The cross examina-
lon will be continued at o'clock Fri o.
ay. v
In detailing his hunt for Gov. z
teuRenberg be said: I finally locat- ?