The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-07


Boise. Idaho, June G-Harry Or
chard crowned his admissions OF re-
voting crimes today when, con-
tinuing his estimcny against Hay
wood he made an explicitly detailed
confession of the murder Of former
Governor Steunenberg by an Internal
machine. that directly opens the way
for his own conviction and execution.
He swore the assassination of Steu-
nenberg was first suggested by Hay
wood was Jointly plotted by Hay
wood, Meyer, Pettibone and himself;
was financed by Haywood and exc
cuted By himself after the failure OF
an attempt in which Jack Slmpkins
had participated.
orchard lifted the total Of his own
murdered victims to 19 and detailed
the circumstances under which ne
tried to murder former Governor Pea
body. Judge GODDARD, Judge Gabhert,
General Sherman Bell, Dave Monat
and Frank Herne
Corfesses Sordid Social Crimes.
Incidentally he confessed to plan
10 kidnap a child OF one of his former
associates. Then under cross examl-
nation by the defense, Orchard CON
x sfie guift@4 of roraAa Heasal
crimes. of deserving his young child
and wife in Ontorio. fleeing to BRUSH
Columbia with Hattie Simpson, Wiie
~ another man. and committing Dig
amy by marrying another woman at
Cripple Creek. =
Through the shocking details OF
murder plots, stories of secret Domp
making and tales of man hunts WIN
sowed off shot guns and Internal ma
chimes as weapons, the witness Went
IN in The same quiet off-hand manner
that marked his demeanor yesterday.
His voice dropped to lower Keys as
tho pitiful story of the long hunt LOT
eteunenberg narrowed down to the
last day and he told of race from
the hotel TO the home to beat ms VIC
tim with the death trap and meeting
IN the evening gloam. his victim as
he walked unconsciously TO his dea'h.
Through it all he WINGED but once
and that was when the defense made
him name his six sisters and his one
brother and give their residences III
Ontario and New York.
corroboration Of Crimson Tale
The defense fought the story with
multiplicity of objections and sue
cpeded in heading off an attempt 10
tell The story of the murder OF Arthur
Collins at Telluride and temporarily
ehuttine out the contents OF a teie-
gram sent by Orchard after ms ar
re9t.
The state today began its corroDo-
ration of Orchards crimson taie py
producing a lead casing OF the fea-
hodv homb. Orchard Identified IT,
sxrore he brought it from Canyon CITY
te Denver and then on to Wallace,
where he gave 1t to mon naneu
cunningham. 1t was thrown into the
river and the state promises to later
prove its recovery.
orchard finished his direct examina'
,ion at 2:35 O'Clock and the cross ex
animation hal only reached down 70
the Couer 'Alene days OF 1893 when
court adjourned. The cross examina'
zion will be continued tomorrow.
orchards sctory of the Killing of Steu
nenberg was;
climax of Bloody Confession.
"We (Orchard and Simpkinsl. went
ont to Steunenbergs, residence sew
oral times and then finally saw him IN
The Saratoga Hotel Sunday evening
In the meantime we had fixed up the
bomb so Simpkins and took the
homb. out at once and set it under the
sidewalk with string stretched
ACROSS the walk so that when ne
struck it. II would upset a bottle o.
sulphuric acid. We went back to ths
hotel to wait. but heard nothing. Aftei
two or three hours We went ou' and
cot the bomb. We found some one
rad broken the string but had no
unset the bottle. We hid the bomt
in some weeds. The bomb was MADE
in a wooden box just big enough tC
hold ten pounds Of powder.
~The next day Simpkins concluded
he had bet er not stay around an
longer, fer he had seen several PEE
sons who knew him. He thought i
might 20 hard with me If wai
caught in his company. He said
ha6 better remain and finish the joi
alone. This was some time in NoYem