The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-06-07
SOUGHT HIS PREY
WITH BOMB SHELL
Harry Orchard Continues Re-
cital of Bloody Record
Eighteen Victims Recalled by Witness
Against Haywood i'm Idaho
Court.
HOW GOV. sTEUNENBERG DIED.

, Boise, Idaho, June Harry Or
chard crowned his admissions OF
grave crimes when, continuing his
case against William d. Haywood, he
made an explicitly detailed confess
lsion of the murder of Frank Steunen-
berg by an Internal machine, that
ldirectly opens the way for his own
lconviction and execution for the NOR
tai offense. He swore that the as
sassination of Steunenberg was first
suggested by Haywood, Pettibone
land himself; was financed by Hay
wood and was executed by himself,
latter tire failure of an attempt In
which Jack Slmpkins had partici-
lpated
j Orchard lifted the total of his own
murdered victims to eighteen, de-
tailed the circumstances under which
he tried to murder former Gov. Pea
body, Judge Goddard, Judge Cab
bert, Gen. Sherman Bell, D. II. Moi
lfatt and Frank Herne. Incidentally
he confessed to a plan to kidnap the
child of one of his former associates.
Then under REORGANIZATION by
the defense Orchard confessed guilt
of the sordid crimes of deserving his
young child and wife in Ontario, fee
ing to British Columbia with Hattie
Simpson, the wife of another man,
and committing bigamy by marrying
a third woman at Cripple Creek.
His voice dropped to a lower key
as the pitiful story of the long hunt
for Steunenberg narrowed down to
the last day and he told of the race
from the hotel to the home to beat
his victim with the death trap, and
the meeting in the evening in the
gloom, as the victim walked uncon-
Isciously to his doom. Through 1t 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 In Ontario and
New York.
81 went to Seattle to look at
ranch. Pettibone had told me to do
this He thought it might be a
lgood thing to have a ranch where we
could hide whenever 1t became nee
essary. From Seattle / went to
spokane and then to Wardner to see
ia Simpkins. ! told him what my
object was.
Simpkins finally decided to return
to Caldwell with Orchard to help in
the assassination of Gov Steunen-
berg. From Wardner, Orchard and
|Simpkins first went to Wallace.
Idaho.
Had Bomb in Readiness.
Proceeding from Wallace to Spo-
kane, Orchard said he and Slmpkins
bought ten pounds of powder there
with which to make new bomb,
when they reached Caldwell Simp-
kins bought pair of field glasses.
Arriving at Caldwell for second
time, Orchard said he registered
himself as Hogan and Simpkins as
simmons.
eve tried to locate Gov Steunen-
berg at once" said Orchard, butt
could not. We went out to his resi-
dence several times and then finally
saw him In the Saratoga hotel on
Sunday evening. In the meantime.
we had fixed up the bomb, so Simp-
kins and | took the bomb out and
set II under the sidewalk with al
string stretched across the walk so
when he struck It, 1t would upset tn
bottle of sulphuric acid. We went
back to the hotel to wait, but heard
nothing. After two or three hours
we went out and got the bomb. We
found somebody had broken the
string but had not upset the bottle.
We hid the bomb in so meweeds.
The bomb was made in wooden box
just big enough to hold ten pounds
|of powder.
"The next time / saw the COVER
nor, he was sitting In the Saratoga
hotel. went up to my room and
got the bomb and hurried out to the
|Steunenberg house and planted the
bomb by the gate. l then started
ba to the hotel and when about
two blocks away l met Steunenberg
|on his way home. l ran as fast as
could toward the hotel. but had not
reached. 1t when the explosion oc-
|curred.
IL went to my room to do up some
acid and giant caps and things in a.
package. AS | was doing so giant
cap in my pocket exploded and tore
one side of my coat out. was
afraid everybody in the hotel had
heard teh explosion. waited a
while. but there was no indication
that anyone had heard what had oc-
|curred in my room. went down
stairs and remained at the hotel un-
It'll Monday, when | was arrested.55
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