The Washington herald., 1907-06-07
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ne ana steve AudflS bdu uuIltu Il DOilD ]
for him under the snow on the sidewalk |
that he always used in going to the capt. |
tol in the morning. They had hurried up
there in the morning, just before the
judges usual hour, and attached the fatal
wire. and were standing across the street, |
ready to pull H.
The judge came along on schedule time, ]
but Just then a coal team came out OF an
alley near by. and the plotters did not
dare 10 pull the wire.
They tried again in Judge Goddard's
case. Orchard said he buried another
bomb outside the judges gate, and Just
before the judges usual time for coming
out he hurried along and dropped a news
paper, and under cover Of picking II up
attached the wire to a screw eye In the !
judges gate. Why this bomb never ex- /
ploded was not brought out In court.
It Is one Of the most extraordinary |
feature Of this whole epoch Of crime.
When Orchard first confessed. he told /
Of this bomb. When the Idaho aUthori- |
ties went 10 Denver 70 arrest Haywood /
and his pals. they told the judge this /
story, Search for the bomb was at /
once made. II was found just where /
Orchard said II Was-buried beside Judge /
Goddards gate.
The acid in the little bottle had eaten |
the pin in the cork. so that when the |
Judge opened his gate the pin was pulled /
out u the cork instead Of the cork out Of /
the bottle The acid was thus not split /
on the powder II that pin had held !
Judge Goddard would have been blown /
TO pieces.
Wells Also VIII Testify,
But Kley Wells. who succeeded Sher-
man Bell as adjutant general Of the
State Of Colorado was the man who dug
up that bomb He Is in Boise and will /
testify for the State.
The bomb was subsequently, exploded. /
as nobody dared 10 touch IT, but the frag-
ments we're saved and will be produced In |
court. The case OF the bomb that Or /
chard says be and PettIbone manufaC- |
tured to XIII Gov Peabody with was pro- |
duced in couu nd Identified by the Wit
ness.
Il has a marvellous history. T. was /
made. Orchard says, In the cellar Of the /
Pettlbone store IN Denver and Orchard /
said that it was specially manufactured /
for Peabody. after PettIbone and Hay /
wood had told him that he must get /
the ex-governor Il was Ike all the
other bombs except that Il was 20 be set
of with an alarm clock Il contained /.
about thirty pounds OF giant powder.
The case is a clumsy. heavy contrivance 7
OF lead in the shape Of box. There is +
little square opening in one side. Orchard .
said this was used through which 20 In
sert the little bottle Of acid that was 10
be broken by a steel spring that was 20 he /.
released after the clock had been running
a certain length Of time. Orchard went to /
Canon City 20 XIII Peabody with this .
bomb Peabody was not then governor +
and had retired TO his home town The /
plot was a failure.
Peabody stopped sitting by a certain I
window in his house because he was hav- /
ing some repairs made. and Orchard could /
not see how he was 70 get him with .
that kind Of a bomb. He said Haywood /.
and Pettibone told him they did not care /
IL he blew Up the whole Of Canon City.
Greatest sensation of Day.
His account of his instructions from /
Haywood for the killing of Steunenberg /
was the sensation Of a day Of sensations. /
He said Haywood told him TO 80 70 I
Caldwell and get Steurenberg. After F..
that Haywood said the witness declared. /
that somebody could GO to Paterson. Nj. /
and write letters 20 Peabody. Gabbert. /
Goddard. Bell. and others. enemies Of the
Western Federation OF Miners. and point /
out the avenger had waited for years !
after Steunenberg had offended the union.
and the union had then got" him That /
would remind them that they were never /
safe from vengeance. Orchard said that F.
Haywood had told him that that would .
be worse than death.
1T would be a living death, Haywood /
said, declared Orchard. and he glanced /
az Haywood a moment rs he said il. \ .
shudder ran around the courtroom.
That bomb that was meant for Gov.
Peabody Travelled with Orchard I'm his I
trunk up through Wyoming and Idaho to T.
Wallace. in the Occur d'Alenes Orchard I
said he wrapped it I'm "a blanket In the 7.
trunk The acid was not there. Of course. /
but a severe conclusion would have set IL /
of. At Wallace. Orchard met Jack Simp- /
kins and told him Of 10. and SimpSins said /
that he thought il might be as well 10 get /
rid Of IL. II was thrown into the Occur /
d'Alene River. and discovered accidentally 4
by man who was digging on the bank I
OF the river with a pick, The marks Of /
the pick are plainly visible on the leaden 1
case.
Tells of Steunenberg'S Death.
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