Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-23

is thoroughly ldHIIlIar with the Bible
/ He is sixty-seven years old and mas
mot been engaged in operative WORK
! for wears. The confession which
Orchard made TO MCFARLAND covered
not only the steunenberg murder, but
numerous other murders and acts of
violence. 1t implicated the officers
of the Western Federation
The list Of crimes which it is said
that Orchard confessed to having a
! share in, and which the inner council
of the Western Federation is supposed
: to have planned, includes: the blowing
I'D of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mill in Idaho in 1899; the murder of
Martin Gleason, manager of the Wild
! Horse mine of Cripple Creek, Colo
RADIO, in 1901; the murder in 1901. of
! J. w. Barney, non-union shfft-boss in
) the Smuggler- Union mine at Telluride
Colorado; the killing, the next yea :
of Wesley J. Smith, another non-uuion
shift boss in the same mine, as well as
the murder of Arthur L Collins. mana
ger; the murder Of Superintendent
Mccormick and Foreman Beck of the
indicator mine of Victor in 1908: in
| 1904, the blowing up of the railroad
depot at independence; and, in 1905,
the wrecking of the power house of
the Colorado Springs Electric COM
pany.
In Idaho, according O Orchard, only
two men were marked for assassina-
tion-Steunenberg and Fred W. Brad
ley, president of tie Bunker Hill and
Sullivan Mining Company at the time
the mill at Wardner was blown up in
1899. Inc story of the attempt Oh
| BradIey's life is striking: On the 17tn
, of November, 1904, at twenty minutes
to e ght in the morning, Fred w,
Bradley was leaving his house at
! 1904 Washington street, corner OF
Leavenworth, San Francisco, when,
as he placed his hand on the door.
! knob of the outer door leading to the
street, a terrific explosion took
place. Bradley's first sensation was
! that the end of his cigar had bIazed
up, as if it were a trek cigar, and
! then of a deafening explosion, throw,
! ing him violently to the ground and
hurting upon him debris of all
kinUs. < moment later he experienced
! a lifting sensation, which threw him
into the street. He was picked up
stunned and Dleeding, and was placed
in charge of doctor. He recovered
from his injuries.
The owner of the building, Walter
H. Linforth, a san Francisco attor
ney, brought suit against the San
Francisco Gas & Electric company
claiming that the explosion was the
suit of a gas leak, and recovered
! heavy damages.
1t now developes that, if Harry
Orchards confession be true, he was
the man who caused the explosion
and that was aimed at the life oil
Bradley, though Bradley himself Is
disinclined to believe that any one
had designs on his life. Orchard sale
| that for weeks he had Swallowed the
Bradley residence, and had noted thai
! Bradley left at almost the same min
| ute every morning. So well was tn:
setting of the bomb timed that n;
was only a block away at the moment
OF he explosion.
AS a result of Orchards confession
month after Netherlands arrival in
! Boise, Meyer, Haywood, and Petit
bone were arrested in Denver. J. L
| Simpkins, Jointly indicted with them
| is still at large. Large rewards have
! been offered for his apprehension
| The excuse for the officers of the
! state of Idaho taking charge of the
prosecution is, according to Govern
| or GOOding'S message to the Iegislat
ure, that Canyon county could not
stand the expense involved, and
that evidence is not wanting tc
| show that Mr.. Steunenbergs death
was in revenge. 49,. for his faithful
ness to his trust as governor" Gov
| ernor Gooding characterized Or
chard's confession as almost unbe
! lieveable"
! Meyer was arrested in a Burling
! ton sleeper that lay in the Union de
! pot at Denver, about 8:45 in the eve
! ming. He was about to leave for The
! black hills in South Dakota, his form
| er home, and, it is said, was armed
| Haywood was arrested about $50 .
| n, and Pettibone about 1870. They
| were incarceratad for the night in the
county jail at Denver Neither knew
: lat the others mad been arrested
until they were about to be taken Il
! the train the following Sunday
/ morning The train that carried the
! defendants to Idaho was in charge o
| Adjutant General Buckley Wells o
the Colorado national guard, COlone
! d. W. strickland of General Wells
staff; r. D. Medium, A. G. Watson
and j. B. isher of the Pinkertol
! agency, and Deputy Warden Jane.
G. Mills, Jr., of he Idaho penitentiary
! the agent of the state Of Idaho ap
Pc nted to receive the defendant
from the Colorado authorities. Th'
train did not stop except for the pur
pose OF taking water or coal, and wa
amply provisioned before leaving Den
! yer.
This was the so-called kidnapping
of Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone.
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