Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-04
THE TRIAL At BOISE
COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE ENpeAv.
OR TO PROVE CONSPIRACY.
WITNESS PROVES ALIBI FOR oRcARp
Owner Of the House Has Secured
Judgment Against Gas Com.
pany for Explosion.

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BOISE. Idaho A review OF the nv.
idence introduced in. the course of tho
last five days brings the inevi,.h,o
conclusion that counsel for tho do
iense would cndeavor to prove to the
satisfaction OF the jury that the pink.
erloh agency and the Mine Owners.
association, with the KNOWLEDGE and
approval or the governor of Idaho tho
iormer governor Of Colorado. the for.
mer adjutant general of Colnrodo opa
other influential people, conspired +,
secure the death by hanging OF VII.
nam II. HayW God, Charles II. Mover
n George A. Pettibone. and that IN.
cldehtally the mine owners are direr,.
~ responsible for the killing of IA
men In the Independence d., ,,t
- Inc evidence so far introduced by
'he deiense goes to prove that Or.
oharu' knowing of the blowing nm of
the bunker Hill and Sullivan concen.
traitor IN 1899; OF the explosion in H.,
'Ih"icator mine and OF the blowing mn
Oh the Independence depot: Of the
h''lihs OF Lyle Gregory, and of the
explosion at Bradley's residence I'm
oah francisco. accused himself of hay.
ing committed the crimes and the
murder or II men, when I'm fact he
a little or no personal connection
with any of them.
Orchard Was Miles Away.
Witnesses have sworn that Orchard
was not at Wardner on the day the
bunker Hill and Sullivan o%ncontrator
was blown up; that facts connected
win the Vindicator mine tend to the
conclusion That the explosion was ac.
cldcntal; that while Orchard NAV
nave Decn present when the Indepcnd.
ehce depot was destroyed, Steve Ad.
ans was In fact the man who was ON.
pl0ycd by the mine owners 10 blow
up a piece OF useless property, but
lhat Il blunder resulted in loss of
lite, that Lyle Gregory was murdered
at the instance of the United Mine
workers and not of the Western Fed
Grafton, and that Orchard, possessing
q mania for bOasting of the commits
sion or great crimes, was lying when
he said he was connected with the
bomb at Bradlcy's house.
Evidence has also been introduced
TO show that both Orchard and Simp-
kins had personal motive for killing
former Governor Steunenbcrg and
that Simpkins' motive was the strong.
er or the two in chat he was sub
Ject to unjust punishment and torture
at the hands of negro troops called IN
by the association in 1899. Further
evidence as to the explosion at the
Bradley house Is yet to come. Deposl.
tons from Mr.. Bradley will be intro.
duced. they were made recently m
San Francisco. Bradley swcars that
the explosion vas due to an accumu.
lation OF escaping gas and that the
owner OF the house secured a judg.
mcnt for damages against the gas
company before a jury, and further
that an appeal to the superior court
resulted In Il confirmation of the find.
Ing of the jury in the lower court.
simpkins' Presence Not Denied.
'"c "'''H"' hdS MT attempted IO
deny the presence of Jack Simpkins
In Caldwell, in company with Orchard,
shortly before the murder of Steunen.
berg, and the evidence as to the treat
ment OF Simpkins shortly before the
murder of S~tennenberg and the owl.
dence as to the treatment of Simp,
kins by the authorities while he was
In the bull pen indicates that the de.
Tense does not intend to clear Simp.
kins by participation In that crime al
an accessory before the fact. It has
been repeatedly stated, as q matter
OF current report, that counsel for the
defense knew of the whereabouts of
Simpkins, who has been a fugitive
since ~Steunenberg's murder.