The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07

narIos as to Horsleys birthplace and
real name and his first days In the
north Idaho country, and then llawiey
led him down to the destruction Of
the Bunker lin and Sullivan mine.
He was telling Of the meeting of the
Burke union of the |loJoos-" Feders
tion of Miners whe ipoLio,. ="
Its first attack. Attorne, ''lQ olp,e,
objected To the testimony on
ground that the events occurred years
before Haywood was member of the
federation. Senator Borah contended
that the state had right to prove the
facts about the Bunker lin and Sulll.
van mine for the purpose OF showing
why the Western Federation of Mi
ners had taken umbrage at Governor
Steunenberg, Judge wood ruled that
the general facts were admissible
Horsley then told the story OF the
blowing up OF the property, in which
he said That w. T., DAVIS, later the
president OF the Cripple Creek union
had command OF the mob. He told OF
the seizure of the train, the theft of
the giant powder, thL\attaCk upon the
nine, and, concluding, said.
II lit one of the fuses myself"
Running Fire of Objections.
Horsley then told of his flight to
Montana and of various journeys in
the western country until he turned
UP in Cripple Greek in 1902, went to
work in the mines and Joined the
Western Federation of Miners again
Under fire OF renewed objection from
the defense. all OF which was over.
ruled by the court on the strength OF
d repeated promise by the state to
show the connection of the defendant
later, the witness told of the plot to
blow up the indicator mine. He con.
fessed that after the strike began he
went down into the mine high grad.
ing" and there discovered quantity
OF powder He reported this to Davis.
and there. he said. began the plot to
do violence in the nine. He said the
FIRST attempt was q failure. because
the cage man discovered him and his
pal and drew their fire, but later q
contrivanCe was fixed by which dis
charged pistol set of bomb and
killed Superintendent Mccormick and
Foreman Beck. Five hundred dollars,
he said, was the reward for the muir
ders. Then came the journey to Den
yer. where the witness said he met
Ia, a NO. Il
entered their employ as assassin. He
swore that Haywood paid him 5000
for blowing up the indicator mine
Plot TO XIII Peabody.
Next the prisoner related how he
journeyed to Southern Colorado as a
guard TO Meyer and his return to Den
yer. where 1t was suggested, he said
that he Kill Governor Peabody. He
said he picked Steve Adams to aid
him. and together they stalked the
governor between the capitol building
and his home. trying for a shot al
him with cntoff guns, Haywood and
Pettibone were in the plot and fur
nished the witness with money from
time to time The plot failed because
Horsley and Adams followed a car
rage containing three women to the
Peabody home and excited suspicion
Next came a plot to dynamite Pea.
body, and Iiorsley said they made a
bomb, but gave the plan up at the
suggestion Of Haywood who was in
fear that they would all be arrested.
He said he and Adams were told to
lay off for a time, but meantime Petit
bone suggested that they kill Lyle
Gregory, who had been deputy sher'
If and had given testimony against
some members of the federation. The
witness then detailed the relentless
trailing of Gregory and his final muir
der. Gregory turned and backed up
against a fence" said the witness. las
II to draw a gun and shot him three
times. 1t certainly killed him" This
tale Of cowardly, brutal man hunting
and killing seemed to play with great
er intensity upon the nerves of the
men and women who sat listening to
Horsley than any OF the others and
perceptible shudder went through the
TOOlu as nC W wv o'c''
ing 1t was the only place where a
victim had been actually faced. The
others had been done to death by me-
chanical and chemical contrivances.
Then came the frightfu tragedy at
Independence, followed by the fight
to Wyoming and after that the trip
to San Francisco for the purpose OF
killing Bradley. Orchard swore that
after his visit to Denver, when he got
the money for killing Mccormick and
Beck, he was constantly in communi'
cation and In the pay Of either May
wood, Meyer. Pettibone. SimpkIns or
Davis: that one or all OF them sug'
gested his various crimes. and that at
all meetings held after each crime his
acts had been warmly commended.
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