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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17
Crime COngeniaI to Him.

Harry Orchard confessed to having
placed the bomb which destroyed
thirteen lives n left five men Grip
Piles for life in the station in hide
pendence. When he saw simpkins
later the latter complimented him
upon the fine Job said ~Orchard.
And If all that Orchard has said
about he mysterious Simpkins is
true. he was a person to whom crime
OF the worst ii was NOT only not
abhorrent but congenial. Orchard
tells of Simpkins cooperating in the
violence, but he seems to have been
wise enough to cover his tracks SO
that he never could be caught.
Twenty-six murders in Colorado
and Idaho are chalked up to the
Miners, if confessions and evidence
arc to be fully credited. Orchard was
the acknowledged tool IN a majority
OF these cases. He says Simpkins
was a member Of the executive COM
mittee. The officers Of the fedora
ton. William D. Haywood. George A.
Pettibone and Charles II. Meyer, were
placed on trial and acquitted. II
SimPklnS was innocent whv did he
not stay and face the music? Or
why. after the acQuittal of the lead
ers did he not return? Did he
realize that Orchard saved his own
life only by confessing? And did he
know that his own life might not be
worth a grain Of salt if he made
himself known?
There are reports that this Simp-
kins went to Australia. Detectives
in Australia long ago were notified to
ooh for him.
Between Harry Orchard and Ortie
McManigal there are many points OF
similarity. Both carried explosives
around recklessly, careless alike Of
themselves and persons who happen-
ed to occupy neighboring seats on
trains or adjoining rooms in hotels.
McMantgals tale OF how he took II
quarts Of ni~troglycerine from Chicago
west on December ~, 191O-1o
quarts in a specially designed case
and two in his suit case-which he
used in blowing up the Llewellyn iron
works. tallies with Orchards stories
OF earlier trips with bombs and giant
powder caps.
The time clock played an important
part in practically all OF McManigal's
crimes, the mechanism being so set
as to discharge tho bomb after the
dynam!ter had several hours start,
And Orchard. in his confession. told
OF how the ticking of a clock in his
suit case u the suspicious Of 81
where he was stopping. The open.
ing Of a gate or door or the EARRING
Of a heavy weight or the touching
off OF q fuse from a safe distance
these were among the methods used
by Orchard. Pulling a string at.
tached to the heavy leaden or iro1
container upset sulphuric acid upo1
a mixture OF sugar and potassium
and this caused the giant powder t,
explode and fire the bomb.
Governor Peabody, Of Colorado
Law and Order" Peabody was
. man the federation wanted to cet
, according Q Orchard Especial.
: dumping him off," during the stat,
, campaign for governor, II Peahod
was reelected. Orchard said \. -.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17
Bomb Was Too Clumsy.

So little is really known Of Simpkins
that his identity has become practi-
cally a myth. Orchard, at the trial
Of the Western Federation Of Miners
officials at Boise. IN the early summer
Of 1907. testified that when he "a
intent upon numbering Governor
S~teunenberg in the autumn Of 1905 he
went to Wallace. Idaho. There he
met Simpkins. Orchard told o he
carried with him a bomb with which
ne first intended to Kill Governor Pea
body Of Colorado. But this bomb, a
c~ontraption Of sheet lead, fourteen
inches long, eight inches in diameter,
with lead at one end and a wooden
block at the other, was declared by
the expert, Simpktns, so 1t was thrown
away n they rugged up another.
When Orchard and Simpkins had
laid their plans to kill Governor Steu-
nenberg. SO ran Orchards story.
Simpktns suddenly became afraid and
departed, telling Orchard he believed
his presence was known and to stay
around would be dangerous both for
him and the success Of their plot
Orchard went ahead. planted his bomb
Steunenbergs home on the
night Of Dec. 80. 1905. n ran a fish
line to the gate go that opening the
gate would set off the bomb. His plot
was too successful. Three days after
Orchard was arrested by Mcfarland
the detective. II had been shadow.
ing him.
Simpkins, who, according to Or
chard's tale. had left for parts un.
known at least a month before thu
fatal explosion. did not u
February. 1906. a reward OF SLOW
was offered for him, and he. was de
scribed as a fugitive from justice. X
October, nf that year. a man was Ar
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17
Governors Charmed Life.


In the first place it was difficult to
lay a bomb in Grant avenue, Denver,
The street where the governor lived,
as ii seemed always alive with per-
sons. Finally Orchard and Simpkins
got a bomb planted near the Walk
and then spent lays awaiting an op-
portunity to touch it off as the COVER
nor was passing. One day. Orchard
said, he vas waiting With his hand
on the wire. and SimpklnS was across
the street waiting to give him the
signal to touch it off. Just as the
governor came within the proper
radius a heavy coal wagon came
along and backed UP to the curb a
few doors away with its Wheel on the
wire.
At another time. so ran Or
chard's story. Governor Peabody
was attending "a Masonic function.
The federation. according to Or
chard. sent two we'll dressed men to
wait for him to come cut. arrang-
in 70 ask him to let them take him
home in their automobile. But the
governor, in c~Orroborating this story
Of Orchards, tells how. az he was
leaving the capitol that afternoon.
some one stepped UP to him and, bid
ding him not even 10 look at the per-
son speaking. take heed OF what was
said. The informer-presumahly a
Mason-then warned him in no cir
cumstances to ride in an automobile
that evening. SO, when two Well
dressed men at the lodge door-Whorn
Governor Peabody said he would
have sworn had just been in attend
ance at the function upstairs-bade
him ride with. them he replied he
YOU Walk home with Mr.. Pierce
a friend.
At another time Orchard told Of
how he saw Governor Peabody sit
ting at 4 window in q brightly lighted
room, the shades not being drawn.
Orchard went to his room Tor a
bomb, an Internal machine, TO eX-
plode which it was only necessary to
hook a time fuse with clock attach
ment. He had put the apparatus in
his suit case and was leaving his
hotel when d fellow agent-Orchard
| was then ostensibly an agent for an
insurance COmpany@ame in and
asked: "Where is hat clocko Or
chard insisted he heard none, but his
innocent friend insisted he heard one
ticking.
They got to talking and Orchard
did not dare leave with the suit case
for fear of arousing suspicion in the
mans mind. So, by the time his
friend had left. the opportunity OF
placing that bomb under the COVER
nor's n had passed.
But Orchard has repented of his
crimes. Even Mrs. Frank Steunenberg,
widow OF the Idaho executive whom
he destroyed, has granted forgive
ness to this man who put SO great a
sorrow in her life. And Orchard,
whom h McNamaras confessed, felt
that he had been to some degree vim
Dictated in his course in the Western
Federation Of Miners atrocities.
Il " always believed" Orchard
then said, that the time would
come when the world would know
the truth, and I am convinced that
his confession will convince many
who bitterly condemned me that j
took the right curse when I made
a clean breast OF my connection with
the crimes charged against the West.
ern Federation Of Miners"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17

warned. organized labor would be
driven out OF Colorado. Therefore it
was up to" Orchard. Orchard told
Of his many efforts to get Pea
body-uith the aid Of the inevitable,
mysterious Simpkins-and how the
governor, as it always seemed. h q
a charmed life.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17
THE WRONG Man

-Hothlng EQUALS the feeling Of .nnn,
. slri gets when she looks orr or ~
"'noo" and sees the wrong ,aan
coming Wy the front steps. 80
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-17

Drtie CNanlgdlS s fc"ltdt 81 ~
deeds Of violence at the bidding o.
the McNamaras. told in recent DAYS az
the .~dynamite conspiracy tria! IN IN
~dianapolis. recalls the parallel recital
ny Harry Orchard at the trial OF the
officials OF the Western federation OF
Miners in Boise, Idaho, more than
five years ago, says the New York
Herald.
Both for hire dumped oil human
beings in old blood and were COM
mended by the men higher up, &C
.ording to the stories of the selt-con-
feSSed dynamiters. Both were appre-
hended, Both confessed. Both pro-
fessed to have eased their conSclences
by their admissions. Orchard saved
his neck by hts; McManighl. not
promised immunity, still hopes 70 es-
cape the death penalty.
Just as Orchard had his James Nc
Partland dooeing his footsteps, so "a
nemesi in the guise Of W. j.. Burns
was successful in t%landing' McA1ani-
gal and the Mcnamara brothers.
Clarence S. barrow successfully de-
tended Haywood, Meyer and Petit
bone, the miners officials; the Nc
Nalnaras, also his clients, confessed.
Is there any connection between the
series of outrages perpetrated in Col
rad and Idaho. in the name OF the
Western Federation of Miners, and
the long chain OF d~ynamiters which,
McManigai says. in later years was
done by authority of the officers Of
the International Association Of
Bridge and Structural IronWorkerS?
colorado has had q peculiar interest
in the following developments when
have followed the blowing up Of the
Los Angeles Times building on Octo-
Der !, 1910, when tWenty-one persons
were killed. The people OF Colorado,
grateful to Orchard for clearing up
much Of the mystery which had en-
veloped the series Of dynamite out
RACES following the minor labor trou-
bles in III early half of the last dec
ade, have at the same time felt that
many Of the deeds OF violence, many
Of the plots, were not satisfactorily
explained. There. was altogether too
many for one man, Orchard. TO know
AL about.
There has been interest therefore,
IN q casual remark made by McMant-
gal in the course Of his recital at In
dianapolis. They think a man to
whom McManigal referred may be the
same James, or jack Simpkins who
figured in the similar recital OF Harry
Orchard, made when he confessed tc
having murdered Frank Steunenburg
one time governor Of Idaho. Simp-
kins named by Orchard as a member
Of the executive committee OF the
Western Federation OF Miners, was
cal figure during the miners labor
troubles, and according to Orchard
was his companion, adviser and &C,
complete in many OF the atrocities Il
which Orchard confessed.
Simpkins otherwise known a
Jack Bright has disappeared, ant
no trace OF him has come TO light, 70
least six years. Colorado people ar
wonderful if he really figured in IN,
OF the ironwOrkers' plots n tool
active part in the outrageS Of which
McManigal accuses the organization
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-27
YOUNG PRESENTS
PORTRAIT TOCAMP
Kentucky Veteran Praises Work
of General Morgan, Whose
Deeds Are Recalled.

With the cloquence and wit that has
made his name famous. Colonel Ben
nett IL Young. OF Louisville. last night
personally delivered TO r. f. Lee
Camp, No. i. United Confederate Vot-
Grams. the handsome portrait OF the
Confederate cavalry leader. General
John Hunt Morgan. which he has had
executed nj his own expense. Colonel
Young was in his best vein. which Is
the equivalent of saying that he kept
the crowd gathered in Aeo Camp Hall
in gale of enthusiasm and patriotic
applause.
The portrait of General Morgan
makes the second that Colonel Young
has given Lee Camp to swell the con-
fedcrate portraits. the like of which
cannot DO found In any other building
IN tho country. The hgure OF General
glasses in one hand and the other hold
Ing a hook, is almost lIfc-s!zc and
compares favorably with any picture
IN the gallery of the camp. Room. will
be made on the crowded walls Of the
hall for this notable portrait or more
notable commander
Colonel Young Is ominently fitted to
speak upon the subject he chose last
under tho command of tho adventure
ous and brilliant Morgan. From the
GALAXY OF Confederate cavalry heroes
Colonel Young picked Stuart. Morgan,
Forrest and Wheeler as the four lead
ers who best cxempliacd the strategy
and daring that made the Confederate
cavalry tho most famous In the worlds
Nstory. HIS accounts OF NforEan's
raids. the deeds OF Morgan's mon their
hardshlps and exploits. We're thrill
Ing ana Intensely interesting He de-
scribed infinitely and wildly the long
est continuous cavalry march on rec
ord, tnc ninety Ave niie march made
by Morgan and his men through Ohio
and Indiana.
The portrait was resolved on behalf
OF inc camp by Commander LandOn r.
Mason. who gracefully and gratefully
expressed tho appreciation OF tho camp
for tho gift. and also for the accom-
P!ishmcnts OF tho great general and
his men. General Julian $. Carr. of
Durham, y. c. spoke for few min
utcs: as did General T. g Garnett, OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-27
.OREN BURROUGHS
RELEASEOO BOND
Federal Warrant Charges That
He Permitted Violation of
Revenue Laws.

ortn r. Burrougha, storekceper-
gaugcr Of the United States Internal
Revenue Department, and attached FOR
duty al tho Office. Of the collector here,
was arrested THURSDAY night in %oy-
folk on warrant charging him with
permitting violations Of the liquor
laws while at work st the Broad Rock
Distillery Chesterfield county. which
vas siezed several wccks ago and Of
itccrs OF which were recently arrested
On charges cf conapiring to defraud
tho government
Burroughs Was taken heforn Com
missioner Stephenson iIe waived q
preliminary examination and furnish
ed q bond OF 1880 for mig appear-
ance at me spring torn Of tbs District
Court
The arres, or Burroughs was the re-
suit OF testimony given s1vcra! days
ago, when John Hhea. r.ctiner IT The
diztll@ry was given . nearing before
Commissioner FlegcnheiTner ana IL
Was stated that BurrouHt had per-
United whiskcy 10 be removed from
! tho plant without the revenue. II "a
! alleged that the government was de
| fradded OF thousand Of doliarB in
/ taxes in this manner. II waa further
! declared that for each barrel OF block
! ndc spir.ta that Burroughs passed hc
| was pH!G 80.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-27
GOES TO NORFOLK
FOR MORE FACTS
Government Agent Making Thor
ough Inquiry Into Alleged
Revenue Friction.

Revenue Agent L. G. Mutt of Pitts
burg, who has been in Richmond for
nearly two months conducting an in
ycstigatiion into the affairs Of the
offices OF the collector OF internal rcyc
hue and the revenue agent, has gone
10 Norfolk, where he will finish his
work, probably next week, before maxi
anE q report Of his inquiry TO Commits
sion Cabell.
Mr.. Mutt went thoroughly into the
ports and court records TO Guther the
desired information.
This he Will present in the form Of
O record to the commissioner, and that
Will be followed BY "A report.
The nvest!Eation was brought about
through the filing of a memorandum,
in the office OF the clerk OF the United
states District Court BY Judge Edmund
Waddill, Jr.. suggesting to the district
attorney that the attention OF the
Treasury Department and the Aitor-
y-Gcneral be called TO certain differ
cuces which he believed TO exist be-
tween the two local revenue Offices.
This was the result of the trial of
several men accused of violating the
Federal liuuor laws. in which revenue
officers from one Office were called
upon to testify Tor tie defense and
against the government. This Judge
WaddiIl declared To be friction, and
he therefore nlcd his memorandum
merely o. court record.
II IS expected tina; Commissioners
Cabcil will not reach any decision in
the case for six weeks or Two months.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-27
NEED new MAINS
TO PROTECT CITY
Water Department Also Urges
Higher Pressure in Central
Portion.

me- o,t for tn. the 2omins year VIII cost
Inmates furnished the Council Com
intendent Eugene e. Davis.
bo In Inc ,o departmen, Of eon5truction
tensions OF mains. $4,000. and for
cleaning old mains. $1,000 Other Items
Of the budget arc: Maintenance Mar
expenses main Pump IFIouse, SCI. 900:
eea ayy roll ,,, and expenses Pump House,
Settling basin accounts: Pay rolls,
nance and repairs. $4,000; total. sa5.-
General pay roll, ,2o.oos..5; general
expense, $3.50: meter account. $1,000
summary shows all Of the paw
t .2s o IN the d"nartment to aggregate
urged tho committee 10 take into con-
siderauon the lining of old Marshall
i EfeSeryoir to prevent scepsse and pos-
increase the water pressure in the
central section OF the city. be present
cd as alternate propositions eltner an
appropriation OF $4,000 to lay new
eryoir 10 second and Marshall Streets
TO Increase the general supply. or an
app ropriat!on of $4,000. with an ordi-
The meter system II was stated had
already resulted in an actual rcduc-
ton In the amount Of water needed
70 He pumped Into the reservoir GnIly.
although now houses are being erected
and nov connections made daily
For fire protection In tho conEcstcd
business section, Mr.. Davis asked
$4,000 70 lay additional large maina
so as TO supply an adequate pressure
and an ample supply. New boilers
and equipment arc also asked for the
old steam pumping plant TO ne ro
httcd and used a reserve or auNil-
iary station for use In such spells OF
weather pa Richmond has l5icJntIy
experienced. when lee prevented pump
Ing b. water pressure, and when the
water fell lower In New Reservoir
than 1t has done in four years.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-27
GAS PLANT NOW
MAKING MON Ely
Cleared $4,000 Last Year, SO
Council May Be Asked to
Reduce the Rates.

That the Gas Works, undcr munich
pal mana cement. has Melted the city
Il profit OF approximately SIS, 900 dur
ing the paet year, after allowing for
interest depreciation and all charges
which would lie against the Industry
were 1t under private ownership, in
Guiding taxes. was asserted by Super
intenGent Knowles. of the Light De-
partInent, before the Committee on
FINANCE last night. For opera ton of
the Gas Works during the coming
year MIR. Knowles asks S2TS,s56bc, as
follows Coal and oil, $4,000: exten-
sion OF mains. $4,000: expense account
81; 800; street gas lamps, sl3. 100. pay
roll. $9s,S5550. An inventory showed
material on hand at Lower Gas Works.
such as coal, oil, tools and fittings
worth SlIis4S2, and at the upper
holder, including pipe, fittings and
equipment, OF s6,a4G.53. For coal and
oil Mr.. Knowles asks no moro than
last year, believing that the slightly
Increased demands Mr.. Knowles asks
liberal approximations for extensions.
as large areas in the city arc not
now supplied with gas. and mains
ing Is going on
Provision has been made for intro
duction OF gas into South Richmond
during TINS year.
business, and to give efficient service
and meet the demands OF citizens. Mr..
KNOWLES asks an addition OF ten men
70 his working force, On ono day
during the recent freeze he state,
more than 600 complaints came to the
office, to all Of which it was !nlpos-
sible to give prompt attention with the
force OF men available
Chairman John Grimes, OF the Light
Committee. Briefly Endorsed the state
ments Of Mr.. Knowles, reporting the
works AZ in good condition and the
c!ty's business OF selling gas con-
stHntly on the increase. and shown by
the reports OF the Special Accountant
10 be at an excellent profit 10 the
municipality. He advocated liberal cX-
tension Of mains and Inducements to
parties 10 use cooking and heating
appliances operated by gas.
The Finance Committee viii! meet
again on Monday night st o'clock to
hear from the Street. Street Cleaning.
Public Buildings. and Park Dcpar t-
Incnts as TO their needs for the com
ing year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-27
SOCIETY SHOWS
GOOD YEARS WORK
John 5. Munce Reelected Presi
dent of S. p. c. a. at Its
Annual Meeting.
GRATEFUL FOR PUBLIC's AID
Resolutions Convey Thanks 10
Citizens and Officials Tor
Hearty Support.

John 5. AIunce was reelected presi-
cent OF the Richmond Society for the
prevention. of. Cruelty to Animals at
mo annual meeting held last night in
the auditorium OF tho John Marshall
hisn School Other officers elected
Wefs Miss Ellen Glasgow first vice
president; DIR. z. y. Calisch second
vice president: William Ruccer. third
Fice-prcsident; DR.. Jud. Is. Wood. fourth
vice-president; Mrs. c. T. Boiling. fifth
VICE president; Captain \. d. GuiEon.
counsel; Virginia Trust Company
treasurer. and p. a. S. Brine, secretary.
Directors-AIrs. a. l., Adamson, p. J..
Archer Miss Kathleen Anderson, Miss
Salltc Anderson, DR.. Harry B. Baker,
Mrs. j. &. Beasley. Miss Celeste Berry,
a. b. Blair. Blair boiling Miss Anna
boykin. Mrs. John Kerr Branch. p. a. s.
brine, Miss Ella Buck. H. c. Carter,
T. A. Cary. L. NJ. crutchGeld, Rev. i.
\. bowman. L. H. Ferguson. NJ. y.
tlorsheim, DR.. George r. rout, o. II.
Funston. Richard Ciwathmey, Mrs
NJ d. Hosc, Jr., Mrs. II. t. Houston,
Is. \. Jones. DIR. Henry c. Jones. Miss
Gertrude Lewis, Mrs. Clarence Millh!ser,
Mrs. Thomas L. Moore. Mrs John s.
Muncc, Mrs. William Northrop. Mrs.
w. Ben Palmer, Miss Cally t2yiand,
Nathan Simon, Willard Smoot Miss
Mary D. Street. Mrs. Henry Taylor,
Jr.. $. w Trnvers, W. r. Trigg, Fred
orick S valentine. George W. warren.
Charles e. Whitlock. Henry t. Wood,
Mrs. Henry l.. Wood, Coleman workman
and Mrs. Ormoad Young
In the report OF Emmett G. Taylor.
agent for the society, 1t was shown
that dur ng the, past year e.636 cases
$. p c. a. Thirty of these cases were
taken into the Police Court. Eleven
were dismissed and the others pun
ished for cruelty, mainly to horses and
Features OF the meeting were ad-
dresses by Mayor Richardson, Captain
Gutgon DR.. Ca!isch and Miss Kathc-
OF the National Auduboh Society.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Thanks for Support.
The Society for Prevention of
cere appreciation and hearty thanks
TO the daily press OF Richmond for
tneir Blindness in assisting, the work
work and by generous editorial sup
port.
Tho Society for Prevention OF Cruel
" 10 Animals expresses its deep APP
probation OF the support It has re-
ceived in its work from all the officials;
OF the city of Richmond, and would
mention the Mayor. Hon.
Hon. ]. J. crutchaeld: the City En-
glnecr Charles Z. Boiling; all mem
bers of the police force, who have
been most helpful in aiding tho Off
GERS or the society in their work. and
the Superintendent OF the Street Clean
ing Department. II. J. Cohen. and all
his force. for their help and assist
ancc. The generous cooperation of
all city officials has greatly helped our
work. And thanks to the City Council
for the annual appropriation of $500"
On account OF the inclement weather
the attendance ct the meeting was
Srn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-27
Automobiles for Chiefs.
Jefferson Hotel Arrivals.

T.. FitzhuRh White. Ashland. Va;
Walter r. Harris. Philadelphia; j. G..
Vail. Philadelphia; r. t. Crompton and
wife. Lima. o.: w. 7. lTairhurst. Brook
lyn: w. a. Woolford Baltimore; a.
W. Pitman, Roanoke: l.. L. Carter and
wife. New York: Mrs. Echols and
daughter Stanton; Mrs. w. a. Rinc-
hart. Covington; Mrs. J. B. Hecht. Nor
carr Carr Durham, n C.; Victor r. sui SMITH h,
Atlanta. Ca; ]. a. Chippenheld, New
York; It. T. Liphart, Norfolk; Amory
a. Dixon, Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs.
Now York: w. j. Briggs, Syracuse. N.
y. II. 4. Fitzgerald. LAX ewood, n. j.;
Roy y. Smith and wife. Roanoke; Mrs.
Burgess, Atlanta, Ga; Mr.. and Mrs.
L. Adams. Boston; Mrs. B. Wood, Miss
Wood, New York: Miss Mayfeld. New
York; Mr.. and Mrs. a. H. Culligone,
Virginia.