Show ORCHARD CONTINUES GRUESOME TALE TAL I INCLUDING KILLING KILLI G OF Orchard began his days das testimony by giving hIng the names of or several persons ho homet homet homet met In Sari San Francisco when he went ent there thereto to assassinate Fred Bradley who had been formerly the manager of the Bunker Hill Hilland Hilland Hilland and Sullivan mine In tho Coeur dAlene A district of ot Idaho These names namez were re related ret t In order to pave the way for tor a pos possible possible sible Ible corroboration of Orchards testimony at this point Orchard said he was known a part of or orthe the time In San Francisco by the name nam of or Barry Leaving California Orchard re returned returned returned turned to Denver wearing the uniform of ofa ofa ofa a soldier He said he immediately called Pettibone on the telephone Pettibone asked me how Bradley was continued Orchard I told him Bradley Bradl was tas still alive when I 1 left heft San Fran Frand circo d co but it was wag reported that he would lose Jose ose his eyesight er and probably be deaf dear for tor the thc rest rost of or his life Pettibone said that was better than If IC I 1 had killed him himi i t that Bradley Bradle would now be a living bring example Orchard said he asked for tor money mone and received from Pettibone with the as furance that he could get more whenever he wanted it Bomb for Peabody Orchard said Haywood Naywood next asked him to ito go to work on Judge Gabbert of at atthe the supreme court of or Colorado He said Judge Gabbert Orchard went wenton wellton on had been rendering decisions against Moyer whom we were trying to get out of Telluride on habeas corpus I 1 went to Judge house tile following Sunday night with Steve Adams and n a t shotgun but we did not see the judge Haywood also wanted us to try again at Governor Peabody saying he care how we got rid of ot him At this time it seemed that Peabody was about to be elected for another term Steve Adams Billy Ackerman and I set to work and made a bomb We Ve put It under the side sidewalk sideS walk at Thirteenth street and Grant av avenue a ernie In Denver The governor walked along here every morning Adams and I watched for tor the tle governor until he came out Just as the governor walked over the place where the bomb was two heavy hea coal wagons came out of at the alley and passed over the wire lead leadIng Ing to the bomb and we pull It Did you Ou try No sir After the wagons passed and anil the governor had gone I went and got go gothe gothe the bomb The streets here were almost deserted We 0 threw the bomb Into the ther river r er and reported to Pettibone that we had failed He said it was too bad After this we tried to shoot hoot Governor Peabody hanging around his house for a aI I Continued on Page 2 ORCHARDS lONG STORY I I Of El CRIME COMPLETED ct from f om Rage Pac ic 1 I long tIaia 1 but not setting g an n fl W tas t i to iQ shoOt Ij ItI ink ern eri gf Qt q tb th t Colorado uel Iron Iro company Hax H Hw 1 ig w said jal erne ewe V Tyas jas s trying tr trin in to ft t legislature against us and would be a good man maa t get out of the way He also aso said that Dave Moffat president of tho the First National bank was another He said he was convinced that Moffat was behind the people who were fighting th the Western estern Federation ot of Miners lIners Adams and Orchard watched around Mortals house for some time with a sun gun bub but ac accomplished accomplished nothing Wo We were also told to get after Judge Goddard who Haywood said was instrumental mental m in defeating the tha bill which had been declared unconstitutional by the supreme court of Colorado Becomes Insurance I Solicitor At the fall taU elections Peabody was suc succeeded succeeded succeeded by Governor McDonald Peabody went vent to live at Canon Can n City Moyer lIo er Hay Haywood Haywood wood and Pettibone aH all three told me to keap keal after Peabody It was waa w arranged that I should become a life Insurance so solicitor solicitor Orchard declared that he got recommendations lations for that position with one of oil the big agencies In Denver DeAver from f om Mr lIr Haw Hawkins Hawkins Hawkins kins an attorney and partner of E ERichardson V 1 Richardson one of ot the attorneys now rep representing representing resenting Hays lIay and from J C Sulli Sullivan van an president of ot the State Federation of Labor Mr Richardson listened keenly to this part of cf the story and mad totes rotes upon it Haywood surrounded by his family tamU and attorneys s sat stolid at Jt times but on Ot occasions leaned far for forward forward forward ward in hi his chair gazing steadily at Or Orchard hard chard with his single eye Bomb Put In Evidence Orchard said he Ite decided to prepare n a bomb to place Peabodys bedroom window at Canon City Col The state here created something of ot a l sensation bj by b producing In evidence the lead casing easing of n the th bomb It was the size 51 if f a can Orchard identified t He Ht raid he had shown the casing to Pettibone in Denver and loaded It in the basement of store the latter latt r I assisting him Thirty pounds of ot giant powder were used Pettibone Orchard declared gave ga e him IW before he returned to Canon City with the bomb bemb On hi hl way to the latter place a companion heard a clock ticking i j in f the grip with the bomb and wanted to know knew whit wh it it was wasI I told him jokingly that it was a bomb and I was going to 10 put Iut it under Peabody If it I got get a chance Orchard went on But when I reported this conversation to Pet Pettibone Pettibone he told me I i had better not try It on Peabody at that time He lIe said mId however that be he wanted something pulled off ft before the convention that we must have something to show for the tho money mone we wed d spent I Gabbert to Be Blown Bl wn Up Pettibone and I then went to work and prepared a bomb for Judge Gabbert We 0 made It out of a syrup s TUp can using ten pounds of giant powder Pettibone and I planted the bomb in ina Inn ina a n vacant lot which Judge Gabbert crossed on fin his way home We Ve left lett a wire out of the bomb and to this we intended fasten fastening fastenIng ing a pocketbook the idea being that Judge Jud e Gabbert would pick up the purse and thus upset the bottle of sulphuric acid inside the bomb We Ve tried one day to fasten the purse but Judge Gabbert came too fast and we had to leave it alone Pettibone had hai to go next day to Salt Lake to attend the convention of the th Western estern Federation of Miners leaving me meto meto meto to attend to Judge Gabbert He said we must certainlY do something before the convention I was afraid to touch the theold c ld old bomb so I prepared a new one As Judge Ju e Gabbert started out the next morn mornIng mornIng mornIng Ing I rode ahead of ot him on a bicycle bic and fastened the pocketbook to the wire I rode off down town and did hear an explosion until an hour afterward A Aman Aman Anan man nan named Wally allY had picked up u the purse and was killed kled Judge Gabbert had passed without noticing it ithen When hen he reported the result to Petti bone the latter said it was hard luck Sherman Bell Deli Was on the List Orchard told the details of his move movements movements ments meats almost day da by day da stretching hi hL hir narrative out to great length He sal saM said l the next man selected for attack was I Sherman Bell former adjutant general of Colorado who had been instrumental In breaking up a strike Orchard said sald it was decided to buy a rig to drive out to Bells house lIe He took Haywood Ha wood to ride rida In lit the rig and then bought it for Sill The bill of sale was wail made out In name He and Pettibone drove out to Bells Bell house several nights in succession About this time Mover Moyer returned to Colorado and when he found out what was going on it stopped Moyer Mo er Orchard declared said he did not want anything pulled off in Denver while he was w there thereas as UN ho lie would surely be arrested Ho lie abo also said eald he II had some outside work which was more Orchard had now brought his story stO down I to Auw t 1905 Second Attempt to Kill Goddard I The witness went back to te June of ot that year however to tell of another attempt I on Judge Goddar Goddard L This was made mad a few days after the failure to get Judge Gab Gabbert Gabbert Gabbert bert The rhe bomb for Judge Goddard was planted In la a grass plat plot near neat the gate lead leadIng leading I Ing lug into the front yard of his residence I The ThO connection with the bomb broke in gome Orne manner without exploding it Or Orchard Orchard chard said he examined the place and found the grass dead dood where the bomb was planted this being due to the escaping sulphuric acid fumes After this failure Orchard said sald he dis discussed cussed matters pretty thoroughly oy y told toA to m n he bought nought w w j ought o ht to tose get se rid rl jf cC Neville N ho kl w too tO rough much abott a the th Independence deppt af affair fair fai imd i a w Ili money mop r said d Or 01 Orchard chard chath lar larThen Then for the first time the witness came camedo down do to the case Killing of Discussed Haywood suggested he said that tha we ought to get He thought that If It we got him after let letting letting letting ting him go seven or eight years and then went back to Paterson N J 1 and wrote letters to Judge Gabbert Judge God Goddard Goddard Goddard dard Peabody Bell and the others tell tellIng tellIng telling Ing them they would pet get et the same thing as It would show them they were not forgotten either and would have bave havea a good effect Moyer Mover said it would be better than killing them that it would be bea bea a living death for they would be con confronted confronted confronted fronted by the thought always of some somebody somebody somebody body waiting for them Haywood said Eald he had sent several men mento mento mento to Caldwell to do the job Among them were Minster Art Bascom McCarthy and Steve Ste e Adams Minster z was wasa a 1 miner minera a member of the union I 1 didn know McCarthy Pettibone and Haywood told me that Steve Adams dams and Jack Simp Simpkins kins l ns were in Idaho to get rid of ot some claim jumpers jumper They were then going after I 1 went to California after this conversation When I T pot got back backI I talked with Adams Haywood and nd Pet Pettibone Pettibone Adams Adam said that the money mone Tiny Hay Haywood wood and Pettibone had sent him to Idaho had miscarried and he never got It For this reason he had bad not gone to te Caldwell Adams said he had got rid of the claim jumpers all right Attorney Richardson objected to all nIl th the testimony as ns to what Adams Adam A am had said salli I The objection was overruled on the ground round that Orchard had told toll Pettibone all that Adams had said sald I I At t this point the luncheon recess until 10 0 p m was taken Started for Idaho Via Salt Lake At the Ute afternoon session Orchard said sale t t he started for Idaho two days after talk talkIng talking Ing In with Moyer lIo er and the others on the subject Pettibone helped him get his trunk ready He put the Peabody bomb prepared f for fer r use at Canon City in the thc trunk and took it along Pettibone knew about this Before starting fop ot or Idaho said Or Orchard Orchard chard Mr Ir Haywood Ha woo gave gae me U h cash He lIe had given me O before this I 1 was to send to Mr Ir Pettibone for tor any additional funds Moyer Haywood anc Pettibone were all aU present when this ar arrangement arrangement arrangement was made I went from Den Denver Denver Denver ver to Salt Lake spent four or five days there and then came on ta Nampa Kampa ampa Ida stopping at the Commercial hotel Preparing for the Crime I 1 registered as Thomas Hogan After being in Nampa three days I went to the Pacific I hotel hatel at Caldwell CaIdwell I registered again as Thomas Hogan I began at once I to make Inquiries about Governor enberg This was about the of Sep September Septem September tem ir 1905 19 I stayed staved in Caldwell two or e da days s g I i found out where berg lived lied and learned that he ho was not at home I came on to Boise to try to locate him here I was told he was living at the Idanha I anha hotel boteL The Portland expo exposition exposItion exposition was going on at this time and I decided de decided elded to go there for a few days da s Then I went to tG Seattle to look at a ranch ranchi Pet Pettibone Pettibone Pettibone had told me to do this He thought though It might be a good thing to have a ranch where we could hide out whenever It be became became came necessary From Front Seattle I went to Spokane and then to Wardner to see Jack Simpkins I told him what my object was Orchard remained in the mining district for a month While hUe he was there he talked with Simpkins about the child of ot one of the mine owners but noth nothing nothIng nothing ing came ot of it Simpkins finally decided to return to Caldwell Caidwell with Orchard to 10 help in the assassination of Governor Powder for New Bomb From Wardner Orchard and Simpkins first went to Wallace Ida where Or Orchard Orchard chard decided to get rid of the Peabody bomb Simpkins had said it was a dan dangerous dangerous da thing to have around and he thought It had better be thrown away Orchard said he gave the bomb to a a I friend named Cunningham Cum to dispose of or ofin orIn ofin in the river Proceeding from Wallace Vallace to Spokane Orchard said he and Simpkins Simpkin bought ten pounds of powder there to tc tomake tomake make a new bomb with ith when they reached Caldwell Simpkins bought a pair of fIeld glasses On the way to Spokane Orchard said his bIn trunk was lost and Simpkins took hun hint to see a firm of lawyers law ers about suing the railroad company The firm was Rob Robinson RobInson inson jason Miller Rosenthal Mr Miller being a member of counsel for Haywood This firm Orchard said Simpkins told him represented the Western estern Federation of ot Miners Arriving at Caldwell for a second time Orchard said he registered himself as Ho Hogan Hogan gan gnu and as Simmons Orchard Or hard identified his writing In the Pacific hotel register Introduced in la evidence yesterday First Attempt Failed We tried to locate Governor berg at once said Orchard but could not net We Ve went out to ta his residence several times and then finally saw him In th Saratoga hotel one Sunday evening In Inthe the meantime we wa had fixed up the bomb bombI so Simpkins and I took the bomb out at atI I once and set it under the sidewalk with witha a string stretched across the walk so when he struck It It would upset the hot bot bottle hottie tie tle of sulphuric acid We went back to the hotel to wait wallo but heard nothing Ar Af After Artel Arter ter tel two or three hours we went out and got ot the bomb We found someone had broken the string but had not upset the bottle botHe We hid Md the tha t bomb in h some weeds Weeda rhe The bomb was was made In la a wooden box b x just big enough to hold ten pounds pound of powder Next day concluded he had haQ better not stay around any an longer for h hE had seen several sev ral persona wAc him He thought Jt It t might go hard bard with me if I was caugHt In his company He said saidI I 1 had half better remain and mUsh finish fi ish the Uie Job alone This was some time in November 1905 Shotgun Plan Abandoned Simpkins all this time tithe was a member m of the executive board hoard of ot the rue Western Federation of Miners After Arter he went away aW aWI I r tried to catch Governor down do town some night so I could slip sUp out and plant the bomb for him Wm near his hi home He was wa out of the city a large part of the time Once Onee I came to Boise but could not find him here I returned to Caldwell Caidwell and stopped at the Saratoga hotel carrying the bomb In my m grip I finally located Governor on |