THE MURDER CONSPIRACY TRIAL.D

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 June 1907, Page 3

THE MURDER CONSPIRACY TRIAL.D

; : ! ■- ■ FURTHER CONFESSION BY ■'- : :,: :':';.; - ORCHARD. ';). . . IUNITKD FEES? AsSOCIATION.-HCuPY- . ■■.".;.-;'•.- ; -\-. ■■-•■'"' :-;'^hioht.-J ■"'■• ''■' ' ' ■■.'■• ■• (Received June 14, 8.59 a.m.) :'■'■■■ NEW: YORK, Thursday. ■-■.. In the murder conspiracy trial, Orchard testified- thai he had planned to blow up aboardiagliouse at Globe villa, where .160 unionists were living, but Heyvfdod discovered: it' and the plan 'was "dropped. ..::,' ,(The trial of the'^trades union officials for the murder of Mr Steunenhergj' an: ex-givernorj "isVstill proceeding at Boise City, Idaho, and the case is aro^lhg ; i£e "iritehsest interest in Aroccipa.;; . It is: one of the most astonishing: criminal charges on record. In February,, of . last year Mr Steunenberg, ;ex-Gbv,ernor of -Idaho,; was killed by a ;bomh;,«xj)losion, at/ the gate, of his hpuse! -It^ was. believed' at the time that; it' was' an act of vengeance- on the part of the; miners.; .A month later [.the; man Harry, Orchard made the con.fessibn that'he had fastened the bomb

the. : « .the:gate:V6f' Mr Steunenb'urg's house; and 'that;.'he; had. received 3000 dollars f or'the' murder from' the officials of the Western-Miners' Federation. The president,- Moyey>'' -when he found Or-.cHard-in::the"haiids. of the police, fled into'".aiiothec; State." There" Ke consid;ered ' he/was - safe, for according to Stats>law a -long legal, process would be necessary before a warrant for his rarrest .and eitraditionVcould be issued. Jijt, thb; case of 'Mbyer, the law. wss .cat he was kidnapped. A luocial train ; containing police^ and military : was, run into: the State where he; had taken.'refuge, his house was invodptl.'at night,- and h«s was Jcccibly can ied off. This act was ..done with the connivance of the State authorities; but -it created a furore,' arid the members of llw Miners' Federation published nnpry > woon. May: 9th," and ;for,;:'th6. occasiort.yßpise- was. 'fillei with: troops. S;lt.was:ifpun'd that;ever.y jur^matf threatened} and. the: '.fir^li^.v.wa^'e^fiavsU'dv'mfpre-' a; panel'J -was yloicmd^rv'^THe'-'in^^charged-: the Tom,vMoyer;, presiolent,' William. Hey>rooi3|:'isecietary>*'~lpd Mciyce arid ..Petti-' ■ hone, of,"the." Western- :Miners' Federation.' ."Orchard,:has stated that he has[.-drganised'^the murders of per-. sons; for'thesei officials of the The interest in the case .is heightened' by-the^ fact that it is yet another, test of the'.rcpimirial laws of the States.' The Ariierican -newspapers do ;jnot ..believe '•■ that; no 1' matter what the ovi/deiico, ■ it -will l>«''possiibJo iso ilsrinE" .the men to justice.) '.