THE IDAHO MURDER TRIAL
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ORCHARD'S AMISSIONS. r\ i York, June 13 ' Moivun'a that he Panned 'to ' were -II at (ilobcviile ' Havwnt! r"° niStS Were livi »g» *'■«? piar^t~ naeed the MORE CONFESSIONS J)Y ORCHARD. CONFESSES AS A RESI'LT OF RFLIGIOL'S CONV ERSION. ORCHARD WEEPS IN COURT, Received 14th, 10 p m New York, June 14 Orchar,! has identified Coat,,,, Lieutenant-Governor ot Colorado, m ( hl . TdMw , S " ggCSte<l kidnap - ?, 1(1 r ° r milso 'n of 00,000 dollars the three-year-old son of Mr Pawlson linker, of Wallace, Idaho. Thev operated with Jack Siinpkins, hut Hie plot failed. Orchard related that lie secuiifd ji, room at Idaho Hotel, where Governor iSteunenberg was stopping, and endeav- [ ored to place a bomb in clockwork under Sieunenberg's hed. He admitted that he was willing to kill everybody in the hotel except himself. The rest of the cross-examination referred to his further plots against Steunenberg and professed religious conversion in gaol. When plied with the question about his conversion, Orchard, for the first time during the trial, broke down and wept, mentioning Bible stories that moved him to confess.
[ln our supplement to-day appears an interesting article dealing with the i causes leading to this big murder trial.]
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 15 June 1907, Page 5
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208THE IDAHO MURDER TRIAL Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 15 June 1907, Page 5
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