Albert Horsley
| Albert Horsley | |
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circa 1907
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| Born |
March 18, 1866 Wooler, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 13, 1954 (aged 88) Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
| Resting place | Morris Hill Cemetery Boise, Idaho |
| Nationality |
 Canada
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| Other names | Harry Orchard, Tom Hogan |
| Occupation | Logger, Cheesemaker, Milkman, Miner |
| Criminal charge |
Assassination of Frank Steunenberg, former governor, on December 30, 1905 |
| Criminal penalty |
Death, commuted to life imprisonment |
| Criminal status | deceased |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
Albert Edward Horsley (March 18, 1866 – April 13, 1954), best known by the pseudonym Harry Orchard, was a miner convicted of the 1905 political assassination of former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg. The case was one of the most sensational and widely reported of the first decade of the 20th Century, involving three prominent leaders of the radical Western Federation of Miners as co-defendants in an alleged conspiracy to commit murder.
Albert Edward Horsley was born March 18, 1866 in Wooler, Ontario, Canada, the son of English and Irish parentage. One of eight children in a poor farm family, Albert was only able to attend formal school through the third grade, helping to support the family by working as soon as he was able. Albert worked as a farmhand for neighbors, either on a daily or monthly basis, with his parents receiving the income from his work until he was 20 years old.
At the age of 22, Horsley left home to work as a logger in Saginaw, Michigan. He returned to Canada and married around 1889. The Horsleys spent some time as cheesemakers, both independently and in the employ of others. His wife gave birth to a daughter, removing her from their cheese factory, while Albert later recalled that he "lived away beyond my means, and was some in debt, and my credit was not so good."
Seeking to run away with another woman, Horsley burned his cheese factory and collected the insurance money, thereby settling his debts. Horsley abandoned his family and, together with his girlfriend, headed west to Pilot Bay, about twenty miles from Nelson, British Columbia. The pair spent three months together there before they split up and went their separate ways, with Horsley landing in Spokane, Washington.
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