Albert Horsley

Criminal

Birthday March 18, 1886

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Quinte West, Canada

DEATH DATE Apr 13, 1954 (68)

About

Canadian miner convicted of the 1905 assassination of former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg. He was known by the pseudonym Harry Orchard.

Before Fame

He worked as a farmhand before leaving home to work as a logger in Saginaw, Michigan.

Trivia

He confessed to the assassination and testified that he had made numerous attempts on Steunenberg's life.

Family Life

He had one daughter.

Associated With

He and John Wilkes Booth both committed infamous political assassinations