The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-10
HABEAS CORPUS CASES
BEFORE SUPREME COURT
Continued from Page 1.

iy with John L. Simpkins for the muir
der of former Governor Steunenberg
on the Both day of December. The men,
/ heavily guarded but not shackled, were
| taken from Boise this morning early
and brought back and returned TO the
penitentiary Immediately after noon.
With his face turned toward the sun
shine that streamed in great golden
| flood through the wide window near
him. Meyer, head of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners, stood in the little
court room and listened without APP
pearing to listen to the reading of the
| long indictment against him. Next to
Meyer stood Pettibone. Haywood was
at Petitioners right. Both Haywood
and PettibOne listened intently to the
| reading Meyer gave no outward man
Hesitation of interest. At times the
shadow of a smile crossed his face, but
whether the thought that caused it was
of his home or whether he was amused
at the charge viii never be known.
No Crowd at Caldwell.
There was no crowd at the Caldwell
station when the defendants arrived.
| The court room was comfortably filled
with spectators, but many more could
/ have gained admission if they had ap-
Piled for Il. and the court room has not
a seating capacity of more than 200 at
tive of the Steunenberg family present
was c. B. Steunenberg, brother of
the murdered man, who occupied
front seat, and who never once took
his eyes off the defendants during the
time they were listening to the reading
of the indictment.
The arraignment of the federation
men was the first business taken UP by
the court. After asserting that they
were present, Judge Smith directed
Clerk Tucker to read the indictment to
them. 1t is set 10 in the indictment
that the men personally supervised
the construction of the bomb and the
placing thereof. Two specific charges
are made. The first is that the defend
ants discharged the bomb themselves
in some manner to the jury unknown.
The second is that they so arranged the
bomb that Steunenberg himself, by
opening the gate at which he was killed,
upset some sulDhuTiC acid in the infer
nal machine. and that the said acid ex-
plOded the dynamite caps, giant pow
der and other material of which the
bomb was made. The indictment also
contains a complete list as required by
law of the witnesses who appeared be-
fore the grand jury, as follows:
Sherman r. Macy, William Everett
MOsley. Harry Orchard, Andrew john
son. W. S. Swain. Joseph Hutchinson,
Mrs. Addie- Martin. c. F. Wynewood-
Guy MCGEE, James Russell, Luther
Bowman. A. Ballantyne, J. G. Nichols,
c. P. Grimes, W. 5. MOsley, J. W. Cue.
Indicted Under True Names.
Were you indicted under your real
and true name2" asked the court Of
each defendant in turn. In tones that
were almost inaudible the men replied
that they were. Judge Smith then took
up the fiasco of yesterday and Informed
the sheriff that, while he did not hold
him responsible for it. he must here
after see personally to the transfer OF
the prisoners from Boise to Caldwell,
and that he must keep the court in
formed as to his and their movements
You must also see personally" Judge
Smith went on, that these defendants
are given the privileges ordinarily ex-
tended TO prisoners accused of offenses !
of this character.
Prisoners Not Well Treated.
This brought Mr.. Richardson. chief
counsel for the defense, to his feet. He
said the men had at no time since their
arrest been accorded the treatment Civ
en- TO ordinary prisoners. As between
confinement in the penitentiary at
Boise and the Canyon county Jail,
said Mr.. Richardson, answering a ques- |
ton from the court. I'VE would just as
soon have them in Boise as here, |
though with a smile, I'VE do not think
they should be detained at all. ] know
of no reason why these men should not
De permitted to see their friends, to /
write and receive letters and newspa
pers. The rights of the state end with /
the restraint of the liberty of the de- /
PENDANTS so that they may be produced /
in court when their trial begins They |
have subscribed and paid for four Den /
yer papers. for example, and they are
permitted to see only two of them, and |
they have been denied many others to |
which they are clearly entitled" Judge /
Smith seemed to agree entirely with |
Mr.. Richardson. He announced that I
he would make no definite orders until |
after the prosecution had an Oppor- |
tunity to be heard, but he indicated 1
that he would direct the extension of
all reasonable privileges. The court /
can only say" the court concluded, 1
that If the orders of this court are
not observed in this, we will remove 1
the prisoners to the Canyon county /
Jail where the order will be obeyed."
Orchards Arrangement Today.
Harry Orchard, against whom sep /
arate indictments we're found. was not /
taken to Caldwell for arraigpment to- |
day He viii be taken tomorrow.
In the probate court today a sched- /
ule of the assets of the late Frank /
Ste1nenberg estate was fled 1t shows |
the value of the property to be nearly |
$50. 600, of which all except about 81 900 |
is personal property. J. l. PRIEST.
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