Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-09
HAYWOOD ON
TRIAL FOR LIFE
Hearing Begins in
Famous Idaho
Murder Case
EXPECT LONG LEGAL BATTLE
If He is Convicted Others
Will Be Tried; Otherwise
All Will Go Free.

Boise, Idaho, May 9--W. D. Hay
wood, secretary and treasurer of the
Western Federation of Miners, was
today placed on trial here for com
plicity in the murder at Caldwell
Idaho, on December goth, 1905, of for.
mer Governor Frank Steunenberg,
Haywood is one of the four defend.
ants charged with this murder. the
others being Charles H. Meyer, pres
ident OF the Western Federation:
George A. Pettibone, a former mem.
Der OF the executive committee and
Harry Orchard.
No Jurors Chosen Yet.
up to this afternoon no Jurors had
yet been chosen OF the original panel
four were excused by the court. two
because their business interests would
suffer one because of the severe ILL.,
ness of his wife and the fourth be.
cause he had been appointed a patrol.
man since being drawn. The examin.
alton of the seventh talesman by the
prosecution was in progress at the
noon recess. OF the other six, three
were excused for biased opinions and
three were temporarily passed
The States Witnesses Disclosed.
The counsel for the state disclosed
the names Of the witness for the state
before the examination of the tales
man began. The list contains 15l
names, including Former Governor
Peabody of Colorado his daughter
Miss Cora Peabody, W. E. Carlton,
president, and c. c. Hamlin, secretary,
of the Mine Owners Association, of
Cripple Greek; General Sherman NJ.
Bell, Bulkley Wells, adjutant general
of Colorado; Julian Steunenburg
brother of the dead governor; Steve
Adams, Frank A. Fem, of the United
States Interior Department In charge
of forest reserves in Idaho, and Harry
Orchard
Orchard Chief Witness for State.
The last named is expected to be
the most important witness for the
State against Haywood, Meyer and
Pettibone, He is said to have con.
fessed to the murder of Steunenberg
and to have implicated the other
three defendants. The fact that Hay
woods case was called first indicates
that the prosecution considers the
case against him the strongest. II
he is convicted the trial of Meyer ami
Pettibone will undoubtedly follow. If
Haywood is acquitted the case against
the others will doubtless be aban-
doned.
No CIemency for Orchard
1t is said that the evidence against
Orchard is of such nature that he
cannot hope for other than convic-
tion of murder in the first degree re-
gardless of the verdict in the other
cases. Orchard. it is said, has been
promised no clemency whatever In
giving evidence for the state.
Able Array Of Counsel.
Speculation as to the length of
Haywood's trial resulted in guesses of
from two weeks to five months. A
formidable array of counsel has been
engaged on both sides. In charge of
the prosecution are James H. Hawley,
of this city; United States Senator
W. Z. Borah, County Attorney O. M.
VanDuyn and George Stone of Cald-
well, who is specially employed to
represent Canyon County where the
murder was committed. Represent
ing the defendants are Attorneys r.
IF. Richardson of Denver; Clarence
Darrow, Of Chicago: Edgar L, Wilson
of Boise. John F. Nugent, OF Boise,
and Fred Miller of Spokane, Wash
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