The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-01

Boise, Idaho. June 30.-The alleged con-
spiracy of the Pinkerton National Detcc-
five agency, under retainer from the
Mine Owners association and the Citt-
zens' alliance. of Colorado and Idaho, TO
destroy the Western Federation of Min
ors. will be taken up tomorrow morning.
when the trial of William d. Haywood is
resumed at 10 o'clock. The defense sets
up this Counter-cOnspiraC of which Har-
~ Orchard, it is charged. was simply an
agent. The chief witness is Morris Fried
man. formerly a stenOgTapheT for the
Pinkertons AT the headquarters of the
western division in Denver
Secured Pinkerton Reports.
1t is alleged that Friedman. as an agent
of socialists and the Western Federation,
secured the position in the PinkertOn en-
plOy fOf the purpose of spying on the
PinkertOns- Some of the daily reports
III the operators employed by the
agency TO fOin the Western Federation.
attend meetings of the local unions and if
possible secure their own elections to Of
flee in these unions, Friedman has tes-
lifted We're given to him to copy. He
made a copy for himself and now pro-
have been marked for identification as
evidence, hut which have not been read
in court. In fact Clarence DarrOw. of
counsel for the defense, stated to Judge
Wood that he had not himself read the
reports. The admissibility of these copies
Of reports as evidence Will be argued To-
morrow morning.
Purpose of the Defense.
BY the introduction of the witness,
Friedman. On the last day of the first
week of the innings for the defense. a
more positive light is thrown upon the
position taken by the attorneys who are
endeavorinS to clear Haywood and the
other officials of the Western Federation
If Miners from the charge of conspiracy
10 murder. II is clearly indicated that
il is proposed to show that a conspiracy
10 eXterminate the Western Federatlon
went so far as to secure the Indictment of
the highest officials of the federation on
The charge of murder
Conspiracy Alleged.
IT. is charged that when Orchard was
arrested OH the charge of the murder of
former Governor Steunenberg. he was in
duced by the PinkertOns to make a con-
fession duplicating Haywood. Meyer. Pet
tibone, Steve Adams. Jack Simpkins and
a. number of other officers and members
of the Western Federation to such an
extent that indictments could be secured
against them in Idaho In furtherance of
the mine owners conspiracy it is Charg-
Cd that further discriminating evidence
was manufactured by the Pinkertons. IN
support of Orchards confession so that
Haywood. the secretary and treasurer
of the Western Federation. Meyer, the
president of the organization, and Pet
"a
board. might be convicted of a capital Of
Tense and executed. while many other Of
ficerS and members of the federation were
placed i'm jeopardy of trial on similar
charge Of conspiracy.
Review of the Evidence.
4 review of the evidence introduced in
the course of the last five days brings
the inevitable conclusion that counsel for
The defense will endedVOT to prove TO the
satisfaction of the jury that the Pinker-
ton agency and the Mine Owners assoc
citation, with the knowledge and approval
of the governor OF Idaho the former gov
ernOr Of Colorado. the former adjutant
general of Colorado and other influential
people, cOnspired to secure the death by
hanging Of William d. Haywood. Charles
-. Meyer and George 4. Pettibone, and
Wat incidentally the mine owners are
Indirectly responsible for the killing of
fourteen Men in the Independence depot
Orchard Proved a Liar.
The evidence so far introduced by the
defense goes to prove that Orchard.
knowing of the blowing up of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan concentration in 1899;
of the explosion in the NindicatOr mine; |
of the blowing up of the independence
depot: of the killing of Lyle Gregory. and
of the explosion at Bradley's residence /
in San Francisco. accused himself of haV-
ing committed the crimes and the muir |
der of seventeen men, when in fact, he /
had little or no personal connection with |
any of them. Witnesses have sworn that /
Orchard was ult at WaTdneT on the day |
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan cOncentTa- |
tor was blown up; that the facts connect |
cd with the indicator tend to the con-
clusiOn that the explosion was accidental; /
that while Orchard may have been pre-
sent when the Independence depot was /
destroyed Steve Adams was in fact. the /
man who was employed by the mine /
owners to blow mp a piece of useless /
property but that a blunder resulted in /
loss Of life; that Lyle Gregory was muir /
dered By persons connected with the ]
United Mine Workers and not of the |
Western Federation; and that Orchard 1
uossessed a mania for bOasting of the /
commission Of great crimes and was ly- I
ing when he said he had any connection /
with bomb d; Bradley's house.
Motive for Killing Steunenberg.
Evidence has also been introduced to /
show that both Orchard and Simpkins had /
personal motives for killing former Gov /
ernor Steunenberg and that Simpkins' mo- /
tive was the stronger of the two, in that /
he was subjected to unjust punishment /
and torture at the hands of negro troops I
called in by Steunenberg in 1899 Fur /
Their eviderce as tO the explosion at the 4
Bradley house is yet 10 come Dispositions
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