The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-06-28
STATE CLOSES CASE
PRINCIPAL SHOWING OF PROSE.
cUTloN is ORCHARD STORY.
DEFENSE WILL BE THE .AGGREssOa
Haywood's Attorneys Have $50 Wit.
nesses TO Refute Testimony
Introduced.

Boise. ldaho-The closing OF the
case OF the state leaves the battle fol
the life OF William ID. Haywood up IN
the air-the defense from this time
on VIII assume the aggressive and tho
prosecution the defensive. The case
VIII SO on through the aggressive
cross-eNamination and the state will
then present evidence in rebuttal. bur
II has already put forward its main
| proposition.
AS To the Steunenberg crime. which
is the one charged against HAYWOOD
the state has made the following show.
ing:
Haywood sent money to Simpkins
who lived with Orchard. nine DAYS be.
fore the murder OF Steuaenberg and
an unsigned letter from Denver. show.
ing by its address TO Thomas Hogan"
that the author knew the alial of or.
chard. Without making any seauest.
Legal aid was furnished Orchsrd two
days after his arrest.
Letters to Mrs. Orchard a Plan.
Haywood sent letter TO Mrs. Or.
chard, the second. which the state
claims showed evidence OF a plan to
conceal the whereabouts Of Orchard.
and was part OF a plan to make an
alibi for him.
Haywood's letter to Mrs. Orchard
made the statement that the last the
writer had heard of Orchard he was in
Alaska, when in reality Orchard and
Simpkins were at Caldwell. There is
nothing only Orchards word though
TO show that Haywood was not him.
self deceived.
Haywood, Pettibone and Orchard are
located together on several occasions
in Denver between spring and fall OF
1905.
Articles from the Miners Magazine |
ana some testimony as TO the Cour
q Alene strike. shows animus toward |
Steunenberg by Haywood and other /
federation leaders.
The state made the following show.
ng on the alleged general conspiracy:
Orchard has been traced through me
more important movements connected
With the alleged attempts on the life
u Bradley at San Francisco.
IL has been independently shown
hat Pettibone sent remlttances and
correspondence TO Orchard under an
ssumed name.
Orchards word is all the proof
hown that the Bradley explosion was
y bomb The Peabody bomb cas-
ne has been produced and its history
roved.
Miss Peabody Testifies.
MISS Peabody has confirmed the Or l.
hard story OF one attempt to shoot
er father, and William Vaughn, Or.
hards travelling companion, has Civ
n general confirmation to the story
Orchard going to Canon City TO
i'll Peabody
The discovery of the Goddard bomb
as been established. but the plo.
! rests on the testimony % or.
lard, as does also the Independence
Splosion and the murder OF Detective
yte Gregory. His story OF the Vindi.
ltsr outrage Is partly supported by
Inside testimony.
The chief confederation Of tho Or. :
v
lard testimony has been as 10 the
ings he did and the time ana man.
sr OF their doing. and The defense n
intends that aside from his testi +
ony there is not SINGLE piece OF y
dependent evidence against Hay. =
ood or any fact that connects Hay b
pod with the crime charged or any I
her crime \
IL Is expected that Haywood will 70 s
the witness stand and that there u
III be a strong showing as 70 his
aracter
The defense has upward OF $50
Illnesses. and it is estimated that IT Il
II take from three weeks TO a hi
onth to present all OF its testimony. Il