The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-07-12
HAYWOOD WILL
TAKE THE STAND
Leader of Federation Forces
to be a Witness in His
Own Behalf.
Prediction Made That Trial, Which
Has Been in Progress for Two
Months, Will be Brought to an
End Within Three Weeks.

Boise, Idaho.--Interest in the trial
of William d. Haywood now centers
in the forthcoming appearance upon
the stand Of the defendant Haywood,
who, 1t is claimed, has been the NOV
ing force in the Western Federation
of Miners for several years, and one
of his co-defendants, Charles H.
Meyer, the president of the miners
organization. The third defendant in
the famous case, George A. Pettibone,
will not take the stand, 1t Is said, I'M
til his own case comes ON to be heard.
Steve Adams, whose recent trial for
the murder of man In northern
Idaho resulted in disagreement OF
the jury, and who has been variously
implicated by Harry Orchard in many
of the latter's crimes and alleged con-
spiracies with the leaders of the West
ern Federation, is still in Boise jail,
available as witness for the defense,
but it has been definitely decided that
he shall not be called to the stand.
The prosecution still claims it would
welcome such move, as the appear
ance of Adams on the stand might
open the way for the introduction of a
portion at least of Adams repudiated
confession.
Viewed in the light of the closing
plans for defense and prosecution,
there seems little hope that the trial,
which has already been in progress
for two months, can be brought to an
end inside of three weeks. The de-
tense will require at least all of the
five or six days yet, for it is an
nounced that Haywood when he takes
the stand, will be prepared to lay bare
his entire lifes history.
His testimony as to his connection
with the Western Federation of Min
ers will be interspersed with much
documentary evidence, and the intro
duction of this and reading it to the
jury will take up much time. The
defense expresses it's willingness that
the cross-examination of Haywood
shall take the widest possible range.
The defendant, it is said, will not only
deny in toto all that Orchard has said
as to his connection with any of the
witness crimes, but will offer a per-
fectly plausible explanation of the in
stances where the state has associ-
ated Orchard and Haywood, notably
the instance of Haywood's part in the
deception of the second Mrs. Orchard
as to the whereabouts Of her husband
in the late summer of 1905. Haywood
will also be called upon to explain the
sending of several drafts to Jack
Simpkins, a member of the executive
board and an organizer for the West
ern Federation, whose presence in
Caldwell with Orchard just. prior to
the assassination of former, Governor
Steunenberg has not been denied by
the defense. The attorneys for the
federation say that these payments
were the regular sums due Simpkins
for his work as an organizer and had
absolutely nothing to do with any
crime or proposed criminal act. The
sending of SIS to Steve Adams in Og-
den, Utah, will also be subject of
inquiry when Haywood takes the
stand. The fourth instance to which
the state attaches Importance as tend
ing to connect Haywood with the al
legged conspiracy as revealed by Harry
Orchard upon the witness stand, was
the sending of a message by Haywood
to Silver City, Idaho, instructing the
federation officers there to see that at
torneys were engaged for Orchard and
to protect the interests of the miners
union.
The state may indefinitely prolong
the trial by going into the Colorado
labor troubles on rebuttal. The de-
Tense has Orchard up the field by in
PRODUCING testimony as to the acts of
the military and the mine owners at
Cripple Creek and Telluride. The de-
tense claims that the calling out of
the militia at Cripple Creek was un.
warranted and that the deportations
from Cripple Creek and the Telluride
country were nothing less than law.
less outrages upon the persons and
property of the union miners. The
state undoubtedly will introduce tes-
timony showing the conditions which
prevailed in these mining districts at
the time Governor Peabody pro-
claimed martial law.
In addition to the Colorado matters,
the state will undertake to contradict
the statements of many of the de-
fense's witnesses. This will require
several days, the attorneys interested
being at loss themselves to say how
many.