The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22
HAYWOOD TRIAL
COST A FORTUNE
State of Idaho Called Upon to
Pay $4,000 for the
Prosecution.
RACY EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
DETECTIVE AGENCIES AND At
TORNEYS GET LARGE SUMS.


1t cost the state of Idaho $4,000 to
prosecute its case against William Hay
wood According to the official balance
sheet given Out in Boise. this sum was
drawn in III separate warrants, rang
ing from $3.50 to 5000 in face value. OF
these warrants, twenty-six were payable
to James H. Hawley and seventeen were
dlsbursed by the Pinkerton Detective
agency.
The seventeen Pinkerton warrants to-
tai S29 S3S.71. But warrant No. 4,S03, drawn
payable to Hawley, for s1,s19.50, was dis
tributed through the Pinkerton office at
San Francisco. Also the PinkertOns re-
ceived Sl.555.54 from warrant No. 1852
which was originally drawn as a reward
Tor the arrest OF the murderers of Gov
ernor Steunenberg and later covered
back into the treasury and made ap-
plcable TO the general expenses of the
case. These two sums bring the total
OF the Pinkerton expenses to So, 494S5.
James n. HaWley's Fee and Expenses
The twenty-six warrants payable to
HaWley total S33. 1890 Deducting the
$l,SlS-5O turned over to the Pinkertons
and adding Sl,Z95.94, which Hawley dis
the total disbursed by Mr.. Hawley in the
case IS $50, 646.54 OF this sum $500 is
credited as attorneys fees and the rest
as expenses OF various kinds.
The Theil National Service company
which operated with the Pinkertons. re-
ceived one warrant for services and ex-
penses, which totaled s2,0s2.75.
There are also three warrants drawn
10 w. e. Borah for attorneys fees, ag
gregating 5000.
W. A. Stone is credited with two war
rants, totaling $500, for attorneys fees.
The other warrants are for witness fees,
supplies of various kinds, expert testi-
mony, stenOgraphers, etc.
Z. II. Libby received S1.93S.15.
The most interesting feature of the re-
port is the detail Of the expenditure of
the $4,000 by the Pinkerton and Thiel
agencies. II is seldom that the detec-
tive agencies are put in position where
the expenditures in an effort to secure
conviction become public property. 1t is
an interesting sidelight on the great trial
Expense accounts which throw an inter-
esting light on their methods of doing
business get into print.
Drinks Not Barred in Pinkerton Ac-
counts.
Every kind of an item is included in
these reports. Varying charges are con-
expense. The only fixed price in the
lists seems TO be that Of the daily hire
of a detective operative" as they are
classed in the reports. This Is Sc per day,
for both agencies. Chief MCFARLAND, how
ever, draws 80, and his first assistant
50. Compared to the attorneys fees this
sum seems reasonable, not 10 say meagre.
In addition the detectives were reim-
bursed for their expenses, and 1t is in
the expense account items that the diff
ferences of opinion as to the value of
a meal, cab fare and the proper tip for
Pullman porter and the number of
drinks necessary TO secure evidence en-
tiers in and destroys the symmetry of
the accounts. The Pinkerton agency ac-
counts make only one reference to drinks
as such, but the Thiel agency is more
II, Ha f,Nra
are carried by their numbers; in the
Thiel reports, by their real or by as
sumed initials.
The brief of the Thiel expenditure dis
closes the fact that of the S2,O92.75 about
two-thirds was for salaries and one
third for expenses. OF the one-third for
expenses. about 500 is boldly accounted
for as drinks without any attempt at
Disgusting the fact Here are some Of
II. B., treating and Incidental ex-
pehSes-..: - ---.-----------.---S $40
''W. w G, trea ting expenses..-.... AIS
Wv. T. s., treating expenses with
Goodwin and friends at Caldwell. 1850
1T. H, treating expense in sport
And SO on down the list. ". T. S. is is
cifiC as TO whom he treated. A number
Of the entries qualify the general
phrase treating expenses with the
statement of the purpose thereof as ito
A.
takes hold of Goodwin after W. T. s.
got through with the 80 rumfest, and
tapers him off. for he has the entry of:
"A. S. p, amount spent roping Good
win, 8 days at 81, total. .............S1 $500
w. S. is also specific as to who got
his:
''W. s., amount spent with Sheriffs
Bell and Thompson ....................$25O
The Prize Spender.
H II. B., however, is the prize spender
OF Mr.. Thiers collection He breaks the
record with one merry entry of:
For treating expenses ......-.........S29S 50
He apparently knew how much It was,
because he came away from there with
20 cents in change
d. J. c. infers that he spent his where
il would do the most good. An entry
of his reads:
For treating expenses, cultivating
miners and securing information. SIG IS
There are several references to money
expended in Salt Lake In the Pinker-
ton report, but not a large portion of
the $4,000 found its way into this city
OF state.
James MCFARLAND arrives at Salt Lake
City on June 2 after q, long trip, which
has taken him from Boise to Denver.
to Cheyenne, to Spokane and to Nampa
Ida. The entries follow:
June q, ticket, Boise to Salt Lake. ST.. 30
June %, incidentals .-..-.............. so
June %. tip to porter at Salt Lake g
June Is, bus to Hotel Wilson $500. 20
This sum for the porter. by the way
IS much less extravagant than those usual
in the expense accounts of his subordi-
mates, who a rule soak the state for
from 30 cents TO 81.
On leaving Salt Lake City MCFARLAND
settled his three-day bill at the hotel,
which is shown by the entry:
June 26, room and board in Salt
Lake ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SIS. 30
Besides an additional quarter for the
bus 10 the station. this was all he spent