The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-05

and his co-defendants TO a great ex-
tend, brought around them a few
choice spirits, and to them murder be-
came a trade and ASA SSination a
means of living. We will shew, gentle
men, that a scale OF wages was even
devised. fixing The amount to be paid
for different crimes by this inner cir
Gle to parties who committed those
crimes: and chief among those who
were doing the actual work that was
planed by the inner circle and paid
for out Of the funds of the federation
by the members of the inner circle.
was this man to whom I have referred,
Harry Orchards, and one stephen
Adams"
Objections overruIed.
Hawley spoke for nearly an hour and
a half to q court room crowded. but
sidlent; to jury which, sitting bolt
upright, watched for every word; TO a
prisoner who, with his family around
him, was several times moved to deep
emotion as the prosecutor pronounced
the charges. Counsel for the defense
opened fire before the statement had
proceeded ten minutes, and the repeti-
ton of objection from them led to three
or four sharp exchanges They pro-
tested against the charge that the fed
Grafton was guilty of scores of muir
ders," and the assertion that the con-
spiracy extended back to the first
trouble in north Idaho. which was
years before the accused was a MEM
! Der of the organization, and they &C
cused Mr.. Hawley of arguing the case
i'm an opening statement. They dotted
/ the records with exceptions of over
ruled objections. and finally got an
agreement whereby they could protect
/ their rights as to the entire opening
statement. Judge Wood permitted the
wide scope i'm the opening statement
on the assurance of Mr.. Hawley that
| the state could show the existence
later of. the conspiracy which ir
| charged and make the necessary legal
connection.
Eight Witnesses.
Eight witnesses were examined ard
there would have been time for three
or four more if the available supply of
the state had not unexpectedly RIM
out. enforcing an adjournment soon
after o'clock. The witnesses today
were all from Caldwell. and those who
! did not tell of the crime itself were
called to locate Harry Orchard, who
went TO the town as Thomas Hogan at
various local hotels and around the
Steunenberg home. and to show that
I two months before the crime John l.
! Simpllins, a member of the executive
| board of the Western Federation of
Miners, had joined Orchard and had
/ lived with MIN for several days in the
same room.
c +. Wayne. who passed outward
through the gate twenty minutes be
! fore SteunenbeTg was blown up, told
of the explosion and the shocking con-
ditiou of the victim when he. respond
ing to Mrs. Steunenberg's calls, had
run to him.
J. w. Cue, the surgeon, described the
body He found the leg bones broken
to fragments by the great force of the
| explosion, while the skin that covered
them was unmarked.
John -. Rice \ s. Ellis and A. Bal
lentine. residents of Caldwell. traced
Orchard about the town at various
times before and after the crime. and
| then came Julian Steunenberg. son of
the dead statesman, to tell how Orch
ard had, three days before the murder,
inquired Of him about his fathers
movements.
Young Steunenberg's Testimony.
Julian Steunenberg is a strong, we'll
set up youth. with light hair. He took
the stand very bravely, but when Sen
ator Borah began questioning him a
cloud of pain passed over his face and
he shielded his eyes, evidently TO keep
back the tears. He told of meeting
Orchard then known as Hogan. at the
local railroad depot in Caldwell three
days before the crime, and telling him,
in answer to his inquiry, that his father
would be home the following Friday
He said that he was on his way home
with his uncle and was two blocks be-
hind his father when the explosion oc-
Cured.
i. J. Bowman, James Russell and
Steve Dempsey, proprietor of the Pa
cific hotel at Caldwell, traced the
movements of Orchard and SimDkins.
The latter was identified by a photo
graph, which will be the first exhibit
offered in evidence by the state. and
was known to all the witnesses as
Simmons" Dempsey identified the
hotel register where Orchard. as Ho-
gan, and Simpkins, as Simmons. had
signed their names on Nov. 3. 1905. and
it was marked for Identification.
The defense briefly cross-examined
several witnesses and the line of ques-
ticns were aimed at making it clear
that Harry Orchard had shown him.
self cOnspicuously in the streets of
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