Evening journal., 1907-07-01
HAYWOOD MAY
TESTIFY TODAY
Will Deny Completely in the
Assassination Of Governor
Steunenberg
LAWYER THINKS THE
TRIAL IS MIXED UP

by our own Wire, Publishers Press.
BOISE. Idaho. July THE Haywood
jury may know what this is an about.
but If they do they are the only ones
who DO said a criminal lawyer Of Boise
to-day. speaking Of the trial Of William
Haywood. accused Of the murder of ex-
Governor steunenborg
Il am so badly tangled up" this lawyer
continued. shat cannot figure out who
is on trial. nor what crime Is charged
against the defendant The separation OF
the wheat from ahe chan is going to be
the hardest task. Judge Wood viii have
TO face this ordeal when he instructs the
jury. He han my sympathy.
1--WE were told that Meyer Haywood
and Pettibone were going to be tried
for the murder Of steunenborg; we were
promised by Hawley. Borah and Good
ing that they would produce the goods on
an concerned and we are told thar IN
actual conspiracy existed which murdered
men and destroyed property with impun-
ityi let us see what Is the result.
''The trial has lasted a long time al
ready A couple Of witnesses have proycd
that steunenberg was killed: that orchard
was in town at that time ana that ho
was arrested and confessed. this Orchard
himself testified. but his story was NOT
absolutely convn ing. Witnesses TO cor.
roborate him merely testified that the
things he testified TO actually occurred.
but his connection with them has not
been established by any witness save hlnl-
self
State Has Not Ended.
Back Of an events attending upon tho
trial lies the long trouble OF the Colorado
mines, the episode.n the history Of Cali
forna, the refereices OF a private deicc-
tive agency uhe labor wars OF the Coaur
d'Alene district and other matters which
seem hardly germane 20 the murder Of
steuponberg. Personally I would not hang
a 81 on the testimony SO far intro
duced'e sit the state has not ended yet
II may have moro convincing evidence
In reserve. Taking the trial rs it stands
to-day 7 would say that the events Of
the past eight weeks indicate a mistrill
/ The conflict OF evidence has been such
that we lawyers Watching The case are
puzzled and it can hardly have any other
effect on this jury"
The attorney making this statement has
not been absent from court a single day,
and is conversant with every ioia OF e,i-
donoe introduced Statements such as this
are heard frequently In conservative
gatherings Of men unbiased by Interest
in the outcome.
Lawyers in Wranale.
When court reconvencd to-day FOR the
hfty-nrst day Of the trial. Morris Fried
man. a former stonoErapher IN the Denver
office Of a detective agency was recalled.
A fight to got into the trial copies of
records he copied then began. Tho comre-
tcncy Of the documents as evidence Is at
tackled The argument was long and
technical
Haywood to Testify.
Haywood. himself who is charged with
completely in tho murder OF former Cover
nor Frank Stcuncnberg OF Idaho will
probably take tho witness stand in his
own behalf before court adjourns tonight.
AS an officer and loader IN the miners
union he viii testify that although a
fg'hting. organization the union never
planned murder or other acts Of violence.
He will deny explicitly knowledge OF
Steunenborg's assassination other than
what he learned through the newspapers
He will supplement the stories Of mine
owners prosecutions told by previous wiz
nesses Of the defense. The session to-day
opened with resumption by the dc-
tense Of It's attempt to Introduce a sys-
tenn Of PinlSerton reports to show the 1h-
orate system OF espionage resortedtfN by
the mine owners. ~