The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-13
TRIAL OF HAYWOOD
GOES AHEAD TODAY
Venire of 100 Men Summoned
as Talesmen Will Be Ready
for Examination.


BOISE, Ida, May 12-The summon.
ing of the special venlre of talesmen
in the Haywood case Will be finally
completed tomorrow morning and the
100 men who have beeu called by
Sheriff "Shad" Hodgin will present
themselves in Judge Wood S court when,
at clock tomorrow afternoon, the
case will be resumed. General expccta-
ton is that not more than two Of the
regular renirc already examined will be
retained in the jury box and that the
bulk of the Jury will come from the
quota now being called by the Sheriff
The eleven men confined since Thurs
day last in jury house will he glad to
see the case resumed tomorrow. A ma
jority of them know that they are not
to serve on the Jury, and while they
have been comfortably housed and well
fed. they have grown restless under
confinement.
Interest in the trial continues to cen
ter in the personality and testimony of
Harry Orchard, who killed Governor
Steunenberg and upon whose confession
William Haywood and his associates in
the directorate Of the Western Fedora
tion of Miners were indicted. Its cul-
mlnation will como when he is brought
into court TO relate his story.
Speculation as to the time of his ap-
pearance is idle until the jury is formed,
but il is believed that he will he called
after the death of Steunenberg has been
proved and that his testimony will he
the main foundation upon which the
prosecution will build
Orchard Closely Guarded
Meantime Orchard is closely guard.
ed prisoner IN tho State penjtentiarv.
rastle-like structure built and walled
with stone. that stands IN the eastern
suburb of the city. Various reports as
to attempts to reach or kill Orchard
are IN circulation, the last being a tale
from Lewiston Of plot alleged to have
been formed months ago to shoot Or
chard from the hills back of the prison
These stories lack confirmation. but thev
serve to tighten the vigilance of War.
den Whitney and his deputies. Re
ports from the prison say that Orchard
is in good health and condition. that
he continues his reading along religious
lines, that he will unqucstionably repeat
his confession i'll court and that he is
ready for the fate made certain by his
confession.
Boise, calm in ordinary. sleeps today
under q new Sunday rest law, op-
! eratiyc for the first time, Baseball,
one of the few exemptions of the new
moral close season, attracted many Of
the participants in the case. HAYWOOD
received his family under the trees on
! the courthouse lawn and for an hour
watched his Youngest child play with n
litter Of Spitz puppies that looked like
! animated powder puffs. Pcttibone
! looked on from barred window, and
! in the group on the lawn Sheriff Hodgiu
! strollcd with few OF his deputies, At
| torneys Richardson and Dnrrow came
later and talked for time with their
client.
Tonight Clarence Darrow of counsel
! for the defense )ectured at the Uni.
tartan church. mis- theme being "Walt
Whitman. Poet.
| it Requires Imagination to construct
and realize the great tragedy that
moves forward here tomorrow; the
grass. s.carpeted prison yard, the streets,
Che scenes, the people. who moved in
the Sunday calm, would contradict the
! idcn. but the coming and going of coun-
sci, witnesses. deputies and detectives
at the Offices of the attorneys for the
prosecution and defense proves the ac-
tivity Of those interested on either
eide.
Governor Gooding, who spent the last
few DAYS on his extensive sheep ranch,
near Shcshoue. returned to Boise this
morning.