Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-13
MEN TO START WITH
Tone May Be Accepted Finally Under
idaho Law.
MAY CHALLENGE MEN IN BOX
Residents Of the Country Districts Had
All Read President Roosevelt's
Undesirable Citizen" Letter.

BOISE, Idaho, May 13.-The task Of Sc
lecting jury resumed today in the trial
of William D. Haywood, secretary and
treasurer Of the Western Federation of
Miners, charged with completely In the as
sassination Of former Gov. Steunenberg,
may be completed within the next four or
five days, according to the judgment Of
opposing counsel. Eleven men will be in
the box when court opens this afternoon.
None has been finally accepted by both
sides, however, although three have SO far
qualified themselves to serve that only per-
emptory challenges, of which each side has
ten, can remove them. When the regular
term panel was exhausted last Thursday
afternoon with one seat vacant there was
nothing Judge Wood could do but adjourn
court to allow Sheriff Hodgin and his dep
uties to summon special venire Of 100
men,
Many Farmers Summoned.
The bulk Of the jurors are expected to
come from this installment of eligible ma
terial largely made up of farmers from
the country surrounding Boise. The new
venire shows seventy-f1ve farmers or ranch.
men, the remainder being people Of BUSH
ness, many Of them prominent business
men. The men who have been confined
III TIE jury mouse uuQer the care OF -FOUR
deputy sheriffs since last Thursday after
noon and who took their places in the jury
box today were:
No. l, A. L: Ewing, carpenter: No. 2. W.
NJ: Van orsdale, grocer; No. g. Samuel d.
Gilman, farmer; No. 5, J. l.. Waggoner,
farmer; No. 8. George Walker, butcher:
No. Z. George H. Mcintyre, farmer; No. 8,
w. N. Rudge, farmer: No. 8, Ora Cole,
miner; No. 10. w. w. Bisby, real estate:
No. H. Samuel A. Wingate, irrigation en-
ploye; No. II. Samuel F. Russell, farmer.
OF these, the first three-Ewing, Van Ors-
dale and Gilman-came trough the ex-
animation of opposing counsel last Thurs
day without disqualifying themselves.
All Read Undesirable Citizen Letter
Several men were called into seat No. 4,
but one after another they were disqualified
under the questioning of the attorneys for
the defense. 1t was the inability to find
suitable juror at No. that caused exhaus-
ton of the regular panel. 1t was said at
the beginning of today's proceedings that
not more than two Of the eleven men held
under lock and key since last Thursday will
be members of the trial panel. The resi-
dents of the country districts, examined
last Thursday, said they read of Gov.
Steunenberg's death and talked about 1t
casually with their families and friends for
a, time, but that discussion of the matter
ceased many months ago. They had all
read Of President Roosevelt's undesirable
citizen" letter, but in no instance did a
prospective juror say that the letters had
Influenced his judgment or prejudiced him
in any way against the prisoners. Another
significant feature of the examination of
talesmen was the fact that the attorneys
for the defense were unable to unearth
against any particular labor -upion or
against trades unionism in general.
Taken by Surprise.
in summoning the new venire were taken
completely by surprise. Those who had
taken any interest whatsoever in the case
had been confident that the jury would be
selected from the men already summoned
tinues. If other jurymen were necessary IT
was the belief in the country districts that
the sheriff would summon men from the
city to complete the panel.
There is growing impotence among those
who came~here to attend the trial to hear
the opening address OF the prosecution.
which probably will be delivered by James
D. Hawley, leading counsel for the prosecu-
ton. Just how far the state attorneys Will
go in outlining the case they hope to prove
against Haywood is problematical.
Stubborn Fight Likely.
They may choose to state their case in a
most general way. giving no actual hint
OF the testimony they cialm 10 nave, OF, On
the other hand, the opening address may
be a proposition as broad as the attorneys
expect to prove under the most favorable
rulings of the court.
1t is certain that no testimony tending to
lay the broad foundation for the alleged
conspiracy Of which Haywood, Meyer and
Pettibone are said to have been part, will
be introduced without stubborn and pro-
longed fight on the part Of the defendants
counsel More than 200 witnesses are under
subpoena in the Haywood case alone.
It is doubtful, however, If anything like
that number will be heard, or even called
to the stand.