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


1893 to show the reasons leading up to
| the assassination of Steunenberg, describ-
| ing the blowing up of the concentration
at Wardner. which ne said he would prove
was the result of connivaEce of the lead
| ers of the Western Federation of Miners.
When Mr.. Hawiey was telling of the cap
/ ture OF a train at Wardner he was inter
rupted by an objection from MIR. Darrow
who argued that the incidents in the
Occur d'A1enes in 1893 had nothing to do
with the case now under argument. The
| objection was overrued.
| Mr. Hawley went on to show that he
expected to prove that the action of Gov
ernor Steunenberg in crushing out the
rioters at that time brought on him the
enmity of the inner circle" of the West
ern Federation Of Miners and that as a
result OF that enmity he was killed at
the order of the inner circle"
We will show you, gentlemen of the
| jury, Mr.. Hawley continued, that the
inner circle of the Western Federation
of Miners, composed of this defendant and
his co-defendants, gathered about them
few choice spirits. Murder was their
trade and assassination a means of live
lihood. They even had a scale of wages,
Hired Assassins.
Among those who committed the
crimes at the behest of the inner circle
and who were paid for them from the
emergency fund were one Harry Orchard
but mere incidents of the larger purpose
and objects of the big conspiracy We
will show that the inner circle of the
Western Federation of Miners is reSpon-
sible for some of the most fiendish crimes
ever committed anywhere-aH to carry
out the purpose of the circle We will
show you that these men were responsible
for the murder of Arthur Collins at TEL
luride. of Leigh Collins on the streets of
Denver"
Once more Attorney Darrow was on his
feet with an objection. declaring that
crimes committed in Colorado had moth
ing to do with the Steuneuberg case.
Judge Wood OVerruled the objection. He
said he would hear counsel further when
it came time to object to the testimony.
Mr.. Hawley went on to say that the
inner circle" was responsible for the
blowing up of the Independence depot at
Cripple Creek, the blowing up of the
Vindicator mine and other outrages He
said that the state would show that
Haywood and his co-defendants had at
tempted many times to assassinate ex-
Governor Peabody of Colorado in the
same way as the murder of Steunenberg
was accomplished and for the same rea-
sons.
All of these crimes. Mr.. Hawlev de-
clared, were committed by Orchard and
Adams as the hired and paid assassins
of Haywood and his co-defendants.
Testimony to Be Produced.
Mr.. Hawley reverted once more to the
killing of Governor Steunenberg and de-
cIared that witnesses would be produced
to testify as to the making of the bomb.
as to all of Orchards movements. of
his communication with the defendants.
AS to Orchards confession he declared
its details would be corroborated by the
finding of bombs at various places where
crimes had been contemplated but aban-
doned for some reason or another, and
by various other circumstances which
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statements.
Mr. Hawley. coming to the close of his
remarks, asserted that the evidence to
be adduced would go much further than
had his opening statement. He believed
the proof would satisfy the jury as to the
guilt of the accused under the statutes.
despite the fact that Haywood himself
may not have been in the state of Idaho
for years. The attorney closed by thank
ing the jurors for their attention
Statement of Defense Reserved.
As he sat down, Attorney barrow arose
and stated that the defense would reserve
It's opening until the states case is fin
ished.
Judge Wood said he had been request
ed by the attorneys of the defense to
instruct the jury once more that the de-
PENDANT is presumed to be innocent I'M
doubt. Judge Wood instructed the jurors
to keep their minds as clear as possible
and to cOnfine their Judgment to the evil
dence and not to the remarks of coun-
sell
The attorneys agreed that an order ex-
Guiding witnesses was not necessary.
First Witness Called.
c. F. Wayne then was called as the
first witness. Mr.. Wayne formerly re-
sided in Caldwell. the home of Governor
Steunenberg, and next door to the gov
errors place Examined by Senator Bo-
rah. Wayne said he was working on the
Steunenberg place on the night of the
xplosion-December 30, 1905. He had just
gone In TO his own house when the ex-
ploSion occurred. The lights of his house
were extinguished- He rushed out and.
hearing a noise near the governor S
house, went there and saw the results
of the bomb The governor was badly
mangled, both legs being broken, right
arm mangled and his clothing torn off
from the waist down. The fence and
gate were shattered. Wayne rushed for
a doctor and friends of the dying man.
Governor Steunenberg died within half
an hour
The explosion occurred about $50
o'clock Wayne said he had been through
the gate to which the explosion string
of the bomb was attached just fifteen
minutes before the governor The string
evidently had been made fast but a few
minutes preceding the governors ar
rival
The defense did not desire to cross-ex-
anime the witness and he was excused
to make way for DIR. ]. w. Cue of
Caldwell. who attended the dying man.
He described in detail the fearful in
juries wrought by the bomb. The bones
were shattered by conclusion, the physi-
| clan declared.
Saw Orchard Hanging About.
DIR. Cue was also excused without
cross-examinatiOn and John c. Rice. an
attorney of Caldwell was celled. He
| lived near Governor Steunenberg. Rice
testified as TO seeing Harry Orchard
passing his house almost every day for a
month preceding the tragedy. He was
either going toward or returning from the
direction of Governor Steunenberg's res
| idence. The man, known under the alias
| of Thomas Hogan, seemed to have no
business One day Rice said Hogan in