The Washington herald., 1907-06-05
HAYWOOD TRIAL ON
Murder Charged by Counsel
for the State.
ACCUSES HEADS OF UNION
Declares Wholesale Plots to Exter-
inmate Foes of Western Fedora
tiOn tet-''Assassination n
Means OF Living" Il One of Points
Hurled at Organization.

Boise, Idaho. June 4-The battle for the
life Of William d. Haywood, secretary
and treasurer of the Western Federation
of Miners, opened i'm earnest this morn
ing in the District Court here.
That it viii be a fight % a finish was
demonstrated conclusively before Lawyer
Hawley had been speaking for fifteen
minutes i'm his opening address to the
jury Here is the keynote that Hawley
sounded.
The inner circle Of the Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners brought around them a
few choice spirits. and let them murder
until murder became trade and as
s6ssinatiOn a means Of living"
The veteran lawyer brought all his big
guns 70 play in the course Of an address
that lasted an hour and a half. He de
clared frankly. and with the utmost en-
phasis, that it would be proved to the
complete satisfaction Of the jury that this
inner circle had for years adopted and
urged a policy Of assassination upon all
the men most prominently identified with
the forces opposing the Iawlessness.
He made il palmer than it has ever
been made before thar tho State will
make desperate. and he believes, a
completely successful attempt, 10 demon
strate that while the rank and file Of
Western Federation Of Miners are inno-
cent of crimes If their leaders. those
leaders have been able 10 direct the en-
tire strength and power Of the orgauiza-
ton 10 the accomplishment Of their law
less objects.
Hawley Accuses PIotterS.
Mr.. Hawley declared the State would
prove that il was this inner circle that
plotted. not only the murder Of ex-Gov.
Steunenberg. but also the murder Of Lyte
Gregory, in Lonver; of Arthur Collins. at
Telluride; the killing Of fourteen non
union men at the blowing up Of the Inde-
pendence station. and the attempts on
the lives of Gov Peabody, Of Colorado.
and of several Colorado judges who had
rendered decisions against them. He was
repeatedly interrupted by Darrcw and
Richardson, of the defense. who declared
that all these charges were not mentioned
in the indictment of Haywood. and that
evidence established then could in no way
be made germane to the specific case
now on trial. even if there were such evi-
dence obtainable. Richardson declared
that these charges were manifestly made
for the purpose Of preiudicing the jury.
The Interruptions are the most patent
harbingers of the storm of arguments
and objection that will be raised when
the State attempts to put in evidence Of
other crimes than the Steunenberg kill
ing.
May Not Admit Evidence.
Whether this evidence will be admitted
can be known only when it is offered.
That the State is confident Of being al
lowed to offer it there is no doubt. Haw-
ley repeatedly declaring that the prosecu-
tion would introduce proof Of all the ter
rible charges that he made in his ad-
dress. and that they would all be con
nected in such a way as To show that the
killing Of Steunenberg was part and par
eel of general conspiracy. On these
declarations. Judge Wood ruled out the
objections of counsel for the defense.
saying that they could not be success
fully objected to in the absence of any
assurance that they could not be proven
to be germane to the case at bar
The dispute between the lawyers several
times rose to the height Of alterations.
and once the court had to order Mr. Oar
row to sit down.
Mr.. Hawley's address purposely gave
few details of the States evidence. but it
did bring out the previously unknown
fact that after Orchards arrest letter
came to him giving him advice about the
Steunenberg crime. The letter was un-
signed. Mr. Hawley said. but the State
was prepared to prove that it was from
one Of Haywood's co-defendants. either
Meyer or Pettibone
SteunenberE'S Death Recalled,
To-days evidence dealt mostly with the
surrounding the Steunen-
berg killing. given by neighbors. a physi- |
clan, and Steunenberg's young son. II |
told Of the terrific force Of the explosion. |
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