Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-07-19
THE FINAL STAGES IN THE
HAYWOOD CONSPIRACY TRIAL
The State is Devotino All Of It's Ef-
forts to the Breaking Down Of the
Evidence Of the Defense.

Boisd. Idaho-ln the last stages o
the case against William d. Hay
wood, the prosecution put six wit
nesses on The stand On Tuesday to re
butt the evidence OF the defense Three
testified TO conditions in tho Couer
dAlenes In 1899, and three to the sit.
uatior Ia Colorado during the strike
period of 1903 and 1894 The import
ant Witnesses Of the day were called
TO contradict the showing made by
witnesses for the defense, that there
was no reason for tho calling out Of
the militia OF Colorado other than de-
sire on the part OF the mine owners
10 drive members OF the Western Fed
GRAFTON OF Miners from the mining dis
trict One witness fatty contradict
ed the evidence introduced by the de-
Tense 10 show that the explosion at
the Vindicator mine was due to an ac-
cident.
Edward Award, n physician OF
burke. one of the mining towns OF the
Occur d'Alenes. swore that he saw
Orchard on the day of the blowing
up OF the concentrator at Wardner and
thar he came from the train returning
from Wardner This train was in
possession OF the mob that blew up
the concentration and killed two men.
Awards evidence contradicted the |
witnesses for the defense, who said |
they saw Orchard playing poker on |
that day at Mallac, several miles away. |
The claim OF the defense is that Orch
ard was not at Wardner and had no
part Ia the riot
A. I. Holman swore In rebuttal OF
The testimony of Thomas Wood, a wit
ness for the defense Wood had said
hat he saw Beck and Mccormick, the
.wo men killed by the explosion at the
mine, in the eighth level
,efore the explosion and afterwards
ound their bodies in the sixth level
IN that day and that he saw box OF
'owder on water barrel in the eighth
eyel just before Beck and Mccormick
vent up TO the sixth, where the ex-
l0sion occurred a few minutes later
ne impression created was that the
wo men carried the powder with them
nd that Beck dropped his revolver,
'hich exploded and the powder went
r. This would also account for the
nding of the shattered parts of re-
oliver near the bodies. Orchard swore
lat he fired the powder with pistol |,
Holman was a superintendent of q
eighboring mine and formerly super !,
tendent Of the Vindicator. He was
ne OF the first to go down the shaft OF
ie Vindicator after the explosion. His
idence, given largely from prepared
TART of the interior of the mine con
addicted Wood on many points. r
ID. Z. Ramsey young man and a
lative of Mccormick, followed Hol-
an. He was in charge of the powder
the mine at the time of the explo-
IN. He knew Beck and Mccormick r.
sll and swore that neither OF them u
or carried revolver; that there r.
Is no powder in the mine at the time, al
far as he knew, and that there was a.
water barrel on the eighth level, as 10
bod had stated. to
Sheriff Routan of San Miguel coun- on
Colo, was the last witness of the te
y. He testified as to strike condi- CO
ms. Under searching cross-ex. or
ination by f. +. Richardson, Routan IN
nitted that union miners were de- ur
ted and driven by force from the nj
lnty while he was sheriff. and that WI
attempt was made to prevent or wa
lish those who attacked the union ag
n. He said that the deportations az
re the work of the leading citizens mn
Telluride. '"'