The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-01
WHAT THE HAYWOOD IRII
WILL COST THE TAyPNII
Enormous Sum Expended /, ~.
OF Labor Leader for Complies. !,
Murder Of Ex-Governor s,.a' ~
enberg.

Boise, Idaho THE Boise STAT,
presents some Interesting s,s,'la
regarding the Haywood trial | A
has caused almost Worldwide ,n,. wy
because Of the gravity of the s'
charged and the pFominence i m :,
circles, at least, OF the man :. s
for completely in the murder :,
Governor Steunenberg, of Idaho
1t is exceedingly difficult to yat
estimate closely what the eynsr..
the great trial will have been =.
all is closed w. Up to date /,
known that is has cost CANYON co,.,
trifle eves s20,O00-its share @ Sss
does not include more than ahou,
fifth of the cost to the prosoew,.
The expense to the defense has h.
a great deal more than to the sta,o
has been stated by those WIN hs,y
been close to the defense that so !,
the defense has spent very clo,e
$150,000 in defending William n u,
wood.
On June 6 a settlement was had i
tween Canyon county and Ada com,
for the amount spent by the Ian,
county on account of the Hayvo
trial and Canyon county issued =,
rants to Ada county totaling M
S56.27, the amount spent to that ds,l
This included all per diem witnsJ
fees and mileage only from staA linz
The mileage outside the state AL
other out-of-state witness expe5aas \
the state line were paid from state n
preparations. From the same fund n
torney fees were paid, also the nav 4
certain deputies, detectives fees M
all of which amounted up to sonl
thing over s65,000. n
1t is interesting to note that mp,I
OF the expense has been on accouj
of the jury. All jurors summonsI
while on duty and until excused yqI
allowed SO per day. That amount II
meant that twelve men for 76 davi
of the trial, received s36 per al
and that in all 24S persons summon
as jurors each received SO per d,I
for days running from one up to 4
average of six days each. All Of al
time since May 8, five baiifis hsyl
each received So per day and ther|
have been a number of special depl
ties drawing each SO per day. Seyen|
Of these have been paid directly n
Canyon county, but most OF them hsy|
drawn their pay in state warranl|
from the appropriation fund.
All Of the time since the trial NJ
jurors have been housed in dwelllnl
house especially fitted up for ther|
The house has cost Canyon county
rent $3.50 per day since May 3 4
feed the jurors up to June s, 1t h|
taken groceries to the amount 4
$477.50. That included the purchas1
of some tableware and cooking utel
sils. The meat bill up to that TIM
amounted to $i19. There were ntid
household expenses man to lm|
after the house, a woman to keep u
housework up, cook and servants
The trial of William ID. Hayvc3
started on May 8.
There were altogether 24S yenlle
men summoned of whom thirty'nli'
were excused for statutory excuse
and of whom twenty-three were fnall
excused without being examined, nay
ing been left over after the jury Fa
secured.
or the Jurors now in the box, "
have been serving as jurors since "
first day of the trial. They are san
uel F. Russell and Samuel d. Gilnin
These two were called to the jury Y
on May 8. They are the only lupu
left of the original panel which 7
ported May 9.
On May 13 there reported for dpl
the first special panel OF yeniremsa
100 in all. There are serving on y
jury six men selected from that pane
they being Levi Smith, Lee scnn'
ener, Thomas h. Cess. George Pose'
Daniel Clark and A. P. Burns.
On May 25 the second special yeni9
OF sixty talesmen reported from y,
whole panel but one Juror was sesu ses'
ed. That one who Is serving IS "
ley Mclean. II was on May 81 w
the final panel of sixty-one repol'VV
and the remaining jurors were ses,
ed from that panel They are j.
Robertson, o. V. Sebern and H.
Messecar.
The jury was finally completed y
accepted by both sides on June y
The following day the defense
gan its introduction OF evidence hu'
ly resting on July 13. The state Oesa
Its rebuttal the same day CLOSING
July II. In all eighty-nine Wines, ..,
were placed on the stand by the s'''
and eighty-seven by the defense