The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-02
Tells of Famous Murder Case
 to Be Tried on 9lh
IS SEVERE ON ROOSEVELT
Says the Governor of Colorado, the President and the Press Are Ven omous In Charging Guilt of
 steuenenberg Murder.

Boise. Idaho, May 1.-Clarence Darrow of counsel for Haywood. Mover and Pet tbone of the Western Federation of Min CTS, who are charged with eomplcity in the murder of former Governor steunen- / berg, tonight issued formal statement. It was anticipated the statement would be a direct reply to President RooseveIt's Undesirable Citizens" letter, but the statement is general, and references to the President are to former letters of the executive. The statement in part is as fol- lows:
 counseps Statement.
 We have been charged with killing ex- Governor steunenberg with a dynamite bomb. Our trial Is to begin May 9. The details of the assassination have been published broadcast for more than a year. The press of the country especial ly of that section of Idaho where we will be placed on trial, has bitterly denounced us and the Western Federation of Min CTS, to which be belong.
 We were not in Idaho for years before the crime was committed. Under the law we could not be extradited from Colo rado. But in spite of this were were ar rested on a perjured affidavit charging that we were in Idaho at the time of the commission of the crime, and that we in- mediately fled from the state, and on this perjured affidavit the governors of Idaho and Colorado kidnapped us in the night time, refused us an interview with family or a chance to appeal to the courts and brought Us on special train a thou sand miles fro home and into a state and community systematically poisoned against us by newspapers and officials. We have been in jail four months and de- nied bail, while constantly demanding a trial. Every effort has been made to tesfch the fnrners business men and wofllingmen of the community that we are assasslns and outlaws
 Presidents Letter. "Our case is about to be reached and the President of the United States In no way interested, officially or otherwise, sends two letters broadcast over the country charging us with guilt and crime. They were reproduced in every paper in the land and especially every paper of Idaho.
 "The governor of Colorado adds his words of spite and venom 10 those of tho President and says that we are not only guilty of the crime charged but many
 
 United States and the governor of Colo rado are sending out their statements the judge of this county has brought q Citl- zen before him for contempt on the charge that he tried to influence the mind of a prospective juror by saying that the state administration was trying to railroad HIS. On the appearance of this man in court the judge told the states attorney that he should have this obscure farmer indicted for felony because he tried to influence the mind of a prospec- tive juror. The President knows how much greater weight will be given to his words than those of an obscure citt- zen.
 "If we are about to be tried in court every law-abidng citizen, however great or humble, should do everything in his power to cool the passions of men rather than add fuel to the flames If we are to be thrown to the mob the officers should at least open our prison doors and give us some chance to defend ourselves"
 Prisoners Confident.
 Barring the pallor lnseparable from con- finement Haywood, Mover and Pettibone show no mark of long confinement nor apparent trepidaton at the close ap- proach of the trial
 They were laughing at a story told by one of their counsel when they received a correspondent of the Associated Press this afternoon, and the laughter went on until the discussion of the old battle of capital and labor craved the mems consider ation.
 PettIbone. whom they used to call Happy Hooligan'' down in Denver, Is the fun-maker of the trio He nas marked native wit and droll, quaint manner of expressing himself and even today when he made sport of his own explanation, 1t was impossible to refrain from laughing at him.
 Daff hor tak npfr-e exrt1,xr since his incarceration, and following the introductions they showed samples of his handicraft. He has gone to the comic supplements for many of his models and with rare fidelity has reproduced Happy Hooligan." Maud" and "The Coat
 ''Mr. Darrow tells me they will be worth a lot more after I'm hung" he said but I'm not saving any of them"
 To the question: How have you been treated here." the three asserted as one: All right"
 No Complaint, Says Haywood.
 "We have absolutely no complaint said Haywood. No men were ever treated better under like circumstances" said Mover
 "The sheriq and his men have all been very fine to us. We have absolutely no complaint"
 This day cell of ours is really the home of the Western Federation of Miners" said Pettibone a little later, +as 1t was here back in 1892, after the trouble up the Couer d'Alene, that the federation was first proposed and adopted. We will remember that they arrested q lot of our men in 1892 and held them until the su- preme court decided in 1893 that were illegally in custody. While we lay here in this cell we planned the fedora tion.''
 Martial law will not be declared in Boise unless disturbances should occur and make such step necessary said Governor Gooding today to the Associated Press, when shown a statement that It was his intention to place Ada county un- der martial law at the commencenent of the trial of William D. Haywood, charged with participating in the murder of for mer Gov. Frank Steunenberg.
 'I do not expect any such breach of the peace on the bart of the people of our state, and I should very deeply regret the necessity for a decelaration Of mar tial law" the governor went on. Any statement that martial law has ever been under consideration is absolutely without foundation"