The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-04

Boise, Idaho, June s.-Tweiye meu
to try William D. Haywood for his
y life on the charge that he murdered
y Gov. Frank Stuenenberg have been
chosen and bound by oath to honestly
! deal the laws justice between state
and prisoner. Haywood has heard
the Indictment charging him with the
crime, and tomorrow, after the state
has recited its case and made promise
of proof, the first chapter of the sick
ening tale of the Caldwell crime will
be retold.
The wearisome work of jury Sc.
lecting ended quickly and unexpected
ly this morning. Alfred Eoff, the
drst talesman examined, was declared
qualified after strong and repeated
and facing, the clerks desk on the left,
that he had an opinion, that he would
carry his opinion into the trial, that he
could not presume the defendant in
nocent and that he would not like to
be tried himself by man who had
an opinion, but despite these condi-
tions of his mind, he thought that IL
sworn as a juror he could fairly try
the case according to the law and evil
dence. -Four challenges for cause
against him failed, but the minute he
was passed, the defense expended its
10th and last challenge to get rid of
him.
o. V. Seburn, the next talesman
called, proved the last one needed.
When resident Of Wyoming, Seburn
served as a member of the Tom Horn
jury and the defense went into the
question quite thoroughly, but in the
end the talesman qualified in man
ner. satisfactory to both sides. The
defense had contemplated making a
request for permission to reopen the
examination Of certain jurors, but this
plan was abandoned and when Judge
Wood ordered the jury sworn, no OBJ
lection came from either side.
The court room hushed to silence
and the IL men rose in their places
and facing the clerks desk on the left,
raised their right hands in solemn as
servation of their pledge to do exact
justice by the accused. 1t was an i'm
pressiye scene and there came an
other two hours later, when after the
midday recess, Haywood listened to
the reading of the indictment against
himself, Meyer, Pettibone and Simp-
kins. Haywood had come to the
court room whitened somewhat in
color, because Of his illness of Satur-
day, but as the clerk walked in front
OF the jury box and began reading the
indictment little tide of blood came
up along his neck and spread over his
cheeks. He looked away from the
scene directly in front of him for a
few moments and then more self-pos-
sessed returned his gaze to the jury
box. His wife and daughters sat at
his side during the brief afternoon
session while the indictment was
read. Haywood talked with them and
his counsel after the statement was
read and then, as he rose to return to
his cell, smiled friendly greetingf at
a friend sitting at the end OF the
bench.
Tomorrow morning at $3.50 o'clock.
James HI. Hawley for the state will
address the court with the states OPP
ening statement, He has prepared no
manuscript and said today that he
would be very brief. Il am going now
to think the matter over and jot down
some headings" he said, "and from
those headings, / will talk. may
write one portion OF the opening
statement and If do, shall read it
when come TO it.''
The state will charge that Haywood
conspiring with Meyer, Pettibone,
Simpkins and others OF the alleged
elmer circle' of the Western FEEDER
alton Of Miners, plotted a campaign OF
terrorism that had for its double pur-
pose the removal by assassination of
those opposed to the organisation
and retention and increase oe control
and power within the organisation. II
will allege that the explosion at the