The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-27
PETTIBONE CASE
BEGINS TODAY
Defendant in Poor Health as
Result of an Operation, but
Insists Upon Trial.
LONG ARRAY OF ATTORNEYS
DIFFICULTY EXPECTED IN Sc
CURING A JURY.

Boise, Ida, Nov. 26.-The work of Sc
curing a jury for the trial of George A.
Pettibone. charged with completely in
the assassination Of Ex-Governor Frank
A. Steunenberg. will begin in the dis
trict court here tomorrow morning.
Judge Wood announced from the
bench today that there would be no
further delay. 1t is expected that
Clarence Darrow and James H. Haw-
ley, chief counsel for defense and state,
respectively, viii arrive from Rath-
drum before court convenes here to-
morrow. but even should they not be
here, the examination of talesmen will
proceed.
It was announced this morning by
Judge Wood that the jury box would be
filed this afternoon by members of the
regular panel, but II was agreed be-
tween attorneys that no objection
would be raised to pOstpOning this ac-
ton until tomorrow. and the court act
ed on their suggestions. The regular
venire consists OF Ihirty-five names,
and when these are disposed of a spe-
cial venire of at least 100 will be or
dered.
Difficult to Secure Jury.
Attorneys on both sides agree that
# will require a longer time to secure
a jury i'm this case than in the Hay
wood trial, when nearly month was
consumed i'm this preliminary work
PettibOne was indicted with William
u. Haywood, secretary; Charles H
Meyer president, and Jack Simpkins,
member of the executive board of the
Western Federation Of Miners. in
March. 1906. for the murder Of ex-GOv-
ernor Frank Steunenberg at Caldwell
Ida, Dec. 60 1905. He was arrested at
Denver at the same time as Meyer and
Haywood and brought to Idaho, follow
ing the confession Of Harry Orchard
In which he admitted killing Steunen-
berg with a dynamite bomb. and
charged that he had been hired to COM
nit the crime by the federation Off
GERS. PettibOne has no official connec-
ton with the federation, but has been
made an honorary member since his
arrest. 1t is charged by the state that
he was the go-between for the so-called
Inner circle and hired assassins.
Pettibone in Poor Health.
After the acquittaI of Haywood. ap-
plication for bond was made for Meyer
and Pettibone. The state refused to
consent to Petitioners release, but Nov
er was allowed bail in the sum of S25,-
300. The trial Of Pettibone was set for
Oct !, but was continued several times
because of the defendants illness.
Pettibone is still i'm poor health. but
insists that he is able to stand trial
With two exceptions, the same attor-
neys viii be engaged in the Pettibone
trial as in that of Haywood E. F
Richardson Of Denver, who was chief
counsel for Haywood, has retired from
the case, and Clarence Darrow of Chi
cago is now attorney of record for the
defense. X. I. Perky of Boise has been
added to the long list of defense attOr-
neys. Others who will appear in be-
half of the defendant are former Con-
gresham Edgar Wilson Of Boise, Peter
Breen of Butte. John F. Nugent of
Boise, Fred Miller of Spokane and
Leon Whitsell of Wallace.
James H Hawley again appears as
leading counsel for the state Senator
Borah is new in Washington, and will
remain there until after the conven-
ing Of congress. when ne Will return to
assist in the prosecution. Prosecuting
Attorney Van DUyn of Canyon county
where the crime was committed. and
W. Z. Stone of Caldwell will also an
pear for the state.