The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-07-11
HAYWOOD COUNSEL
ACCUSE M'PARLAND
SAY DETECTIVE TRIED TO MANU-.
FAcTuRE EVIDENCE.
MATTER is RULED OUT
Charge Based on Story Told by News.
paper correspondent-Rest Of
San Francisco peposi.
tions Read.

Boise, Idaho, July 10.-The defense
in the Steuncnberg murder case Tues
day charged that Detective James Nc
Parland has been guilty Of an attempt
to manufacture testimony against
William ID. Haywood, but was unsuc-
cessful in getting the basis and de-
tails of the charge before the court
and jury.
Alva A. Swain, newspaper corre-
spondent who represents the Pueblo
Chieftain at Denver, was called to the
stand and questioned as to a conver-
sation he had with Detective /McPar-
land In Denver last fall. Senator
Borah for the state objected to the
conversation on the ground that no
foundation had been laid for 1t.
Clarence Darrow, for the defense,
who was examining Swain, explained
that the testimony was offered for the
purpose of showing that there existed
conspiracy between the mine own
ers and the Pinkertons to secure a
conviction and execution of the pris-
oner. mcfarland approached this
witness In an attempt to manufacture
testimony" he declared, "and l be-
lieve we have right to show It"
Excluded by the Court.
Judge Wood. said there was nothing
In the evidence that furnished prop
er foundation for the introduction of
such testimony and sustained the
states objection. The defense took
an exception and said they would later
make another attempt to secure the
admission of SWANS testimony.
Counsel for the defense are evidently
counting on reaching the matter
through MCFARLAND himself, but 1t is
quite probable that the state will not
call Mcfarland as a witness.
1t is claimed by the defense that
MCFARLAND told Swain he had letter
from Harry Orchard saying that when
Haywood paid him for the Vindicator
job he took him to one of the Denver
banks to draw the money and that
when they came out of the bank
Swain was standing at the door and
saw them. 1t is said that Swain told
Mcfarland he could not remember the
incident whereupon Mcfarland i'm
pressed him with the Importance of 1t
as evidence and significantly urged
him to recall it and become witness
in the case.
Denied by MCFARLAND.
Detective MCFARLAND denies that he
ever suggested anything improper to
Swain He says he got the letter as
described by Orchard who wrote that
Swain was at the door of the bank on
the day in question, there being run
on the bank, and that he believed
Swain might remember having seen
them. He says that when he went to
see Swain the latter said that he
would not tell whether he remembered
the incident or not and asked for an
other interview MCFARLAND declares
that he there dropped the matter and
did not again see Swain.
Allen +. Gill, formerly master me-
chanic of the Tiger and Poorman
mine and later city engineer Of
Spokane, and his wife also were wit
nesses for the defense Tuesday. They
jointly related that Harry Orchard
attempted to sell them his interest in
the Hercules mine in February and
March, 1899. which was Just prior to
his departure from the Occur d'Alenes.
and Mr.. Gill. who saw Orchard in
Spokane a month before he killed
Steunenberg, testified that Orchard
said II was because of Steunenberg
that he lost his interest in the Her
cules.
Rest Of Dispositions Read.
Other than for the interest and re-
lief afforded by the introduction of
the three witnesses named, the entire
day was given over to the reading OF
the rest of the San Francisco deposit
tions.. The men who built the Lind
forth flats, the plumbers who put in
the lighting system, the firemen who
came after the explosion and the con-
tractors and their men who made the
repairs, all deposed at great length
and detail. The weight of their tales
seems to favor gas explosion, but
none of the testimony was conclusive
and the whole question involved will
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