The daily sentinel., 1907-10-12
TRIAL OF
PETTIBONE
Broken in Health the Fed
eration Leader Declares
He is Ready and Anxious
to Have His Fate Decided
..Gererally Believed that
Prosecution Will Fail.
fspeciaI to The sentinei.)

7 BOlEg.
Illness Georee A. Petubone, indicted
wifb HAYWOOD and Meyer for the
murder of Ex-Governor Steuhenhers
viii be placed ON trial next week.
| Tho date mas been fixed for Tues
lday. and both prosecution and defense
| rave announced that they viii be
ready at that time. Pettibone is
still suffering from the effects OF the
recent illness that at one time
threatened TO cause his death, bul
maintains the hopeful and chCertui
spirit that has animated him since
he was brought TO Boise from Der
yer to answer to the charge OF muir
der. Naturally a humorist and an
optimist, he apparently does not real
ize the gravity Of the charge against
him. or dismisses it with shrug
of the shoulders and an airy wit
ticIsm. When the condition of his
health allows. which he gravly as
sures his visitors and will become
highly valuable as souvenirs after he
has been hanged.
Little popular interest is mani
tested in the case, the general be
lief being that the prosecution VIII
fail to prove its case. Those who
formerly sympathized with the state
officials in their efforts to secure the
conviction of the Western Fedora
tion leaders are critical of the atti-
tude the state has taken toward Pet
tibone, who was refused his liberty
despite the failure of the Haywood
prosecution and the release of Meyer
on bail. Persons not Intimately con-
nected with the administration who
are nevertheless, against the defend
ants, think this action has sayored of
prosecution toward Pettibone, whose
life has been endangered by con
finement, and who is not Socialist
nor an active member of the Western
Federation OF Miners. PettibOne him
self has been philosophical. He says
the state needs a goat" and that he
is it.
Clarence Darrow, who defended
William ID. Haywood, will head the
Pettibone defense, and will be assist
ed by several able attorneys, bin7
Guiding X. |. Perky, former circuit
judge of Boise county, who has al
so been retained by the miners. e.
y. Richardson, who played an i'm
portant part in the Haywood defense,
will not take part in the Pettibone
case. The Denver attorney is still
employed by the Western Federation
of Miners, but friction between him
and Darrow has caused him to in
cline to take part in the defense of
Pettibone. James H. Hawley and
Senator William Il. Borah will again
represent the state.
AS in the trial of Haywood, Harry
Orchard will likely be the principal
WITH esq loF . prosecution. and will
agauu repeat mis- grisly story of null
utudinOus murders. committed, he
alleges. at the instigation of the Wes-
tern Federation's Inner circle" Pet
tibone. Orchard alleges. was mem
ber of this band of conspirators and
took a prominent part in planning
the murders which he and other hired
assassins committed. So far as is
known, the state has no new evidence
TO introduce. and the only hope for
a conviction is apparently in secur-
ing a jury that will be more inclined
to believe the tale told by Orchard
than was the Haywood jury.
Although 1t is believed that the
finding of sufficient number of
qualified iurymen will be even more
difficult than ia the Haywood trial.
the taking of testimony is not eN-
pected to occupy nearly as much
time. The trial of Haywood began
ON May and 1t was not until July
2S that the jury returned its verdict
of not guilty. Nearly a month was
occupied in securing a jury. each
side using all its peremptory chal-
lenges, and PAS veniremen were cN-
amned.
Since the close of the Haywood
trial the Western Federation of Min
ers has solicited money for the con-
duct OF the Pettibone case and is
now said to be in financial condition
to carry the legal battle to the high
est courts, il necessary. The eXpend-
tturcs in the conduct of the HAYWOOD
case We're tremendous. and aggrega-
ted over 100000. In its effort to
convict Haywood the state of Idaho
spent $4,000. or this um. 100000
went to j. IL. Hawley, the state's attor-
uey, and a similar amount to the
Pihkerton Detective agency. Senator
Borah received $4,000. and $4,000
vent to witnesses and others. Much
complaint has been caused among tax
payers by the. bill of the Pinkertons.
which is alleged to have included, as
'incidentals." wines, liquors, cigars
and other luXuries indulped in BY
the sleuths at the expense or the
state.
Pettibone, who was merchant in
I Denver prior to his arrest on Febru-
airy lG, 1906, is not a member Of the
Western Federation of Miners. al
/ though he was the intimate or w
purposes. His store was used as n
officials and in sympathy with its
general redezvous for union miners
and it was in this manner that he
met Harry Orchard. the self-confess-
ed multi-murderer whose confession