The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-15
TENTH WEEK SEES
END OF TRIAL NEAR
More Testimony in Rebuttal Will
Be Submitted to Court
To-day.
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CALL ORCHARD A fPERJURER
Defense Claims, Too, That His
Maternal Grandfather Was
a Maniac.
CALL ORCHARD A ;PERJURER

BOISE, IDAHO, July li.--The end of
TIE trial OF William -. Haywood, sec
rotary and treasurer OF the Western
Federation OF Miners, charged with
the niIrder OF and conspiracy to muir
der Frank Steunenberg. is now within,
measurable distance nhe case Will to-
morrow enter It's tenth week of hearing
before Judge Fremont Wood, in the
District Court of Ada county. Both
sides have rested, and the rebuttal has
begun.
The State of Idaho, through Its rep
resentative counsel, will argue to the
jury within the next two weeks that
Orchards story 10 true, and there did
exist the widespread conspiracy to ter.
rorize what is called by the defendants
III this case "the capitalistic class
Calls Orchard Pcrjnrer.
The Western Federation of Miners.
through its attorneys. viii argue that
Orchard is "a acknowledgements the
reward Being immunity from punish
ment for the murder OF former Gov
ernor Steunenberg. and that a cmspr-
acy now exists on the part Of the mine
owners and the employers of labor to
fdiscredit the Western Federation even
though Haywood, Mover and Petit
bone should hang In pursuance of their
plans, The arguments on each side
will be made.
The rebuttal for the State, so far
is directed against the witnesses pro-
duccd by the defense to dfscredit Or
chard. at the end of the first day Of
rebuttal. q warrant, was issued for
DR.. l. L. McGee. who swore that he
saw Orchard in North Idaho at a time
which Orchard swore he was in Den
yer. MCGEE is a prominent man living
in the northern part Of the State
Counsel for the defense rs soon as
they heard of the warrant. sent tele-
gram to MCGEE, in which, according
to Clarence barrow, one of Haywood's
counsel. they urged him to come to
Boise at once He was arrested to-
day and will be in Boise tomorrow.
Grantiiniher maniac.
Tonight the defense says 1t has dis
covered new evidence to show that
Orchards maternal grandfather. former
| ~ a resident of Canada, was q maniac
on the subject Of crime. and there are
| limitations Of possible delay. Judge
| Wood, however. intimates to counsel
that the case must be concluded. He
points out that by limiting the scope
of the examinations of witnesses on
both sides the hearing might have been
much shortened. but that he was de-
| sirous OF giving every opportunity to
counsel to fully develop their cases.
Now, however, the situation j S different,
/ and further delay would be an injustice
| to the State, while the continued con-
finement of the jury would -imperil the
/ case.
A novel feature of the case is the
1 confession of witness, William
/ Dewey, who yesterday swore, he parti-
cipated in the riots in the Coeul
d'Alenes when two men We're killed.
In making this confession, Dewey
n n ~ra co
for the State expresses the opinion
that Dewey will not be prosecuted.
New Witness APPEARS
Among the men now in Boise q;
witnesses for the defenNe is W. A
Davis. who was indicted by the grant
jury of Shoshone county as leader
in the same riot. He has been ii
Idaho for thirty days. and no effor
has been made to act on the indict
ment. 1t is pointed out that the Bunk
er Hill and sullivan afffir occurred
eight years ago and that 1t might b,
extremely hard to make a charge o
murder hold. The county went t,
great expense at the time of the out
break to prosecute those concerned
One man was convicted. but was az
e forwards pardoned. Some ten or a doz
!, en- indictments We're found, and II /
+ said that the names of more than 20
! of the participants in the riots ar
: known to the authorities, and tina
\ many Of them have been residents O
Idaho since the occurrences.