Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-18
dtBUTTAL IS BEGUN 1
EVIDENCE TO SHOW WITNESSES
FOR HAYWOOD HAVE LIED.
ONE OF THEM ARRESTED
Or. I. L. MCGEE Is Accused Of Perjury
- Confession of William
Dewey Supports That
of Orchard.


Boise, Idaho = The trial Of w. ID.
Haywood for the murder OF for
mer Gov. Steunenberg entered on its
enth week Monday and the end is in
sight. The state has begun the pre-
,entation of rebuttal evidence.
Evidence has been introduced in
support of the charge brought by the
state of Idaho that conspiracy ex-
lsted among high officials of the West
srn Federation OF Miners TO intimi-
late all persons who ran counter TO
the purposes of union labor with a
view to establishing members of or
ganized bodies of workingmen as mas
tiers of the situation, thus commencing
a political and industrial reorganiza-
ton which, having its initiative in the
west, should spread with irresistible
force throughout every section OF the
country. Evidence has been intro
duced to show that in pursuance OF
this conspiracy, Is men were muir
dered.
Defense Shows Counter Plot.
In defense of the man Immediately
concerned and of the officers of the
Western Federation of Miners who are
charged with participating in the
plans for murder as a means TO the
desired ends, evidence has been intro
duced to show that another and coun-
ter conspiracy existed among employ
ers of labor in the west, looking TO the
humiliation of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners in particular, because
the federation represented the cause
of organized labor. Evidence has
been introduced to show that, in fur
therance of the conspiracy among
actual employers and capitalists, is
innocent men were killed and the con
stitution of the United States was VIC
lated
The state of Idaho has produced
Harry Orchard, who swears that he
is the actual murderer of the Is men
whose death is not disputed. He
swears that he was employed by Will
liam ID. Haywood, Charles II. Meyer,
the president, and others of the West
ern Federation, to murder for price.
The Western Federation of Miners
has produced witnesses to contradict
the testimony of the self-confessed
murderer and other witnesses to show
that if he murdered, he murdered be-
cause he was employed by detectives
in the employ of the owners of mines
and wealthy citizens of Colorado to
commit crimes that might be laid to
the door of the Western Federation.
Haywood Witness Arrested.
The rebuttal for the state so far is
being directed against the witnesses
produced by the defense to discredit
Orchard. 1t the end of the first day
of rebuttal a warrant was issued for
DR.. |. L. MCGEE, who swore that he
saw Orchard in North Idaho at time
yer. MCGEE is a prominent man living
in the northern part of the state.
Counsel for the defense, as soon as
they heard Of the warrant having
been issued, sent telegram to Nc
Gee. in which, according to Clarence
barrow, one of Haywood's counsel,
hey urged him to come to Boise at
once. He was arrested in Spokane
Sunday night and waived extradition.
Dewey Confirms Orchard.
The most novel feature OF the
case is the confession of the witness
William Dewey, who Saturday swore
that he participated in the riots in the
Occur d'Alenes when two men were
killed. In making this confession
Dewey laid himself open to arrest
Counsel for the state express the
opinion that Dewey will not be prose.
cuted.
Among the men now in Boise as wit.
nesses for the defense is w. A. Davis,
who was indicted by the grand jury
Of Shoshone county as leader in the
same riot. He has been in the state
of Idaho for 30 days and no effort has
been made to act on the indictment