The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-05-17
Haywood TRIAL
BEGINS At BOISE
The Task Of Selecting Jury in
the Fir I OF the Famous
Cases Now Under Way.
Family Of the Accused Man In the
Court Room az the opening SEES
sion. Which Was Unmarked
by Unusual Incident

Boise. Idaho Thursday May o.
the opening day OFF fHr .r.l. nf VIII
liam % Haywood. ihn nr.l FOO Doe placed
uu uiaI OF lbr alleged participants loo
thp ayonrlus conspiracy ny which 20
o. aycrrcd the assassination Of HN.
Governor Frank strunrubcrg was plot.
toi aud executed was unmarked by
unusual Incident o. was earnest aud
bu.IucasIlkc. Its striking feature was
the untirc absence of crowd. or dem.
onsfnuon Boo any form 40 mo- time.
morning or afternoon. was the court.
room more than half hucd. and the
streets forming the courthouse square
contained not % single luitorcr
Tho case WAS halted shortly before
o o'cloci. au adjournment De-.
lng taken until Monday aud no
Juror was secured. but substantial pro.
gross wa made
Mr. Haywood WIS brought into the
court room sharp at 10 o'clock In the
morning Ho found bis family in a
line NJ chairs TO the right Of bis seat
and leo front were nll Of bis counsel
lIo devoted more attention to IBIS
youngest daughter than 10 any one
else. aud throughout the day took prac.
ucally mo- part 100 tho selection of
Jurors. Many men Boo similar jeopardy
as rule. make close study Of thCir
prospective jurors and frequently cX.
press thcir personal preferences. but
Mr. Haywood seems content to leave
the matter entirely In thc hands OF hiB
lawyers Haywood gave mo- sign OF
any feeling or emotion, but sat quiet
ly throughout the day Mrs. Haywood
and the older daughter stood the on
deal Of appearance iu court very we'll
but the younger child cried after the
examination OF taloamcn began. Mrs.
Haywood and her children dld not a..
tend the afternoon session.
The question OF the defense took
much wider range than that OF the
state. aud its most striking feature
dealt with the possible eject upon the
minds and attitudes OF jurors Of the
letter OF President Roosevelt In call.
INK Haywood aud his associates "un.
desirable citizens the speeches In
Idaho OF Secretary Taft, the message
Of Governor Gooding to the legislature
Of Idaho. the speech In Boise of scna.
tor Hepburn. and the action Of the
Idaho legislature In passing a rcsolu.
tlon and appropHating money for the
prosecution Of the three prisoners.
The chief concern OF the counsel for
the state In the examination Of tales.
men, as indicated by their questions
was their attitude toward circumstau.
tlal evidence. the absence OF the ac.
ouscd fium the state when the crime
was committed, the enoct OF the man.
ncr IN which the prisoner aud his com.
panlons were brought from Colorado.
views OF the talcsmcn as to the death
penalty for murder In the first degree
aud union labor. They also questioned
] each talcsmun Az To his acquaintance
| with the murdered governor with a
Wow 10 disclosing friendship or en-.
nifty
Judge Wood announced that be- in.
tended To give both slides % Widc luti
tudo In the examination OF tulcsmun
lie also showed q willingness 10 grant
| challenges whore there seemed any
reasonable objection tu the attitude of
| the ulusmuu and boz the one contest
| of tho duy De- ruled with the defense
| which had challenged the tulo8muu
and was resisted boy the state
Lawyers of Uuiso not connected lU
any way With the case. but who know
az much us Is known of what both
sides expect 10 do. say that after On,
! jury li secured the trial of the cas-
ought 10 be- over In .wo weeks Iuig,
Fremont Wood oNucts to waste 30
tlmc and another adjournment is moi
| looked for Tho court viii sit from
10 u M to noon and from 10 o %
m, ana sometimes until o o'clock
| with one long session ON Saturdays.
Several members of tho Western
Federation of Minors who are nov 90
Boise watching the pUgross of Oh,
case do mot join Zoo the belief exist
ont in some quarters that OryhU,
will refuse to testify. Thoy hcuoF.
that no win make hls statement upon
tho stand ON all aios there is
question Bs to how Mr Orchard .wi'
be- allowed to go lu biE statrmou
which, 10 is alleged. duplicates Hay
wood Mover and pcuihOnc 10 O
around This evidence that tho whole
case undoubtedly win move
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