Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-18
THE HAYWOOD CASE
THE MINERS OFFICIALS TESTIFY
IN DEFENSE.
SIFT THE BRADLEY EXPLOSION
Lengthy Dispositions from a Number
Of San Francisco People Are
Read TO Jury.

Boise, Idaho.-Thc License in the
HAYWOOD trial at Boise spent several
days In getting before the jury lengthy
dispositions from n number Of residents
OF San Francisco concerning the ex-
ploslon in the house occupied by +. w.
Bradley, the former mine manager,
whom Orchard had Included In his list
OF attempted agsasslna'ions. L%inforth,
owner OF tLe apartments, had sued the
gas company for damages. and had
brought numerous aridayits 10 prove
the explosion was caused ~ gas leak
age. Bradley himself Swurc that he
smcllcd the order Of PAS Just before
tn" explosion occurred, and he attribn-
ted the ignition TO his lighted cigar.
He was an expert on the effect OF
dynamite and giant powder and did
not detect the fumes Of either. Sew
eral details OF Orchards story about
this incident were directly contradict
ed by Witnesses. Ono man had passed
the entrance to the Bradley house two
minutes before the explosion and saw
Il servant at work cleaning the porch.
The court excluded a part OF the evil
dcncc offered, Including tho a~ffidavlts
Of Governor GoOdinp and Detective Nc.
pariand, which had been sent IN the
San Francisco Gas company, which
also contained contradictions OF Or
charh. The court also excluded evi.
dcncc offered by the Il Tense 10 prove
that Mcfarland had tried to mannfac.
tnrc testimony against Haywood. A
newspaper correspondent was ready To
swear that McPharIanh had tried 10
bride him to swear to certain state
ments ~unfavorable 10 the accused.
President Meyer Of the miners
federation took the stand and told his
story of the events connected with
the organizatiOn Of which he IL the
head. With complete as iurancc and
f%rankncSs he made general and par.
~ticular dcnials of all tTn Orchard
accusations and told fully OF the few
occasions when he had been brought
Into contact with Orchard. whom he
had treated AS u member Of the fedora
ton. Meyer denied that he had ever
paid any money to Orchard. He re-.
counted his various expert, noes during
the strike period. and was allowed to
tell most Of tn" circumstances OF his
arrest upon III" S~tcunCnbcrg murder
charge. Finally President Meyer idcn.
tilted the cntir" official correspondence
connected with the legal aid offered by
the federation To Orchard when he
a arrested on the charge OF muir.
dcrIng Struncnbcrg. This was ex-
planned by the general policy Of the
federation 10 defend its members when
accused Of crimes, ana also on She
ground that the federation vas SuS-
piciOu8 of a conspiracy 70 connect rs
officers with crave c-l;n-. This Is
tn" correspondence which the state all
along has iuIimated that the defense
had tried 10 conceal.
After the crOBs.nxaminailon OF Moy.
or by Senator Burah, during which the
witness mad" II appear that he had
nothing 10 conceal. although admittingl
10 having had close relations with Or,
Chard at different times, the defendant
Haywood took the stand In his own
defense, He made q strong and IA
vorablc Impression for mental alert.
ness and dignity. He told the story OF
hi3 III" and more particularly OF his
prominent part In the political work OF
tn" federation. and made general and
specific d"hials OF the Orchard testi.
mo ny.