The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-07-11
HAYWOOD TO TELL
HIS L|FE'SST0RY
HIS TESTIMONY is LIKELY TO
CONSUME SEVERAL DAYS.
DOCUMENTS TO BE READ
Defendant viii Explain Away the
Payments to simpkins and
Adams--Refutatlo Of
Bomb Story.

Bomb Story.
Boise, Idaho, July S.--The attorneys
for William d. Haywood Sunday COM
pleted the details of their plans for
the final week of the defense. which
begins with the opening of court Mon
day at ten o'clock Interest in the
trial this time centers In the forth
coming appearance upon the stand of
Haywood, who, it is claimed, has been
the moving force in the Western Fed
GRAFTON of Miners for the past several
years, and one of his codefendants,
Charles Meyer, the president of the
miners organization.
The third defendant in the famous
case, George A. Pettibone, will not
take the stand, 1t is said, until his
own case comes on to be heard. Steve
Adams, whose recent trial for the
murder of man in northern Idaho re-
suited in a disagreement of the jury,
and who has been variously implicat'
ed by Harry Orchard in many Of the
latter's crimes and alleged conspira'
cies with the leaders of the Western
Federation, is still in Boise Jail avail.
able as witness for the defense, but
1t has been definitely decided that he
shall not be called to the stand. The
prosecution still claims 1t would vel
come such move, as the appearance
of Adams on the stand might open the
way for the introduction of portion
at least of Adams reputed confes-
sion.
Haywood to Tell All.
Viewed In the light of the closing
plans for defense and prosecution,
there seems little hope that the trial.
which has already been in progress
for two months, can be brought to an
end inside of three weeks. The de-
Tense will require at least five or six
days yet, for it is announced that Hay.
wood when he takes the stand will
be prepared to lay bare his entire
life's history.
His testimony as to his connection
with the Western Federation of
Miners will be interspersed with much
documentary evidence and the intro
duction of this and reading it to the
jury will take up much time. The de-
Tense expresses its willingness that
the crossexamination Of Haywood
shall take the widest possible range.
The defendant, 1t is said, will not only
deny in toto all that Orchard has said
as to his connection with any of the
witness crimes, but will offer per.
fectly plausible explanation of the in.
stances where the state has associat-
ed Orchard and Haywood, notably the
instance of Haywood's part in the de-
ception of the second Mrs. Orchard as
to the whereabouts Of her husband In
the late summer Of 1905.
viii Explain Payments.
Haywood will also be called upon to
explain the sending of several drafts
to Jack Simpkins, member of the
executive board, and an organizer for
the Western Federation, whose pres.
ence in Caldwell with Orchard just
prior to the assassination of former
Gov Steunenberg has not been denied
by the defense. The attorneys for the
federation say that these payments
we're the regular sums due Simpkins
for his work as an organizer and had
absolutely nothing to do with any
crime or proposed criminal act. The
sending of SIS to Steve Adams in Og-
den, Utah, will also be a subject of
inquiry when Haywood takes the
stand.
The fourth instance to which the
state attaches Importance as tending
to connect Haywood with the alleged
conspiracy as revealed by Harry Or.
chard upon the witness stand was the
sending of message by Haywood to
Silver City, Idaho, instructing the
Federation officers there to see that
attorneys were engaged for Orchard
and to protect the interests of the
miners union. sr
To Dlsprove Bomb Story.
The week will begin with the read.
ing OF dispositions secured by the de-
Tense in San Francisco contradicting
Orchards claim that he destroyed the
Bradley house with a dynamite bomb.
With supporting affidavit from Brad
ley the defense will claim the explos-
ion was due to gas. Dynamite experts
will be introduced to show that the
explosion of such a bomb as Orchard
claims to have placed on the Bradley
porch would have created far greater
havoc than was the case and that II
would have been impossible for Mr..
Bradley himself to escape with only
the few bruises he received.
The state may indefinitely prolong
the trial by going into the Colorado
labor troubles on rebuttal In addi-
ton, 1t will undertake to contradict
the statements of many of the de-
lenses witnesses. This win require
several days, the attorneys Interested
being at loss themselves to say how
long.