The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-03
BOTH SIDES ARE
. READY FOR TRIAL
No Real Prospect for Any De-
lay in the Haywood
Case.
Case.

Boise. Idaho. May Counsel for
prosecution and defense in the Steun-
enberg murder case have settled down
to their final preparatory work and
there is every reason for believing that
the trial of William Haywood, first of
the accused, will be commenced on
Thursday next. Various reports as to
moves tending to further delay the
trial are in circulation, but the atti-
tUde of both sides indicates that they
are ready 70 go to the bar for trial.
The only preliminary proceeding
pending is d motion by the defense for
a bill of particulars of the evidence by
which the state hopes to show that
Haywood cOnspired in the murder of
Stcunenberg. This motion, which is
designed to secure a disclosure of the
hand CT the state, will be argued be
fore Judge Wood on Monday next. This
is not regarded as likely to delay the
trial.
The Idaho code OF practice, modelled
closely upon that Of California, makes
no provision for bills of particulars in
criminal cases, and in the only prece-
dent recorded in the Idaho reports the
court denied the application, holding
that the power to require the furnish
ing of bills of particulars in general
was discretionary with the court. 1t is
asserted that no right of appeal goes
with such d motion and neither side
seems to regard the matter seriously.
Boise People Calm.
This oasis of tie American desert to
which the leaders Of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners nave been brought
to answer to the capital charge that
they compassed the murder of q former
governor in revenge for his activity in
suppressing disorder in the days of
violence in the Occur d'Alenes, seems
to grow in exterior placidity as the
date OF the opening of the first trial
closely approaches. The officials Of the
state, county and city, counsel chosen
to present the case of the state. men
who lead in the life and work Of the
community, have reached a point
where they decline to publicly discuss
! the case or the men at bar. The
streets, stores, hotels present no scenas
/ foreign to the routine Of the days
/ work.
1t would seem that a majority of the
/ community has assumed a judicial at
tstude toward the celebrated case and
! has disciplined itself in the face of it
! The occasional man, free from align
! ment or pdrUSdOSnlp, VINO VIII discuss
the case openly, generally tells you that
! Boise knows neither labor unionist mol
mine owner, knows only that a Crue
murder, one of long series of shock
] ing crimes, has been done, that It:
/ business is to calmly and fairly try
1.-The men who are accused, to free then
if they are innocent, to hang them Il
they are proven guilty. and TO do thi!
| feaTlessly.
But shallow under he surface o.
calm th,re Is a strong undercur-ent o.
apprehension and nervousness. tragic
in many of its aspects Violence is tn,
ever present fear. The position of thu
i prisoners and their activity through
years of bitter labor warfare, the dis
4 sension over their arrest in Colorado
and removal to Idaho, the rallying O
thousands of workingmen TO their sup
port and the radical propaganda under
! taken i'm their behalf. together with tn,
intense feeling against the Mine Own
ers' association. and other incidents
have served. rightly or wrongly, t,
make the case in the minds and atti
tudes of thousands, a contest between
the classes rather than a trial for tn
alleged crime Of murder.
In few minds Is there belief tina
Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone, thei