Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-20
Senator Borah Announces
Early Completion Of
Evidence.
ARTICLES ADMITTED
Judge Allows Magazine Attacks
on Steunenberg to Go
In as Evidence.

Boise. June 20.-When court i'll the
Haywood trial opened this morning
Judge Wood announced his decision on
the admissibility of articles i'll the Min
ers' Magazine as evidence. He said
the court was thoroughly satisfied "a
to the admissibility of articles appear
ing i'll the magazine showing the ami
mus of the Western Federation of Min
ers during the period of the commits
sion of the series of crimes confessed
to by Orchard and alleged by him to
have been melted by officers of the
federation.
Articles appearing after that period,
the court said, would not be admitted.
Spent Morning Reading.
The entire morning session was tax
en- up with the reading of articles from
the Miners Magazine by Senator BO-
rah. They were principally attacks
upon former Governor Steunenberg.
Court adjourned at 11:45, and Boran
announced the state would close to-
morrow.
Reads from First Issue.
After the announcement of the
judges decision Senator Borah read
from a copy of the first issue of the
magazine an article written by Ed
Boyce, in which he outlined the policy
of the magazine as proposing to stand
for the interest of the Western FEEDER
alton of Miners and in a general way
for the laborinS masses against the
predatory classes. The second exhibit,
letter from Eugene Debs and pub
lished in the issue of Feb. /, was also
read.
Dcbs' Article SIzzIcs.
The article of Debs greeted the mag
azine and paid tribute to the announce
- ment of its policy by Boyce. He went
on to denounce Steunenberg and Off
Cials of Idaho in scverest terms as
"whelps who should go back to their
own native hell and who should not es-
cape the consequences of their crimes"
Worse Than Murderer.
Debs contrasted these vile official
creatures" with Paul Corcoran. who was
found guilty of murder in the COeu:
d'Alene and whom Debs called an hon
est workingman standing magnificent
ly in the strength of his righteousness.
In conclusion, Debs wrote: Know ye,
Steunenberg and others, we have an
account to settle with you"
Gave Proof of Bomb.
Boise, Idaho, June 20.-The state
yesterday made dramatic production
and proof of the Goddard bomb AMI
beside offering further contributions OF
the testimony of Orchard against Hay.
wood, secured q. ruling under which 4
number of denunciatory articles pup
lished in the Miners Magazine, the OF
fetal organ of the Western Federation
of Miners, will be admitted in evi
denCe.
To Justice Goddard himself fell the
task of telling the story OF the find
ing and preservation for use as Ell
dence of the bomb with which Orchar,
tried to kill him He testified tha
the first information he received abou
the bomb came to him from Orchard
confession, which was shown to hin
at Denver. Feb IS, 1906, by Detectiv,
Mcfarland. He at once returne,
home and in his gate discovered
screw eye which Orchard said he ha'
placed there. 1t was rusted and cor
roded by ten months of exposure.
Described Bomb,
The witness said he had examine
the ground outside the gate whe"
Orchard said he placed the bomb al
found slight depression with tn
soil packed very hard around it. Th
bomb was dug up the next day ,
General Bulkely Wells, who used
pocket knife to cut the soil away al
raise the pine box containing tn
bomb There was small phial on to
of the box and attached to the rubbe
cork of the phial was piece of ruste
wire.
The bomb and its attachment wa
then sealed in wrappers and envelope
that were signed by half dozen WI
nesses, including Justice Goddard, an
placed in vault to the door of whic
seals. including that of notary pu
lie. were attached. There they reste
until the following May %, when, ID
IieyinG the Haywood case was to con
70 trial, they were removed in II
presence of the same witnesses al
all save three of the forty sticks