Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-19
Practice in Chicago Trial
Brought Up at
Boise.
DAY SPENT ARGUING
object OF State to Introduce
Editorial Expressions
Against Haywood.

DOiSe, June lJ.-lne haywood trldl
was resumed at $50
Senator Borah offered number o.
articles printed on matters of magI-
zine evidence. Defense made general
objection, contending they failed -
connect the defendant with the muir
der of Steunenberg.
Naming and describing the articles
took nearly half an hour The arti-
Cles themselves will be read to the jury
later if court admits them as evidence
Spend Morning Arguing.
The entire morning session was
consumed in hearing arguments on the
admissibility as evidence of the editor
ial utterances.
Both sides of the argument was baS-
ed on the Chicago anarchist cases, the
defense contending that by no cOn-
struction could authority in that case
be made a guide here, and the stale
that it covered the very propositions
involved here.
Judge Wood will rule on the matter
this afternoon.
Boise, Idaho June 19.-The prose
Cution in the Steunenbcrg murder trial
offered one of its most important
pieces of evidence against Haywood
yesterday when, recalling Harry Or
Chard for redirect examination, it in
troduced and secured the admission Of
letters tending to show that Haywood
hn fol ,F .,.r
swears he was engaged on various
crimes for the federation leaders, hal
participated in plan to deceive Mrs.
Orchard the second, of Cripple Greek,
as to the whereabouts of her husband.
Two letters he had dated at San
Francisco and third purpOrted to
come from Nome, Alaska. This last
was actually carried to Nome by d
friend and mailed there. The de
fense attacked the letters and o.,
chard's story about them when it got
a chance to Cross-cXamine the witness
but Orchard held to the story he h1d
told about them.
Did Not Ask Counsel.
The state developed its contention
that as tending to show CONSPIRACY
and knowledge of the Stemenberg
crime, Orchard was, without any .
quest from him, furnished with cOdn
sci within a few days after his III
rest The defense examined Orcha:,
on this subject and largely devoted il
self to showing the Western Fedora
tion always provided counsel for it
y1.h- tbB,
got into trouble.
There was d long contest over tn
unsuccessful effort by the state t
show that the confession of Stew
Adams had been voluntary. 1t main
tanned Adams had once discussed til
matter freely with Attorneys Hawlc
and Borah but that was about as IA
as it got, the court sustaining oil
jections from the defense.
Believe Simpkins II Suicide.
Fort Collins, Col, June 19.-Corone
II. NJ Hollowell and Deputy Sherit
Irving c. LoweTy, who nave returne
from the Baldwin ranch in North Parl
express the opinion that the corpse c
stranger found dead there recently
that of Jack Simpkins, who has bee
implicated in the assassination of Go'
ernor Steunenberg in the confession {
Harry Orchard. HallOwell says that tn
description of the dead man and that {
Simpkins as sent out by the Pinkerto
Detective agency almost exactly tall.
In Poor Health.
The stranger arrived at the Baldwi
ranch 10 days ago in poor health an
asked for work, which was given him.
He was continually on the lookou
always went armed, and demanded ia
for his work every night Coroner Hs
lowell says that the man, who gave on
the name of Mack" to the Tanchme