Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-03-28
Court at
Caldwell
Argue for Change of Venue Richard.
son Gives Prosecution Sledge
Hammer Blows

OnluWeii, iuhy Natch Si'
The arguments by counsel ON the
question Of removing the trial Of
hoger, Haywood and Pettibone to
some other county besides that Of
Canyon, where the crime was commit.
ted, closed in Judge Woods court this
afternoon about 8 p. NJ, and the judge
tok the motion under advisement until
Monday morning next. This motion
sa Q change Of venue has consumed
aAya The court room has been crowd
cd at every session. 1t is q remark
agile fact that the onlookers are com
posed almost entirely of the working
slass. Th,y have an expression on
their as though to say, "Here is where
trial Here is where we become So
siI factor" The jury venire sum.
noned for Monday morning, March Is,
has been present at the opening Of
each session but dismissed by the
judge. w. J. Scott Of Cripple Creek,
W. T. Bradley of Boise, and Easterly
sf Silver City, Ida, have been present
- proletarian representatives at the
trial. The prisoners have all three
been in court. The exercise and change
Of scene they are getting seems to be
doing them all good, and they all seem
n excellent spirits. They are brought
down on the "pony" every morning
from Boise in charge Of the sheriff and
three guards. At noon they take their
dinner at a boarding house just across
the street from the court house. Mrs.
Meyer and Mrs. Pettibone also come
down on the train every morning.
They are with their husbands in the
intervals of the court sessions in a
small side room where the men are
kept. While a guard is with each
prisoner wherever he goes there is no
undue display Of harshness or author
ity. The men move around the court
room, talk to their friends, counsel
with their attorneys, and no better
treatment could be asked for under
the circumstances.
Exhibit Of Press influence.
After the overruling of the motion
for dismissal on Monday, in presenting
its case for change Of venue, the rest
of the day was spent in presenting
the carefully compiled exhibit which
the defense ha prepared to show that
the minds Of the community were so
poisoned that a fair and impartial trial
was impossible. The excerpts were
principally form the Idaho Statesman,
and the Capital News Of Boise, and
the two Caldwell weekly papers. The
Idaho Statesman is looked upon as
Governor Gooding official organ, and
has been particularly vicious in its
outrageous utterances. The Caldwell
yeIpers have followed tbs lead.
From these clippings evidence was
given that the mine owners had finally
despaired of obtaining any convictions
against the Western Federation in Col
srado and had decided TO shift the
scene Of their nefarious attempts to
Idaho where they though more congen-
ial soil might be found among juries
Of farmers, that were unprejudiced
through sympathy with the great min
ing organization.
Taft's claw and Order" speeches
were given and the power Of executive
inAuence brought to bear to arouse SEN
snent against the defendants.
The most painstaking evidence on
every phase of the situation was ex-
posed before the public gaze in this
vast mass of the stuff that the tools
sf the master class have deluged the
country with. It was plainly evident
MAT the stuff circulated has been Of 30
vicious and outrageous a character
Mat no jury in its senses would ever
convict men on SO manifestly unjust
and malicious attacks.
The showing was also plain that ac'
susations of every sort have been made
against he methods Of the defense. Nc
matter what step was taken some NAL
icious motive was impugned to 1t
The frequent illusions to socialism and
socialists throughout the progress OF
the case testify to the power the 30
sialist party has already become IN
American politics.
Adjourn for steunenberg Funeral.
The court was adjourned Tuesday
morning on account of the funeral OF
A. X. steunenberg, the brother Of tn,
former governor, and the man who sue
seeded him as the leading business mar
Of Caldwell.
The attorneys in the case that Aav,