The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14
RESTS IN
TRIAL OF HAYWOOD.
Attorneys Spring Sensation by
Closing Case Ahead Of
Time.
STATE HEARD IN REBUTTAL
Several Witnesses Put on the
Stand to Confederate
Orchards Story.

BOISE. IDAHO, July l3-startling
developments came to-day in the trial
!,ot William d. Haywood for the muir
der Of Frank Steunenberg, when the
State began It's rebuttal evidence one
witness confessed to participation In a
labor riot. resulting in tho death OF
two men. The record OF conviction for
murder In the second degree OF witt
ness for the defense was introduced,
end tho proof of another having been
sent to the insane asylum on the infor-
nation of his neighbors was offered.
Its admissibility was argued, and the
decision of tho court will be handed
down Monday. Finally, shortly after
court adjourned for the day. informa-
tion was sworn to and a warrant for
perjury was issued against DR.. l. L.
MCGEE. OF Wallace, Idaho. who was
| one OF tho witnesses for the defense.
| Deputies left for Wallace tonight to
arrest MCGEE
Told OF Part in Riot
! A crowded courtroom sprang to
| strained attention at the close OF the
| second session OF the Haywood trial
when William Dewey. witness IN
rebuttal for the State, confessed to &C
| tive participation in the demonsEa-
! ton Of Bunker Hill and Sullivan con-
/
when two men were killed In riot OF
thousand men. Harry Orchard be-
gan his series of crimes al Warmer,
4 where. he said. he lighted one OF the
/ fuses that started the explosion. ana
he swore that William F. Davis.
known among his fellows as lBig Bill
\ Davis. led the mob.
witnesses for the defense have sworn
that Orchard was not at Wardner on
/ April 90. 1899. Davis himself mas
sworn that he was elsewhere, and
positively denied any connection with
i the crime for completely in which PAU
i corcoran was tried and convicted and
! come dozen men, including Davis MIN
i seI, we're indicted. Davis. on the
1 stand. admitted that he went into
hiding Immediately after the rioting.
Gnve Gun. to Union Men.
4 Dewey swore to-day that not only
4 did "Big BIZ accompany the mob 70
4 wardner, but that he served out guns
rifles and ammunition to the union
men gathered in the union hall at
Burke, before they went 10 Wardner
, land was one of the leaders OF Inc
column that advanced on the concen'
traitor before the work Of destruction
began. Eight years have elapsed since
that day of rioting. the consequences
of which was the calling out of United
States troops at the request of Gov
, ernor Steunenberg. the establishment
Of the first military bull pen" and the
laying of the foundation, according t.
the prosecution, for the animus or
, the part Of the Western Federation o.
Miners against Steunenberg, resulting
in his assassination by Orchard in 1905
Since that time, no witness, excep
I Orchard has been found to tell TIL
5 story or incriminate himself until thi
. afternoon. when Dewey. now a resi-
dent of Colorado, made this confss
sion.
Under cross-examination Dewey toll
why he had come to Boise to confes.
, after eight years of silence. He ha
+ been a miner in Colorado for seve
q Eyears. he said, and had even risen t
y be elected town marshal.
/, No Reward for TestifyinE.
: What promise of immunity of pun
!, ishment was given you before you de
10 cided to make the confession of crime
What reward will you receive? Wha
= induced you to make this state1nen
!. now. after all these years 2" were som
,r oe Mr.. Richardson's questions.
;. None" was the laconic reply to til
:. first two questions. But to the Las
one the witness answered: II rea
y Orchards confession"
n You saw how well he was treate
= here and decided to get a little OF 1t;
sneered Richardson.
1T was nothing of that kind" re
sponded Dewey quietly. Il thought
ought to help along with the doing {
!, justice"
' Charge Him With Perjury.
d DR.. l. L. MCGEE, against whom a war
q rant for perjury was ISSUED, is
:. wealthy resident of Wallace. On
time he kept a hospl,al there. In hi
r testimony for the defense he swor
e that Orchard was In Wallace in Angus
and July Of 1904. 1t was at this tim
}, the State asserts, and Orchard himse
= says. that Orchard was in Denve
L planning the Bradley murder.
s. One of the witnesses to-day swor
q that Orchard was at his hotel in Der
. yer in July or August, 1904. Niece
= was also one OF the witnesses VIII
e swore that Orchard was at Mullan O
C the day of the explosion at the Bunk'
d Hill and Sullivan concentration.
Witnesses in Rebuttal.
Ten witnesses In rebuttal were e'
= amined to-day. Most Of them wei
: called to disprove statements as
= Orchards movements in North 1daf
III and as to the disposal OF his nteres
n in the Hercules Mine.
~ One of the most Interesting witness
\ was August Paulson, once poor mine
IS partner of Orchards In the Hercul
b mine. He retained his interest IN Il
Hercules for five years until the mil
became one of the best properties
the country. and he Is now wealth
II Orchard swore that he planned to XII
! nap Paulson's children and eXtort
Il ransom of $4,000. The coup did n
come off. Paulson was, called at tn
r time to show that Orchard disposed
? ! his interest In the mine some time b
r fore he left Idaho. Paulson will
81 recalled later.
j Counsel for the State expect
hnish the rebuttal by Tuesday evenil