Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-19
NEARING END
State Will Close Its Case Against William D. Haywood in a
 Day or Two
LAWYERS ARE ALERT

Boise, Idaho, June 19.-Secrecy is the watchword of the men who are conducting the prosecution of Will liam D. Haywood charged by the state of Idaho with composing the death by assassination of former chief executive, and mystery sur rounds every move made by counsel retained by the Western Federation of Miners to defend their secretary. The case has reached the stage where every move on the part of the states attorneys is more closely watched and reported on by score of sleuths employed by the defense in order that counteracting evidence may be secur- ed from the points in the four or five western states where the alleged con- spiracy, eliminating, according to allegations of the prosecutors in half a hundred murders, played it's part, and from which the state is produc- ing witnesses. While the state has its day in court another score of de- tectiyes watch the employees of the defense in the hope of uncovering some new move by which counsel for Haywood hope to clear their client from the charge of murder. In these last few days during which the state hopes to clinch and corroborate, be- yond a doubt, in the minds of the twelve men with whom the final judgment rests, the story told by Harry Orchard, the self confessed CO., conspirator with Haywood, a tremen- dous activity is apparent. Witnesses for the state are constantly arriving The witnesses forthe defense num- bering between 150 and 200, will be here by the end of the week. Color ado supplies the larger number of these, but California, Idaho and Washington will send others.
 The witness on the stand at the opening of court this morning is Ed Boyce, now wealthy man and one of the owners of the Hercules mine in the Occur d Alenes of which Orchard owned at one time six teenth share. Boyce was for several years the president of the Western Federation of Miners. He has iden- tified the Miners Magazine as the official organ of the federation. It was, in fact, started under his direc- tion while president. With the opening of court this morning the fight turns on the introduction of copies of the magazine. Those which have been offered in evidence contain a number of articles com. menting on former Governor Steun- enberg. Some of these articles are over the signature of w. D. Hay. wood and the state hopes to get them in as proof of the animus that ex isted in Haywood's mind against the governor, who had driven the West ern Federation out of the state and whose example had been followed by the governor of Colorado.
 The state now expects to close its case in direct by Friday night, when it is probable that the court will ad. journ over until Monday. The open. ing of the defense will probably take one day and then will commence the attack on the story told by Orchard
 Counsel for the defense will a, the close of the states case how ever, move to strike out Orchards entire story on the ground that tho state has failed to link Haywood with the murder of Steunenberg, with which he is charged. This, un- der ordinary circumstances, 1t is said by counsel for Haywood, might be a somewhat perfunctory matter, but in the present case they hold that the state has not so far made good its case and they expect Orchards story to be stricken out, in which case they say the case against their client will fall to the ground.
 Counsel for the state say thai their case is not complete and that the defense has no means of knowing the amount or the quality cf the ccr roboratiye testimony yet to come. In any eveLt the argument on this motion Is likely to be exhaustive.