Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-17
Counsel on Both Sides Are Fight ing Inch By Inch in the AL
 ready Famous Trial
HUNDREDS TO TESTIFY
Orchard the Important Witness For inc State Who Was Reported 10 Be Insane Seems 10 Be Most
 Rational.

loE ueIeHSS ana prosecution In the case of William D. Haywood, which
 to-day begins its sixth day, express
 doubt as to the probability of secur- ing jury for several days. Yester-
 day hope ran high that the seats now filled with talesmen qualified to the peremptory challenge point would be changed to box of real jurymen by
 the end of to-day's session. But the
 fact that eleven talesmen were .ex-
 hausted in the effort to fill the one seat vacated by peremptory chal- lenge and that it took two hours and
 a half to qualify one man for cause
 alone at the half day session yester- day, showed there Is an increasing
 reluctance on the part of the tales men to serve. Notwithstanding the fact that fifty-seven talesmen are yet to be called from the special venire summoned by Sheriff Hodgin, the fear is expressed that this venire may
 be exhausted and another will have to be called.
 Additional witnesses are arriving on every train. The activities of those interested on both sides con tinue. They even increase. Among the witnesses arriving yesterday were four from Pocatello, a small town south of Boise and near the Utah line. To the fact that the witnesses have been called by the defense no little significance Is attached.
 Undoubtedly these witnesses are here in connection with the discovery of what is known as Greek fire or "Pettibone dope" buried in an old sawmill at Pocatello and in connec- tion with the confession which Steve Adams Is said to have made. Adams Is said to have confessed that he went to Pocatello to blow up a carload of non-union miners. In his confession he Is alleged to have located the place where he buried the explosive, as the car failed to come through the town. After the confession was made. Adams himself, with a party of officials, including the governor Of Idaho. travelled to Pocatello and ex- cavated at the place where the ex- plosive was said to have been buried. It was not found. But farmer, who Is one of the witnesses here, testified that his children did unearth the stun and that 1t exploded, seriously injuring the children. Tn the con- fession Adams told of the hotel at Pocatello at which he registered. At first 1t was feared that this could not be verified. but another of the wit nesses who came in yesterday was the proprietor of the hotel which was destroyed and who, it is expected, has with him the old register show ing that Adams did register at the hotel on the day he named.
 It has been stated that Adams will be called as a witness by the de- fense. but now some doubt is ex- pressed and 1t is intimated that Ad- ams may testify for the state.
 The interview given by Orchard 1 yesterday to the representative of the | Associated Press has caused the charge so insistently made that Orch l ard was kept incommunicado and that he was insane or that the con- fession had been forced from him | under duress or extracted by prom Ises, to be completely exploded by the statements and appearances of the man.
 There is much speculation here as to the probable extent to which Orch ards testimony will be admissible in the case against Haywood. It is evil dent, however, that the prosecution expects the alleged confession will have wide scope. This Is supported by the large number of witnesses called from this and neighboring states.
 When court resumed this morning, Judge Wood. before the jury was brought in. drew attention to the in- erviews with Henry Orchard. pub ished ln the morning papers. which, le said. undoubtedly were calculated O influence the witnesses and the ury. The judge directed that the county prosecutor make an Investiga- ion of the facts connected with the Orchard Interview and to take such lction as he found to be warranted.