The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-10
EXPECT HAYWOOD
JURY IN A WEEK
ELEVEN MEN CHOSEN FIRST DAY
BUT NOT FINALLY ACCEPTED
OR REJECTED.
ROOSEVELT IS A FACTOR
In Examination Of TaIcsmen But Men
Say His Letter Has Had No
Efect-Adiourn Till Monday
For New Panel.

Boise Idaho, May 9.-William d
Haywood, the first Of the alleged par
. tcipants in ayenging he conspiracy
| by which it is averred the assassina
ton of form governor, Frank Steun
enberg, was plotted and exec ted was
| placed upon trial for his life today.
The counsel for the state and the
| prisoner entered at once upon an ex
am nation of prosperity jurors and
KEEP steadily al the task for five
hours. No jurors was finally accept
cd, but substantial pr gress was
made, ana indications at the close oi
the session were that jury could
be obtained by The end Of next W ek
A striking feature Of the day was the
entire absence Of crowds or demon
stration In any form AT no time was
the court room more than half filed
Eleven Men Examined and Locked Up
The case was halted shcrtly before
s O'clock by exhaustion Of the jury
ranel, and adjournment was taken
until Monday morning, In the mean
time tho sheriff W II summon a special
yenire Of 100 N n Eleven Of the
men under examination today We're
neither accepted or rejec ed and We're
locked up and will be closely g5arded
Haywood CAV no sign Of any feel
ing or emotion. but sat quietly
throughout the day Mrs. Haywood
and the older daughter stood the or.
deal apparently well but the younger
child cried after the examination Of
statesmen began.
The questioning of th defense took
much wider range than that of the
staie and it's most striking featare
dealt with the possible effect upon the
minds and attitudes Of the Jurors Of
the letter OF Presid mt Roosevelt in
sea.fing Haywood ana as=associates
undesirable citizens, the speeches "a
Idaho of Secretary Taf the message
OF Governor Gooding 0 the Legislature
of Idaho; tn speech in Boise OF Sen
ator Heyburn. and the action Of the
Idaho legislature in passing a resolu-
ton approrriating money for the
prosecution of the prisoners.
Presidents Letter Had No Effect
Richardson. who conducted the eN
animation OF talesmen, was also pa.
ticularly anxious to ascertain their
attitude toward Socialists and mem
bers of labor organizations and wheth-
er they could give them fair trial;
also if ,hey had any professional, per
sonal. fraternal religious or political
Affiliations with any of the council for
the stat any connection with de.
tective agencies, any experience IN
nursuit or prosecution of criminals, or
we're members Ct Mine Workers asso
Citations. If they had contributed 10
any fund for the prosecution of tn
prisoners il they were members OF
the Citizens Alliance, if they remem
hered old labor troubles in Idaho ant
If they had taken SIDES in labor
troubl at any time
A remarkable feature of his eN-
animation was that all the talesmen
awore they had not been influenced
by the letter of President Roosev Ii
or the spec hes of other officials OF
national or state governments, an
the majority of them said they were
Republicans.
circunstsntia Points Worry State
The chief concern Of the counsel
for tbe state as indicated by their
question was their attitude toward
evidence, the absence
of the accused from th2 state when
the crime was committed tn eeffect
of the manner in which the prisoner
and mis- companions were brought
from Colorado. the view Of the tales
men as 10 the ath penalty for mur
der i'm the first degree. union labor
the acquaintance with the murdered
governor with a view to disclosing
or enmity.
Their examination brought ort The
fac, that certain labor and Socialisuc
ran rs are being dis ributed free OF
charge in parts of that county.
The sttae passed twelve men early
this afternoon and the general exam
ination is in the hands of the defense
OF these. ~ m were remaining 81
the box at the close OF today's session
only -brce had been passed by boin
sides. They had not been finally ac-
eepted and are still subject to per
fmptory challenge.