The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-02
LETTERS FROM
M'PARTLAND
They are Identified and May
Be Read
49,
AT The HAYWOOD TRIAL.
stenographer One Of Best Witnesses for
the Defense-S Sensations Prom
ised in the Next Tive
Weeks.
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AT THE HAYWOOD TRIAL

Boise, Idaho, July with the open
ing Of the Haywood trial yesterday, Mr.
Darrow, for the defense, recalled to tne
stand Morris Friedman, the stenographer
formerly employed at the Denver office
of the Pinkerton Detective Agency.
Friedman was introduced by the defense
to expose the Pinkerton methods Of
dealing with the Western federation Oh
Miners.
Friedman spent the FIRST half hour Of
his stay on the stand in the morning in
Identifying many reports from secret
operatives which, he says, he made cop
lea Of while III the Piukerton office. He
also identified three letters, said to have
been written by James Mcfarland, su-
perintendent Of the Piukertons in the
east; and tho records Of several opera
tives.
Senator Borah for the state, asked
permission to examine the letters sign
cd BY MFR. Mcfarland, but was refused.
Il have not declared whether to offer
these letters officially in evidence" ex
planned Mfr, Darrow, ''and while ! do not
want 10 appear discourteous, must de-
cline for the present"
The prosecution offered no objection to
the introduction Of the reports Of the
detectives in evidence, and many of
them were read to the jury BY Mr.. Oar
row.
The defense expects to conclude the
direct testimony this week. Counsel for
the state now say that their rebuttal
- a,.,,.a ..-sII - IL 1a,r4h,. Thar az.
pect to bring witnesses to show that
Orchard was ut Wardner on the day Of
the explosion at the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan Mine. Mr.. Darrow in his open
ing statement said that the defense
would show that Orchard never went to
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine, but
that he Was pursuing his avocation as a
shoestring gambler" at the time Of the
explosion. In pursuance Of this promise
three witnesses have sworn that Harry
Orchard was gambling in Mullen on the
day Of the explosion.
The prosecution win attack the testi.
mony OF these witnesses as il goes TO
the very heart OF Orchards story. and it
il vital to the states case 10 show that
Orchard told the truth IN all its major
particulars. The position of the defense
that the calling out Of the military dur
ing the strikes in the Cripple Creek dis
trict Of Colorado was unnecessary and
was a part OF the conspiracy to exter-
inmate union labor win also be assailed
by the state in rebuttan.
Several witnesses for the defense have
sworn that at the time the soldiers came
into the district. and up TO the time Of
the explosion at the Independence depot,
the district was entirely peaceful. This
opens up an opportunity for the state
to show. and counsel for the prosecution
assert they can show, that number Of
assaults aud murders had been commit
ted during the early part of the strike,
and that non union men who disappear
edn were not heard OF again.
Ii IS even alleged that the state has
evidence in reserve to show that the
skeletons of a number Of these non union
miners were afterward discovered.
The closing Of the case, which viii
probably be within the next two weeks,
viii be filed with sensational develop
ments If the promises Of both sides are
made good There is an increase Of
activity and many sensational reports
are being circulated, but on investiga-
ton prove to be without any good found
alton.