Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-08
HAYWOOD CASE
WILL CONTINUE
THREE WEEKS
Defendant on Stand
Wednesday
Will Tell Entire Story Of His Life
When He Gives Testimony In
His Own Behalf This
Week
By Associated Press.

BOISE, Idaho, July 1.-THE attorneys
for William D. Haywood today COM
pleted the details of their plans for the
final week Of the defense, which begins
with the opening of court tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock.
Interest In the trial at this time CEN
ters In the Forthcoming appearance on
the stand of Haywood who 1t Is
claimed has been the moving force in
the Western Federation Of Miners for
the past several years, and one of his
co-defendants, Charles H. Meyer, the
president Of the miners union. The
third defendant in the famous case,
George A. Pettibone, will not take the
stand, it is said, until his own case
comes on to be heard.
Steve Adams, whose recent trial for
the murder Of a man in northern Idaho
resulted in a disagreement of the Jury,
and who has been variously implicated
by Harry Orchard in many Of the lat
ter's crimes and alleged conspiracies
with the leaders Of thel Western Feder-
alton, Is still in Boise Jail available as
a witness for the defense, but 1t has
been definitely decided that he shall
not be called to the stand. The prose-
cution still claims 1t would welcome
such a move, as the appearance of
Adams on the stand might open the
way for the Introduction of a portion
at least OF Adams repudiated confess
sion.
Three Weeks More
Viewed in the light of the closing
plans for defense and prosecution there
seems little hope that the trial, which
has already been In progress for two
months, can be brought to an end in
side of three weeks. The defense will
lirn of OF oil np fNty- axrn 1rar
yet, for it is announced that Haywood,
when he takes the stand, will be pre-
pared to lay bare his entire lfe's his
tory. His testimony as to his connec-
tion with the Western Federation of
Miners will be interspersed with much
documentary evidence, and the intro
duction of this and reading it to the
jury will take up much time. The de-
fense expresses it's willingness that the
cross examination of Haywood shall
take the widest possible range.
The defendant, 1t is said, will not
only deny in toto all that Orchard has
said as to his connection with any of
the witnesses crimes, but will offer a
perfectly plausible explanation of the
instances where the state has asso-
ciated Orchard and Haywood, notably
the instance Of Haywood's part In the
deception of the second Mrs. Orchard
in the late summer Of 1906
To Explain Drafts
Haywood will also be called upon to
explain the sending of several drafts
to Jack Simpkins, member of the ex-
ecutive board and an organizer for the
Western Fedora ton, whose presence in
Caldwell with Orchard just prior to the
assassination of former Governor
Steunenberg has not been denied by the
defense
The attorneys for the federation say
that those payments were the regular
sums due Simpkins for his work as an
organizer and had absolutely nothing
to do with any crime or proposed GRIM
inal act. The sending of SIS to Steve
Adams in Ogden, Utah, will also be a
subject of inquiry when Haywood takes
the stand. The fourth. instance to
which the alleged conspiracy as re-
vealed by Harry Orchard upon the wit
ness stand was the sending of a mes
sage by Haywood to Silver City, Idaho,
inStructing the federation officers there
to see that attorneys were engaged for
Orchard and to protect the interests of
the miners union.
Haywood's explanation and cross ex-
animation can hardly be accomplished
in less than three or four days. Meyer
Dispositions to Be Read
The week will begin tomorrow with
the reading of dispositions secured by
the defense in San Francisco contra
dieting Orchards claim that he de-
stroyed the Bradley house with a dyna-
mite bomb. With supporting affi-
davit from Bradley. the defense will
claim the explosion was due to gas.
Dynamite experts will be introduced
to swear that the explosion of such
bomb as Orchard claims to have placed
on the Bradley porch would have
created far greater havoc than was the
case and that 1t would have been i'm
possible for Mr.. Bradley himself to
have escaped with only the few bruises
he sustained.
The state may indefinitely prolong
the trial by going into the Colorado
labor troubles on rebuttal. The defense
claims that the calling out Of the mill
tary at Cripple Creek was unwarranted
and that the deportations from Cripple
Creek and the Telluride country were
nothing less than lawless outrages upon
the persons and property Of the union
miners The state undoubtedly will in
troduce testimony showing the condi-
tions which prevailed in these mining
districts at the time Governor Peabody
proclaimed martial law.
In addition to the Colorado matters,
the state will undertake to contradict
the statements of many Of the defense's
witnesses. This will require several
days, the attorneys interested being at
a loss themselves to say how many.
Progress Not Encouraging
The progress made during the past
week was anything but encouraging,
but this was partly due to the holiday
attending the Fourth of July celebra-
tion The western cities vie With one
another as to the extent of their pa
triotic demonstrations. and this year
Boise decided to outstrlp all COM
petitors. The three days celebration
We're filled with incident and entertain
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