Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-20
MINERS MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Offered by Prosecution as Tending to Show
Conspiracy and Plot to Murder=Bit=
terly Opposed by Defence.

| Boise, Idaho, June 19.-Sccrecy is the
| WatchWord of the men who are con-
| Quoting the prosecution of William ID.
| Haywood, charged by the state of
| ldac with comprising the death by
| assassination Of Il former chief eXecu-
| tive and mystery surrounds every move
| made by counsel retained by the West
| ern Fedora ton 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 q
score OF SleuthS employed by the de-
| fence in order that counteracting evil
dence may be secured from the points
| in the four or five Western states
where the alleged conspiracy Culminat-
ing, according to allegations OF fine
prosecutors i'll half a hundred MURDERS
played its part and from which the
| state is producing witnesses.
While the state has its day in court,
another score Of detectives 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
this last few days, during which the
Htfttt li'Ih'S " tllflCIl tllt tHIEbbOG1Ip,
beyond a doubt, in the minds Of the l.
men with whom the final judgment
rests, the story told by Harry Orchard.
the srlf-coEfcsscd Co-conspirator with
Haywood, a tremendous activity is
apparent.
Witnesses for the state arc constant
~ arriving. The witnesses for the de
fence. numbering between 15c ANA 200,
viii hc here by the end of the week
Colorado supplies the larger number
Of these, but California, Idaho and
Washington will send others.
The Wi,neSs On the stand al the OPEN
ing of court this morning was Ed.
i. wee now 4 wealthy man and one Of
the owners Of the Hercules mine in the
Occur D'Alcnes. of which Orchard
owned at enc time 10th share.
The state today made dramatic pro-
Guction ana proof of the Goddard
bomb ana beside offering further CON
trbutinns % the testimony of Harry
Orchard against William d. Haywood.
secured ruling under which number
Of the articles published in the Miners
Magazine. the official organ Of the
Western Federation of Miners. will be
admitted i'll evidence
To Justice Luther Goddard. himself,
f"ll the task of telling the story Of the
finding ana preservation of the bomb
with which Orchard tried to kill him.
His appearance added to the dramatic
scenes and situations that have char
actcrZed tho trial His testimony was
clear and minutcly circumstantial The
veteran Colorado justice testified that
the first information he received about
the bomb came to him from Orchards
confession which was shown to him in
Denver Feb. Il, 1906. by Detective Nc
Partlanl. lie at once returned to his
home ana in his gate discovered the
screw which Orchard said he had
placed there. 1t was rustcd ana cor
rOdod by 10 months exposure. The wit
moss said he examined the ground be-
side the gate where orchard said he
placed the bomb, and found Il slight de-
preston with the soil packed around it,
The bomb was dug up the next day by
General Eulkley Wells. who used a
pocket knife to cut the soil away and
raised the pine box which contained the
bomb.
The bomb and its attachment We're at
once taken to the offices Of the Pink2r-
ton detectives ana carefully sealed in
wrapping paper. and envelopes ;hat
were signed by half q dozen Witnesses,
including Justice Goddard and after
ward they were placed in a vault. 10
the door Of which seals, including that
Of q notary public. were attached
There thcy rested until the following
May. when. believing the Haywood
case was to come to trial they were re-
moved in the presence of the same
witnesses and all save three of the 40
sticks of giant powder contained in the
bomb were exploded. The explosions
occurred in the presence Of the wit
ncsses in the suburbs Of Denver and Of
the bomb itself II giant caps and two
wrappers torn from sticks Of giant
powder We're saved as evidence.
Senator Borah produced the several
packets as they were originally sealed
and passed them to Justice Goddard,
who broke the seals and identified the
articles.
Counsel for the defence objected to
al the evidence and all the exhibits
InI moved to snike out everything
Iiut tho court ru'ad against them.
Mrs. seward Of San Francisco who con-