The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-14
Work of Selection in the Case OF
w. ID. Haywood
1t Is Expected Will Be Finished
by Next Saturday.
SEARCHING INQUIRY,
Attorneys Are Given Wide
Latitude by the Court.
President ROOSeYelt's Attitude
Enters Into Examinations.

Boise. Idaho, May 14.-With twelve
5urSmen in the box. four of whom
h.tve been passed for cause by both
the prosecution and the defense, and
a taiesmen yet 10 be called, the trial
of William d. Haywood, charged with
the murder of former Governor Steun-
enberg. opens this morning at 10
O'Clock, the third day OF the trial, with
every prospect OF completed jury
before the end of the week. 1t is ad-
mhted on every side, however, that
WA1ie the progress toward the Selec-
ton of juTymen is much greater than
was anticipated, it is difficult to fore
tell what may be the outcome of the
examination of the JaleSmen sum
moned by the sheriff under the order
for q special venire- The fact that So
CT this number presented excuses yes
terday and that CT these "a were eX-
cused shows an extreme reluctance to
serve OF the jury and also the leniency
OF the court Another feature that
may prolOng the work of securing
jury is the wide range given by the
court to both sides in the examination
of the ia lesmen.
Seldom has either prosecution or
defense been permitted by any court
to search SO deeply into the history or
the present mental attitude of pros
pective juryman. Not since the eX-
animation of talesmen commenced has
there been a hint of objection to this
wide latitude from the court or from
every case endeavored to bring out
the connections of the juryman since
the murder of the former governor
but when the talesmen has been
turned over to the attorneys for the
defense the range of the questioning
has invariably widened. In view of
the fact that the charge, on the face
of the Indictment. is one of murder,
the qualifications of the alleged con-
spi-acy leading up to the murder in
dicated by the questions put by coun-
sci for the defense. At very great
length E F. Richardson. who so far
has conducted the examination
among other things invariably goes
into the relations of the taIesmen I'M
der examination with union labor and
with what is known as the Citizens
alliance, an organization of the citi-
Gems of Boise which is opposed to
union labor in the sense that it was
organized some years ago when it was
thought that the demands of union
hindrance to the progress of the
city From the answers it would ap-
pear that the Citizens Alliance is not
widely known.
proposes to lay much stress through
out the case on what they allege to
have been an interference on the part
of President Roosevelt and of Secre-
variably goes into President Roose-
velt's undesirable citizens letter and
into the speeches, delivered by Secre-
tary Taft at Pocatello and Boise dur
ing the last gubernatorial election in
which Mr.. Taft supported Governor
Gooding and commended his attitude
on what was then known as the
''Moyer, Haywood, Pettibone case"
Up to the present not a single jury
man examined has admitted that the
expressions of either the president or
the secretary or the supposed attitude
of Governor Gooding would have any
off IN h &c fefa t.
plain that the range of reading of the
talesmen is not wide. Most of them
take one or the other of the local pa
pers and admit that they have read
Some of them say that they have been
impressed by these readings to a Ger
tain extent" but outside of the news
papers of Boise few of the talesmen
have read any other papers. They ad-
init that the case has been discussed
inside their own families or in the
neighborhood, but it is very evident
that within the last twelve months
this discussion has been limited.
Haywood. the prisoner and defend
ant, is perhaps the most interesting
personality in the court room. The
man who has of late years been a
dominant factor in the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners shows less intensity
of interest in the proceedings than
any one around him.
Upwards of 40 newspaper men from
every part OA lnO OUlIoQ states and
representing every policy and all poll
tics are here to report a case of which
he is the central figure. Cameras are
trained on him from all angles. His
every move Is thus recorded; but ex-
cept for the little red-haired child be-
side him. for his invalid wife or for
his counsel, with now and then a
glance at d juryman, Haywood shows
no sign that he realizes his Importance
or his position. His youngest daughter
sits beside him and generally has her
arm on the big mans shoulder. Now
and then he turns to her and smiles.
She seems delighted at the attention
and in turn will look at her mother.
weak and ailing in the big fnvalid's
chair, and laugh outright. Once or
twice the tension has been relieved by
a laugh from the older girl, a pretty
young woman who sits beside the
mother. She has frequently Joined in
the general amusement caused by some
ludicrous remark from a juryman or a
facetious thrust from counsel and her
laugh rises above the subdued cackIe
of court house laugh.
Counsel for the prosecution have