The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-03

cloth, and that the Western Federation
of Miners had nothing to do with the
Steuncnberg assassination. IL Is enarSeu
that what is known as the Nine own-
ers' Association. which has fought the
Western Federation for many years, IS
behind the effort to discredit the OF
ficers Of the Federation and further
that thev will be able to disprove every
statement made by Orchard on the
stand and in his confession, which 1t IS
claimed is fabrication built up 10
shield himself and secure immunity
from the consequences OF MS cr1Ine.
Long Trial Ahead.
f. F. Richardson. prominent attor-
nev of Denver. will open FOR the de-
fense but it is understood that 1t has
been agreed that the case for the de
fense will not be shown until after the
case. for the prosecution is all in. 1t
may therefore he several weeks before
Mr. Richardson delivers his opening ad"
dress Ii is conceded that the intro
duction of the evidence for the state
and especially the testimony of Orchard
will be contested at every point. This
will mean probably that the State Will
not be able TO conclude under three
weeks or possibly thirty days. The case
for the defense will take equally as
long 1t may therefore be estimated
that the case will last sixty days after
the opening tomorrow-if. indeed,
jury has been secured by that time
Sixteen DAYS of actual work has been
spent in the effort to secure jury.
Touuting the sdiournments the case has
low been going on one month.
This work OF qualifying iurymen has
been tedious and remarkable chiefly on
account of the latitude permitted to
counsel on both sides in conducting
their examination Nearly 200 tales
men have been examined, the main diff
Guilty being To secure a resident of the
county who has not formed an opinion.
Fremont Wood, the presiding Judge, is
trying his first important murder trial.
The charge has been made by the sup
portsrs of the prisoners that the State
aid not intend TO give the men fur
trial. ond it has evidently been the
determination OF the Judge To prove Mt
the outset that the utmost falr''esS must
be expected throughout the trial; IN
fact. the detail as to the life of the
talesmen under examination TO which
counsel for the State and defense has
been permitted To 90 without objection
on the part of the court, has been Il
matter of comment. II has at least
brought the expressed conviction on
every side that if the case is conducted
no charge of unfairness can be sus-
Sained.
Haywood s Appearance.
Haywood, the first of the prisoners to
be tried on the charge of the murder Of
Steunenberg, is a man of impressive
physical appearance. 1t was, therefore,
n matter Of surprise when on Saturday
it was announced that the prisoner was
too i'll TO appear in court The phvsi
clans who were called in were st first
alarmed Haywood was suffering great
agony and was at times in convulsions
and unconscious. Opiates We're admin
istered, together with other medicines,
and n further examination showed that
there was nothing serious the matter.
Throughout the case so far. Haywood
has been n close observer of every de-
tail and has consulted with his counsel
on every point. While a strong man,
his surroundings and the tedious pro-
gress oil the case have told upon the
man 5 nervous system. Since his ar
rest he has been accustomed to take a
great deal of exercise. For the last
three weeks he has failed 10 play his
customary game of uuoits in the jail-
yard or TO walk on the lawn. At the
same time. he has been a heavy eater,
and the physicians say that the nerve
strain and failure TO observe the ordi-
nary rules Of health brought on & con-
gestiOn resulting in irritable headaches.
The congestion has now been relieved.
and il : thought that al cause for un-
caSiness has been removed
Record OF Jurors.
One Of the possible DELAYS after the
jury box has been filed is tine inc!ina.
ton on the part of counsel on both
sides 70 go very carefully over the rec
ord of the men who have so far quail.
fed. A number of detectives have been
ct work on this, and it is stated that
afiidavits have been secured and NAV
be used to show that the court should
reopen the examination of two or three
men now in the jury box on account of
public expression of opinion at some
time since the arrest of the prisoners.
No admission along tins line will be
made by counsel, however, and it may
be that the affidavits are NOT sufficiently
strong to warrant the nova