The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-05-11

EALEsMEN
Sheks'f "Shad'' IS Kept
Busy.
BOISE REMAINS PLACID
Spirit Of Fair Play Evident
Throughout the Town.
Surprise Is Expressed On Account of
The Apparent Willingness OF
Many To Serve On
The Jury.

Boise, Idaho, May I0-There is a no.
| ticeable evidence of relaxation in the
atmosphere of Boise today. Notwith-
standing an outward appearance of APP
| athy and lack of interest in the
case, there has existed for some time
In Boise an extremely tense condition.
| Reports as to what might happen either
| before the trial started, or during its
progress, have tended to create very
decided feeling of uneasiness. The
presence in the city of a number of pri-
vate detectives. employed by both sides,
and the outspoken attacks by the rad
ical element of the Socialists, necessar-
| lily brought out many rumors and re-
ports purporting to come from anthem
tic sources, of probable trouble, trou-
BILE such as an attack on the jail or an
attempt to spirit away some of the chief
witnesses for the State
The proceedings in the court room
| yesterday did much to dissipate this.
There was spirit of give and take. A
| joke from one or another of the coun-
sci. or a laugh caused by the answer
of talesman, acted as safety valves
and when the day was over. the strain
was relieved and every one breathed
| easier.
Mr.. Richardson. one of Haywoods
leading counsel. said today:
| I'VE expect the sheriff to select his
veniremen with fairness and with care,
so as to enable US to secure an impair
| ttal Jury. If tire right class of men is
to secure a jury"
While the number of witnesses to be
| called on both sides looks formidable,
there is good reason to believe that
very large number of those witnesses
Will not be in attendance. consider
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| the prosecution live In Colorado or in
other neighboring States. This Is also
| true of the defense as the home of the
prisoners is in Colorado and II is not
possible to bring them to Idaho against
| their will.
Trial TO He short.
Lawyers of Boise, who are not con-
| nected In any way with the case, but
who know as much as anybody what
both sides expect to do, say that after
4 the jury is secured, the trial OF the
case ought to be over in two weeks.
Judge Fremont Wood expects to
waste no time and another adjourn
ment is not looked for after Monday
| The court will sit from 10 a. M to noon
and from p. m. to p. M, and some
| times until 6 o'clock with one long
session on Saturdays.
Several members of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners, who are in Boise
|
not join the belief. existing in some
quarters that Orchard will refuse to
| testify. They believe that he will
make his statement upon the stand.
Upon all sides there is a question as to
how far Orchard will be allowed to
go in his statement, which, 1T is al
legged. implicate Haywood, Meyer and
Pettibone.
A statement printed by The Chicago
Journal charging that one Charles
Meyer was, in 1885, sentenced to one
year in the Joliet penitentiary, was
printed here this afternoon and created
much excitement That c. II. Meyer
the prisoner now in the Jail here
charged with the murder of former
Governor Steunenberg. is one and the
same man, is denied by the prisoner
and his counsel Meyer, when seen to-
day on the subject said he was work
ing in the mines in the Black Hills
country of South Dakota at the time
which is given as between February 4,
! 1885, and January 4, 1887.
He states that 1t would be easy to
verify this by the records of the Cas-
tie Creek Gold Mining Company at
| Rockford. S. D., where. he says, he
was working at the time. Meyer also
said that the postmaster at Rockford
will be able to testify as to his receiv-
ing mail at the time, and that the of
|
verify his denial of the story that he
was an inmate of the Joliet peniten-
tiary at that time.
! Busy Sheriff "Shad."
Sheriff "Shad" Hodgin started out
today to summon special We
nire of 100 men ordered yester-
day by Judge Wood of the district
court when the regular panel was ex-
hausted in the effort to secure a jury
to try William D. Haywood, the first of
the officers of the officers of the West
ern Federation of Miners, called to the
bar to answer the charge the State
| has placed against them. of conspiracy
and completely in the murder of for
mer Governor Steunenberg
| The trial was adjourned late yes
terday afternoon until o'clock next
Monday afternoon. when 1t is expected
| the new panel will be in attendance.
| Counsel on both sides of the case were
confident today that jury would be
secured by Thursday or Friday of next
| week at the latest. and thereby taking
of testimony may be begun before the
week ends.
The task of summoning one hundred
men in this big county is by no means
an easy one. and the sheriff expects to
be busy until the last minute allowed
by the court. An effort has been made
| to confine the personnel of the new
panel to redius of ten miles from
Boise, thus making the work outlined
for sheriff ''Shad" as he is called here,
trifle less arduous,
Twelve Talesman in Box.
The laws of Idaho require that there
shall be twelve talesmen in the Jury
box at all times during the selection
of a trial panel, and it was this pro-
vision of the statutes which caused
the halt yesterday afternoon after
three men had been passed without
challenge for a cause from the other
side although there were eight others
In the box awaiting cross examination
by the attorneys for the defense
Seat No. 4 was vacant and until a
juror qualities for that position the
examination of the others cannot pro-
coed. Under the system of jury ex-
animation In vogu ehere 1t IS impos-
sIble to tell at any time just what
real progress has been made. The
twelve chairs, big revolving affairs,
with high backs placed in rows of six
directly in front OF and below the
JUICES bench. will first be ftlled with
men who have passed the searching
examination of the prosecution and
defense without a challenge fow cause