Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-11
RumOrs of Plans to Spirit Away Witnesses
Not Credited.
SHERIFF IS sUMWONEG vENRtNtN
Attorney Richardson Expects to Secure
Jury in hort Time,
TRIAL ExPEcTD TO LAST TWO WEEKS
IL VIII Not he Possible to Get some
of the Witnesses Summoned by
Both sides from other
states.

BOISE, Idaho, May 1O-There is notice
able evidence Of relaxation in the atmos-
phere of Boise today Notwithstanding an
outward appearance Of apathy and lack OF
interest in the case. there has existed for
some time in Boise an extremely tense con-
dition. Reports as to what might happen
either before the trial opened or during It's
progress have tended to create a very de-
oided feeling OF uneaslness.
The presence In the court house OF a
number OF private detectives employed by
both sides and the outspoken attacks by
the radical element Of the socialists neces-
sarily brought out many rumors and reports
purporting to come from authentic sources
of probable trouble such as an attack on
the jail or attempt TO spirit away some
OF the chief witnesses for the prosecution.
The proceedings in the court room yester-
day did much to dissipate this There was
a spirit of give and take. joke from
one or another Of counsel or a laugh caused
by the answer OF the talesman acted as
safety valves, and when the day was over
the strain was relieved and every one
breathed easier.
Richardson Expects Jury soon.
Mr.. Richardson. one OF Haywood's leading
! counsel. said today:
I'VE expect the sheriff will select his
veniremen with fairness and with care so
as to enable us TO secure an impartial jury.
II the right class Of men is selected. we
will not take long time to secure a jury"
While the number OF witnesses TO be
called on both sides looks formidable, there
is good reason to believe that a large num-
Der Of those witnesses will not be IN at
tendance A considerable proportion OF the
witnesses for the prosecution live in Colo
RADIO or in other neighboring states. This
is also true of the defense, as the home Of
| the prisoners is in Colorado and It is not
! possible to bring them to Idaho against
| their will.
| Lawyers of Boise not connected in any
way with the case, but who know as much
| as is known of what both sides expect IN
/ do. say that after 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 adjournment is
I not looked for after Monday. The court
will sit from 10 a. m. to noon and from 2
! p ~, till p m. and sometimes until Q
o'clock, with one long session on Saturdays
Several members OF the Western Fedora
ton of Miners who now in Boise watch
ing the progress of the case do not join
in the belief existing in some quarters
that Orchard will refuse to testify. They
believe that he will make, his statement
upon the stand On all sldet there is
question as to how far Orchard will be al
| lowed TO go in his statement, which It Is
alleged duplicates Haywood, Meyer ard
Pettibone. II is around this evidence that
the whole case undoubtedly will move.
MOyer Denies story.
! A statement printed by the Chicago Jour
nal charging that one Charley Meyer was
/ in 1886 sentenced to one year I'm Joliet PEN
/ itentiary was printed here this afternoon
and created much discussion That c. H.
/ Meyer the prisoner now in jail here
I charged with the murder OF former Gov
ernor Steunenberg, is one and the same
/ man is denied by the prisoner and his coun-
| sci. Meyer, when seen today on the sub
feet, said ne was working In the mines
In the Black Hills country Of South Da-
kota at the time which Is given as between
/ February L. 1886. and January 4, 1887. He
states that It would be easy 10 verify this
by the records of the Castle Creek Gold
Mining company at Rockford, s. D.. where
he says he was working at the time.
Meyer also said that the postmaster az
Rockford will be able to testify TO his
| receiving mail at the time and that the
! officials of the county and state will verify
his denial OF the story that he was an IN
mate of the Joliet penitentiary at that
time.