The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-06-15
Attorney Borah Argues in the
Haywood Case for the Pres
entation of a Telegram Per-
tanning to Conspiracy.
BAD WEATHER HAS CUT.
DOWN THE ATTENDANCE.
State Has Produced Witness
eS That Confirm Various
Phases of the Testimony
Given by Harry Orchard.

Boise, June 15-Disagreeable wealth
ward case. None of the Haywood
family was present when the state re-
sumed today presenting incidental
confederation of Orchards recital of
crime. Attorney Borah argued for
the admissability of secondary evi-
dence and asked that the state be per
mitted to show the substance of the
telegram Adams sent from Ogden to
Haywood, not endeavoring to show
that the telegram ever reached Hay
wood but wanting to show it as Il
declaration of conspiracy and there
fore binding on all conspirators Il
made no difference whether it ever
reached Haywood or not. he argued
Attorney Richardson argued against
the admission of such evidence. Gov
ernor Peabody and wife and daughter
came into court during the argument.
The court verruled the objection. De
tective Pindar quoted Adams tele-
gram as follows:
! am in trouble: send me s75 at once.
Steve Adams"
Joseph c. Houston, assistant cash
ier of the First National bank, Denver,
identified Haywoods signature to can
celled drafts.
a plan is under way to take Steve
Adams to Colorado 20 be tried for the
murder of Arthur Commins at Tellur-
ide. This is conditional on Adams re-
fusing to testify against Haywood and
eorroborate Orchard. The plan is TO
dismiss the Tyler case at Wallace on
which Adams has been tried, so he
can be taken to Colorado.
In addition to the documentary evi-
dence, presented Friday the state pro
duced the grocer who had shop OPP
posite the house where Fred Bradley
lived in San Francisco, and who said
that he knew Orchard there under the
name of Barry. He corroborated
much that Orchard had testified to
regarding his doings in the neighbor-
hood of the Bradley home.
Peabody Shudders at Eomb
Witnesses were also produced who
corroborated the story Orchard told
blow up the Vindicator Mine ami re-
Sarding some things that he swore |
to as to the successful second at |
tempt in the same mine. when Nc |
Cormicil and Bradley were killed /
Ex-Governor Peabody of Colorado, on |
whose life Orchard made numerous |
attempts. all of them he says at the I
instisatjon of the federation leaders. I
was one of the most interested spec I
tators in court during the afternoon /
session. He was shown inside the |
rail. and took a chair that backed up I
directly against the court Clerks I
desk. He had scarcely sat down when I
somebody called his attention to the
fact that on the clerks desk. so close
that he could reach out and touch it.
stood the leaden case of the bomb
Orchard took down to Canon CITY to
blow him up with. The governor
looked at the thing, blinked hard a I
moment and then turned his back up
on it, Later he was asked what he
thought of it 1T did not look good
10 me- he said. 1T didn't look a bit
good TO me-
Police officials of Ogden established
'hS aiASSe 'heie " steve Adams and
y. T. Williams. They We're sealed
up in an east-bound car loaded with
fruit and when arrested for trespass
each had 2 brace of revolvers. When I,
released through the influence of
detective, who was a brother Mason
of Adams. they went straight to the
office of the Western Union and sent J
telegram to Haywood in Denver. 7,
Contents of Telegram Barred. II
The defense headed off an ATTEMPT
To get the contents of the telegram be
fore the jury. but the state indicated
that it would return to the charge lat
er and further develop the incident s
The state. through an official of the
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