The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-20
NO DECISION AS TO
PLACE OF TRIAL
Arguments for Change of Venue
in Moyer-HaywoOd- -Pettibone
Case Not Completed.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
BOISE, Ida, March 9-Immediate.
ly upon the convening of the Dis
trict court at Caldwell this morning
Judge Wood ordered q recess till 2
o clock out Of respect to the late A
X. Steunenberg, whose funeral took
place at that hour.
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone were
taken to Caldwell this morning to be
present at the hearing on the motion
for change OF venue in their case.
Attorney Miller, for the defense,
continued the argument begun yes
terday. large number of newspaper
clippings regarding the case were pre-
sentcd, They are incorporated in the
motion, and are offered to show that
prejudice exists among the people of
Canyon county to the extent that the
defendants could not secure a fair trial
here, The Governor Is message to the
last session of the Legislature was also
read, the attorneys for the defense
claiming that it had prejudicial effect
on the people who read it, because the
case had been made a political issue in
the last campaign.
The argument on the motion was not
completed today. When completed the
attorneys for the prosecution will pre-.
sent af1idavits and be heard on the mo-
tion for change of place for trial,
after which the attorneys for the ac'
cused men Will close the argument,
Glasses of Affidavits.
The COO afidavits for the defense are
Of three classes, the first class, includ-
ing the greater part Of the affidavits,
comprised general affidavits from per"
sons in all parts of the county, reciting
the prominence of the murt! cred man
and his high esteem in the county, and
concludes with the claim that fair
and impartial trial cannot be secured IN
the county.
The second class is similar to the
first class, except that ii is made by
citizens Of Caldwell. showing unusual
prejudice in that city against the de-
PENDANTS, i'll the opinion Of those max
ing the affidavlts.
The third class includes the atlidavIts
of twelve persons who were employed
to procure the other affidavits.
The prosecution will claim that 90
per cent of those making aThdavIts
for the defense are not on the tax roll
of the county. and that but % per cent
of them are freeholders, paying taxes
on real property, while but per cent
more pay taxes on personal property.
Only per cent of them, 1T will be
claimed, are homesteaders, The con-
dition of the other 4 per cent is not
known. as their location IN the county
was not fixed sufficiently well 10 enable
those investigating the matter to
ascertain whether they are property
owners or not.
AL Caldwell this forenoon the funeral
of A X. Steunenberg took place.
During the services all the business
places of his home town were closed
and the funeral was impressive IL
was in charge of grand encnmpmenG
/. o. O. +. of Idaho, and all the grand
officers were present, Many from this
city attended the funeral,
The Socialists of Boise have named
the following city ticket: For Mayor,
T.. c. Blanchard; for Treasurer, George
Wright; for Councilmen, r. T. Gary,
George DiIly, j. D.. Mott, Mr.. Scotield.
The Citizens Alliance. which was
recently organized here, goes right ON
i'm It's crusade against union labor. They
say the war cry is "opcn shop,