The Springfield herald., 1907-06-07
HAYWOOD TRIAL
PART OF ORCHARDS CONFESSION
CORROBORATED, SAYS
PROSECUTION.
$50 WITNESSES TESTIFY
Belief Expressed That Jury Cannot Be
Found in Idaho That Will
Agree-What Ten?


Aeree-What Ten?
Boise, ldaho.-Senator Borah, lead.
ing counsel for the prosecution in the
Haywood case, said that the state
would be able positively to corrob-
crate one important feature of Or
chards confession. Orchard, in the
version of his confession that has been
circulated over the country with the
claims to have attempted to assas-
sinate Jim" Bradley. who was super
intendent of the Bunker Hill mine dur
ing the Coeur d'Alene troubles in 1893.
Bradley quit the Coeur d'Alenes
when the bull pens were abolished and
took up his residence in San Francisco
One morning about two years ago, an
explosion occurred as he opened the
front door of his home. He was Sc
.erely injured and the house was dam
aged.
Orchard told MCFARLAND that he mad
been delegated by the inner circle of
the Western Federation of Miners to
kill Bradley and that he had placed a
bomb in such position that Bradley
would explode it when he opened the
front door of his house.
The state is gathering its array of
witnesses, squads of them being as
signed to the care of Pinlterton detec-
tives. 1t is estimated that there are
now in Boise fifty of the $50 witnesses
summoned by the state. Even with
this excess of care which the state is
bestowing on the witnesses, reports
are circulated which indicate that they
are causing considerable trouble and
no little annoyance to the sleuths one
of the states most important wit
nesses is Lottie Day, keeper of re-
sort at Cripple Creek. She escaped
the sleuths and, it is understood, took
the afternoon train back to Colorado
She was subpoenaed to tell of con-
versation with Orchard in relation to
the acts of violence committed in the
Cripple Creek district.
Counsel for the defense was in
creased by the arrival of Attorney Pc
ter Brecn of Butte, a former member
of the Western Federation and sur
vivor of the Coeur d'Alene bull pen.
Breen was an active participant in the
clashes in northern Idaho and is well
acquainted with the conditions and the
persons arrayed on the other side. He
exchanged greetings with Attorney
Hawley, who fifteen years ago was
counsel for the federation and ap-
peared for him in the several trials fol-
lowing the early troubles.
In the person of one Lloyd, Pink
erton agent Breen recognized Harry
Allison who joined the Miners union
at Gem Idaho, during the strike, and
became secretary of that union. An
other of Allison's aliases is Seringo.
His occupation here is to act as a body
guard for the manager of the Pinker-
ton sleuths.
Some fears are expressed as to the
chances of the jury withstanding the
| long strain of the trial. Among the
twelve men in the box more than half
are more than sixty years of age, three
have passed the seventy mark. and the
average is about fifty-eight. With the
exception of one, the jury is composed
of farmers, who are used to outdoor
life, and the confinement is already be-
ginning TO tell on some who have sat
for more than two weeks.
Boise, Idaho-It seems almost be-
yond the range of possibility at this
time that the Haywood jury will agree.
Then what?
| Will the accused be released, rear
rested and turned over to Colorado
authorities for trial on conspiracy
| charges in that state, or Will an at
| tempt be made to secure another jury
| for a rehearing of the Steunenburg
murder charge in Boise?
These are the questions that are up
| permost in the minds of those most
vitally interested in the result of the
trial now in progress. The situation
| is remarkable in many ways.
Three men are indicted. Three men
are to be tried. They are charged with
conspiracy and completely in the mur-
der of former chief executive of a
state, the entire population of which
does not exceed that of Denver.
The history of the labor troubles
| leading to the death of this one-time
governor is known by heart to nearly
every man, woman and child in Idaho.
| A majority of those eligible for jury
duty have a firmly rooted conviction
that the federation officials are either
innocent or guilty.
Three weeks have gone by and a
| jury has not yet been secured in the
most populous county in the state.
They will be compelled to base their
verdict largely upon circumstantial
evidence. They will hear the testi-
mony of Harry Orchard, the nature of
which, it is promised, will be startling
in the extreme.
All the 100000 inhabitants of Idaho
will read the disclosures Orchard will
make. They will base opinions on
what he tells the court and jury. In
the very nature of things, these read
ers will be disqualified for jury duty.
How, then. can a jury be obtained
in any county Of the state either to
retry Haywood in case the present
jury disagrees, as predicted, or to sit
in judgment upon Meyer or Pettibone?
| Breaks Worlds Record.