The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-08-02
WHAT THE HAYWOOD TRIAL
WILL COST THE TAXPAYERS
Enormous sum Expended IN the Trial
Of Labor Leader f5r Completely In
Murder Of Ex-Governor stsun.
enbera.

Boise. lulHn iua Boise Statesman
presents sumr interesting statistic
regarding the Haywood trial which
has caused almost worldwide inter''t
because Of She gn,i,y OF the crime
charged and th' Prominence. In labor
circles. at least cf the man ON trial
for completely in the murder Of cN.
Governor Stru1onu'.g of Idaho.
n 81 exceedingly difficult to yet oven
estimate closely what the expense Ut
the great TRIAL Will have been when
AN &C. closed sa Up tn date It iH
known uh4t has cost Canyon county
a trine synt g2o.OoO-its share. which
does mo- lncludc more than at'U' '1c.
NTH Of tho cost to the prosecution,
The expense TO the defense has been
a great deal moro than to the state II
has been stated by those Win have
been close 10 tho defense that 80 fnr
the defense has spent very close to
I $4,000 in defending William u. Hay
wood
ON June settlement was had be
tween Canyon county aud Ada county
/ for the amount spent by the lntior
county ON account OF the Haywood
| trial and Canyon county issued war
rants "a Ada county totaling ST.
/ N5G21. the amount spent To that date.
/ This included 100 per diem witness
/ fees and mileage only from siaS lines
| The mileage outside the state ana
I other uut.ofs'uto witness cEuo EOS to
/ the state llu' were paid from state mp
/ prupHauon4 From the same fund nt
torucy fees Kcrp paid also the pay of
certain deputies. detectives fees. etc.
/ AN of which amounted up to some
thing over fi5 1000
u la interesting to note that nue.
Of the expense has been ON accoua
of the Jury Al Jurors summon q
while ON duty and until excused were
allowed 81 per day That amount hn.
meant that twelve men for i6 davl
of the trial received $50 per da'
and that iu lll 2iS persons summons
as Jurors each received 81 per dll
for days running from one up 10 900
average OF siN DAYS each All OF th'
time since MAY o. Eve hailins hav,
each received 81 per day and thor'
have been number OF special dopu
ties drawing each 81 per day, Scvcru
of these have boon paid directly Boy
/ Canyon county. but most pf them hny'
drawn their pay iu state warrant
from the appropriation fund
An OF the time since the trial IN
Jurors have boon housed In a dwelling
house especially httcd up for them
The house has cost Canyon county II
rent $3.50 per day since May 9 ~
. feed the jurors up 20 June r. u la
, taken groceries 10 the nmpuat q
, tt775O. That Included the purchns
, Of some tableware and co0kng utel
slla. The meat BIN mp 90 that tim
, amounted 20 til9. There we're oth'
!. household expenses-a man 10 loo
after the house. a woman io Keep u
J. homework up. o cook and servants.
l. The trial OF William d, Haywoo
o started on May 2.
There were altogether 2iS yenir'
" men summoned oi whom hiriy'nin
n were excused for statutory excuse
i and Of whom tweny'throc were nnall
, excused without being examined, ha'
-, Ing been loft over after the jury WI
secured
OF the Jurors ndv In the box. Nv
have been serving as jurors since th
j first day OF the trial They are San
r mel p. Russell and Samuel D. Gilmal
u These two we're called 10 the jury bo
ON May o. They are the only juror
. left Of the original panel which RI
!. ported May ..
. on May l3 there reported for dui
I, the first special panel OF vonlreme
: 100 In all There are serving ON N
D. Jury six men selected from that pane
they being Low smith. Lee Schrl
- enor Thomas - Cess George POwel
Il Daniel Clark and a = Burns.
a on May 90 the second special venil
4 Of sixty tnlesmen reported From TN
d whole panel but one Juror was solec
n I'D That one who N serving N ~
~ ley Mclean II was ON May ~ I'M
"A the final panel OF siSty-One report,
T. and the remaining jurors were seleC
ID ed from that panel They are j.
Robertson, o. " Sebern and H.
TX Messecar
The jury WAS finally completed nm
u accepted by both Sides on June a..
(. The following day the defense b
gan its introduction NJ evidence iinD
[. ~ resting on July ~ The state bega
n its robuttal the same day closing q
a. July ~. In an eightynine witncssl
., were placed ON the stand by the sta
and oightyseycn by The defense.