The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-07-12
HAYWOOD TAKES
WITNESS (: ST. and
DENIES KILLING FORMER COVER
NOR sTUENEMBERG.
TELLS STORY OF LIFE
invalid wife Weeps as Prisoner Testi-
fies-Refutes Testimony OF Harry
Orchard ia Detail Throughout Case
-Moyer's Examination Concluded.

-Moyer'S Examination Concluded
Boise, July 11.-Wm. D. Haywood
took oath today, as witness in his
own defense, in a lengthy narrative
Of his life and his work as a leader OF
his fellow miners that was interrupt.
ed by adjournment. He denied guilt
of the murder of Frank Stuenenbere
and the manifold crimes charged
against him by Harry Orchard.
Haywood was pale and trembled
with nervousness when he left the
table of his counsel and walked around
to the elevated witness stand where
he faced the judge and jury and
raised his right hand to be sworn.
When he began to respond to Clar'
ence Darrow's questions, his voice
was low and somewhat uncertain, but
within 10 minutes he had regained his
composure and for the rest of the af-
ternoon he was master of his feel
ings.
AS he told of his boyhood days AMI
gave the history Of his family, his in
valid wife,, who sat just to the left of
the witness stand, began sobbing
softly. His mother-in-law and her
nurse soon comforted her, however,
and during the rest of the afternoon
she and the rest OF Haywood's kin
folk remained quiet, but deeply con-
cerned.
Haywood's testimony was chiefly
characterized by positive denials Of
the allegations made against him by
the prosecution. He denied that he
met Orchard until some time after the
Vindicator explosion, denied that he
sent Orchard back to Cripple Creek
to blow up the independence station,
denied participation in the Lyte Greg
ory murder, and denied suggesting or
discussing the Stuenenberg murder.
He swore that he never gave orchard
any money at any time, or any place,
or for any purpose. He declared that
he never made a threat against Stuen-
enberg, whom he regarded as he did
any state officer who was being
swaped by capitalistic influences. He
told Of a number of occasions when
he met Orchard in Denver and in the
ordinary course of his relations with
the federation said he saw Orchard
for the last time in August, 1905, when
Orchard told him he was going to
Alaska. Haywood said he chided him
for deserting his wife at Cripple
Greek. The direct examination did
not reach the connection of Jack
Simpkins and the action of the feder-
alton after stuenenberg was muir
dered, when adjournment interrupted
it.
The state completed the cross-ex-
animation of Charles H. Meyer at
noon and in dealing with his testi-
mony directed its strongest attacks
against the circumstances under which
the federation, at the suggestion Of
Jack Simpkins, came to the relief Of
Orchard when he was arrested for
killing Stuenenberg.
Senator Borah, who conducted the
examination, emphasized the connec-
tion of Jack Simpkins and the feder-
alton and the fact that the federation,
without inquiry as to the guilt or in
nocence of Orchard, gave $1,000 from
its treasury to provide for his de-
fense. He also developed the fact
that the federation is providing for
the defense of Steve Adams, who is
charged with killing two claim jump
ers at the instigation of Jack Simp-
kins. Meyer denied knowing any
thing about the $1O0 that Haywood
sent to Jack Simpkins a few days be-
fore Stuenenberg was assassinated,
and which is traced to Orchard by an
unsigned note he got at Caldwell,
while in jail and coincidence of
dates.