Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-19
DEFENSE VERY MYSTERIOUS.
Detectives on Either Side Are
Closely Watching Doings
OF the Other.
CRISIS IN THE CASE REACHED.
Court Takes Early Adjournment to
Consider Question of Admitting Min
cr's Magazine as Evidencc.

Boise, June 19.-Secrecy is the
watchword of the men who are con-
ducting the prosecutor OF w. u. Hay
wood charged pv the state of ldaho
with comprising the death. by as
sasslnation, of a former chief exec
utiye and mystery surrounds every
move made by counsel retained by the
Western Federation OF Miners to de-
fend their secretary. The case has
reached the stage where every move
on the part OF the states attorneys is
more closely watched and reported on
by score of sleuths employed by the
defense In order that counteracting
evidence NAV be secured from the
roints In the four or five western
states where the alleged conspiracy,
eliminating, according to the ailesa-
tions of the prosecutors, III mar
hundred murders, played its part and
from which the state Is producing VIZ
nesses. While the state has its DAY IN
court, another score OF detectives
watch the employees Of the defense In
the hope of uncovering some new move
by which counsel for Haywood hope TO
clear their client from the charge of
murder. In these last few days during
which the state hopes TO clinch and
corroborate beyond a doubt. IN the
minds of the IL men with whom the
final Judgment rests the story told by
Harry Orchard the self-contessed CO.
conspirator with Haywood. a trenlen-
dous activity Is apparent. Witnesses
for the state are arriving and more
are expected to arrive today. The wit
nesses for the defense. numbering be-
tween i50 and 600 will be here by the
end Of the wee8 Colorado supplies
the large number of these. but Call
fornla, Idaho and Washington will
send others.
STATES WITNESSES.
Among the states witnesses who ar
rived late yesterday was Judge God
dHrd. a justice of the supreme court
OF Colorado, who was hunted by Or
chard. a bomb planted at Judge
C;oddard's gate in Denver, but which
failed TO explode was dug up by Bulk
ley Wells. adjutant general of Color
ado after Orchard made his confess
sion telling where the bamb was
planted. 4 woman witness here from
California, who kept the house in
which Orchard roomed while in San
Francisco, is expected TO testify that
while Orchard was In her room she
found evidence that in the light of his
confession, shows he tried experiments
with the trigger for a bomb. She
found, IL is said, a small screw-eye in
the door of the room with a piece Of
fishing line passing through il and a
cork at one end. The fisblng line
corresponds, It Is alleged with the
piece of fishing line attached to the
bomb that killed Steunenberg and a
section OF which was found in Or
chard's trunk at Caldwell after his
arrest.
The state now expects to close its
case In direct by Friday night when
1t Is probable that the court will ad-
journ over until Monday. The open
ing OF the defense will probably take
one day and then will commence the
attack on the story told by Orchard.
Counsel for the defense will, at the
close of the states case. however,
move 20 strike out Orchards entire
story on the ground that the state has
failed to link Haywood with tho MUIR
der of Steusnberg with which ne Is
charged This under ordinary circum-
stances. II is said by counsel for Hay-
wood. might be n somewhat perfume
tory matter. but in the present case
they hold that the state has not so
far made good It's case and they ex-
poet Orchards story to he stricken
out In which case they say the case
against their client would fall TO the
ground.
Counsel for the state say that their
case is not complete. and that the
defense has no means of knowing the
amount or the quality of the cofrobor-
alive testimony yet to come. In any
event the argument on this motion
is likely to be exhaustive.
ToDAY's PROCEEDINGS.
The entire morning session Of the
Steuenberg murder trial was consam-
ed In hearing arguments on the adj
instability as evidence of the editorial
utterances of the Miners Magazine
Official organ Of the Western Fedora
tion OF Miners as 10 Frank Steuen-
berg and others connected with the
labor troubles of the miners. On both
sides the argument was based on the
Chicago anarchist cases. the defenso
confending that by no construction
could the authority In that case be
made a guide mere. and the state thai
It covered the very propositions In
yclved here.
examination. and adJournlng the trial
at II O'Clock promised 70 rule at
o'clock in the afternoon
MINERS MAGAZINE
Senator Borah commenced the
days proceedings by Offering and
81 ecificaly naming the articles In the
various numbers Of the Miners Maga-
zine which he offered IN evidence. To
the Introduction OF each exhibit The
defense made general objection and
stated that they would present specific
objection 10 each. The general obs
lection was that the evidence failed
20 connect the defendant with the
murder OF Stsunenberg.
N mi "A hDARFihlnE
ncles In the magazine took nearly hall
In hour The articles themselves will
DO read to the jury later II the courl
admits them as evidence
pEFENsE's ARGUMENT,
r.. II. Richardson presented the argu'
nent for the defense against the admis'
lion of the magazine articles AZ evil
iAnee lie maintained that the art
lies offered by the state failed 20 show
nlat the defendant had. through thes'
articles. contributed anything tina