Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-06-07
HAYWOOD TRIAL
PART or ORCHARDS CONFESSION
coRRoooRATeO. SAYS
PROSECUTION.
$50 WITNESSES TO TESTIFY
Belief Expressed That Jury Cannot os
Found in Idaho That VIII
AVree-What Tent

Boise. idaho.-Senator BoTah. lead
ing counsel tor the prosecution In tho
Haywood case. said that the state
would be able positively To eorrsb'
orals one important feature Of Or
chafd's confession. Orchard. in the
version Of his confession that has been
circulated over the country with the
taeit approval Of Detective Mcfarland.
claims To have attempted tn assas.
sinate -Jim" bradley. who Was super
ihtsndeht Of the bunker Hill mine dur.
ins the coeur d'Alcne troubles in 1888.
Bradley aui, the Cosur 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 b. opened the
front door of his home. lie Was ne-
yer.iy injured and the house was dam
aged.
Orchard told Mcfarland that he mad
been delegated by the inner cirei. OF
III. Western Federation of Miners To
kiii bradley and that b. had placed \
bomb In such a position that bradley
would cxplod. Il when he opened IN.
front door Of his house.
The state II gathering It's array of
witnesses. squads II them being as
signed To tn. care Of Pink.r'on d.tco-
lives. IL is estimated that there are
now In Boise iifiy of the 100 Witnesses
summoned by the state. Even with
this excess OF ear- which the state II
bestowins ON the switncss-E. reports
arc circulated which indicate that they
rrc Causing considerable troubic and
no little annoyance to the Hleu,hn. One
of the states mos, important wit
nerscn IL i.o,tie Day. keeper of'a re.
sort at Cripple Creek. Sh. escaped
the hicuihs. and. II il understood. took
the afternoon train back Ia Colorado
She was subpocnacd TO tell Of con.
yciss,ion 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 fcdct0,ion and a nur.
vivor Of tho Cocur d'Alcnc bull pen.
Brccn was nm active participant In the
clashes In northern Idaho and In well
acquainted with the conditions and the
persons arraycd on the other side. He
exchanged greetings with Attorney
Hawicy. who fifteen years ago was
counsel for the federation and APP
pcarcd for him In the several trials fol.
lowing the early troubles.
In the person OF one Lloyd. q Pink.
crton agent. Brccn 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 Scrin.o.
His occupation here is to act as body.
.unrd for the manager Of the Pinkcr-
ton Hlcuths.
Some fears are expressed Ms TO the
chances OF the jury withstanding the
long strnin 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. ldaho.-It seems almost be.
yond the rnngc Of possibility ut this
time that the Haywood Jury will agree.
Then what?
VIII tho 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 rehearing OF the Steunenburg
murder charge in Boise?
These are the questions that are up
permost in the minds of those most
vitality 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 muir
der of a 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.
majority of those eligible for jury
duty have firmly rooted conviction
that the federation officials are either
innocent or guilty.
Three weeks have gone by and
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 tne ZOV,UOU lnnaDltantS OF ldanO
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 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?