Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-01-10
Isl Of TnE sTEuNENBuRG TRIALs.

closed.
That jurors voted convict he
IN hurs for verdict q guilty which meant hanging auf
Justification the prosecuting the prisoners bar The
evidence both direct indirect believe
they least bad guilty knowledge tina the crime
that il % many crimes Bat the jury,
intelligent people outside hesitate hanging the
actually the crime writing have this spc
chc crime committed This attitude makes conspiracy charge i'm
possible prove the point Of convictions the the Grim
makes impossible for the chief eonspraor pistol and bomb
t be done by hired agents the widespread conspiracy did
enemies attack and dealing with like Orchard they did
need contract in writing SO the proving them presen
% the Killings contracting specifically for each crime it
charged They had direct prooOrchards testimony
puts his that
deuce enough then conspiracy murder
and IS the safest crimes II one has the money to hire the assassin
tie fact that the principal there and the be pro-
beyond the verbal testimony
the principals wishing killed bar
hardly fair Interpretation Of law hardly
mand that proof knowing that it not existence
il the other line Of proof hand conclusive For
is probably citizen in Idaho who actually
Oh getting rebates or hrottng comp to the California land
pirate who claims 100000 land getting specified part
by fraud yhee who does actually the
The state has been surprisingly yndcad from charges
from honest people others from gnoole liars that conspng
with capital prosecute labor organization That both uries
three votes fer onvconhough the quit under pressure
but themselves knowshows ground pros
ecuon That conviction obtained negatives charge
the state would every fair foul convict No doub
could have close conviction it had thrsted
nste Of relying Justice Not dollar copper of the
efs associations, corporation individually the paid all
state tried hard to convict the evidence could get but
mans money TO help convict his enemy.
Orchard viii be at Caldwell crime lie
has confessed the murder has insisted that he has promd
immunity, and he due hang may hang him
after all II his testimony against Haywood Pebone
IL ought be against hms H. Thu ures say his story
is false regarding the others they supplied the only money
and apparently tine only motive lead to such The
alton that picture their supp him, able workman
money travel and ike while he paid off private gudges
loaed around in prairie and believe carrying
plans his superor goequ and untrustworty
sane has hardly been denied that they furnished him money They
furnished him lawyer from spokane miles away
for memory Alright before
Federation IT, after all the cooboraye evidence linking them
together the principals guilty how he be-? If his
zion Is az all ueaud there hardly who doubts t
must e underyu to the
tailed he has confessed motive corrobored by
hs long and intimate relations with the accused No does
such deeds without motive he killed seunenbug any one
says be did there jues say did not
do W for deny the motive freeing others with urging
Either would him from the eallows The millions
hove be really The mudeous wretch pictured hmse-and
barrow believes thameht potaby whether they
ever do anything particularly hazardous thing without moye
L unreasonable oconcabe believe that carry
nch Orchards any course without
richard tells why he did rs the motive through all his
confessed and he have always money
the place where he says he inspiration given
he ony reasonable not the only possible for his murders
hich all Of one kind The ure there motive re
uo would say that be should carry out
aeh course without and the only possible the ures
~ does not exist m
This closed the prisoners and legally
declared gult Since there may always fairly reasonable
oabt in proving sueh conspiracy which depend largely upon
oeal rather than direct proof be Satisfied tho
lost reasonable may DC that the accused had guilty knowledge n
they did not instge the nearly all would hang
To do that woed make martyrs them their cause
e them sympathy not mered by the evidence Going free
'asaed but humane doubt the the jury
en o; The evidence for hanging purposes they escape
Dh4ng evidence mot proven guilty enough TO hang"
'pua verdict Better iar better. let them live condemned than
"a a { Is
clous picture they would present posing martyrs all
evidence that presented Now Haywood a the
feieration Of Miners Meyer may follow him doubt
ine restoration va" again elect officers who dare want to use No
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