Question: In fact, the immediate result of the trials was to widen the breach between Haywood (who became increasingly radical) and his more cautious WFM associates (who wound up pulling back from the revolutionary IWW).
The breach between Haywood and his WFM associates was widened too much by the trial.

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Question: But skeptics suggest a darker that the Lippo fee was a payoff to Hubbell to keep quiet about Whitewater.
Skeptics think that the Lippo fee was Hubbell's payoff to remain quiet about Whitewater.

Answer: yes

Question: It was a small gold brooch.
They knew that the brooch was the most valuable possession he had.

Answer:
it is not possible to tell