Show r PETTIBH TRIAL AT LAST BEGUN Foundation is Laid for Orchard to Testify and Evidence Similar to Haywood Case Used Attorney Hawley In Opening Statement State-ment Declares That Pettibone Was Most Guilty of All Those Charged With the Murder of Steun enberg Boise Ida Charging that George A Pettlbono the defendant at bar is the most guilty of all those charged with causing the death of Governor Frank Steunenberg James Hv Hawloy outlined the states case on Tuesday Little effort at oratory was made by the chief prosecutor but ho plainly told tho jury what It Is proposed to prove For two hours he spoke of what ho termed tho most gigantic conspiracy piracy in tho annals of crime always I keeping in the foreground tho part which it is alleged Pettibone took in It The taking of evldenco began at the afternoon session and before court adjourned for tho day the slate had established tho corpus delectl clearing ho way for Harry Orchard who will for tho second time tell to a jury hit story of blood Orchard was brought from tho penitentiary to the city Tuesday afternoon Tho evidence will be similar to that of the Haywood case The statement was made by Attorney Hawloy that Pettlbone was the most important tae tor of the conspiracy Ho was the mediator between tho federation leaders lead-ers and tho desperate men who madu murder a trade and assassination a means of livelihood It was Pettibone who manufactured a peculiar kind of explosive known as Pettlbone dope which when thrown upon anything causes fire which cannot be put out that it was ho who sawed off tho shotguns shot-guns which became common weapons assassins that he for the use of the assassins helped to make the bombs which caused a score of deaths I |