| Show SENSATIONS COME AS THE HAYWOOD TRIAL NEARS ITS FINISH BOISE BOISE- Ida July l 15 The The The end of f the trial of William 1 D. D Haywood secretary secretary sec sec- rotary and treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners char charged ed with c con conspiracy n n. n to murder is now within measurable meas measurable distance The case today enters its tenth week of hearing bearing before Jud Judge e Fremont Wood in n the District court of Ada county The rebuttal for the State so far is being directed against the witnesses produced by the defense to discredit n Oi Orchard At Atthe Atthe Atthe the end of the first day of rebuttal rebuttal rebuttal re re- re- re a warrant was issued d for Dr I. I L. L McGee who swore that he saw Orchard in North Dakota at a time when Orchard swore he be was in Denver McGee is a prominent man livin living Inthe in inthe inthe the northern part of the State Counsel Counsel Coun Coun- sel eel for the defense as soo soon as they heard of the warrant having been issued sent a telegram to McGee in which according to Clarence DarroW Darrow Darrow Dar- Dar row one of Ha Haywood's counsel they urged him to come to Boise at once McGee was arr arrested sted in Spokane He waived extradition and is expected to arrive in Boise today todar The defense defense de de claims to have discovered new evidence to show that Orchards Orchard's maternal maternal maternal ma ma- grandfather was a a. a maniac on on the subject of crime and that lie he formerly lived in in Canada and there are other intimations of possible do- do lay lar Judge Fremont Wood however intimates intimates intimates in in- to counsel that the case must be concluded He points out that by bJ limiting the scope of the examinatIons examinations examina examina- of witnesses on both sides the hearing bearing might have been much shortened shortened short short- ened but that he was desirous of giving every opportunity to counsel t to develop their case in iii direct Now however the situation is different and an and further delay elay would b be an injustice to the State while the continued confine confinement confinement ment of the jury would imperil the ease The most novel feature of the case is the confession of the witness William Wil liam Dewey who Saturday swore that he participated in in the riots in the Coeur d' d when two men were killed hilled In making this confession Dewey laid himself open to arrest Counsel for the State express the opinion that Dewey will not be prose prose- Among the men now ow in in Boise as witnesses for the defense is is W. W F F. Davis who was indicted indict d by the grand jury of Shoshone county as a leader in the same riot He has nas been in the State of Idaho for thirty days and no effort has has' been made t to act on the in It is pointed out that the Bunker Hill and Sullivan affair occurred eight years ago and that it might be extremely hard to make a charge of lie he The county went to great expense at the time of the outbreak outbreak outbreak out out- break to prosecute those concerned One man was convicted but was afterward after altet ward pardoned Some ten or a dozen indictments were found and it is said that the names of more than of the participants participant in the riots are known to the authorities and that many of them have been residents of the State of Idaho since siMe the occurrences |
