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Show lYiOTTIi. BEiSAT BOISE The Task of Selecting Jury in the Fir t of the Famous Cases Now Under Way. Family of the Accused Man In the Court Room at the Opening Session, Ses-sion, Which Was Unmarked by Unusual Incident. Holso, Idaho. Thursday, May 9, the opening day of tho trial of William Wil-liam D. Haywood, the llrst to be placed on trial of tho alleged' participants In tho avenging conspiracy by which It Is averred the assassination of Hx-Oovornor Hx-Oovornor Frank Hteunenberg was plotted plot-ted nnd executed, wns unmarked by unusual Incident. It wns earnest and business-like. Its striking feature was tho entlro absence of crowds' or demonstration dem-onstration In any form. At no time, morning or afternoon, wns the courtroom court-room moro than half filled, and tho streets forming the courthouse squnro contnlned not n single loiterer. Tho case was halted shortly before C o'clock, an adjournment being be-ing taken until Monday, anil no Juror wob secured, but substantial progress pro-gress was made. Mr. Haywood was brought Into tho court room sharp at 10 o'clock In tho I morning. He found his family In a lino of chairs to the right of his seat, and in front were nil of his counsel. He devoted moro nttentlon to his youngest daughter tlinn to any ono else, nnd throughout tho day took prnc-tlcally prnc-tlcally no part in tho selection, of Jurors. Many men In similar Jeopardy, as n rule, mnko close study of their prospective Jurors, nnd frequently ox-press ox-press their personal preferences, but Mr. Haywood seems content to leave the matter entirely In the hands of his lnwyors. Haywood gave no sign of nny feeling or emotion, but sat quietly quiet-ly throughout tho day. Mrs. Haywood and tho older daughter stood tho ordeal or-deal of appearance In court very well, but tho younger child cried after tho examination of talesmen began. Mrs, Haywood and her children did not nt-tend nt-tend the afternoon session. Tho question of tho defenso took a much wider rnngo than that of tho state, and Its most striking feature dealt with tho possible effect upon the minds nnd attitudes of Jurors of tho letter of President noosovelt iu calling call-ing liny wood and his associates "tin-derslrahlo "tin-derslrahlo citizens," tho speeches In Idaho of Secretary Taft, tho messago of Governor Gooding to tho legislature of Idaho, the speech In Holso of Senator. Sena-tor. Heybum, nnd tho action of tho Idaho legislature In passing n resolution resolu-tion nnd appropriating money for tho prosecution of tho throe prisoners. Tho chief concern of tho counsol for tho state in tho examination of talesmen, tales-men, as Indicated by their questions, was their nttltudo toward clrcumstan- tlol evidence, tho ubscuco of the accused ac-cused from tho stnto when tho crlmo wns committed, the effect of tho manner man-ner In which tho prisoner nnd his companions com-panions woro brought from Colorndo, vlows of tho talesmen ns to tho death penalty for murder in tho llrst degreo nnd union labor. They also questioned each talesman as to his acqunlntnnco with tho murdored governor, with n view to disclosing friendship or enmity. en-mity. Judgo Wood uunounced that ho Intended In-tended to glvo both sides n wide latitude lati-tude In the examination of talesmen. Ho also showed a willingness to grant challenges where thero seemed nny reasonable objection to the attitude of tho talesman, and In tho one contest of tho day ho ruled with tho defenso, which had challenged tho tnlesman, and wns resisted by tho stnto. Lawyers of Holso not connected In nny way with tho case, but who know ns much ns Is known, of what both sides expect to do, say that after tho Jury Is secured tho trial of tho com ought to bo over In -wo weeks. Judge Fremont Wood oxicts to waste no time and another adjournment Is not looked for. Tho court will sit from 10 a. m. to noon nnd from 2 to C p. m., nnd sometimes until G o'clock, with one long session on Saturdays. . Several members of tho Western Federation of Miners who nro now iu Holso watching tho progress of tho enso, do not Join in the belief existent exist-ent In some quarters that Orchard I1I refuso to testify. Thoy hellovo that ho will mnko his stntoment upon tho stand. On all slde thero Is n question ns to how far Orchard will bo allowed to go in his stntemont which, it Is nllogcd, implicates Hny-wood, Hny-wood, Moyer and Pettlbono. It Is around this evidence that tho whole caso undoubtedly will move |