Show in the famous murder trial tells the history of his life bis invalid wife who sat nearby sobs softly of president moyer completed V balse idaho july ll 11 liulam D took oath today as a witness la his own defense and in a lengthy narrative rf his life and his work as a leader of his fellow miners that was interrupted by adjournment denied guilt of the murder of frank steinen St eunen berg and the manifold crimes charged against him by harry orchard haywood wag pale and trembled with nervousness when he left the table of his counsel and walked around to the elevated witness stand where he faced the judge and jury and raised his right hand to be sworn when he began to respond to clarence dar rows question his voice was low and somewhat uncertain but within ten minutes he had regained his composure and tor the rest of the afternoon be was master of his feelings As he told of his boyhood that began with toll at the age of nine and gave the history of hie family his invalid wife who to the left of the witness stand began sobbing softly her mother in law and her nurse soon comforted her however and during the rest of the afternoon she and the rest of haywoode Hay woods remained quiet but deeply concerned auditors haywood makes denials haywoode Hay woods testimony was chiefly characterized by positive denials of the allegations mado against him by the prosecution he denied that he met orchard until somo time after the vindicator explosion denied that be sent orchard back to cripple creek to blow up the independence station denied participation in the lyte gregory murder and denied suggesting or discussing the murder he swore that he never gave orchard any money at any time or place for any purpose he declared that he never made a threat against whom he said he regarded only ha he did any politician who waa being swayed by capitalistic influence he told of a number of occasions when he met orchard in denver in the ordinary course of his relations with the federation and georgo A pettibone and said be saw orchard for the last time in august 1905 when orchard told him be was going to alaska and haywood said be him for deserting his wife at cripple creel the direct examination had not reached the connection of jack simkins and the action of the federation after waa murdered when adjournment inter erupted it cross examination of moyer the state completed examine tion of charles H moyer at noon and in dealing biffi his testimony directed its strongest attack against the circumstances cum stances under which the federation at the suggestion of jack simp kalns came to the relief of orchard when be was arrested for killing senator borab who conducted the examination emphasized the connection of jack and the federation and the tact that the federation without inquiry as to the guilt or innocence of orchard gave 1500 from Is treasury to provide for his defense he dilso developed the tact that the federation Is providing for the of steve adams who Is charged with killing two claim jumpers at the instigation sti gation of jack moyer denied knowing anything about the that haywood sent to jack a few days before was and which Is traced to orchard by an unsigned note he got at caldwell jail and a coincidence ot dates REFUSED application preventing a obeying the rate law ies moines july 11 judge smith mcpherson ot the federal court here today denied the application of two stockholders of the iowa central and the minneapolis st louis for a restraining order against the directors of these roads to prevent them from putting into effect the two cent passenger rate passed by the iowa legislature taking effect july ath the judge based his action upon the ground that no injury to the roads was shown and that the compliant that the new rate would cut down dividends was not proven that increased nger travel might increase receipts and that under rule no ag of the court the case was not properly brought as no charges of faith upon the part of the directors waa alleged |