Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1907 — HAYWOOD IS HIT HARD [ARTICLE]

HAYWOOD IS HIT HARD

;.Charged with Participation in a Scheme to Deceive Mrs. Harry Orchard. / *“ ~ BOGUS LETTER FROM ALASKA Object Being to Hake Oat That Or* chard Wa» Out There. Other Letters That, Though Not Conelusive. Do Not Improve the "t Defendant's Position—Base *" ■ _ for Impeachment Prepared. Boise, Idaho. June 19. The prosecution in the Steunenberg murder trial offered one of its most important pieces of evidence against’ William D. Haywood, when, recalling Harry Orchard for re-direct examination, it introduced and secured the admission of four letters tending to show that Haywood during the fall of 1905, when Orchard swears he was engaged on various crimes for the Federation leaders, had participated lu a plan to deceive Mrs. Orchard the second, of Cripple Creek, as to the whereabouts of her husband. Conspiracy of the Letters. Orchard was allowed to testify that early in the summer of 1905 Haywood told him that Mrs. Orchard was writing him for information as to Orchard’s whereabouts. Orchard swore that he proposed that he should _ write his wife n series of letters that were tb' be falsely dated and delivered to Mrs. Orchard by agents of the Federation. • He said that he first wrote two letters which he dated at San Francisco, and had them delivered through Paddy Mullaney, who represented the Federation at Cripple Creek. Orchard identified the two letters. Haywood’s Letter to Mrs. Orchard. Next Orchard swore that he wrote ' a third letter purporting to come from Nome, Alaska, and that under the general arrangement he had made with the Federation officials Marion Moore carried the letter to Nome, where he went as organizer of the Federation, and posted It, This letter, bearing the date of Nome, Aug. 5, 1905, was produced, identified and

admitted as evidence. Orchard then Identified a letter which Haywood wrote to Mrs. Orchard, and that, too, was admitted in evidence and handed to the jury. it was dated Denver, Nov. 18, 1905, and rend: “Dear Madam and Sister: I have not heard a word since I saw you. The last information I got was from Alaska. I think Fairfield was the name of the place. I sec that awful conditions prevail among the law and order element.”

LETTER TO “FRIEND TOM” “That” Alleged To Be the 8100 Send Orchard by Pettibone. Then three letters written by Orchard were read. They were commonplace and contained practically nothing bearing on the case of Orchard’s testimony except references to the arrangement which Orchard says he made with the Federation officials for the care of his wife while he was absent. The defense attempted to break tile force of the testimony by suggesting tlint the letters were Involved, but made poor progress. It also objected to their Introduction, but failed there also. Orchard swore positively that Haywood had agreed to write the Alaska letter, and that Fettlbone and Moyer knew of the arrangement. Beside the four San Francisco-Alas-ka letters the state secured the admission of a certifie(l,^o py of an unsigned letter will eh Orchard got at Caldwell Jail, and which Orchard swears is In the handwriting of Pettibone. The letter is dated Dec.9o,and reads: “Friend Torn—Your letter received. That was sent to Jack Dec. 12 for you. He should send it so that you ought to have it by this time. Will not write any more this time. Write me os soon as you get to your new field.” The letter was postmarked at Denver the day that Steunenberg was killed, and it Is alleged by the state that the “Jack” mentioned was Simpkins and that the “That” referred to was SIOO which Orchard swore he asked Simpkins tc secure for him when he was leaving Caldwell. The state developed its contention that as tending to show a conspiracy and knowledge of the Steunenberg crime Orchard was,' without any request from him, supplied with counsel within a few days after his arrest. It first Bhowed that Orchard after bis arrest setot no communication from Caldwell jail, and then produced and secured the admission of the original of a telegram, dated Spokane, Wash., Jan. 3, 1906, and addressed to T. Hogan, care sheriff, Caldwell, Ida., and reading: “Attorney Fred Miller will start for Caldwell In morning. M., 59 Hyde Block.” The defense’s reply to this was to show that the W. F. M* always provided counsel for its members when they got into trouble."* Sixty-Seven and Has the Mumps. Rnshvllle, Ind., June 19. Mra. Thompson, 67 years old, widow of H. C. Thompson, is very ill of the mumps.

REVENGE THEORY COMBATTED State Also Attempts to Prove Adams’ Confession Voluntary. To combat the theory that Orchard killed Steunenberg in revenge for his loss of a valuable Interest in the Hercules mine, the state on re-direct examination obtained from Orchard a 'declaration that he sold his interest in the Hercules in 1897, two years before the strike and troops came. There was a long contest over an unsuccessful effort by the state to show thht the confession of Steve Adams had been voluntary. It proved that Adams had once discussed the matter freely with Attorneys Hawley and Borah, but that was about as far as It got. thfe court sustaining a - series of objections from .the defense. At the opening of the morning session the defense asked Orchard a series of impeaching questions. They all dealt with conversations In which Jt was alleged Orchard recited his private grudge against Frank Steunenberg, and vowed that he would kill him if he banged for it. Orchard denied every query, both specifically and generally. Ed Boyce, once president of the Western Federation of Miners, and now one of the owners of the rich Hercules mine, came after Orchard and was still on the stand when the court rose for the day. He was called to identify the Miners’ Magazine ns the official organization of the Federation and to pave the way for the use os evidence of a great number of articles from the magazine. The defense was given the articles for examination and the row over their admission will. Come the first thing today. Boise, Ida., June 20.—-The entire morning session of the Steunenberg murder trial was consumed in hearing arguments on the 5 admissibility as evidence of the editorial utterances of. the Miners’ Magazine, official organ of , the Western Federation of Miners, ns to Frank Steunenberg and others connected with the labor troubles of the miners. On both sides the argument was based on the Chicago anarchist cases, the defense contending that by no construction could the authority in that caae be made a guide here, and the state that It covered the very propositions involved here.