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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1907-06-28, Page 6ISC The Forces For and Against Haywood Working Feverishly in Secret. Defence Will Try to Have Orchard's Evidence Ruled Out by the Court. Boise, Idaho, June 24.—This was one of the hardest days William D. Hay- wood Ms had in his trial for the mur- der of former Governor Frank Steunen- berg, so far as the evidence brought out le concerned!. The prosecution sue- •eeeded: in introducing four letters show- . ing an arrangement betweeen Haywood and Orchard in the summer of 1905, by which the Cripple Creek wife of Orehard wars to be deceived as to his where- abouts. One o fthe letters was from Haywood himself, on the official sta- tionery of the Western Federation of Miners. It was dated November lith, : 1905, and told Mrs. Orchard that the r last he had heard of her husband he was in Alaska. Orchard, in fact, was at that time in Caldwell with Jack ' Simpkins, arranging the murder of Steunenberg. Orchard identified the lecher which Haywood wrote to Mrs .Orchard. and that was admitted in evidence and band ed to the jury. It was as follows: "Denver, Nov. 18, 1905. "Mrs. H. Orchard: 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 see that awful conditions prevail among the law and order element. "Yours very truly, "William D. Haywood." The letter was in complete accord With the story of Orchard which he told on the witness stand, (regarding the :ar- rangement to fool his wife, and links Haywood up with him at the time when he was preparing to carry out what he declares to have been Haywood's order to kill Steufnenberg. The introduction of these letters made e, decided impression on the jurors. They sat up and took more notice than they have for several clays, and when the let- ters were passed around among them each . man scrutinized them closely. Harry Orchard occupied the stand most of the day on :redirect and recess-exam- eination. He was preceded by Jasper Nichols, Sheriff of Canyon county, who •i laid the foundation for the introduction of another letter, the unsigned. one, to which Mr. Hawley referred in his open- ing statement, Nichols was in charge of the jail where Orchard was held on ,his arrest at Caldwell immediately after the Steunenberg murder. He received the letter for Orchard, opened and read it, and made a copy of it before deliver- ing the original to the prisoner. Oreharxd destroyed the original as soon as he had read it. This morn- ing Nichols identified the copy he had made, and then Orchard testified that he remembered very els ;r1y the con- tents of the letter he Lad. receivd, and , that this was an ea crate copy of it. He also swore that tee letter was from Pettibone, although it was unsigned. He said that he sr:a- farniliar with Pet- tibone's handwriting. had seen it often, and was sure of it in this case. On that showing it was admitted. It merely acknowledged the receipt of a Ietter and proceeded with these sign- , fioant sentences: "That was sent to Jack December 21st for you. He should ' send it to you, so that you ought to have it by this time." The questions asked by Mr. Richard- son showed that the defence proposed i to prove that Orehard: for years had ' hated Steunenberg, The name of Max Medich, of Denver, was used in this con- neatien, Orchard being asked if he had , ever threatened to kill Steunenberg be- fore Malich. He denied this, where- on Richardson said he would produeea alioh in court. Orchard denied he had anade a similar remark to Lomie Day in Denver, `.`Kid" Waters, of Cripple Creek, and others, and further denied telling Dr. S. J. McGee, for- merly of Wallace, that he was a spy and would "get even" with Steunen- berg. teunenberg. Boise, Idaho, June 24.—Seerecy is the watehword of the men who are conduct- ing the prosecution of W. D. Haywood, Charged with compassing the death by assassination of a former Chief Execu- • tive of the State, and mystery surrounds every move made by counsel retained by . the Western Federation of Miners to defend their Secretary. The case has 'reached the stage where every move on the part of the State's attorneys is more closely watched and reported on by a score of eleuths emlpoyed by the defence in order that counteracting evi- dence may be secured in the poi its in the four or five western States where the alleged conspiracy, culminating ac cording to allgations of the prosecutors in half a hundred murders, playe.l its part, and from which the S`.nte is pro- ducing witnesses. While the elude has its day in court, another score of detee- tines watch the employees Of the defence in the hope of uncovering thine new move by which counsel for Haywood leape to clear their elient. in these Inst few days, during which the State hopes clinch and corroborate beyond a doubt the story told by Harry Orehnrd, the self-oonsed oo-conspirator with Haywood, a *tremendous activity is op - parent. Witnesses for the State are con- stantly arriving. The witnesses for the defence, -numbering 150 or 200, will be Here by the end of the week. Colorado supplies the larger number of these, but California, Idaho and Washington will send others. The witness on the stand at the open- ing of the court this morning -is Ed. Boyce, new a wealthy man and one of the gwners of the llercules mine, in'the Coeur d'Alene, of which Orchard owned at one time a sixteenth share. Boyce was for several years" the President of the Wesetrn federation of Miners. Ile has identified the Miners' Magazine as the official organ of tho Federation. It was 'in fact started under his direction while President. With the opening of court this morning the fight turns on the introduction of copies of the maga- zine. Those which have been offered in evidence contain a number of articles commenting ou former Governor Steu- nenberg. Some of these articles are over the signature of W. 1). Haywood, and the State hopes to get them in as proof of the animus that existed in Haywood's mind against the Governor :rho had driven the Federation out of the State and whose example bad been followed by the Governor of Colorado. The state now expects to close its case indirect by Friday night, and when it is probable that the court will adjourn ever until Monday. The opening of the defence will probe ably take one clay and then will begin the attack on the story told by Orchard. Counsel for the defence will, at the close of the state's case, however, move to strike out Orchard's entire story, on the ground that the state has failed to link Haywood with the murder of Steunen- berg, with which be is charged. This, un- der ordniary circumstances, it is said by counsel for Haywood, might he a some- what perfunctory matter, but in the pre- sent ease they hold that the state has not so far grade good its case, and they expect the Orchard story to be stricken, out, in which case, they say, the case against their client Will fall be. the ground. Counsel for the staid= sa til not . eompl eted, n.nel no means of knowing the amount or t,e quality of the corroborative testimor y„ yet to come. $z,00 Assessment. Denver, June 24. --Among a number of resolutions introduced yesterday at the Western Federation of Miners was ane for a general assessment of $2 on each member of the organization for the de- fence fund for*_Moyer, Maywood and Pet- tibone. Another resolution amends the ritual by providing that there shall be nothing in the obligations which shall be eon- trary to any member's "duty to his G-od, his country and his fellow men." ---e.0.10 - FOREST FIRES, GEORGIAN BAY AND ALGOMA DIS- TRICTS LOSING HEAVILY. Destruction of Standing Timber Has Already Caused Serious Loss—Light Rains on Monday Night Did Little to Check the Flames. Sault Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., June 24.— More serious reports come from the woods to -day regarding forest fires. Al- though rain fell last night, the fires were not checked. It is reported from Webb - wood that three men were burned ;fro death near there. Many miles of forest along the Algoma Central have been burned, and the flanges seem to be in- creasing in spite of light rains. Thotm sands of dollars' worth of timber has been destroyed in the Georgian Bay district also, and many operators have lost all of their supplies and equipments Destructive fires are burning on the Michigan side, too. Unless heavy"rain falls at once the fires may burn for days. Fort 1Villiarn, June 18.—Forest fires; which seem to be raging all over the dis- trict, are especially severe along the route of the G. T. P., and Foley Bros., contrac- tors, have suffered immense losses by the destruction of camps and supplies, Three powder houses, containing large quantities of powder, have been blown up by this cause, the houses having caught fire and the powder soon complet- ing the work of destruction. The powder .hooses which were destroyed were located at Sheba and I3oden lake, Two camps were also destroyed by these fires. Both contained an immense amount' of sup - pies. The camps were at Finmark and "Bay of English. The district around Kenora is also being swept by bush fires, W. T. Parson, who has the G. T. P. con- tract in this district, lost his storehouse in the fire. Itis loss will be over $2,000. A special from O'Connor township, twenty-five miles from here, says: The ear.`ancl the eastern part of Paipoonge. received the full brunt of the disaster. The losses were numerous and severe. Many squall " buildings, settlers' houses and effects, and large quantities of'coret snood, ties and fencing, besides thousands. of dollars' worth of standing timber were wiped oift, a and the scenes during the Height of the fire were of the most ex- citing and depressing character. In some rases the settlers,; after • sending their families away, were obligedto set ba> c?t fires in order to save there homes, The fire at its height was a terrifying sight, the flames in places` rushing in a wave a mile wide and a hundred feet high. • sob 'T T 11 C9k FENCE Minister Attacks the Methods of Rev. Di. Chown. General Secretary of Moral Reform' Supported by Vote. Toronto despatch: :This is the first time in my life that 1 have ever been celled on in this way to defend myself," said Rev. br. Chown, General Secretary. of Temperance and Moral Reform for the Methodist Church, as he went quiet, ly to the platform of the Elm Street Church yesterday afternoon, where the, Toronto Methodist Conference was in. session. 7`liis expression had reference to the remarks made by ;Rev. Thomas Camp- bell, and which created one of the out; standing incidents of all the sessions. When the report Of the Committee on Temperance and Reform was read by 1tey. J. 8. I. Wilson; it made reference to `•`the sane and .statesmanlike leader- ship, of Dr. Chown," and suggested that the appointment of , Field becretary to assist the General Secretary was neces- sary. "1 want to take exception to both. these clauses," said Rev. Mr. Camp- bell. This department of the Church, he said,, was costing now. $4,000 a year, and with a Field Secretary would run up to $0,000. He did not think the ministers present would sanction such additional expenditure or the appointment. A vast:. expenditure was creeping upon the"• church in the matter of superintendency, which was, :he decloriad simply appalling. He read from a repot in The Globe of a sermon delivered act` the Bay of Quints Conference by Dr. Chown, in which the :General Secretary had told of a certain deal by stockbrokers in Toronto with Lake Superior Consolidated stock. Dr. Chown had declared this transaction of ese broker's tw' b tieereditable.. "The Toronto Stock Exchange has as high a standard of integrity as the To- ronto Conference," said .the speaker with emphasis. "And it is a great mistake for the head of any movement to of- fend such interests as members of the Toronto Exchange, somite of whom are members of the Methodist Church." This last statement wait met with laugh- ter from many of tilos; present. Rev. Mr. Campbell ontinued to ats tack the leadershop cif the General Sec- retary. He said other ministers thought the same as he himself, but did not like to come out and say sea Dr. Orr, Manager of the Industrial Err- hibition, had been displeased, he said, with Drown a en erance move- Cl the ip v - oe . g. nment had proved unsuccessful under the latter, and in other ways Dr. Chown had failed to reach, the speaker thought, the :place on which the committee would place him. A; spirited discussion at once followed, and after lasting for some time Dr. Chown, in a quiet, diplomatic way,'. stated that in regard to `the char es made against him, he believed Rev. Mr, Campbell was not possessed of all the facts; The incident about the stocks had occurred some years ago. He was on the very best relations with Dr. Orr,. and he was obliged, because of most im- portant negotiations, to be out of this city a great deal during the time . of, the campaign here for a reduction of licenses. The reference of Mr. Camp bell, to his speeeh about the Woodbine and, the Governor-General did not prove` him disloyal, he thought.', "It doesn't matter to me if it 'were theeKing upon the throne. I would de nounee what I thought was wrong," said: Dr. ;Chown with vigor. The debate lasted for .some time longer. Several took part in it, 4 and eventually en a vote the report com- mending the Goneral Secretary was al` most unanimously adopted. • ' Discuss Orangeville Case. t MUTINY OF RUSSIAN SAPPERS; SIX ILLWW , D SIXTY `n'. MUD. Were Put to Flight After a Short Fight—To be Tried by Court Martial. St. Petersburg, June 24. ---Details of the mutiny of sapers at Kiev shows that it was only suppressed after a bloody engageemnt at midnight of June .17 between the mutineers and loyal troops, '.About 70 men were killed or wounded. Details of the Trouble. 'St. Petersburg, June 24.—The mutiny W'as planned to coincide with a political strike as a reply to the dissolution of parliament involving the railroads, tele- graphs and mails. The decision of the re- volutionary staff here to refrain from demonstrations was disobeyed by the hot headed' sappers. At midnight, June 17, five hundred men at a given signal left their beds, disarmed the sentries:, ' hur- riedly dressed, obtained possession af. their rifles, brokeinto an armory, secur- ed a number of loaded cartridges and then marched to the camp square and fired a volley in the air. The officer on duty, Captain Akuloff, ran out "and addressed the mutineers, persuading them to disperse. He then called out an- other battalion, drew the men up and led a charge on the mutineers ordering them to surrender. Upon their refusal to do so Captain Akuloff ordered the troops to fire and fell dead himself at the first volley. The fighting continued for several min- utes. Half a dozen soldiers were killed and sixty were wounded. Finally the mu- tineers, who had no officers, no leaders and no plans, wavered and fled. Two hundred and fifty were captured, but one hundred and ninety-three eluded pursuit and hid in the city. The mutiny at Kiev was arranged by- Shefohenko, a revolutionist of 'good fam- ily, who ordered' the array as a volunteer' for the purpose of undermining discip- line and won overtrnany of his •comrades,.. but when he raised the standard of re- volt they wore frightened and the little - band of ringleaders was overpowered. Three bombs were found in Shefo- heriko's tent. All the mutineers will be tried by court-martial. The workmen employed in a big fac- tory at Kiev elraek after the mutiny, but they shave not yet been joined by - employees of other factor:es. Gen. ,Sekhomlinoff, the comniandee of Kiev, 'is taking the most energetic mea- sures to arrest the fugitives a yyr the leaders of the movement. Hui—Weds of houses have been searched, and 93 citi- zens have been arrested, among them being officials of the railway and tele- graph service and the editors of news- papers. Numerous other arrests have been made in Kiev, and a number of bombs were found, but order is now restored. The city is in the hands of the military. Military troubles also have broken out among the troops of the Third Infantry Division stationed at ICalaga. The workmen of Moscow are also be- coming restless, and the commandant of that city has brought- twenty-two com- panies of infantry into the place to overawe the men. 'Severalbig meetings- of workmen in the Moscow suburbs have broken up. Wholesale arrests and prosecutions• continuo in St. Petersburg. shpuld be rigidly enforced, and that those who neglected to enforce them should be punished." o.m Another discussion took place over a clause which stated that an outrage- ous;,;•miscarriage of. justice had occurred' at,Orangeville recently, . and that the Conference should express its strong die - approval of such circumstances ars were repotted to have existed there. Tera A. D. Watson, in speaking to the, subject, said that in his: opinion ther' was far too much of the Immoral .in practice and conversation being allow- ed to go on without being interrupted. The Orangeville ease was an instance of what, he thought, was occurring else-, where, and every marl who was mn any way';, associated with Christian .work. should endeavor to suppress such in- terference with the laws of life. One speaker characterized the case as one of the most dastardly and outrage- aus.evidenecs of injustice to a commun- ity ';that had ever been known. in the history of Ontario. The recommendation was finally am- ended by striking out the line i•efering valley is enjoying a temporary respite to 'Orangeville, and the clause was then from the series of disastrous forest fires carried unanimously, "that laws deslgsi= which recently swept the country. O'Con- ed for the protectioe of prenatal life SUMMER SCHOOLS. ONE TO BE HELD 1N HAMILTON NEXT MONTH. Outgrowth of Litigation in Case of Chris- tian Brothers and Recent Legislation ` —Places Where Schools Will Be Established—Details of Curriculum. Ta 4e.0.o June 28.—The Department of u,ueed . the - location of si nutter schools, which were pro- vided for at the last session of the Leg- islature for the training of unqualified separate school teachers. This was ren- dered necessary because of the decision of the courts respecting the Christian Brothers, and the act provides that the summer schools -shall be the medium throughwhich the standard of qualifica- tions may be obtained. Separate school teachers and members of the Roman Co- tholie educational and religious commun- ities are eligible for attendance. The fol- lowing places have been chosen: Ottawaa aFor English -nand) teach- ers, eachers, in the d'Youville Separate School; for other teachers in the Normal School. Peterboro'—In the St. Peter's Separ- ate School. Toronto—For male teachers, in De La Salle Separate School; for female teach- ers, in the University of Toronto. Hamilton In the St Ann's Separ- ate School. Berlin—In the St. Mary's Separate School. London—In the Sacred Heart Separ- ate School. The schools open at 2 p. m. on July 3rd and continue until August 3rd, the hours of study being from 8 to 11 a.m. and from 2 to 4 p. m. The curriculum will include art, lsunguage, methodology, administration, nature study, and all the standard courses, such as grammar, arithmetic, etc. Five hundred teachers, it has been intimated, will attend these classes. A T ORO W ROMANCE. SHIT TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF A HOUSE. M. McAndrews Bought the Property as Present for His Intended Bride, """and Then Changed His Mind Re- garding the Marriage. Cetliarines despatch: A romance in which two respected residents of Theroak were the principals found its culmination in the non -jury High Court Here to -day, when his Lordship Sir 'Wm. Mulock .was called upon to decide on what seemed an exceedingly "difficult matter. Mrs. Mary J. Royal, the widow of a playwright, who was well-known in his day, has lived in Thorold for some time in her little home west of the old Welland Canal, raising sufficient money to maintain herself by selling her hus- band's manuscripts of plays, etc. In time she became acquainted with Patrick McAndrews, a well-known Thor- old man, who lost his wife some time since, and about a year ago, it seems, they became engaged, the marriage day being set for the coming autumn. There was a mortgage on Mrs. Royals house, and McAndrews, wishing to present his bride with a fitting wedding present, agreed that if the home were put up et mortgage sale he would buy it in and fit it up and deed it back to her in its improved state as a marriage gift. When news of the engagement leaked out "McAndrews' relatives raised a storm of protest, and they used every persua- sion to prevent the old gentleman carry- ing out his intentions. Their protests, met with no result at first, however. The pair continued to be as deeply in love as ever. The Royal house was pur- chased and Mr. McAndrews spent a con- siderable amount of money on it in the - way of improvements, paying back taxes, etc. The wedding day came, but there was no wedding. Something had gone wrong,. it was whispered among the townspeo- ple. • It Was known that Mr. McAn- drews' health had broken down, Soon there were clear evidences of estrange- ment between the couple. Airs. Royal.. asked McAndrews to fulfill his agree- ment with her to hand over the deed of her' home. Ile refused, it appears, and instead gave the property to his half- brother, Thomas Freel. Thomas Free] brought suit against Mrs. Royal to recover the property, and' the ease was set for trial at the Sprites - Assizes at Welland. The case was en- larged and transferred to St. Cathar- ines in order that McAndrews could be• made a party in the suit. Mrs. Royal in her evidence declared that the wedding had been broken off through no act or fault of hers. She - was quite willing to abide by every con- dition of the contract. The home would still be hers, she claimed, had not Mc- Andrews appeared with his promises of marriage, as the mortgagees were not pressing for payment of the principal, and so far as they were concerned she might have remained in possession to - the end of her days, paying the interest on the mortgage merely. Through the actions of McAndrews she now has noth- ing. Mr. Justice Muloek reserved judg- ment. "Why not bring an action for breach.' of promise against McAndrews?" his ' Lordship suggested, Mr. A. C. Kingstone, counsel for Mrs.. Royal, replied that this would hardly• be possible, in view of McAndrews' weakened mental and physical condition. The present' action seemed to be their. only recourse. The Judge promised to decide shortly.. . CHLOROFORM WAS FATAL. Clara Ellett, a Young Toronto Girl, Died' From It, Toronto despatch: With a handlera chief over her mouth and a piece of cotton, both having the odor of chloro- form, Clara Ellett, eighteen years old,. the daughter of Mr. Charles H. Ellett, 16 Ivy avenue, was found dead last night on the floor of Dr. A E. Snell's surgery - at 496 Spadina ,avenue. For over three - years the girl had been in the employ of Mrs. Mary Close at that address„ where Dr. Snell also had his surgery,. Toward 6 o'clock last night • she com- plained to her employer that she was not. feeling well, and it was thought she had gone to her room. Two hours afterward Mrs. Close found. Miss Ellett dead on the floor close to - the physician's medicine chest. Dr. Snell being absent at Niagara camp, Dr.. Webster was called in and an examina- tion of the body indicated that the girl had been dead about an hoer. All the circumstances were reported to Chief Coroner Johnson, and after art investiga- tion by Coroner W. A Young a certifi- cate of death from accidental asphyxia- tion was given. It is thought deceased took the an- aesthetic with the object of relieving pain, as she had `Once before remarked that she had used it with good result", The body was taken to Mr. Harry rllis'" undertaking rooms.