THE STUENENBERG MURDER.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13007, 8 January 1908, Page 7

THE STUENENBERG MURDER.

I ACQUITTAL OF PETTI BONE.

Tnitfd Pws A?«CK-iaticn —By Electric I Teltcreph—-C->pyri?h!. ! NEW YORK, January 6. J The tr:nl at Eoise City, Idaho, of iJ. P«>t-tilH*ru\ one of the members of ilie Committee of tho Western Federation of Mir.cn*. for the murder of Frank iStueneiiberg, os-tiovernor of Idaho, res-uited in an acquittal. Tho result of thin trial is pretty well wfrut uas. expert ci in view of the «c'iiiiu«l of Ma-vwood, charged ' with the- same crime. StouI nonberg was murdered by a bonibsonw i time aiti'T ho had ceased to bo Gover- ' nor of the 6:<'.te, and the allegation : w;.e, tiiat tJio ciocutive of tho Miners' Ftaerition arnwgfd tho crime «c en 1 art of terrorism, Stetinenbery having j oppotod tJio .Miners' Federation while I iii/ofuct. , . A n:«.iv nnmed Harry Or--1 chard was arrwtei and charged "with ! lixa crime. He eonieescd that he hud j f/iscc-d ihe lx«nib tint killed iStennoni i>o,rg. but dedarrd tlmt ho acted under ' orders from the Western Federation iof Miners. 110 implicated H iyj vvv.«xl KiH- oaly in tmi-l crinio, but ' iji ir:any other murders nn<l outrages co-mmitU'd in Idaho and Colorado during tlis' List few years. Lie iurnished I a ii->t of murders that lie luul planned j and rallied <nit tiis the iigent tor tho ■■inner circle" <;{' tho W<*-iern Federation of Miners. That Orchird killed iSre-iiienlH-rg wok common ground bo-nvci-ii the prosecution and tho defenco Tlie (jacfciioji of motive vras tlio real issue bet-ween thetn. The prosecution btali'd that Orchurd acted luulor orders i;o:n tho Miners' Trade Union. Tho defence not oii>,' denied this, but h«d evidence to kliow that Orchard had i private gmdge agj-intst Tiii" jury disbelieved Orchard, ivlioso prions confession of brutal murders shoe k< tl tho world, and acquitted the prisoner.